Nataraja mudaliar biography

Indian film director

In this Indian name, the name Rangaswamy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nataraja Mudaliar.

Rangaswamy Nataraja Mudaliar (1885–1971^{[dubious – discuss]}), was an Indian film director.

Popularly known as the father of Tamil cinema,^[1] he was a pioneer in the production of silent films. Starting his career as an automobile spare parts merchant, he started the "Indian Film Company Limited" in Madras.^[2] In 1917, Mudaliar made Keechaka Vadham, South India's first silent film.

Upon critical success of the film, he went on to produce films like Draupadhi Vastrapaharanam (1918), Lava Kusa (1919), Rukmini Satyabhama and Mayil Ravana.

The pioneer ‘Tamil’ film-maker - The Hindu

After the death of his son in a fire accident in 1923, Mudaliar retired from films.

Early life

Rangaswamy Nataraja Mudaliar was born in 1885 in Vellore, Madras Presidency, British India in a wealthy Tamil Thuluva V Recalling Nataraja Mudaliar. He made his point and left film ... WIQUH