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| name = T. R. Sundaram<br />
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| birth_name = Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Mudaliar Sundaram<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1907|07|16}}<br />
| birth_place = Salem,Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1963|08|23|1907|07|16}}<br />
| death_place = Salem<br />
| occupation = Actor, director, producer, textile merchant<br />
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'''Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Sundaram Mudaliar''' (16 July 1907 – 30 August 1963)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article1435215.ece|title=Stickler for discipline|date=8 August 2008|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=7 September 2016|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180823000902/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Stickler-for-discipline/article15399624.ece|archivedate=23 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/leeds-love-and-modern-theatres/article6158141.ece|title=Leeds, love and Modern Theatres|date=29 June 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=7 September 2016|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141216070020/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/leeds-love-and-modern-theatres/article6158141.ece|archivedate=16 December 2014}}</ref> was an Indian film actor, director, and producer. He was the founder of the [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]]-based film production company [[Modern Theatres]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Sundaram was born in 1907 from [[Sengunthar|Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliar]] Community in [[Tiruchengodu]] in Salem district to a wealthy textile merchant V.V.C.Ramalingam Mudaliar and had his studies in India and in [[Leeds]], England, where he graduated in textile engineering. On returning to India, he managed his family business. After the production of the first Tamil talkie ''[[Kalidas (film)|Kalidas]]'' in 1931, the film industry emerged as a profitable means of investment. Sundaram set up Angel Pictures in Salem and produced movies along with S. S. Velayutham. He was brother of famous textile merchant<br />
V. V. C. R. Murugesa Mudaliar.<br />
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== Film career ==<br />
Sundaram split with Velayutham after a few years and set up his own production company [[Modern Theatres|The Modern Theatres Ltd]]. The first film produced under the banner of Modern Theatres was ''Sathi Ahalya'' in 1937. The next year, Sundaram produced the Malayalam film ''[[Balan (film)|Balan]]'' (1938). His 1944 film ''Arundathi'' was a commercial success and completed 100 days at the theatres.<ref>{{cite news |title=100th Day of "Arundathi" in Madura |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zr4-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=NkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3097%2C4860481 |accessdate=5 November 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=15 April 1944 |page=6}}</ref> Sundaram was instrumental in giving [[M. G. Ramachandran]] his first major solo box office hit in ''[[Manthiri Kumari]]''. It catapulted Ramachandran to greater fame. They followed it up with ''[[Sarvadhikari (film)|Sarvadhikari]]'' which became highest grosser of 1951.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
[[File:TR Sundaram 2013 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Sundaram on a 2013 stamp of India]]<br />
;[[National Film Awards]]<br />
* [[9th National Film Awards|1961]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Malayalam]] – ''[[Kandam Becha Kottu]]''<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}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title=TR Sundaram|publisher=Upperstall|url=http://www.upperstall.com/people/tr-sundaram|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226152303/http://www.upperstall.com/people/tr-sundaram|archivedate=26 December 2008}}<br />
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[[Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Coimbatore]]<br />
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