S. P. Muthuraman

Directing

S. P. Muthuraman

Born

1935-04-07 (91)

Place of birth

Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

SP. Muthuraman is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He has directed nearly 75 films in Tamil. He was one of the most successful commercial directors in Tamil cinema. Initially he worked mainly with Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar and Kamal Haasan. In the late 1970s, his association with Rajinikanth proved to be extremely successful, as they went on work together in 25 films. Muthuraman was mainly responsible for moulding Rajini's career and turning him into a commercial star. He has received two South Filmfare Awards and a Best Director award from the Tamil Nadu State Government. He was also the associate producer of the Rajinikanth starrer Sivaji.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Pokkiri Raja poster
7.2

Ramesh joins a businessman's factory to eradicate irregularity and corruption, but gets dismissed due to personal reasons. To make matters worse, he is framed for murder when the industrialist dies.

Pokkiri Raja

1982

No artwork available
NR

Two crooks, Raja and Babu, who get released from jail, decide to help an innocent prisoner, who is falsely accused in a murder. In the process, both discover secrets about their childhood.

Guru Sishyulu

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

En Selvame

1985

No artwork available
NR

Affluence builds a gap between a married couple Aruna and Rajasaker. Status struck Aruna suddenly becomes incompatible with Rajasaker and starts living life on her terms. Will they ever reunite?

Ammavum Neeye Appavum Neeye

1985

Athisaya Piravi poster
7.1

Kalicharan is killed by goons. In heaven, he opposes and gets sent back in the body of Balwant, who has enemies in the form of greedy relatives. Now, he has to fix Balwant's life as well as his own.

Athisaya Piravi

1990

Nallavanukku Nallavan poster
6.8

Manickam, a youngster, gets reformed by Gangadharan, a kind man, who eventually appoints him in charge of his business. Irked by his father's actions, Gangadharan's son seeks revenge against Manickam.

Nallavanukku Nallavan

1984

Paayum Puli poster
6.0

When a smuggler kills his sister, a mentally impaired man vows to deliver justice and joins a martial arts school.

Paayum Puli

1983

Mr. Bharath poster
7.1

Businessman Gopinath abandons Shanti, his first love, to marry a rich heiress. Later, Bharath, Gopinath and Shanti's illegitimate son, seeks revenge from him for the injustice meted out to his mother.

Mr. Bharath

1986

Sri Raghavendrar poster
6.7

The story of the great Indian saint Raghavendra Swami. Born as Venkatanatha, he proved to be a very brilliant scholar from a very young age. After enduring a series of profound life challenges, he embraced sannyasa following his master and the divine.

Sri Raghavendrar

1985

No artwork available
9.0

Two estranged childhood friends, Raghu and Suresh, find themselves at loggerheads when Raghu joins the army and Suresh becomes a gangster.

Ranuva Veeran

1981

Samsaram Oka Chadarangam poster
7.7

When her joint family breaks apart, daughter-in-law Uma solves everyone's problems and unites the family again.

Samsaram Oka Chadarangam

1987

Samsaram Oka Chadarangam poster
7.7

When her joint family breaks apart, daughter-in-law Uma solves everyone's problems and unites the family again.

Samsaram Oka Chadarangam

1987

Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey poster
6.6

Desperate for work, an educated youth pretends to be a gardener. Later, he falls in love with his employer's daughter while his family wants him to marry someone else.

Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey

1983

Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu poster
NR

Ravi is arrested when he accidentally kills his friend who tries to molest his lover, Radha. Years later, when he is released from the jail, he tries to meet Radha but she avoids him.

Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu

1976

Velaikkaran poster
6.4

Ragupathy leaves his village for the city and finds a job at a 5-star hotel owned by a man in a relationship with his mother. When his life is threatened, Ragupathy decides to ensure his safety.

Velaikkaran

1987

Sakalakala Vallavan poster
6.7

A young agriculturalist goes to extremes to attain revenge against his devious landlord and his family.

Sakalakala Vallavan

1982

No artwork available
NR

Boopathi and Laxmi await the return of their son from town, who returns with Radha and tells them that he wants to marry her. His parents agree to the marriage, but soon problems arise.

Kadavul Amaitha Medai

1979

Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai poster
7.9

Santhanam gives the best education to his siblings and takes care of all their basic needs. However, when they become financially stable they ill-treat and ignore him.

Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai

1979

Thunive Thunai poster
NR

An undercover cop sets off to investigate a mysterious village after the death of his police officer brother who dies of seemingly unnatural causes while on a mission to the village.

Thunive Thunai

1976

No artwork available
NR

Ravi belongs to a lower middle class family. He finds it difficult to make ends meet and puts aside thoughts of marriage. However, his colleague comes up with the idea of marrying a working woman.

