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| birth_name = Subbarayalu Munuswami Sriramulu Naidu
| birth_date = 1910
| birth_place = Tiruchi
| death_date = 1976
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'''Subbarayalu Munuswami Sriramulu Naidu''' (1910-1976), also known as '''Sreeramulu Naidu''', was an Indian businessman and movie producer from [[Coimbatore]] who founded the [[Pakshiraja Studios]] in 1945. He was responsible for the early development of the Tamil film industry in [[Coimbatore]] and was called the "Coimbatore movie mogul". He has directed and produced films predominantly in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Hindi]] and [[Malayalam]] languages, while also having made one Kannada film. In 1944, he was implicated as one of the accused in the [[Lakshmikanthan Murder Case]] and served his sentence till 1945 when he was discharged due to lack of evidence.

== Early life ==
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Sriramulu Naidu was born in Tiruchi in the year 1910. His father Munuswami Naidu was as a station master in the South Indian Railway Limited.

On retirement, Munuswami Naidu opened a bakery by name Davey & Co which Sriramulu Naidu inherited after his death. Soon, however, Naidu got interested in films and became a partner in [[Central Studios]] in Coimbatore. Later he would establish [[Pakshiraja Studios]] in Coimbatore and was also the founder of [[Chamundeshwari Studios]] in Bengaluru .

==Awards==
;[[National Film Awards]]
* [[2nd National Film Awards|1954]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> - ''[[Malaikkallan]]''
* [[9th National Film Awards|1961]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film in Malayalam]] - ''Sabarimala Ayyappan''<ref name="9thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|title=9th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=8 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|archivedate=2 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Central Studios]]
* [[Pakshiraja Studios]]
* [[Pakshiraja Films]]

==References==
;Sources
* [http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article451896.ece Baker-turned filmmaker - The Hindu article]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Naidu-hits-and-misses/article16256418.ece Naidu: Hits & Misses - The Hindu (Randoor Guy)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031224160758/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/11/17/stories/2003111700890100.htm Reel-time nostalgia]
* [https://tcrcindia.com/tag/haridas/ The Cinema Resource Centre (TCRC)]

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