S. D. Subramania Yogi (30 November 1904 – 27 July 1963) was a

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director, playwright, screenplay writer and poet from

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Life

He was born in a family of poets and published his first collection of poems, while still a student at the

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Mahajana High School in 1924. He became involved in the

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and wrote many poems in support of the Indian nationalist cause. He was given the title "Bhala Bharathi" in appreciation of his Tamil literary skills. Among his noted works are ''Bhavani Kuravanji'', a translation of

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's works into Tamil and the life stories of

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and

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. After becoming well known in the field of literature, Yogi started writing scripts for

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s. His first film as script writer - ''

Iru Sahodarargal ''Iru Sahodarargal'' (also spelled as ''Iru Sakodarargal''; ) is a 1936 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Ellis R. Dungan. This was the second film for M. G. Ramachandran (later Chief Minis ...

'' (1936) was a success and the literary magazine ''Manikodi'' praised him for his dialogues. He went on to write scripts and song lyrics for a number of Tamil films till the 1950s. He also directed two films - ''

Adrishtam ''Adrishtam'' () is a 1939 Indian Tamil-language film S. D. S. Yogi. The film stars T. Suryakumari, K. R. Chellam, V. V. Satagopan and M. N. Srinivasan. Plot A young heiress is kidnapped over property disputes, and circumstances force her t ...

'' (1939) and ''Krishnakumar'' (1941). Yogi translated many of film related English technical terms into

and published a model screenplay using the terms in the magazine ''Gundoosi''. In 2000, the

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nationalised his works.

Filmography

;As script writer *''

'' (1936) *''Krishnabakthi'' (1948) *''Lakshmi'' (1953) ;As director *''

'' (1939) *''Krishnakumar'' (1941)

References

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* {{Authority control Tamil poets Tamil film directors Tamil screenwriters 1963 deaths 1904 births Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu Film directors from Tamil Nadu Poets from Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian poets