
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
7.2Ramesh 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
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 synopsis available yet.
En Selvame
1985
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
7.1Kalicharan 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
6.8Manickam, 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
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.2Ramesh 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
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 synopsis available yet.
En Selvame
1985
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
7.1Kalicharan 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
6.8Manickam, 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
6.0When a smuggler kills his sister, a mentally impaired man vows to deliver justice and joins a martial arts school.
Paayum Puli
1983
7.1Businessman 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
6.7The 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
Two estranged childhood friends, Raghu and Suresh, find themselves at loggerheads when Raghu joins the army and Suresh becomes a gangster.
Ranuva Veeran
1981
7.7When her joint family breaks apart, daughter-in-law Uma solves everyone's problems and unites the family again.
Samsaram Oka Chadarangam
1987
7.7When her joint family breaks apart, daughter-in-law Uma solves everyone's problems and unites the family again.
Samsaram Oka Chadarangam
1987
6.6Desperate 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
NRRavi 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
6.4Ragupathy 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
6.7A young agriculturalist goes to extremes to attain revenge against his devious landlord and his family.
Sakalakala Vallavan
1982
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
7.9Santhanam 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
NRAn 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
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
5.5Viswanath (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
6.9When 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
7.7Anand(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
6.0Two 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
6.7Raman, 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
7.0Anand 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
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
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
NRRamu, 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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Kavari Maan
1979
5.5The 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
5.5The 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
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
6.5Although 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
5.8Raja, 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
5.6A 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
5.6A 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
7.6Guru 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
10.0When 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
5.5When 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

