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{{Infobox person
|name = S. D. Subramania Yogi
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|caption = S. D. S. Yogi in 1953
|birth_name = Subramaniyan
|birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1904|11|30}}
|birth_place = Ellapalli, [[Kerala]], [[British Raj|India]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|7|27|1904|11|30}}
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'''S. D. Subramania Yogi''', popularly known as '''S. D. S. Yogi''' ({{lang-ta|ச. து. சு. யோகி}}; 30 November 1904 – 27 July 1963)<ref>{{cite book|last=S. R. Ashok Kumar|title=S.D.S. Yogi, Monograph|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|url=https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/admin/assets/book/TVA_BOK_0006344_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D.pdf | language=Tamil}}</ref> was a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] director, playwright, screenplay writer and poet from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. He was born in a family of poets<ref>{{cite book|last=G. A. Natesan|author-link=G. A. Natesan|title=The Indian review, Volumes 77-78|year=1981|publisher=G.A. Natesan & Co|pages=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykrjAAAAMAAJ&q=s+d+s+yogi}}</ref> and published his first collection of poems, while still a student at the [[Erode]] Mahajana High School in 1924. He became involved in the [[Indian Independence Movement]] and wrote many poems in support of the Indian nationalist cause. He was given the title "Bhala Bharathi" in appreciation of his Tamil literary skills. Among his noted works are ''Bhavani Kuravanji'', a translation of [[Omar Kayyam]]'s works into Tamil and the life stories of [[Mary Magdalene]] and [[Ahalya]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Literature|year=1988|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|pages=45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqGojPpe8DIC&pg=PA45}}</ref> After becoming well known in the field of literature, Yogi started writing scripts for [[Tamil film]]s. His first film as script writer - ''[[Iru Sahodarargal]]'' (1936) was a success and the literary magazine ''Manikodi'' praised him for his dialogues. He went on to write scripts and song lyrics for a number of Tamil films till the 1950s. He also directed two films - ''[[Adrishtam]]'' (1939) and ''Krishnakumar'' (1941).
<ref>{{cite book|last=Narayanan|first=Aranthai|title=Sudanthira Poril Tamil Cinema|year=1988|publisher=New Century Book House|pages=39–40}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Velayutham|first=Selvaraj |title=Tamil cinema: the cultural politics of India's other film industry|year=2008 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-39680-6|pages=119|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=65Aqrna4o5oC&pg=PA119}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Muthukumaraswamy|first=M. D. |title=Folklore as discourse|year=2006|publisher=National Folklore Support Centre (India)|isbn=978-81-901481-6-0|pages=251|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lC6FCZ9VcaAC&pg=PA251}}</ref> Yogi translated many of film related English technical terms into [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and published a model screenplay using the terms in the magazine ''Gundoosi''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Randor Guy|author-link=Randor Guy|title=Blast from the past- Adrishtam 1939 |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/08/01/stories/2008080150401600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914022212/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/08/01/stories/2008080150401600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2008|access-date=19 January 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 August 2008}}</ref>

In 2000, the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] nationalised his works.<ref>{{cite news|title=Works of three more Tamil writers nationalised |url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/10/24/stories/04242236.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108174658/http://www.hindu.com/2000/10/24/stories/04242236.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2012|access-date=19 January 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 October 2000}}</ref>

==Filmography==

;As script writer
*''[[Iru Sahodarargal]]'' (1936)
*''Krishnabakthi'' (1948)
*''Lakshmi'' (1953)

;As director
*''[[Adrishtam]]'' (1939)
*''Krishnakumar'' (1941)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0948344}}

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[[Category:Tamil poets]]
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:Tamil screenwriters]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Poets from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]

S. D. S. Yogi - Revision history

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