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Jun 28, 2012, 3:05:06 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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+'''A. Narayanan (1900-39)'''
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+Director, producer and exhibitor in Tamil film.
+Former insurance agent; worked for the
+distribution wing of K.D. Brothers. Manager
+of Queen’s Cinema, Calcutta (1922) and
+started Popular Cinema in Triplicane, Madras.
+Started Exhibition Film Services (1927), later
+with branches in Bombay, Delhi, Rangoon
+and Singapore, and made extensive efforts to
+find an American market for Indian films,
+including a USA visit with a print of Naval
+Gandhi’s Balidan (1927) and Imperial’s
+Anarkali (1928), during which he befriended
+Carl Laemmle and Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
+Started influential General Pics in Madras
+(1929) with film-makers such as R.S. Prakash,
+Y.V. Rao and C. Pullaiah. Its sound version,
+Srinivasa Cinetone (1934), is claimed as South
+India’s first sound studio. Nationalist activist,
+committed participant in Swadeshi agitations;
+influenced by the Tamil Manikodi writers
+group; associated with leaders of the freedom
+struggle in Madras such as C. Rajagopalachari,
+the chief minister, and S. Satyamurthy, the
+Congress leader. Also made several
+documentaries, e.g. Maternity and Child
+Welfare, Venereal Diseases (both for health
+dept. and the govt); Unfurling the National
+Flag; Burma Oil Company Fire; The Spirit of
+Agriculture (for Imperial Chemical Industries),
+etc.
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1927: Indian National
+Congress at Gauhati (Doc); 1928: Kovalan;
+1929: Dharmapatni; Garuda Garvabhangam;
+Gnana Sundari; 1930: King Bhoj; 1931: Nara
+Narayana (all St); 1934: Draupadi
+Vastrapaharanam; Srinivasa Kalyanam; 1935:
+Krishna Arjuna; Rajambal; 1936: Indrasabha;
+Mahatma Kabirdas; Mandayarkal Sandhippu;
+Meerabai; Tara Sasankam; Vishwamitra;
+1937: Krishna Tulabharam; Rajasekharan;
+Virata Parvam; 1938: Mada Sambrani; Tenali
+
+[[Director]]
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+[[Producer]]