Saravanan Surya Mani or M. Saravanan, also known as AVM Saravanan or Meiyappa Saravanan, is an Indian film producer of

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch ...

. His production company is

AVM Productions AVM Productions is an Indian film production studio founded by A. V. Meiyappa Chettiar. It is the oldest film studio in India. The filming studios are located in Vadapalani, Chennai. It has produced over 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, ...

, which was founded in 1945 by his father, the famed director-producer A. V. Meiyappan, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of

. He has been involved in hits such as '' Naanum Oru Penn'', '' Samsaram Adhu Minsaram'', '' Sivaji: The Boss'', '' Vettaikaran'', '' Minsara Kanavu'', ''

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'' and '' Ayan''. He is the father of M. S. Guhan, another producer of movies. He owns the AVM Studios 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 ...

. As a producer he won two

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

. He also served as the

Sheriff of Madras The Sheriff of Madras was an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Madras. The post was abolished in 1998. The position of Sheriff of Madras was created in the Madras Charter of 1726 which came ...

in 1986.

Awards

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* Best Film - Tamil - Naanum Oru Penn (1963) * Best Film - Tamil - Samsaram Adhu Minsaram (1986)

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* Living people Film producers from Chennai Tamil film producers Year of birth missing (living people) Sheriffs of Madras {{film-producer-stub