K. S. Sethumadhavan

K. S. Sethumadhavan

Birth : 1931-01-01, Palakkad, Madras Presidency, British India

Death : 2021-12-24

History

K. Subrahmanyam Sethumadhavan was a multi award winning Indian director mainly active in the Malayalam film industry. He had also directed both critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi apart from Malayalam. His best known works include 'Odayil Ninnu', 'Achanum Bappayum', 'Chattakari' and 'Oppol' in Malayalam, 'Marupakkam' and 'Nammavar' in Tamil, 'Stri' in Telugu and 'Julie' in Hindi. K.S. Sethumadhavan has also served as a member of the jury for national awards in 1975 and 1980 and as its chairman in 2002. He was awarded the J.C. Daniel award in recognition of his lifetime contribution to cinema by the government of Kerala in 2009.

Profile

K. S. Sethumadhavan

Movies

Stri
Screenplay
When a man flees with a boatman's cargo the boatman confronts the woman he'd assumed was the thief's wife, who, left behind, confesses that she isn't. She was only acting as a decoy - an act, she claims, that was done from love - so he could get away with the loot, which he intends to give to his real girlfriend, a much younger, prettier girl.
Stri
Director
When a man flees with a boatman's cargo the boatman confronts the woman he'd assumed was the thief's wife, who, left behind, confesses that she isn't. She was only acting as a decoy - an act, she claims, that was done from love - so he could get away with the loot, which he intends to give to his real girlfriend, a much younger, prettier girl.
Nammavar
Director
Selvam, the new vice principal of a college, tries to transform the behaviour of troublemaking students while fighting an inner war.
Marupakkam
Screenplay
An estranged son visits his ailing father and tries to figure out the reason behind the latter's silent remorse. When he learns about his father's past, he makes a decision that may help his father.
Marupakkam
Director
An estranged son visits his ailing father and tries to figure out the reason behind the latter's silent remorse. When he learns about his father's past, he makes a decision that may help his father.
Avidathepole Ivideyum
Director
Avidathepole Ivideyum movie revolves around Anirudhan and Sugumaran who are roommates and are both pharmaceutical company executives. Sugumaran is urbane and somewhat westernized in attitude, Anirudhan is more of a son-of-the-soil type. During a trip to Anirudhan's village, Sugumaran falls in love with Sujatha who is Anirudhan's sister. Concurrently, Anirudhan takes a liking for Neelima, who is Sugumaran's sister. The two couples marry and then face the realities of marriage due to their different upbringing and lifestyles.
Ariyaatha Veethikal
Director
Aarorumariyathe
Director
Professor Panicker sets out on a trip with his two friends, Varma and Stephen. Among the three, Stephen is a bachelor. Troubles shoot up when Varma tries to find a girl to share his bed.
Oppol
Director
Appu is very close with his elder sister, Malu. When she gets married to Govindan, she takes Appu along with them. But problems arise when Appu becomes jealous of Govindan.
Enippadigal
Producer
Chella Kannu, a young sweeper becomes a popular movie star known as Kamala Devi. Her lover and fellow sweeper Manickam is the ladder of her success, but the villainy of her brother separates them.
Nakshathrangale Kaaval
Director
Nakshathrangale Kaaval is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film adaptation of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel of the same name by P. Padmarajan. It is directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by Hari Pothan and stars Jayabharathi, MG Soman, Sukumari and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles.
Yehi Hai Zindagi
Director
Yehi Hai Zindagi is a hit 1977 Hindi-language film. Produced by B. Nagi Reddy, it is directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Seema Deo, Utpal Dutt, Lucky Ali, Ramesh Deo and Neeta Mehta. The film's music was composed by Rajesh Roshan. It is a remake of the Tamil film Kaliyuga Kannan (1974).
Ormakal Marikkumo?
Screenplay
Chandrasekharan suspects his wife Parvati of cheating and kills her. After several years, she reincarnates as Amini and tells him the truth.
Ormakal Marikkumo?
Producer
Chandrasekharan suspects his wife Parvati of cheating and kills her. After several years, she reincarnates as Amini and tells him the truth.
Ormakal Marikkumo?
Director
Chandrasekharan suspects his wife Parvati of cheating and kills her. After several years, she reincarnates as Amini and tells him the truth.
Naalai Namadhe
Director
Chuvanna Sandhyakal
Director
Chuvanna Sandhyakal is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. O. Joseph. The film stars Adoor Bhasi, Lakshmi, Mohan Sharma and Sam in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan.
Julie
Director
