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{{infobox person
| name = T. R. Raghunath
| birth_name = Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath
| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|7|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Travancore]], [[British Raj]]{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=183}}
| occupation = Film director
| spouse = M. S. Saroja<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/breathing-jeeva-into-stories/article5347759.ece | title=Breathing Jeeva into stories | work=[[Business Line]] | first=Sandhya | last=Rao | date=14 November 2013 | access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref>
| children = Kalyani Saichandran Karthik Raghunath Jamuna Jaishankar Rajaram Raghunath Jeeva Raghunath
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|1|2|1912|7|16|df=y}}
}}

'''Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath''' (16 July 1912 – 2 January 1990) was an Indian film director. He was the younger brother of film director Raja Chandrasekhar.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-forgotten-heroes/article5204125.ece | title=The forgotten heroes | work=[[The Hindu]] | first=Randor | last=Guy | author-link=Randor Guy | date=5 October 2013 | access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref>

== Career ==
Raghunath started his film career as an assistant director in ''[[Gnanasoundari (1935 film)|Gnanasoundari]]'' (1935). He then worked as a sound recordist in ''[[Dhara Sasangam]]'' (1936) for Sreenivasa Cinetone before making his directorial debut the same year with ''[[Kizhattu Mappillai]]''. He directed more than 30 films in Tamil. [[M. G. Ramachandran]] featured in minor roles in a couple of his films during 1940s. Subsequently, he directed [[M. G. Ramachandran]]in ''Raja Desingu'' movie, released in 1960, after much delay in production. {{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=183}}

Raghunath later went on to become a technical adviser at Karpagam Studios, after which he was appointed the President of the Madras branch of the [[Films Division of India]] (FDI).{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=183}}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Produced by:
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Kizhattu Mappillai]]'' || Sreenivasa Cinetone
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Jothi (1939 film)|Jothi]]'' || Jothi Pictures
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Vedavathi Alladhu Seetha Jananam]]'' || Shyamala Pictures
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Tamizhariyum Perumal]]'' || Uma Pictures
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1944 || ''[[Mahamaya (film)|Mahamaya]]'' || [[Jupiter Pictures]]
|-
| ''[[Prabhavathi]]'' || Krishna Pictures
|-
| 1946 || ''[[Arthanaari]]'' || Kalaivani Films Madras United Artistes Corporation
|-
| 1947 || ''[[Udayanan Vasavadatta]]'' || Uma Pictures
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1951 || ''[[Vanasundari]]'' || Krishna Pictures
|-
| ''[[Singari]]'' || National Productions
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Mappillai (1952 film)|Mappillai]]'' || National Productions
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Vilayattu Bommai]]'' || Sri Sukumaran Productions
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1955 || ''[[Ulagam Palavitham]]'' || National Productions
|-
| ''[[Kanavane Kankanda Deivam]]'' || Narayanan Company
|-
| ''[[Maheswari (film)|Maheswari]]'' || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Marma Veeran]]'' || [[Mehboob Studio]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1957 || ''[[Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam]]'' || Jai Shakti Pictures
|-
| ''[[Rani Lalithangi]]'' || T. N. R. Productions
|-
| ''[[Yaar Paiyyan]]'' || Vijaya Films
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1958 ||''[[Kanniyin Sabatham]]'' || [[Jupiter Pictures]]
|-
| ''[[Mangalya Bhagyam]]'' || Krishna Pictures
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Vannakili]]'' || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1960 || ''[[Anbukkor Anni]]'' || Film Center
|-
| ''[[Raja Desingu]]'' || Krishna Pictures
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Marutha Nattu Veeran]]'' || Sri Ganesh Prasad Movies
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1962 || ''[[Kavitha (1962 film)|Kavitha]]'' || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Vikramaadhithan]]'' || Jaya Bharat Productions
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1971 || ''[[Lora Neeyevide]]'' ([[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film]]) || Excel Productions
|-
| ''[[Thirumagal]]'' || Govindarajaa Films
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Mappillai Azhaippu]]'' ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Angathattu]]'' ([[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film]]) || Azeem Company
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | first1=Ashish | last1=Rajadhyaksha | url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | last2=Willemen | first2=Paul | orig-year=1994 | year=1998 | isbn=0-19-563579-5 }}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.geni.com/people/T-R-Raghunath/6000000002551122493 | title=Director T. R. Raghunath}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|0706494}}

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[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:1990 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:Malayalam film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Thiruvananthapuram]]

T. R. Raghunath - Revision history

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