Kothamangalam Subbu

Kothamangalam Subbu

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Kothamangalam Subbu Profile

  • Name:
  • Kothamangalam Subbu
  • Other Name:
  • Kothamangalam Subramanian
  • Born:
  • November 10, 1910
  • Died:
  • February 15, 1974
  • Father:
  • Mahalingam Iyer
  • Mother:
  • Kangammal
  • Spouse:
  • Sundari Bai

Kothamangalam Subbu Biography

Kothamangalam Subbu was a poet, lyricist, author, actor and film director from Tamil Nadu. He is remembered most for his cult classic Tamil novel Thillana Mohanambal. For this single work, he has been awarded with Padma Shree by Indian government. He was the close associative of S. S. Vasan and worked with Gemini studios over three decades. He was the director of the Tamil epic movie – Avvayar in 1953, with lead role played by K.B.Sunderambal.

 

His real name is Kothamangalam Subramanian and he was born on 10 November 1910 in the village of Kannariyenthal, near Pattukoddai. His parents were Mahalingam Iyer and Kangammal. He lost his mother at a younger age and was later taken care of by his yopunger aunt. He discontinued studies after standard 8 and got married to Sundari Bai. Subbu settled in Kothamangalam and worked as an accountant in a business firm. Though worked as an accountant, his real interest was art and drama and slowly he got drifted towards them. He was interested in acting, singing and composing songs and by late 1930’s, he get opportunities to act in Tamil movies.

 

In 1953, he directed Avvayar with K.B.Sunderambal in the lead. Subbu, with his wife Sundari Bai, played a bit role in this movie as well. His wife Sundari Bai acted in his directorial venture, Kannamma En Kadhali. Subbu acted as a hero in Miss Malini that was remade in Hindi as Mr. Sampath. In the movie- Dasi Aparanji, Subbu with his wife played lead roles. As a writer, Thillana Mohanambal is his noted work, which was made later to a super hit movie with Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini in the lead. He used the pen name ,  Kalaimani for writing novels.

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Updated: January 20, 2014

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