The best S. V. Subbaiah’s drama movies

S. V. Subbaiah

S. V. Subbaiah

01/01/1920- 29/01/1980
Today we present the best S. V. Subbaiah’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best S. V. Subbaiah’s movies.

Paadha Kaanikkai

Paadha Kaanikkai
7.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/07/1962
Paadha Kaanikkai (English: Offering to the feet) is a 1962 Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Shankar. The film features Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, M. R. Radha and Kamal Haasan in lead roles. The film, produced by G. N. Velumani, had musical score by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and was released on 28 September 1962.

Kaakum Karangal

Kaakum Karangal
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1965
  • Character: Ranganathan
After her husband’s death, a woman struggles to raise her only son. Later, he becomes a famous surgeon and gets married to a wealthy girl but misunderstandings drive them apart.

Kalathur Kannamma

Kalathur Kannamma
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 15/03/1960
  • Character: Murugan
Kalathur Kannamma (English: Kannamma of Kalathur) is an Indian Tamil romantic drama film produced by A. V. Meiyappan and directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and Savitri in the lead, while Kamal Hassan made his debut in this film as a child artist. The film's critically acclaimed soundtrack was composed by R. Sudharsanam. The film tells the story of a young couple who are separated by unfortunate circumstances, while their innocent son is forced to grow up in an orphanage.

Annai Velankanni

Annai Velankanni
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/08/1971
Mary, a nurse in a hospital, narrates the tale of how Mother Mary helped Kamakshi and her son Sundaram in Velankanni village and turned an atheist landlord to a believer by appearing before him.

Vanjikottai Valiban

Vanjikottai Valiban
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/04/1958
  • Character: Murugan
Vanjikkottai Valiban is a 1958 Indian Tamil-language romance film written by Gemini Studios story department consisting of K. J. Mahadevan, C. Srinivasan and Kothamangalam Subbu while the film was directed and produced by S. S. Vasan. It stars Gemini Ganesan and Vyjayanthimala in lead with Padmini, P.S. Veerappa, T. K. Shanmugam, Pasupuleti Kannamba, Vijayakumari, K. A. Thangavelu and M. S. Sundari Bai as the ensemble cast of the film.

Sigappukkal Mookkuthi

Sigappukkal Mookkuthi
5.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/01/1979
Sigappukkal Mookkuthi is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.

Sollathaan Ninaikkiren

Sollathaan Ninaikkiren
7.3/10
The story is about three sisters Srividya, Subha and Jayachitra, each getting attracted to their tenant, a young man played by Sivakumar. Sivakumar falls in love with Jayachitra. However, things take a turn to the worse in the typical Balachander style when Jayachitra sacrifices herself to the whims of a playboy, played by Kamal Haasan in order to save her friend (Jayasudha) from his exploits. What happens next, who marries whom, is the crux of a dramatic climax. The movie turns the entire concept of romantic movies by its head - the concept being that the hero does not always have to get the girl.

Sathyam

Sathyam
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 06/05/1976
Sathyam is a 1976 Tamil film directed by S. A. Kannan starring Sivaji Ganesan, Jayachitra and Manjula Vijayakumar and Kamal Hassan. The film has Kamal Haasan playing the younger brother of Sivaji Ganesan.

Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan

Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/01/1978
  • Character: The King Chozhan
Set during the time of the Chola invasion, the film tells the story of a courageous Pandiyan king. The king filled the hearts of his people with courage, patriotism and faith to help fight the Cholas.

Arangetram

Arangetram
7.7/10
Lalitha is the eldest daughter of a pious and conservative Brahmin family. She has eight siblings and poverty rules reign. She decides to take up the family mantle and goes to work. Due to family needs and ill fate, she ends up as a prostitute but manages to settle all her brothers and sisters. Her family ditches her when they come to know about her dark side. Thangavelu, a man who was once rejected by her marries her. She loses her sanity in the end.

Raja Kumari

Raja Kumari
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/04/1947
A humble villager should win the love of a princess.

Ramu

Ramu
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/06/1966
Raja returns from war only to learn that tragedy struck his family while he was away. He decides to help his son by leaving his village and seeking treatment for him.

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