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S. V. Subbaiah

Acting Born Jan 1, 1920 Sengottai, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India 24 credits

Biography

S. V. Subbaiah was an Indian stage and film actor who featured mainly in Tamil-language dramas and films. He featured mostly in character roles that communicated emotional feelings.

Subbaiah hails from Sengottai in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India. Spurning academic pursuits, he joined a drama troupe called ‘Senkottai Ananda Sakthivel Paramananda Boys Company’ when he was 11 years old. Later, he was part of drama troupes such as Balashanmukhananda Sabha and Sakthi Nataka Sabha. Subbaiah's performance as Kavi Anandar in S. D. Sundharam's play Kaviyin Kanavu staged by Sakthi Nataka Sabha in 1945 fetched rave reviews. This paved the way for him to enter Tamil films.

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Known for

Film

Arangetram

as Ramu Shastrigal

Frequent co-stars

Prameela 1 shared title
Sivakumar 1 shared title
Kamal Haasan 1 shared title
Sasikumar 1 shared title
M. N. Rajam 1 shared title
M. S. Sundari Bai 1 shared title
Senthamarai 1 shared title
R. Neelakantan 1 shared title
Jayachitra 1 shared title
Jayasudha 1 shared title

Career timeline

Gnana KuzhandhaiSigappukkal Mookkuthi
Madhuraiyai Meetta SundharapandiyanVandikkaran MaganVanakkathukuriya Kathaliye
AnnakiliUnakkaga NaanSathyam
ArangetramSollathaan Ninaikkiren
Jakkamma
Kaaval Dheivam
Ramu
Kaakum Karangal
Paadha Kaanikkai
Paava MannippuPaalum Pazhamum
Irumbu ThiraiPaadhai Theriyudhu PaarKalathur Kannamma
Vanjikottai Valiban
Rambayin Kadhal
Mangayar Thilakam
Rajakumari

Full filmography

  • Irumbu Thirai (1960) as Saravanan
  • Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan (1978) as The King Chozhan
  • Annakili (1976) as Vadivel Ambal
  • Rajakumari (1947)
  • Arangetram (1973) as Ramu Shastrigal
  • Unakkaga Naan (1976) as Dharmalingam
  • Gnana Kuzhandhai (1979) as Vakeesan/Thirunavukkarasar
  • Jakkamma (1972)
  • Rambayin Kadhal (1956) as the king
  • Vandikkaran Magan (1978)
  • Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar (1960)
  • Sollathaan Ninaikkiren (1973)
  • Vanjikottai Valiban (1958) as Murugan
  • Paadha Kaanikkai (1962)
  • Vanakkathukuriya Kathaliye (1978) as Sangaralingam
  • Kaakum Karangal (1965) as Ranganathan
  • Sigappukkal Mookkuthi (1979)
  • Paava Mannippu (1961) as James
  • Kaaval Dheivam (1969)
  • Mangayar Thilakam (1955) as Karunakaran
  • Kalathur Kannamma (1960) as Murugan
  • Ramu (1966)
  • Paalum Pazhamum (1961)
  • Sathyam (1976)