Jupiter Pictures

Indian feature film production company

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Jupiter PicturesCompany type| Limited

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Industry| Film
Founded| 1935
Founder| M. Somasundaram (Jupiter Somu), S. K. Moidheen
Defunct| 1983
Headquarters|

Coimbatore and Chennai

India

Area served

| South India
Products| Motion pictures

Jupiter Pictures (Tamil: ஜுபிடர் பிக்ச்சர்ஸ்) was an Indian feature film production company founded in Coimbatore in 1934 by M. Somasundaram (popularly known as "Jupiter Somu") and S.K. Mohideen. Jupiter Pictures was a major production house with 46 releases with 36 films released in Tamil, 5 in Telugu, 2 each in Kannada and Hindi and one joint release in Tamil and Telugu. In the late 40s and early 50s, they operated out of Central Studios in Coimbatore. Following the closure of the studio, they relocated to Chennai and took over Neptune Studio in Adayar which would later become Sathya Studios. In Chennai, the Jupiter Pictures office operated from a leased historic and palatial building in Mylapore known as "Mangala Vilas".

A. S. A. Sami directed most of his films with Jupiter Pictures. In Chennai during the 50s and 60s, Jupiter produced many successful films, such as "Manohara" (1954, directed by L.V. Prasad), "Karpukkarasi" (1957, A. S. A. Sami), "Thangapathumai" (1959, Sami), "Ellorum Innattu Mannar"(1960, Tatineni Prakasha Rao), "Arasilankumari" (1961, Sami). Jupiter Pictures films made with other producers were sometimes less popular. In its later years the company was managed by S.K. Habibullah (son of S.K.Mohideen).[1]

## Filmography

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Year | Film | Language | Director | Music Direcror | Notes

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1935 | Menaka | Tamil | P. K. Raja Sandow | T. K. Muthusamy | Released in Sri Shanmuganandha Talkie Company
1936 | Chandrakantha | Tamil | P. K. Raja Sandow |  |
1938 | Anaadhai Penn | Tamil | Raghupathi Surya Prakash |  |
1942 | Kannagi | Tamil | M. Somasundaram & R. S. Mani | S. V. Venkatraman | Highest grossing Film of the year
1943 | Kubera Kuchela | Tamil | R. S. Mani | Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer | One of Highest grosser
1944 | Mahamaya | Tamil | T. R. Raghunath | S. V. Venkatraman & Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer |
1946 | Sri Murugan | Tamil | M. Somasundaram & V. S. Narayanan | S. V. Venkatraman & S. M. Subbaiah Naidu | One of the highest grossing Film of the year
1946 | Vidyapathi | Tamil | A. T. Krishnasami | Adeppalli Rama Rao |
1947 | Kanjan | Tamil | Covai A. Aiyamuthu & T. R. Gopu | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu |
1947 | Rajakumari | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu | One of the highest grossing Film of the year and made M. G. Ramachandran as star
1948 | Abhimanyu | Tamil | M. Somasundaram & A. Kasilingam | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman |
1948 | Mohini | Tamil | Lanka Sathiyam | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman |
1949 | Kanniyin Kathali | Tamil | K. Ramnoth | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman | cinematic debut of Kannadasan
Madhuri Devi in dual role, 1 role disguised as male
1949 | Velaikari | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman | C. N. Annadurai's first film
1950 | Krishna Vijayam | Tamil | Sundar Rao Nadkarni | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. S. Jayaraman | T. M. Soundararajan's first film
1950 | Vijayakumari | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | C. R. Subburaman & C. S. Jayaraman |
1951 | Kaithi | Tamil | S. Balachander | S. Balachander |
1951 | Marmayogi | Tamil | K. Ramnoth | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman | Highest grosser of the year & one of M. G. Ramachandran's successful movie
1951 | Stree Sahasam | Tamil | Vedantam Raghavayya | C. R. Subburaman | Distributor Only
1951 | Stree Sahasam | Telugu | Vedantam Raghavayya | C. R. Subburaman | Distributor Only
1951 | Sudharshan | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami & Sundar Rao Nadkarni | G. Ramanathan | Distributor Only
1952 | Rani | Hindi | L. V. Prasad | C. R. Subburaman & D. C. Dutt |
1952 | Rani | Tamil | L. V. Prasad | C. R. Subburaman & D. C. Dutt |
1952 | Zamindar | Tamil | P. V. Krishnan | G. Ramanathan | Produced with Sangeetha Pictures
1953 | Azhagi | Tamil | Sundar Rao Nadkarni | P. R. Mani |
1953 | Inspector | Tamil | R. S. Mani | G. Ramanathan |
1953 | Inspector | Telugu | R. S. Mani | G. Ramanathan |
1953 | Manithan | Tamil | K. Ramnoth | S. V. Venkatraman |
1953 | Naam | Tamil | A. Kasilingam | C. S. Jayaraman | Produced with Mekala Pictures
1954 | Manohara | Hindi | L. V. Prasad | S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan | Produced under Manohar Pictures
1954 | Manohara | Tamil | L. V. Prasad | S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan | Produced under Manohar Pictures
1954 | Manohara | Telugu | L. V. Prasad | S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan | Produced under Manohar Pictures
1954 | Sorgavasal | Tamil | A. Kasilingam | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy | Produced under Parimalam Pictures
1955 | Santosham | Telugu | C. P. Deekshith | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy | Remake of Velaikari
1957 | Karpukkarasi | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | G. Ramanathan |
1958 | Kanniyin Sabatham | Tamil | T. R. Raghunath | T. G. Lingappa |
1959 | Amudhavalli | Tamil | A. K. Sekar | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy |
1959 | Thanga Padhumai | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy |
1960 | Ellarum Innattu Mannar | Tamil | T. Prakash Rao | T. G. Lingappa |
1961 | Arasilankumari | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | G. Ramanathan |
1963 | Valmiki | Telugu | C. S. Rao | Ghantasala |
1963 | Valmiki | Kannada | C. S. Rao | Ghantasala |
1964 | Marmayogi | Telugu | B. A. Subba Rao | Ghantasala |

## References

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1. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (11 September 2014). "SANTHOSHAM (1955)" – via www.thehindu.com.

## External links

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* Coimbatore’s celluloid connection – Chennai – The Hindu
* The Hindu : Fascinating journey to fame
* Sachi Sri Kantha- MGR Remembered Part 9 MGR Remembered – His first Lead action movie Rajakumari