Director

K. S. Sethumadhavan

Directing

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Directed movies: 44Directed series: 0All crew credits: 48

TMDB ID: 584246

IMDb ID: nm0786042

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1931

Died: December 24, 2021

Age: 90

Place of birth: Palakkad, Madras Presidency, British India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 1995

Years active: 35

Wikidata: Q3429195

Also known as

Subrahmanyam Sethumadhavan • K.S. Sethumadhavan • കെ എസ് സേതുമാധവന്‍

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Biography

K. Subrahmanyam Sethumadhavan was a multi award winning Indian director mainly active in the Malayalam film industry. He had also directed both critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi apart from Malayalam. His best known works include 'Odayil Ninnu', 'Achanum Bappayum', 'Chattakari' and 'Oppol' in Malayalam, 'Marupakkam' and 'Nammavar' in Tamil, 'Stri' in Telugu and 'Julie' in Hindi. K.S. Sethumadhavan has also served as a member of the jury for national awards in 1975 and 1980 and as its chairman in 2002. He was awarded the J.C. Daniel award in recognition of his lifetime contribution to cinema by the government of Kerala in 2009.

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