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Known For Directing

Known Credits 13

Gender Male

Birthday July 16, 1912

Day of Death January 2, 1990 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Also Known As

  • T. R. Raghunath
  • T.R. Raghunath
  • T.R.Raghunath
  • T R Raghunath
  • TR Raghunath
  • Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath

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Biography

T. R. Raghunath (Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath) was an Indian film director. He was the younger brother of film director Raja Chandrasekhar.

Raghunath started his film career as an assistant director in Gnanasoundari (1935). He then worked as a sound recordist in Dhara Sasangam (1936) for Sreenivasa Cinetone before making his directorial debut the same year with Kizhattu Mappillai. He directed more than 30 films in Tamil. M. G. Ramachandran featured in minor roles in a lot of his films in the 1940s.

Raghunath later went on to become a technical adviser at Karpagam Studios, after which he was appointed the President of the Madras branch of the Films Division of India (FDI).

T. R. Raghunath (Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath) was an Indian film director. He was the younger brother of film director Raja Chandrasekhar.

Raghunath started his film career as an assistant director in Gnanasoundari (1935). He then worked as a sound recordist in Dhara Sasangam (1936) for Sreenivasa Cinetone before making his directorial debut the same year with Kizhattu Mappillai. He directed more than 30 films in Tamil. M. G. Ramachandran featured in minor roles in a lot of his films in the 1940s.

Raghunath later went on to become a technical adviser at Karpagam Studios, after which he was appointed the President of the Madras branch of the Films Division of India (FDI).

Directing

1974
1971
1962
1961
1960
1957
1957
1957
1955
1955
1942
1941

Writing

1957
1955

Crew

1972

Editing

1961

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