K. S. Sethumadhavan

K. S. Sethumadhavan

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Directing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1931-01-01

  • Day of Death

    2021-12-24 (90 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Palakkad, Madras Presidency, British India

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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