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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian documentary filmmaker (1938–2025)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = S. Krishnaswamy<br />
| birth_name = Subramanyam Krishnaswamy<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|07|29|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Madras]], Madras Province, British India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|12|28|1938|07|29|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Filmmaker|author}}<br />
| spouse = [[Mohana Krishnaswamy]] (1969–2025)<br />
| children = 3<br />
| father = [[Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam]]<br />
| relatives = [[Padma Subrahmanyam]] (sister)<br/>[[Raghuram]] (nephew)<br/>[[Hrishikesh (actor)|Hrishikesh]] (grand-nephew)<br/>[[Anirudh Ravichander]] (grand-nephew)<br/>[[Gayathri Raghuram]] (grand-niece)<br />
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'''Subramanyam Krishnaswamy''' (29 July 1938 – 28 December 2025) was an Indian documentary filmmaker and writer<ref name=nhcrap/> who won the [[Padmashri|Padma Shri]] award in 2009.<ref name=kap/> His later works included three documentaries on the Indian influence in Southeast Asia: ''Indian Imprints'', ''A Different Pilgrimage'', and ''Tracking Indian Footmarks''.<ref name=psbt>{{Cite web |url=http://www.psbt.org/directors/298 |title=Public Service Broadcasting Trust |access-date=2 January 2011 |archive-date=14 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314015837/http://www.psbt.org/directors/298 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Indian Imprints'' was broadcast on [[Doordarshan]] in 18 episodes.<ref>[http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=248&page=33 Treasure trove of startling revelations]</ref><ref>[http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/july/july57.php "Krishnaswamy's 'Indian Imprints' explores India across South Asia"]</ref><ref>[http://www.merinews.com/article/indian-imprints-taking-india-to-indians/132729.shtml "Indian imprints: Taking India to Indians"]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080815111255/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/08/08/stories/2008080851060400.htm Indian Imprints]</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Documentary-explores-Indian-imprints-in-South-East-Asia/article15196355.ece | title=Documentary explores Indian imprints in South-East Asia | date=3 April 2008 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=8 August 2019 }}</ref><br />
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Krishnaswamy died from heart disease on 29 December 2025 at a hospital in [[Chennai]]. He was aged 87.<ref>{{cite news |title=Acclaimed documentary filmmaker S. Krishnaswamy passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/acclaimed-documentary-filmmaker-krishnaswamy-passes-away/article70447123.ece |access-date=28 December 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=28 December 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Books==<br />
* ''Indian Film'' (with [[Erik Barnouw]]) (Columbia University Press 1963, Oxford University Press 1980)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 2009: [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
* 2009: Hamsadhwani Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award<ref>{{citation | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=19 August 2009 | title=Award conferred on S.Krishnaswamy | url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/19/stories/2009081958170200.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822152631/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/19/stories/2009081958170200.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=22 August 2009}}</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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<ref name=kap>{{cite web | url=http://www.kaplindia.net/dr_krishnaswamy.htm | title=Dr. S. Krisnaswamy}}</ref><br />
<ref name=nhcrap>{{cite web | url=http://www.ndtv-hindu.com/features/metro-plus/2010/oct/12/139/dr-s-krishnaswamy-outstanding-contribution-to-non-fiction-films | date= 12 October 2010 | title=Dr S Krishnaswamy outstanding contribution to non-fiction films.}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.kaplindia.net/ Krishnaswamy Associates]<br />
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