S. Panju

Directing

S. Panju

Born — Died

1915-01-24 — 1984-04-06

Place of birth

Umayalpuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Directing

Credits

37 titles

S. Panju was an Indian film director and editor. R. Krishnan and Panju worked as the directing duo Krishnan–Panju.

Known for

Eyes poster
NR

A doctor husband wants to make his wife go blind by putting drops that would harm her eyes making her believe that it would improve her eyesight. The purpose is to marry his wife's sister.

Eyes

1953

Barkha poster
7.0

Ajit is a poor farmer who has mortgaged his land with Zamindar Haridas. Ajit gets in the bad books of Haridas, and as a result he loses his house and property, on the very day of his sister's marriage. Ajit loses his temper and assaults Haridas, and as a result is arrested and imprisoned. His sister, Parvati, on her own now, gets molested, but is rescued in the nick of time by Haridas' son, Dr. Manohar, who eventually marries her, much to the anger of his dad. When Ajit is released from prison, he comes to Haridas' house with a sharp knife, bent on vengeance at any cost, not knowing that his sister is married in this family.

Barkha

1959

No artwork available
10.0

Raja's frequent brush with crime forces his sister Rani to disown him, and she decides to work in Dr. Mohan's house. However, Dr. Mohan finds out the truth about Rani and her brother.

Man-Mauji

1962

Nallathambi poster
7.0

Nallathambi (NSK) a simple rural man inherits an estate from his deceased Zamindar relative. The Zamindar's daughter Pushpa (Bhanumathi) falls in love with Nallathambi. However he loves another girl (T. A. Madhuram). Bhoopathy (Sahasranamam) the estate manager has his eye on the wealth and tries to cheat Nallathambi out of it. He goads Pushpa into filing a suit that Nallathambi is mentally insane. In the end Nallathambi defeats Bhoopathy's machinations.

Nallathambi

1949

No artwork available
NR

When a mysterious chef arrives in a problematic household, will he be able to fix the family?

Samayalkaran

1974

Ratha Kanneer poster
8.0

Mohanasundaram, a philanderer and drunkard, gets married to Chandra after he returns to India. Though he has a wife, he develops a relationship with Kantha, a prostitute.

Ratha Kanneer

1954

Behind the camera

Eyes poster
NR

A doctor husband wants to make his wife go blind by putting drops that would harm her eyes making her believe that it would improve her eyesight. The purpose is to marry his wife's sister.

Eyes

1953

Barkha poster
7.0

Ajit is a poor farmer who has mortgaged his land with Zamindar Haridas. Ajit gets in the bad books of Haridas, and as a result he loses his house and property, on the very day of his sister's marriage. Ajit loses his temper and assaults Haridas, and as a result is arrested and imprisoned. His sister, Parvati, on her own now, gets molested, but is rescued in the nick of time by Haridas' son, Dr. Manohar, who eventually marries her, much to the anger of his dad. When Ajit is released from prison, he comes to Haridas' house with a sharp knife, bent on vengeance at any cost, not knowing that his sister is married in this family.

Barkha

1959

No artwork available
10.0

Raja's frequent brush with crime forces his sister Rani to disown him, and she decides to work in Dr. Mohan's house. However, Dr. Mohan finds out the truth about Rani and her brother.

Man-Mauji

1962

Nallathambi poster
7.0

Nallathambi (NSK) a simple rural man inherits an estate from his deceased Zamindar relative. The Zamindar's daughter Pushpa (Bhanumathi) falls in love with Nallathambi. However he loves another girl (T. A. Madhuram). Bhoopathy (Sahasranamam) the estate manager has his eye on the wealth and tries to cheat Nallathambi out of it. He goads Pushpa into filing a suit that Nallathambi is mentally insane. In the end Nallathambi defeats Bhoopathy's machinations.

Nallathambi

1949

No artwork available
NR

When a mysterious chef arrives in a problematic household, will he be able to fix the family?

Samayalkaran

1974

Ratha Kanneer poster
8.0

Mohanasundaram, a philanderer and drunkard, gets married to Chandra after he returns to India. Though he has a wife, he develops a relationship with Kantha, a prostitute.

Ratha Kanneer

1954

Bhabhi poster
8.0

Shanta agrees to marry a lesser educated man.

Bhabhi

1957

Mera Qasoor Kya Hai poster
9.0

Mera Qasoor Kya Hai is a 1964 Hindi film starring Dharmendra, Nanda and Om Prakash. The film's music is by Chitragupta.

Mera Qasoor Kya Hai

1964

No artwork available
7.0

An orphaned girl is adopted by a rich woman with a mysterious past. How does she solve the mysteries that surround her new home?

Annapoorni

1978

Chakravathi poster
9.0

Chakravarthy, Ranjith and Prakash are childhood friends. Problems arise when Ranjith suspects Chakravarthy and Prakash to be behind the rape attempt on his wife.

Chakravathi

1977

Annai poster
8.0

Savithri, who does not have any kids with her husband, decides to adopt her sister's child. Things take a turn when her sister meets her child after many years and yearns for him.

Annai

1962

Pookkari poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pookkari

1973

Neela Malargal poster
6.0

Little Kannan has a heart of gold, he meets a blind girl, Meena and they become best friends. When he falls terminally ill, he resolves to pledge his eyes to Meena.

Neela Malargal

1979

Kaliyuga Kannan poster
10.0

Kaliyuga Kannan is a drama of faith and disbelief in God of a middle-aged couple. It tells of how the man is made to realise on becoming rich that God certainly does not neglect his faithful and wealth only brings sorrow and pain with it. He renounces all his wealth to his son and daughter-in-law and goes back to his old way of living.

