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Thanjavur Radhakrishnan Ramachandran (T.R.Ramanna) (1923–1997) was an
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film director and producer.


Film career

Ramanna started his life as a sound recordist in a city studio and then made his way to film direction. He started the production company R.R. Pictures (with the initials of his sister and himself). He produced movies in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, many of which were successful. One of his successful film was '' Manapandhal'', inspired by the Hollywood classic ''
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'' (1954), directed by
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and starring Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn.


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* 1923 births 1997 deaths Kannada film directors Tamil film directors 20th-century Indian people People from Thanjavur Film directors from Tamil Nadu Tamil-language film directors Hindi-language film directors Film producers from Tamil Nadu {{India-film-director-stub