K. S. Sethumadhavan

Directing

K. S. Sethumadhavan

Born — Died

1931-01-01 — 2021-12-24

Place of birth

Palakkad, Madras Presidency, British India

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

K. Subrahmanyam Sethumadhavan was a multi award winning Indian director mainly active in the Malayalam film industry. He had also directed both critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi apart from Malayalam. His best known works include 'Odayil Ninnu', 'Achanum Bappayum', 'Chattakari' and 'Oppol' in Malayalam, 'Marupakkam' and 'Nammavar' in Tamil, 'Stri' in Telugu and 'Julie' in Hindi. K.S. Sethumadhavan has also served as a member of the jury for national awards in 1975 and 1980 and as its chairman in 2002. He was awarded the J.C. Daniel award in recognition of his lifetime contribution to cinema by the government of Kerala in 2009.

Known for

Stri poster
7.3

​A village woman devotedly loves an unfaithful man, struggling to keep him while he constantly strays.

Stri

1995

Kannum Karalum poster
10.0

Kannum Karalum is a Malayalam language film starring Sathyan, Ambika Sukumaran, Sukumari, Kamal Haasan, and Vinodini. This was the first Malayalam film of Kamal Haasan - he played Sathyan's son. Vinodini was a child artist when she did this film and she did a dual role in this movie. The climax scenes of this film was shot on the top of the Sreenarayana Guru memorial at Varkala, Sivagiri. The movie has been produced by A. K. Balasubramaniam under the banner of Saravana Pictures

Kannum Karalum

1962

Nammavar poster
7.8

Selvam, the new vice principal of a college, tries to transform the behaviour of troublemaking students while fighting an inner war.

Nammavar

1994

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Naalai Namadhe

1975

Julie poster
6.5

Julie is an anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. When she comes back home, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He agrees to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage, not knowing about the baby born in secret. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as she and the rest of the family want to go to England

Julie

1975

Avidathepole Ivideyum poster
7.0

Avidathepole Ivideyum movie revolves around Anirudhan and Sugumaran who are roommates and are both pharmaceutical company executives. Sugumaran is urbane and somewhat westernized in attitude, Anirudhan is more of a son-of-the-soil type. During a trip to Anirudhan's village, Sugumaran falls in love with Sujatha who is Anirudhan's sister. Concurrently, Anirudhan takes a liking for Neelima, who is Sugumaran's sister. The two couples marry and then face the realities of marriage due to their different upbringing and lifestyles.

Avidathepole Ivideyum

1985

Behind the camera

Stri poster
7.3

​A village woman devotedly loves an unfaithful man, struggling to keep him while he constantly strays.

Stri

1995

Stri poster
7.3

​A village woman devotedly loves an unfaithful man, struggling to keep him while he constantly strays.

Stri

1995

Kannum Karalum poster
10.0

Kannum Karalum is a Malayalam language film starring Sathyan, Ambika Sukumaran, Sukumari, Kamal Haasan, and Vinodini. This was the first Malayalam film of Kamal Haasan - he played Sathyan's son. Vinodini was a child artist when she did this film and she did a dual role in this movie. The climax scenes of this film was shot on the top of the Sreenarayana Guru memorial at Varkala, Sivagiri. The movie has been produced by A. K. Balasubramaniam under the banner of Saravana Pictures

Kannum Karalum

1962

Nammavar poster
7.8

Selvam, the new vice principal of a college, tries to transform the behaviour of troublemaking students while fighting an inner war.

Nammavar

1994

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Naalai Namadhe

1975

Julie poster
6.5

Julie is an anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. When she comes back home, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He agrees to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage, not knowing about the baby born in secret. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as she and the rest of the family want to go to England

Julie

1975

Avidathepole Ivideyum poster
7.0

Avidathepole Ivideyum movie revolves around Anirudhan and Sugumaran who are roommates and are both pharmaceutical company executives. Sugumaran is urbane and somewhat westernized in attitude, Anirudhan is more of a son-of-the-soil type. During a trip to Anirudhan's village, Sugumaran falls in love with Sujatha who is Anirudhan's sister. Concurrently, Anirudhan takes a liking for Neelima, who is Sugumaran's sister. The two couples marry and then face the realities of marriage due to their different upbringing and lifestyles.

Avidathepole Ivideyum

1985

Ormakal Marikkumo? poster
9.0

Chandrasekharan suspects his wife Parvati of cheating and kills her. After several years, she reincarnates as Amini and tells him the truth.

Ormakal Marikkumo?

1977

Ormakal Marikkumo? poster
9.0

Chandrasekharan suspects his wife Parvati of cheating and kills her. After several years, she reincarnates as Amini and tells him the truth.

Ormakal Marikkumo?

1977

Ormakal Marikkumo? poster
9.0

Chandrasekharan suspects his wife Parvati of cheating and kills her. After several years, she reincarnates as Amini and tells him the truth.

Ormakal Marikkumo?

1977

Inquilab Zindabad poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Inquilab Zindabad

1971

Anubhavangal Palichakal poster
4.6

Ashamed of his bad behaviour towards his family, Chellappan decides to set things straight. However, he gets the shock of his life after learning that his wife is in a relationship with another man.

Anubhavangal Palichakal

1971

Nakshathrangale Kaaval poster
7.0

Nakshathrangale Kaaval is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film adaptation of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel of the same name by P. Padmarajan. It is directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by Hari Pothan and stars Jayabharathi, MG Soman, Sukumari and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles.

