A. T. Krishnaswamy (1905–1987) was an Indian director best known for the film ''

Sabapathy ''Sabapathy'' is a 1941 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by A. V. Meiyappan and A. T. Krishnaswamy, and produced by Meiyappan. An adaptation of Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar's farce play of the same name, the film stars T. R. Ramachand ...

''.

Career

Krishnaswamy joined the

A. V. Meiyappan Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar (28 July 1907 – 12 August 1979), also known as A. V. Meiyappan, A. V. Meiyappa Chettiar or AVM, was an Indian film producer, film director and screenwriter who established AVM Productions in Vadapalani, Chennai. ...

unit as an assistant during the mid-1930s and worked on all AVM projects. He made his directorial debut with ''

'' (1941) and later left AVM for personal reasons. Krishnasami made films such as ''

Vidyapathi ''Vidyapathi'' is a 1946 Indian, Tamil-language film produced by M. Somasundaram and Mohideen under the banner ''Jupiter Pictures'' and directed by A. T. Krishnasami. The film stars T. R. Ramachandran, T. Premavathi and K. Thavamani Devi. Plo ...

'' and '' Manam Oru Kurangu''. His most successful film was '' Arivaali'', but his own success was shortlived. His later days were spent in obscurity, and he died on the same day as

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of ...

in 1987.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnaswamy, A. T. Indian film directors Tamil film directors 1905 births 1987 deaths