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	==Death==		==Death==
	He died of cardiac arrest on 1 April 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.contactphonenumberaddress.com/director-p-nagarajan-contact-number-residence-address-phone-number-email-id/\|title=Director A.P. Nagarajan Contact Number, Residence Address, Phone Number, Email ID\|website=contactphonenumberaddress.com\|access-date=1 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401133839/https://www.contactphonenumberaddress.com/director-p-nagarajan-contact-number-residence-address-phone-number-email-id/\|archive-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> He was aged just 49 when he died.		He died of cardiac arrest on 1 April 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.contactphonenumberaddress.com/director-p-nagarajan-contact-number-residence-address-phone-number-email-id/\|title=Director A.P. Nagarajan Contact Number, Residence Address, Phone Number, Email ID\|website=contactphonenumberaddress.com\|date=22 September 2017\|access-date=1 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401133839/https://www.contactphonenumberaddress.com/director-p-nagarajan-contact-number-residence-address-phone-number-email-id/\|archive-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> He was aged just 49 when he died.

			==Awards==
			* He won [[Filmfare Award for Best Film - Tamil]] - ''[[Thiruvilaiyadal]]'' (1965)<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=Thiruvilaiyadal&redir_esc=y</ref>
	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

2409:4072:6313:B719:0:0:3C5:28AD: /* Early life */A.P.Nagarajan sir was from my native place. He is a Gounder (Kongu vellalar caste). He is not a vanniyar

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Early life: A.P.Nagarajan sir was from my native place. He is a Gounder (Kongu vellalar caste). He is not a vanniyar

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{{Infobox person
| name = A. P. Nagarajan
| image = A.P.NagarajanImg.jpg
| caption =
| image_size =
| birth_name = Kuppusamy
| other_names = Arutselvar, Deiviga Iyakkunar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|02|24}}
| birth_place = Akkamappettai, [[Sankagiri]], [[Salem district]], [[Madras Presidency]], British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1977|4|1|1928|2|24}}
| death_place = [[Madras]], Tamil Nadu, India
| nationality =
| occupation = director, producer, actor and writer
| years_active = 1953–1977
| known_for =
| spouse = Rani
| children = A. P. N. Paramasivam
| parents = Father : Paramasivam Gounder<br> Mother : Lakshmi Ammal
| website =
}}

'''Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan''' (24 February 1928<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=GC5ux4shUxsC&q=A.+P.+Nagarajan+April+1977+Madras&dq=A.+P.+Nagarajan+April+1977+Madras&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC7dOUvsTZAhUMmrQKHaCBC9MQ6AEIJzAA Mass Media in India 1979-1980], Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1979, p. 204</ref> – 5 April 1977)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patheticfacts.com/indian-actors-died-at-age-49.html|title=Indian movie stars died at 49|website=patheticfacts.com|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401133443/http://patheticfacts.com/indian-actors-died-at-age-49.html|archive-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> was an Indian [[film director]], producer, actor and writer who set a trend in film making in [[Tamil cinema]] from 1965 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/master-of-mythological-cinema/article3314719.ece|title=Master of mythological cinema|last=Raman|first=Mohan V.|date=2012-04-14|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Early life==
A. P. Nagarajan was born on 24 February 1928 under the name Kuppuswamy in a traditional [[Gounder]] household. His father, Paramasiva Gounder, died when Kuppuswamy was a young boy; within a few months, his mother Lakshmi Ammal died too. His maternal grandmother, Manicka Ammal, took charge of the boy. Afraid that he might not be cared for by the family, she admitted him to a drama company without informing them of the boy's antecedents. Later he shifted to Avvai T. K. Shanmugam's drama company. As there were many Kuppuswamis, his name was changed to Nagarajan. Nagarajan learnt the basics of theatre and roles to play the lead in the play "Gumasthavin Penn." A remarkable actor, he brought to life all the roles he donned, his early "sthreepart" roles being very popular with the audience. He worked in the Madurai Jayarama Sangeetha Boys Company as well as Sakthi Nadaga Sabha, along with Sivaji Ganesan and Kaka Radhakrishnan.

==Film career==

Nagarajan started his own drama company, the Pazhani Kadiravan Nadaga Sabha, and, in 1949, married Rani Ammal. He wrote and acted in several plays and one of his plays "Nalvar" was made into a movie. Nagarajan wrote the screenplay for his own story and play the hero in this film. His film career thus began in 1953.
[[File:AP Najarajan with his group.jpg|thumb|AP Nagarajan with his drama group]]
He also acted in many movies for producer M. A. Venu, formerly of Modern Theatres, such as Mangalyam, Nalla Thangal and Pennarasi. He wrote the screenplay for Town Bus and by 1956 decided to focus on writing. He wrote Naan Petra Selvam and Makkalai Petra Maharasi — in the latter, he introduced the ‘Kongu' Tamil accent for the hero. The first of his many mythological films — Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958) — was a big success, and Rajaji, who had little regard for cinema, watched this film and praised Sivaji Ganesan's performance as Bharatha in it. He then started to produce in partnership with actor V. K. Ramaswamy. Some of the works of this period include Nalla Idaththu Sammandham (1958), Thayai Pol Pillai, Noolai Pol Selai (1959) and Paavai Vilakku. He made his directorial debut with Vadivukku Valaigaappu (1962). He launched his own production company with Navarathri and then went on to make a mark in the field of mythological cinema as well.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jBcAgAAQBAJ&q=vk+ramasamy&pg=PT139|title=THE EYE OF THE SERPENT: AN INTRODUCTION TO TAMIL CINEMA|last=BASKARAN|first=SUNDARARAJ THEODORE|date=2013-12-24|publisher=Westland|isbn=9789383260744|language=en}}</ref>