Nakshathrangale Kaaval

1978

Yakshi poster
7.0

Sreenivasan gets disfigured in a laboratory accident and is shunned by people once close to him. He marries Ragini, a beautiful woman, but has doubts that she is a demigoddess.

Yakshi

1968

No artwork available
10.0

Professor Panicker sets out on a trip with his two friends, Varma and Stephen. Among the three, Stephen is a bachelor. Troubles shoot up when Varma tries to find a girl to share his bed.

Aarorumariyathe

1984

No artwork available
7.0

Chella Kannu, a young sweeper becomes a popular movie star known as Kamala Devi. Her lover and fellow sweeper Manickam is the ladder of her success, but the villainy of her brother separates them.

Enippadigal

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Makkal

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Makkal

1975

Odayil Ninnu poster
7.0

Pappu is a person who takes a relentless stand for justice right from his early years. His protests against his teacher who discriminates between the landlord's son and other children brings him the wrath of the landlord and he's forced to leave home. He leads a hard life fighting to uphold his ideals. He ends up being a rickshaw puller and at this time finds a child from the gutter and takes care of her. Things do not go as Pappu expected as the child grows older.

Odayil Ninnu

1965

Chattakkari poster
5.8

Julie, an Anglo-Indian girl, falls in love with Sasi, who is from a Hindu family. However, her life takes a turn for the worse when she gets pregnant with his child.

Chattakkari

1974

Aranazhika Neram poster
7.0

Kunjenachan, a man in his early seventies who lives in rural Kerala, worries about his family and their selfish interests.

Aranazhika Neram

1970

Kadalpalam poster
NR

The film revolves around Narayana Kaimal, a successful lawyer, who loses his eyesight and has to rely on his servant Appu. Then after a while he regains his eyesight but pretends to be blind in order to test his children.

Kadalpalam

1969

Marupakkam poster
6.2

An estranged son visits his ailing father and tries to figure out the reason behind the latter's silent remorse. When he learns about his father's past, he makes a decision that may help his father.

Marupakkam

1990

Marupakkam poster
6.2

An estranged son visits his ailing father and tries to figure out the reason behind the latter's silent remorse. When he learns about his father's past, he makes a decision that may help his father.

Marupakkam

1990

Omanakkuttan poster
NR

Omanakkuttan is a 1964 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by P.K. Kaimal. The film stars Sathyan, Sukumari, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair and Adoor Pankajam. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan

Omanakkuttan

1964

Naadan Pennu poster
NR

Babu and Achamma fall in love. But it is not easy for them to unite, as Chacko, a close associate of Achamma's father, too pines for her.

Naadan Pennu

1967

Venal Kinavukal poster
7.0

Four youngsters on vacation meet up with an old friend who had moved to Chennai. His accounts of dalliances with the opposite sex and life in the city arouse their repressed desires.

Venal Kinavukal

1991

Ariyaatha Veethikal poster
7.0

Judge Jaganathan is an extremely principled man who is willing to face any kind of adversity while upholding his moral values.

Ariyaatha Veethikal

1984

Koottukudumbam poster
NR

A large joint family bears the brunt of the socialist culture that threatens to uproot it. For many years, a young daughter silently suffers due to the repercussions until she can take it no more.

Koottukudumbam

1969

Chukku poster
10.0

1973 film.

Chukku

1973

Oppol poster
6.0

Appu is very close with his elder sister, Malu. When she gets married to Govindan, she takes Appu along with them. But problems arise when Appu becomes jealous of Govindan.

Oppol

1981

Priyamvada poster
NR

The film was a remake of the Tamil film Suryagandhi

Priyamvada

1976

Ollathu Mathi poster
NR

Malayalam language film directed by KS Sethumadhavan

Ollathu Mathi

1967

Karakanakadal poster
7.0

Karakanakadal is a 1971 Indian Malayalam film, directed by KS Sethumadhavan and produced by Hari Pothan. The film stars Sathyan, Madhu, Jayabharathi, Vincent etc. in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan

Karakanakadal

1971

Sthanarthi Saramma poster
NR

Saramma and Johny are in love with each other and plan to get married. However, her father does not approve of the relationship.

Sthanarthi Saramma

1966

Sthanarthi Saramma poster
NR

Saramma and Johny are in love with each other and plan to get married. However, her father does not approve of the relationship.

Sthanarthi Saramma

1966

Devi poster
NR

Devi is a 1972 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. O. Joseph. The film stars Prem Nazir, Madhu, Sheela and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles.

Devi

1972

Devi poster
NR

Devi is a 1972 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. O. Joseph. The film stars Prem Nazir, Madhu, Sheela and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles.

Devi

1972

Yehi Hai Zindagi poster
7.0

Yehi Hai Zindagi is a hit 1977 Hindi-language film. Produced by B. Nagi Reddy, it is directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Seema Deo, Utpal Dutt, Lucky Ali, Ramesh Deo and Neeta Mehta. The film's music was composed by Rajesh Roshan. It is a remake of the Tamil film Kaliyuga Kannan (1974).

Yehi Hai Zindagi

1977

Achanum Bappayum poster
8.0

The film tells the story of a Hindu man who adopts a Muslim child and allows her to follow Muslim traditions.

Achanum Bappayum

1972