Aalukkoru Aasai

1977

Naan Mahaan Alla poster
5.5

Viswanath (Rajnikanth), a famous lawyer, stays with his widowed mother (Vijayakumari) and physically handicapped sister (Uma). He sends Jegan, a rich magnate's son (Sathyaraj) and Lokaiya, two criminals to jail on the charge of rape and murder of an innocent girl. Jagan’s father, GMK (M N Nambiar) uses his influence and starts creating trouble in Viswanath’s life. GMK succeeds in getting Viswanath imprisoned on a trumped up charge. His heartbroken mother dies. Once out of jail, Viswanath sets out to punish the culprits when he temporarily loses his eyesight.

Naan Mahaan Alla

1984

Dharmathin Thalaivan poster
6.9

When Raju loses his soft-spoken, loving elder brother Balu in a fight, he gives up his violent ways. However, his life changes for the better when he meets his brother's lookalike, who is a criminal.

Dharmathin Thalaivan

1988

Uyarndha Ullam poster
7.7

Anand(Kamal Haasan) is a spoilt young man whose parents have died leaving behind a huge inheritance. He spends all his waking hours boozing and gambling with his buddies. One such night, he ends up in a brawl with some rowdies, but a stranger Selvam(Radharavi) comes to his rescue. Selvam beats up the rowdies and takes Anand back to his bungalow. A drunk Anand forces Selvam to spend the night in his house. However, the next day, he has no recollection of the previous night's events. His servant Mani(Janagaraj) and accountant Nagapillai(V. K. Ramasamy) come to Selvam's aid. In appreciation, Anand appoints Selvam as his Personal Assistant.

Uyarndha Ullam

1985

Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri poster
6.0

Two pals, Nagaraj and Sampath, live life on their own terms. Nagaraj, being careless, lives without committing to anyone, but Sampath, who does, loses his partner.

Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri

1977

Japanil Kalyanaraman poster
6.7

Raman, a journalist who plans to expose Narendra's smuggling racket, is attacked but manages to survive. He then travels to Japan to buy printing equipment to open his own company.

Japanil Kalyanaraman

1985

Pudhu Kavithai poster
7.0

Anand is a motocycle champion for six years in a row. Winning the championship brings him the introduction of Uma, the daughter of Thilakavathy - a haughty, rich woman. Uma thinks Anand has a too dark complexion, but soon it turns into love. However, Thilakavathy deceives Anand and Uma into thinking that she agrees to their wedding while secretly planning to get Uma married to someone else. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Pudhu Kavithai

1982

No artwork available
NR

A union leader of a factory is killed by his evil employer for provoking the workers to fight for their rights. However, the former's brother decides to avenge the wrong done to his brother.

Dharma Devathai

1986

No artwork available
NR

Honest Seetharaman covers for his philandering friend Ramesh with the woman he is seeing. What happens when Seetharaman's wife Meena and Ramesh's wife Malathi have suspicions and decide to follow their misadventures?

Yarukku Mappillai Yaro

1975

Anbu Thangai poster
NR

Ramu, a lyricist, struggles to find a job and a husband for his sister Sita. He tries to gain recognition; however, difficulties arise when his friend takes all the credit.

Anbu Thangai

1974

Kavari Maan poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kavari Maan

1979

Manithan poster
5.5

The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.

Manithan

1987

Manithan poster
5.5

The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.

Manithan

1987

No artwork available
NR

Guru and Raja are twin brothers. Guru is set to marry a collector. On the day of the marriage, Raja is kidnapped and shown a photo where he is stabbing a girl. Raja realises it is Guru in the photo. What transpires later forms the crux of the story

Nallavan

1988

Murattu Kaalai poster
6.5

Although Kaalaiyan and his brothers can afford a luxurious lifestyle, they choose to live modestly. However, Sundaravelu is a devious man who tries to grab their land.

Murattu Kaalai

1980

Kazhugu poster
5.8

Raja, an atheist, is constantly at a war of wits with his brother who is a firm devotee of a god man. When tragedy strikes, disturbing facts are revealed, leaving everyone shocked.

Kazhugu

1981

Priya poster
5.6

A leading film actress is controlled by her producer who even refuses to let her get married. Therefore, she seeks the help of a lawyer to get rid of her producer.

Priya

1978

Priya poster
5.6

A leading film actress is controlled by her producer who even refuses to let her get married. Therefore, she seeks the help of a lawyer to get rid of her producer.

Priya

1978

Guru Sishyan poster
7.6

Guru and Babu meet a man who has been framed for murder. To help him and find the real culprit, Guru fractures his hand so that his death sentence can be delayed.

Guru Sishyan

1988

Vattathukkul Chathuram poster
10.0

When orphaned Anu decides to help her childhood friend Malathi escape a forced marriage and finance Malathi's education, Anu finds herself making unexpected decisions

Vattathukkul Chathuram

1978

Adutha Varisu poster
5.5

When the sole person to inherit the family wealth is missing, her grandmother desperately searches for her. A conniving relative, who also killed the girl's parents, finds a look-alike to help him gain the wealth.

Adutha Varisu

1983