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T. R. Raghunath

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1026378

IMDb ID: nm0706494

Known for: Directing

Born: July 16, 1912

Died: January 2, 1990

Age: 77

Place of birth: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1955 - 1974

Years active: 20

Wikidata: Q30156589

Also known as

T. R. Raghunath • T.R. Raghunath • T.R.Raghunath • T R Raghunath • TR Raghunath • Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath

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Biography

T. R. Raghunath (Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath) was an Indian film director. He was the younger brother of film director Raja Chandrasekhar. Raghunath started his film career as an assistant director in Gnanasoundari (1935). He then worked as a sound recordist in Dhara Sasangam (1936) for Sreenivasa Cinetone before making his directorial debut the same year with Kizhattu Mappillai. He directed more than 30 films in Tamil. M. G. Ramachandran featured in minor roles in a lot of his films in the 1940s. Raghunath later went on to become a technical adviser at Karpagam Studios, after which he was appointed the President of the Madras branch of the Films Division of India (FDI).

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