Kaliyuga Kannan

1974

Shaadi poster
9.0

The life of an impoverished male undergoes drastic changes after he gets his siblings married.

Shaadi

1962

No artwork available
8.0

Anandhan, a homeless person, finds an abandoned baby boy in a temple and brings him up as his own son. However, after five years, the real parents of the kid come in search of him.

Petralthan Pillaya

1966

Do Kaliyan poster
7.0

Proud, wealthy, and haughty Kiran meets with down-to-earth middle-class fellow collegian, Shekhar, and after several clashes and misunderstandings, both fall in love and decide to get married. Shekhar meets with Kiran's dominating mom and mousy dad, and is told that he must successfully pass a test that will be put to him through Kiran's mom, to which he agrees.

Do Kaliyan

1968

Parasakthi poster
6.6

Set against the backdrop of World War II, three brothers are separated by war while their sister Kalyani faces immense struggles after being widowed and left destitute. As each sibling endures hardship and societal injustice, their paths cross in unexpected ways, culminating in a dramatic courtroom trial that exposes the harsh realities of their world and sets the stage for a powerful family reunion.

Parasakthi

1952

No artwork available
7.5

Kula Deivam was based on a Bengali film Banga Kora by noted writer Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi

Kuladeivam

1956

Server Sundaram poster
8.0

Sundaram, a hotel employee, dreams of becoming an actor. He meets Vijaya, who admires his innocence and sincerity, and falls in love with her. But Raghavan, Sundaram's best friend, hides the fact that he is engaged to Vijaya.

Server Sundaram

1964

Uyarndha Manidhan poster
8.3

Raju, a rich man gets along even with the poor unlike his father. He falls in love with Parvathi, a poor girl but is forced to marry Vimala because of his father. Director duo Krishnan–Panju’s Midas touch made this remake of the 1966 Bengali film “Uttar Purush” a tremendous success in Tamil. Often considered as one of Sivaji Ganesan’s all-time greats, this drama is poignant account of the tragedies that befall a young heir following an act of atrocity.

Uyarndha Manidhan

1968

Deiva Piravi poster
8.3

Madhavan marries Thangam. He takes care of Thangam’s mother and brother along with his younger brother. Meanwhile, Madhavan gives shelter to his father’s mistress and her daughter. The evil ladies allege Thangam for loose morals. The rest of the story is how they come into good terms.

Deiva Piravi

1960

Bindya poster
10.0

A government contractor desires a criminal brother-in-low to marry a girl, but she has fallen in love with contractor's sobriety-conscious brother.

Bindya

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pudhaiyal

1957

Annaiyum Pithavum poster
8.0

AVM Rajan the protagonist lives in a joint family is an easy going guy. Unfortunately AVM Rajan's father loses his eyesight in an accident and family struggles financially to run daily life. AVM Rajan joins for job and meets Vanishree.

Annaiyum Pithavum

1969

Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum poster
10.0

Twins, who were separated at birth, reunite to bring together their divorced parents. A remake of Disney’s The Parent Trap, this uproarious comedy was a smash hit thanks to the melodious tunes penned by the legendary M. S. Viswanathan. For her adorable performance in the twin roles, Kutty Padmini became the first Tamil actress to win the National Film Award for Best Child Artist.

Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum

1965

No artwork available
10.0

Anandhan grows up in an orphanage where Kalimuthu, the manager, mistreats the children. Soon, things get worse when Anandhan gets kidnapped after Kalimuthu learns that he is the heir of a rich family.

Anadhai Anandhan

1970

No artwork available
7.0

Soundharam leaves his house and takes up work with Annamalai, a treacherous person. However, he finds himself in trouble after being falsely accused of various crimes committed by Annamalai.

Idhaya Veenai

1972

Main Sunder Hoon poster
6.9

Sundar, a waiter, is in love with Radha but does not have the courage to tell her. When he becomes a successful comedian, he confesses his feelings to her, only to find that she loves someone else.

Main Sunder Hoon

1971

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ilaya Thalaimurai

1977

No artwork available
10.0

Sundaram returns from America and witnesses his father committing a murder. He takes the blame on himself and goes absconding in order to save his father.

Kungumam

1963

No artwork available
10.0

Saraswathi is a woman separated from her husband. She and her daughter Thilakam take refuge in her sister's family in Tiruchi. Saraswathi wants her daughter Thilakam to be married to her brother Sekhar. But her uncle Sambasivam wants to marry Thilakam to a rich but old man in Bombay. Sambasivam's son Gunasekharan is against this plan and wants Thilakam to be married to Sekhar.

Thilakam

1960

Shandaar poster
9.0

Rajan, incurs losses as Chander, a man who he helped, prospers. His mansion is sold out to Chander, who holds parties at the house. Rajan dislikes this, as he has always treated the mansion as a holy place.

Shandaar

1974

Laadla poster
8.0

Seeta marries a poor man against her family's wishes and becomes pregnant. Savitri, her sister, is childless and yearns to have a baby so Seeta gives away her child to her sister.

Laadla

1966

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pillaiyo Pillai

1972

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vazhkai Vazhvadarke

1964

No artwork available
7.0

Thangam dearly loves his blind sister, Sumathi, and wants to restore her eyesight. When Sumathi gets raped by his friend Moorthy, Thangam decides to seek revenge.

Engal Thangam

1970