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Filmmaker · India

K. Subramanyam

Died in 1971

Krishnaswami Subramanyam was born on 20 April 1904 in Papanasam, near Kumbakonam, the son of a reformist lawyer. He studied law in Madras and practised before entering cinema as a screenwriter and assistant to Raja Sandow. He founded several production companies, made films in Tamil and other southern languages, and defended women and untouchables through his films. He died in Madras on 7 April 1971; the dancer Padma Subrahmanyam is his daughter.

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