P. Neelakantan

Indian film director (1916–1992)

P. Neelakantan

Born|

Palaniyandi Neelakantan[1]

(1916-10-02)2 October 1916[1]

Villupuram

Died| 3 September 1992(1992-09-03) (aged 75)

Chennai

Nationality|  Indian
Occupation| Film director

Palaniyaandi Neelakantan (2 October 1916 – 3 September 1992) was a Tamil film director, who was active for nearly four decades.

## Life

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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.

## Filmography

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Year  | Film  | Credited as  | Language  | Notes

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Director  | Story/ Screenplay
1981

6 March

| Deiva Thirumanangal | Y |  | Tamil  | (There are 3 stories)

for his part, (Meenakshi Kalyanam), under this title K. V. Mahadevan, the composer

1978  | Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan | N | N | Tamil  | with MGR, (P. Neelakantan write only the dialogues)

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1976  | Needhikku Thalaivanangu | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (17/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1975  | Ninaithadhai Mudippavan | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (16/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1974  | Netru Indru Naalai | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (15/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1973  | Ulagam Sutrum Valiban | N | N | Tamil  | with MGR, (as consulting)

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1972  | Raman Thediya Seethai | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (14/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1972  | Sange Muzhangu | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (13/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1971  | Oru Thaai Makkal | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (12/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1971  | Neerum Neruppum | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (11/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1971  | Kumari Kottam | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (10/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1970  | En Annan | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (9/17),

K. V. Mahadevan, the composer

1970  | Maattukara Velan | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (8/17),

K. V. Mahadevan, the composer

1968  | Kanavan | Y | N | Tamil  | 25th Film

with MGR (7/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1968  | Kannan En Kadhalan | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (6/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1967  | Kaavalkaaran | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (5/17),

M. S. Viswanathan, the composer

1966

29 April

| Avan Pithana? | Y | N | Tamil  | The introduction made by M. Karunanidhi

R. Parthasarathi, the composer

1965

25 December

| Anandhi | Y |  | Tamil  | M. S. Viswanathan, the composer
1965

23 October

| Poomalai | Y | N | Tamil  | The introduction made by M. Karunanidhi

R. Sudharsanam, the composer

1964

24 December

| Sujage Rahasa  | Y | N | Sinhala  | T. R. Pappa, the composer
1964  | Poompuhar | Y | N | Tamil  | The introduction made by M. Karunanidhi

R. Sudharsanam, the composer

1963  | Koduthu Vaithaval | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (4/17),

K. V. Mahadevan, the composer

1963  | Raj Mahal  | Y |  | Tamil  |
1962  | Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam | Y | N | Tamil  | T. R. Pappa, the composer
1961  | Nallavan Vazhvan | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (3/17),

T. R. Pappa, the composer

1961  | Thirudadhe | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (2/17),

S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, the composer

1960

1 April

| Aada Vandha Deivam | Y | N | Tamil  | K. V. Mahadevan, the composer
1958

3 October

| Sabaash Meena | N | Y | Tamil  | T. G. Lingappa, the composer
1958

21 August

| Suneetha  | Y | N | Sinhala  | T. R. Pappa, the composer
1958

16 July

| Thedi Vandha Selvam | Y | N | Tamil  | also producer under his Arasu Pictures,

T. G. Lingappa, the composer

1957

18 October

| Ambikapathy | Y | Y | Tamil  | G. Ramanathan, the composer
1957  | Chakravarthi Thirumagal | Y | N | Tamil  | with MGR (1/17),

G. Ramanathan, the composer

1955  | Shivasharane Nambekka | Y |  | Kannada  | T. G. Lingappa, the composer
1955

20 September

| Gomathiyin Kaadhalan | Y | Y | Tamil  | G. Ramanathan, the composer
1955  | Modala Thedi  | Y |  | Kannada  | T. G. Lingappa, the composer
1955

12 March

| Mudhal Thethi | Y | Y | Tamil  | T. G. Lingappa, the composer
1954

13 April

| Kalyanam Panniyum Brammachari | Y | N | Tamil  | T. G. Lingappa, the composer
1951

11 April

| Or Iravu | Y | Y | Tamil  | R. Sudharsanam, the composer
1949

22 December

| Vazhkai | N | Y | Tamil  | with A. V. Meiyappan, as director,

(he was assistant director with M. V. Raman) R. Sudharsanam, the composer

1948

11 August

| Vedhala Ulagam | N | Y | Tamil  | with A. V. Meiyappan, as director,

(he was assistant director with M. V. Raman) R. Sudharsanam, the composer

1947

12 January

| Naam Iruvar | N | Y | Tamil  | with A. V. Meiyappan, as director. P. Neelakantan write the story and the dialogues

(he was assistant director with M. V. Raman) R. Sudharsanam, the composer

## References

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1. ^ a b "MGR Remembered – Part 31 – Ilankai Tamil Sangam".

## External links

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* P. Neelakantan at IMDb
* Biography of P. Neelakantan
* Directors Part I

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Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director

1967–1980|

* C. N. Shanmugam (1967)
* Krishnan–Panju (1968)
* P. Neelakantan (1969)
* P. Madhavan (1970)
* Not awarded (1971)
* Not awarded (1972)
* Not awarded (1973)
* Not awarded (1974)
* Not awarded (1975)
* Not awarded (1976)
* Bharathiraja (1977)
* Durai (1978)
* S. P. Muthuraman (1979)
* K. Balachander (1980)

1981–2000|

* Bharathiraja (1981)
* Muktha Srinivasan (1982)
* Not awarded (1983)
* Not awarded (1984)
* Not awarded (1985)
* Not awarded (1986)
* Not awarded (1987)
* P. R. Devaraj (1988)
* K. Balachander (1989)
* Vikraman (1990)
* P. Vasu (1991)
* Mani Ratnam (1992)
* Shankar (1993)
* K. S. Ravikumar (1994)
* Vasanth (1995)
* Agathiyan (1996)
* Vikraman & Cheran (1997)
* R. Parthiban (1998)
* Bala (1999)
* Vikraman (2000)

2001–present|

* Susi Ganesan (2001)
* Mani Ratnam (2002)
* Karu Palaniappan (2003)
* Cheran (2004)
* Shankar (2005)
* Thirumurugan (2006)
* Thangar Bachan (2007)
* Radha Mohan (2008)
* Vasanthabalan (2009)
* Prabhu Solomon (2010)
* A. L. Vijay (2011)
* Balaji Sakthivel (2012)
* Ram (2013)
* N. Ragavan (2014)
* Sudha Kongara (2015)

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International|

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National|

* Germany
* United States

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