K. S. Sethumadhavan

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K. S. Sethumadhavan

Born January 1, 1931 · Palakkad, Madras Presidency, British India

Died December 24, 2021 · aged 90

K. Subrahmanyam Sethumadhavan was a multi award winning Indian director mainly active in the Malayalam film industry. He had also directed both critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi apart from Malayalam. His best known works include 'Odayil Ninnu', 'Achanum Bappayum', 'Chattakari' and 'Oppol' in Malayalam, 'Marupakkam' and 'Nammavar' in Tamil, 'Stri' in…

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NammavarNammavar · 1994
Nammavar
7.71994
MovieDrama
Selvam, the new vice principal of a college, tries to transform the behaviour of troublemaking students while fighting an inner war.
KarakanakadalKarakanakadal · 1971
Karakanakadal
7.01971
Movie
Karakanakadal is a 1971 Indian Malayalam film, directed by KS Sethumadhavan and produced by Hari Pothan. The film stars Sathyan, Madhu, Jayabharathi, Vincent etc. in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan
YakshiYakshi · 1968
Yakshi
7.01968
MovieHorrorThriller
Sreenivasan gets disfigured in a laboratory accident and is shunned by people once close to him. He marries Ragini, a beautiful woman, but has doubts that she is a demigoddess.
Nakshathrangale KaavalNakshathrangale Kaaval · 1978
Nakshathrangale Kaaval
7.01978
Movie
Nakshathrangale Kaaval is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film adaptation of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel of the same name by P. Padmarajan. It is directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by Hari Pothan and stars Jayabharathi, MG Soman, Sukumari and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles.
Inquilab ZindabadInquilab Zindabad · 1971
Inquilab Zindabad
7.01971
MovieDrama
Anubhavangal PalichakalAnubhavangal Palichakal · 1971
Anubhavangal Palichakal
4.61971
Movie
Ashamed of his bad behaviour towards his family, Chellappan decides to set things straight. However, he gets the shock of his life after learning that his wife is in a relationship with another man.
Venal KinavukalVenal Kinavukal · 1991
Venal Kinavukal
7.01991
MovieDrama
Four youngsters on vacation meet up with an old friend who had moved to Chennai. His accounts of dalliances with the opposite sex and life in the city arouse their repressed desires.
Odayil NinnuOdayil Ninnu · 1965
Odayil Ninnu
7.01965
MovieDrama
Pappu is a person who takes a relentless stand for justice right from his early years. His protests against his teacher who discriminates between the landlord's son and other children brings him the wrath of the landlord and he's forced to leave home. He leads a hard life fighting to uphold his ideals. He ends up being a rickshaw puller and at this time finds a child from the gutter and takes care of her. Things do not go as Pappu expected as the child grows older.

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JulieJulie · 1975
Julie
6.51975
MovieDramaRomance
Julie is an anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. When she comes back home, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He agrees to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage, not knowing about the baby born in secret. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as she and the rest of the family want to go to England

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