P. Neelakantan, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

P. Neelakantan

Indian film director

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1916

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1992

Profession: actor, film director

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About P. Neelakantan

  • Palaniyaandi Neelakantan (2 October 1916 Villupuram – 3 September 1992 Chennai) was a Tamil film director, who was active for nearly four decades.
  • He was born at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu.
  • He graduated to movies from stage play.
  • His play Naam Iruvar was brought by movie mogul Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar and made into a film in 1947.
  • Then he wrote the dialogues for films like Vedala Ulagam in 1948.
  • His directorial debut was with Oru Iravu in (1951), the dialogue for which was written by C.
  • N.
  • Annadurai.
  • Two films that made him well-known are ALS productions Ambikapadi (1957) and Thirudadhe (1961).
  • He also has directed movies in Kannada and Sinhalese Suneetha and Sujage Rahase.
  • Neelakantan was mainly associated with creating M.
  • G.
  • Ramachandran's (MGR) movie persona.
  • Between Chakravarthi Thirumagal in 1957 and Needhikku Thalaivanangu in 1976, Neelakantan directed altogether 17 of MGR's movies.

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