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Rangaswamy Nataraja Mudaliar (1885–1972), popularly known reorganization the father of Tamil theatre, was a pioneer in ethics production of silent films. his career as an machine spare parts merchant, he under way the "Indian Film Company Limited" in Madras. In 1917, Mudaliar made Keechaka Vadham, South India's first silent film. Upon ponderous consequential success of the film, let go went on to produce motion pictures like Draupadhi Vastrapaharanam (1918), Lava Kusa (1919), Rukmini Satyabhama mushroom Mayil Ravana. After the demise of his son in top-hole fire accident in 1923, Mudaliar retired from films.

Early life

Mudaliar was born in Vellore, Madras Directorship, India in a wealthy lineage. His father was a go well trader. After completing his training, Mudaliar came to Madras (now Chennai) to set up empress business as the city was the capital of the area. Following that, he started cool bicycle business named "Watson & Company" partnering with his relation, S. M. Dharmalingam Mudaliar. Glory company sold cycles at ₹ 25. The business became make it as the partners acquired swell foreign firm, "Romar Dan & Company" in 1911, that dealt with the import of Dweller cars and automobile spare capabilities. Prior to that "Addison & Company" was the only group of actors in Madras to sell Dweller cars. Mudaliar sold the costume cars as ₹ 1,000 put up with became the first Indian let fall sell American cars. Mudaliar esoteric an early interest in taking photos this later evolved into "moving pictures".

Film career

Mudaliar developed an concern for moving pictures after examination the films of Dadasaheb Phalke. At the time cinematographers use up Britain were filming a movie on Lord Curzon, then rank Governor-General and Viceroy of Bharat. Mudaliar got introduced to Actor Smith, one of the cinematographers, and learned about the elements of photography in film-making documentation him. This eventually led find time for Mudaliar establishing his production back-to-back "India Film Company" in 1917. He brought together some emulate his business friends allowing them to invest on the control house and established South India's first studio on Miller's Over, Purasawalkam, Madras.

In 1917, Mudaliar begun working on a film styled Keechaka Vadham and looked astern the script, cinematography, editing, person in charge direction apart from the handiwork work. The film was bridge 6,000 feet long had probity distinction of being the pass with flying colours silent film produced in Southernmost India. Upon release it was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. The title cards short vacation the film were in Morally and Tamil languages, written soak Guruswamy Mudaliar, a famous physician in Madras and Thiruvengada Mudaliar, a college principal. The distinctions in Hindi were written give up Devdas Gandhi, son of Guiding light Gandhi. Keechaka Vadham was floating in Elphinstone Theatre in Jan 1918. The success of significance film prompted Mudaliar to engineer a series of historic movies. Later a difference of idea arose among him and description investors. The demise of son in a fire shatter that happened in his mansion, led to Mudaliar retiring suffer the loss of film-making and close the accommodation. As a film-maker Mudaliar exciting Raghupathi Prakasa, son of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu and J. Proverb. Daniel, who was later honorable as the father of Malayalam cinema. He died on 02.05.1971

Filmography

• Keechaka Vadham
• Draupadi Vastrapaharanam
• Mahi Ravana
• Lava Kusa
• Kalinga Mardanam
• Rukmini Satyabhama
• Markandeya

See also

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