Central Studios
Year Title Language Production Lead Cast Director Music Composer Notes
1938 Thukkaram Tamil Central Studios Musiri Subramania Iyer Chokkalinga Bhagavathar K. Seetha Meenambal R. Balasaraswathi B. N. Rao Musiri Subramania Iyer The only movie of the iconic Carnatic musician Musiri Subramania Iyer . Telugu version was played by C. S. R. Anjaneyulu as the lead
1939 Rambaiyin Kaadhal Tamil Central Studios , Sri Murugan Talkies K. Sarangkapani , K. L. V. Vasantha , N. S. Krishnan B. N. Rao Debut movie for comedian T. S. Durairaj
1941 Aryamala Tamil Pakshiraja Films K. S. Narayanan Iyengar P. U. Chinnappa M. S. Sarojini M. R. Santhanalakshmi N. S. Krishnan Bomman Irani G. Ramanathan
1943 Sivakavi Tamil Central Studios , Pakshiraja Films M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar S. Jayalakshmi T. R. Rajakumari N. S. Krishnan S. M. Sriramulu Naidu Papanasam Sivan Shooting started in 1942 with P. K. Raja Sandow as the director . But soon disputes arose between Raja Sandow and the producer S. M. Sriramulu Naidu who took over the reins himself . The script was written by Elangovan . Upon release this was the major blockbuster of the year with full houses in all over Madras Presidency
1944 Haridas Tamil Royal Talkies M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar T. R. Rajakumari N. C. Vasanthakokilam N. S. Krishnan Sundar Rao Nadkarni Papanasam Sivan , G. Ramanathan One of the record setting blockbuster hit , released for 1944 Deepavali , it ran continuously in Madras Broadway Theater with full shows for 110 weeks , crossing 1945 and 1946 Deepavali 's
1946 Valmiki Tamil Central Studios C. Honnappa Bhagavathar U. R. Jeevarathinam T. R. Rajakumari N. C. Vasanthakokilam Sundar Rao Nadkarni Papanasam Sivan The movie was originally signed with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and shooting commenced in 1944 with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as the lead before his arrest in the Lakshmikanthan Murder Case . Later , all the scenes had to be re-shot with C. Honnappa Bhagavathar
1948 Bilhanan Tamil TKS Brothers T. K. Shanmugam T. K. Bhagavathi M. S. Draupathi K.V . Srinivasan T. A. Kalyanam The story and screenplay was by A.S.A . Sami was popular in AIR played by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhaghavathar
1949 Velaikkaari Tamil Jupiter Pictures K. R. Ramasamy Janaki Ramachandran M. N. Nambiar A. S. A. Sami S. M. Subbaiah Naidu C. R. Subburaman The film script was written by C. N. Annadurai ( later chief minister of Tamil Nadu ) , his second film to be based on his plays . .
1949 Kanniyin Kaadhali Tamil Jupiter Pictures Madhuri Devi Anjali Devi N. S. Krishnan T. A. Mathuram K. Ramnoth and A. K. Sekhar S. M. Subbaiah Naidu C. R. Subburaman The movie featured a dance sequence by the famed sister duo Lalitha and Padmini
1950 Krishna Vijayam Tamil Jupiter Pictures N. C. Vasanthakokilam P. V. Narasimha Bharathi Sundar Rao Nadkarni S. M. Subbaiah Naidu C. S. Jayaraman Th efilm featured dance by Lalitha and Padmini
1951 Marmayogi Tamil Jupiter Pictures M. G. Ramachandran M. N. Nambiar Anjali Devi Madhuri Devi K. Ramnoth S. M. Subbaiah Naidu , C. R. Subburaman Jupiter Pictures remade the film in Telugu with same name starring N. T. Rama Rao . [ 2 ] The film was also made in Hindi as Ek Tha Raja in 1951 with M. G. Ramachandran played the lead role at the same time
1954 Sorgavasal Tamil Parimalam Pictures K. R. Ramaswamy S. S. Rajendran Anjali Devi P. S. Veerappa Padmini A. Kasilingam Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy The film was partly shot at Central Studion and Neptune Studios , Adyar , Madras . Parimalam Pictures was jointly promoted by Jupiter Pictures and N. K. Kaliappa
1955 Town Bus Tamil M. A. Venu ( M. A. V Pictures ) N. N. Kannappa Anjali Devi A. Karunanidhi K. Somu K. V. Mahadevan Story by A. P. Nagarajan
1955 Mullaivanam Tamil Arvind Pictures ( V. Krishnan ) Sriram Kumari Rukmini P. S. Veerappa A. Karunanidhi V. Krishnan K. V. Mahadevan
1955 Pennarasi Tamil M. A. Venu P. Kannamba A. P. Nagarajan Rajasulochana M. N. Nambiar P. S. Veerappa K. Somu K. V. Mahadevan Story by A. P. Nagarajan
List of Major Releases
Movies listed here are partial list only . The list includes other Production houses operating from Central Studios .
Central Studios was an Indian film studio in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, started by B.Rangaswamy Naidu (a.k.a. B. R. Naidu) and other prominent industrialists like Swamikannu Vincent of Coimbatore in 1935 to make Tamil and other South Indian language movies. The studio was a major hub of Tamil movie production and notable for its association with many early day Tamil Movie Superstars, directors and script writers etc. and many making their career debuts here. The studio is best rememberd for movies like Sivakavi, Velaikari and Haridas.