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R. Krishnan (1909–1997) and S. Panju (1915–1984), collectively referred to as Krishnan–Panju, were Indian film directors. The duo directed more than 50 films in South Indian languages and in Hindi.


Early life

R. Krishnan was born on 18 July 1909 in
Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
, Tamil Nadu, India. Previously, he was in charge of the laboratory in
Pakshiraja Studios Pakshiraja Studios was a motion picture movie studio in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, established by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu in 1945. The studio predominantly produced movies in Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi and Malayal ...
(then known as Kandhan studio) in
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. S. Panju was born on 24 January 1915 as Panchapakesan in
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near
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, Tamil Nadu. Previously, he worked as an assistant editor under
P. K. Raja Sandow Raja Sandow (born P. K. Nagalingam) was an Indian actor, film director and producer. He began his career as an actor in silent films and later became a prominent actor and director in Tamil language, Tamil and Hindi films of the 1930s. He is co ...
and as assistant director under
Ellis R. Dungan Ellis Roderick Dungan (May 11, 1909 – December 1, 2001) was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950. He was an alumnus of the University of Southern Californi ...
. He was also a film editor who edited films under the name Punjabi or Panjabi.


Career

They both worked for the Tamil film ''Araichimani or Manuneethi Chozhan'' (1942), which was directed by P. K. Raja Sandow in Kandhan Studio. Krishnan and Panju became friends at this time. Later, when Raja Sandow saw their skills, he gave them his next project ''Poompavai''. The film ''Poompavai'' (1944) was their first directorial venture. In 1947, they directed ''
Paithiyakkaran ''Payithiyakaran'' (English title: ''Madman?'') is a 1947 Tamil-language film produced by and starring N. S. Krishnan. It was based on the play of the same name staged by Krishnan's drama troupe. It was the first film for Krishnan after his acqu ...
'' to support N. S. Krishnan's drama troupe, when he was jailed in the
Lakshmikanthan murder case The Lakshmikanthan murder case was a high-profile criminal trial that was conducted in the then Madras Presidency between November 1944 and April 1947. The cause of the trial was the murder of C. N. Lakshmikanthan, a Tamil film journalist. Laks ...
. After his acquittal, N. S. Krishnan also starred in the film. In 1949, they made '' Nallathambi'', inspired by ''
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'', in which
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, who later became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, debuted as a script writer. In 1952, they made '' Parasakthi'', for which the dialogues were written by M. Karunanidhi, who also later became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. ''Parasakthi'' became a cult film in Tamil cinema and influenced the emergence of the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...
, a regional party, as a political force in Tamil Nadu. They also made Hindi films such as ''
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'' and ''
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''. They received the
Kalaimamani The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government ...
award in 1960.


Personal lives

Krishnan has sons and daughters, among his sons is film director
K. Subash Krishnan Subash (1959 – 23 November 2016), was an Indian director and screenwriter who directed Tamil language, Tamil and Hindi films. He is the son of Krishnan–Panju, R. Krishnan. Career K. Subash started his career as an assistant to Man ...
, who died in 2016 at the age of 57.


Deaths

On 6 April 1984, S. Panju died in Chennai. Krishnan did not make any films after Panju's death. On 17 July 1997, Krishnan died in Chennai.


Filmography

As Director As Editor (Panju only)


Awards

* Filmfare Award for Best Film - Tamil -
Server Sundaram ''Server Sundaram'' is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju and produced by A. V. Meiyappan. The film stars Nagesh as the title character. Muthuraman and K. R. Vijaya play the other lead roles while Maj ...
(1964)


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnan-Panju 20th-century Indian people Film directors from Chennai Hindi-language film directors Indian filmmaking duos Kannada film directors Telugu film directors