| 1 | '''ARUL SUSAI ANTHONY SAMI (B. 1915)''' |
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| 4 | Tamil director born and educated in Colombo, |
| 5 | Sri Lanka; son of a theatre contractor. Quit his |
| 6 | job as university lecturer in Colombo to move |
| 7 | to Madras, where his play Bilbana, originally |
| 8 | written for the radio and later performed with |
| 9 | great success by M.K. Thyagaraja |
| 10 | Bhagavathar and by the TKS Brothers, went |
| 11 | on to become a major film hit produced by TKS |
| 12 | (1948) Sami. who scripted the film, got a job at |
| 13 | Jupiter Studio, Coimbatore, where he wrote |
| 14 | e.g. Sundarrao Nadkarni's Valmiki(l946), A |
| 15 | Kasilingam's Ahhimanyu 0948, with |
| 16 | Karunanidhi) and the story of Lanka |
| 17 | Sathyam's Mohini (1948). His debut as director, |
| 18 | Rajakumari, an Arabian Nights movie he also |
| 19 | scripted, is MGR's first hit in a lead role and put |
| 20 | Sami m the front -line ot Tamil directors. His |
| 21 | second film, Velaikkari, is a DMK Film |
| 22 | propaganda classic written by Annadurai His |
| 23 | sole Hindi film, Maya Sundari. is largely |
| 24 | dubbed from the Tamil hit Karpurakarast, |
| 25 | but includes a new dance number sung by |
| 26 | Geeta Dutt with music by Bulo C. Rani |
| 27 | (uncredited). Later worked as Head of the |
| 28 | Direction department of the Tamil Nadu Film & |
| 29 | TV Institute, Madras. |
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| 32 | '''FILMOGRAPHY''': 1947: RaJclkumari; 1949 |
| 33 | Velaikkari; 1950: Vijyakumari; 1951: |
| 34 | Sudarshan; 1953: Ponni; 1954: Thuli Visham: |
| 35 | : 1955: Neethipathi; 1957: Karpurakarasi; |
| 36 | ' 1959: Kalyanikku Kalyanam: |
| 37 | Tbangapathumai; 1960: Kaidhi Kamiiyiram; |
| 38 | 1961: Arasilankumari; 1962: i'vleri Bahen; |
| 39 | Muthu/vfandapam; 1963: Arzanda]yoti; Asai |
| 40 | Alaigal; Kaduvulai Kandan; 1964: Vazhi |
| 41 | Pimnthadu; 1967: Maya Sundari; 1971: |
| 42 | Tnimmagal |
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| 44 | [[Director]] |
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| 46 | [[Writer]] |