Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
64
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-01-01
Day of Death
2021-12-24 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Palakkad, Madras Presidency, British India
Also Known As
Subrahmanyam Sethumadhavan
K.S. Sethumadhavan
കെ എസ് സേതുമാധവന്
K. S. Sethumadhavan
Biography
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.