In 1965, a year after the release of Karnan, Thiruvilayadal hit the screens and set box office records. This was followed by Saraswathi Sabatham, Kandhan Karunai, Thiruvarutchelvar, Thirumal Perumai, Agasthiyar, Thirumalai Deivam, Karaikaal Ammaiyar and Sri Krishna Leela. He made Thillana Mohanambal and Raja Raja Chozhan, both of which too deserve to be restored.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

Thillana Mohanambal is based on a novel published as a serial in [[Ananda Vikatan|Anandha Vikatan]] (Tamil weekly). Sri Kothamangalam Subbu, a staff member of Gemini studios, wrote the story under the pseudonym Kalaimani. The film follows the turmoils of the hero Sikkil Shanmughasundaram, a [[Nadaswaram|nathaswaram]] player portrayed by [[Sivaji Ganesan|Sivaji ganesan]], and [[Thillana Mohanambal]], played by [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]. Nagarajan condensed the story into a 150-minute screen time. The film is set to a score by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Film
! colspan="4" | Credited as
! rowspan="2" | Language
!class=unsortable rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Producer
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Actor
|-
|1977 || ''[[Navarathinam]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1977 || ''[[Sri Krishna Leela (1977 film)|Sri Krishna Leela]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1976 || ''Jai Balaji''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1975 || ''[[Melnaattu Marumagal]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1974 || ''[[Gumasthavin Magal]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1973 || ''[[Karaikkal Ammaiyar (1973 film)|Karaikkal Ammaiyar]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1973 || ''[[Rajaraja Cholan]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1973 || ''[[Thirumalai Deivam (1973 film)|Thirumalai Deivam]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1972 || ''[[Agathiyar]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1971 || ''[[Arutperunjothi]]''
|
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1971 || ''Kankaatchi''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Thirumalai Thenkumari]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Vilayattu Pillai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1969 || ''[[Gurudhatchanai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1969 || ''[[Vaa Raja Vaa]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1968 || ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil || [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|-
|1968 || ''[[Thirumal Perumai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1967 || ''[[Thiruvarutchelvar]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1967 || ''[[Seeta (1967 film)|Seeta]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1967 || ''[[Kandan Karunai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1966 || ''[[Saraswati Sabatham]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1965 || ''[[Thiruvilaiyadal]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil || [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|-
|1964 || ''[[Navarathri (1964 film)|Navarathri]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1963 || ''[[Kulamagal Radhai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1962 || ''[[Vadivukku Valai Kappu]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1960 || ''[[Paavai Vilakku]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1959 || ''[[Alli Petra Pillai]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1959 || ''[[Thayapol Pillai Noolapol Selai]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1958 || ''[[Neelavukku Neranja Manasu]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1958 || ''[[Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958 film)|Sampoorna Ramayanam]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1958 || ''[[Nalla Idathu Sammandham]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1957 || ''[[Makkalai Petra Magarasi]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1956 || ''[[Naan Petra Selvam]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1955 || ''[[Nalla Thangal]]''
|
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1955 || ''[[Town Bus]]''
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1955 || ''[[Asai Anna Arumai Thambi]]''
|
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1955 || ''[[Nam Kuzhandai]]''
|
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1955 || ''[[Pennarasi]]''
|
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1955 || ''[[Nalla Thangai]]''
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1954 || ''[[Mangalyam (film)|Mangalyam]]''
|
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
|-
|1953 || ''[[Naalvar]]''
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
|}

==Death==
He died of cardiac arrest on 1 April 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.contactphonenumberaddress.com/director-p-nagarajan-contact-number-residence-address-phone-number-email-id/|title=Director A.P. Nagarajan Contact Number, Residence Address, Phone Number, Email ID|website=contactphonenumberaddress.com|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401133839/https://www.contactphonenumberaddress.com/director-p-nagarajan-contact-number-residence-address-phone-number-email-id/|archive-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> He was aged just 49 when he died.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0619162|name=A.P. Nagarajan}}

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A. P. Nagarajan - Revision history

Jaffer sadiq: minor adjusted structure per sources and updated info

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2409:4072:6313:B719:0:0:3C5:28AD: /* Early life */A.P.Nagarajan sir was from my native place. He is a Gounder (Kongu vellalar caste). He is not a vanniyar