Julie is an anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. When she comes back home, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He agrees to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage, not knowing about the baby born in secret. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as she and the rest of the family want to go to England
Kanyakumari
Director
Sankaran who works as a sculptor meets Parvathi, a young woman, who earns a living by selling bangles and pearls and falls in love with her.
Chattakkari
Director
Chattakkari is a 1974 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. O. Joseph, starring Lakshmi, Mohan Sharma, Adoor Bhasi and Sukumari in lead roles. The film written by Thoppil Bhasi based on Pamman's famous novel of the same name. It was the first Malayalam film of Lakshmi and also the start of her romance with co-star Mohan Sharma. It bagged the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for Lakshmi, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Adoor Bhasi who played Laxmi's alcoholic father, and the Filmfare Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. Storywriter Pamman received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Story. It has the distinction of being the first Malayalam film to run continuously for 40 weeks in a Bangalore theatre. All Songs composed by well known music director G. Devarajan were instant hits.
Chukku
Director
1973 film.
Panitheeratha Veedu
Director
Panitheeratha Veedu (Malayalam: പണിതീരാത്ത വീട്, Translation: The Incomplete House) is a 1973 Indian Malayalam film
Punarjanmam
Director
With a chronic obsession about his dead mother, Aravindan finds his wife, Radha as his mother. Hence, he indisposes to have lusty affairs with Radha, which strains their relationship.
Achanum Bappayum
Director
The film tells the story of a Hindu man who adopts a Muslim child and allows her to follow Muslim traditions.
Inquilab Zindabad
Director
Karakanakadal
Director
Karakanakadal is a 1971 Indian Malayalam film, directed by KS Sethumadhavan and produced by Hari Pothan. The film stars Sathyan, Madhu, Jayabharathi, Vincent etc. in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan
Anubhavangal Palichakal
Director
Ashamed of his bad behaviour towards his family, Chellappan decides to set things straight. However, he gets the shock of his life after learning that his wife is in a relationship with another man.
Aranazhika Neram
Director
Kunjenachan, a man in his early seventies who lives in rural Kerala, worries about his family and their selfish interests.
Adimakal
Director
Yakshi
Director
Sreenivasan gets disfigured in a laboratory accident and is shunned by people once close to him. He marries Ragini, a beautiful woman, but has doubts that she is a demigoddess.
Bharyamar Sookshikkuka
Director
Suresh (Prem Nazir) is a successful playback singer but having a difficult married life. Mr.SR Podhuval (Adoor Bhasi) invites him for a lunch at his house. His daughter in law Shobha (Sheela) meets Suresh and a friendship blooms between them. How will it affect their other relationships?
Rowdy
Screenplay
Rowdy is a 1966 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. P. Anand and P. Rangaraj. The film stars Sathyan, Adoor Bhasi, Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai and BK Pottekkad in the lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.
Rowdy
Director
Rowdy is a 1966 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. P. Anand and P. Rangaraj. The film stars Sathyan, Adoor Bhasi, Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai and BK Pottekkad in the lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.
Odayil Ninnu
Director
Pappu is a person who takes a relentless stand for justice right from his early years. His protests against his teacher who discriminates between the landlord's son and other children brings him the wrath of the landlord and he's forced to leave home. He leads a hard life fighting to uphold his ideals. He ends up being a rickshaw puller and at this time finds a child from the gutter and takes care of her. Things do not go as Pappu expected as the child grows older.
Daham
Director
Daham release in year 1965. Directed by KS Sethumadhavan, produce by MP Anand, P Rangaraj, V Abdulla, music by G Devarajan and starring Sathyan, Sheela, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, KP Ummer etc
Kannum Karalum
Director
Kannum Karalum is a Malayalam language film starring Sathyan, Ambika Sukumaran, Sukumari, Kamal Haasan, and Vinodini. This was the first Malayalam film of Kamal Haasan - he played Sathyan's son. Vinodini was a child artist when she did this film and she did a dual role in this movie. The climax scenes of this film was shot on the top of the Sreenarayana Guru memorial at Varkala, Sivagiri. The movie has been produced by A. K. Balasubramaniam under the banner of Saravana Pictures