# Jupiter Pictures

Jupiter Pictures (Tamil: ஜுபிடர் பிக்ச்சர்ஸ்) was an Indian feature film production company founded in Coimbatore in 1934 by M. Somasundaram (popularly known as "Jupiter Somu") and S.K. Mohideen. Jupiter Pictures was a major production house with 46 releases with 36 films released in Tamil, 5 in Telugu, 2 each in Kannada and Hindi and one joint release in Tamil and Telugu. In the late 40s and early 50s, they operated out of Central Studios in Coimbatore. Following the closure of the studio, they relocated to Chennai and took over Neptune Studio in Adayar which would later become Sathya Studios. In Chennai, the Jupiter Pictures office operated from a leased historic and palatial building in Mylapore known as "Mangala Vilas".
A. S. A. Sami directed most of his films with Jupiter Pictures. In Chennai during the 50s and 60s, Jupiter produced many successful films, such as "Manohara" (1954, directed by L.V. Prasad), "Karpukkarasi" (1957, A. S. A. Sami), "Thangapathumai" (1959, Sami), "Ellorum Innattu Mannar"(1960, Tatineni Prakasha Rao), "Arasilankumari" (1961, Sami). Jupiter Pictures films made with other producers were sometimes less popular. In its later years the company was managed by S.K. Habibullah (son of S.K.Mohideen).

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Language | Director | Music Direcror | Notes |
| 1935 | Menaka | Tamil | P. K. Raja Sandow | T. K. Muthusamy | Released in Sri Shanmuganandha Talkie Company |
| 1936 | Chandrakantha | Tamil | P. K. Raja Sandow | | |
| 1938 | Anaadhai Penn | Tamil | Raghupathi Surya Prakash | | |
| 1942 | Kannagi | Tamil | M. Somasundaram & R. S. Mani | S. V. Venkatraman | Highest grossing Film of the year |
| 1943 | Kubera Kuchela | Tamil | R. S. Mani | Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer | One of Highest grosser |
| 1944 | Mahamaya | Tamil | T. R. Raghunath | S. V. Venkatraman & Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer | |
| 1946 | Sri Murugan | Tamil | M. Somasundaram & V. S. Narayanan | S. V. Venkatraman & S. M. Subbaiah Naidu | One of the highest grossing Film of the year |
| 1946 | Vidyapathi | Tamil | A. T. Krishnasami | Adeppalli Rama Rao | |
| 1947 | Kanjan | Tamil | Covai A. Aiyamuthu & T. R. Gopu | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu | |
| 1947 | Rajakumari | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu | One of the highest grossing Film of the year and made M. G. Ramachandran as star |
| 1948 | Abhimanyu | Tamil | M. Somasundaram & A. Kasilingam | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman | |
| 1948 | Mohini | Tamil | Lanka Sathiyam | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman | |
| 1949 | Kanniyin Kathali | Tamil | K. Ramnoth | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman | cinematic debut of Kannadasan Madhuri Devi in dual role, 1 role disguised as male |
| 1949 | Velaikari | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman | C. N. Annadurai's first film |
| 1950 | Krishna Vijayam | Tamil | Sundar Rao Nadkarni | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. S. Jayaraman | T. M. Soundararajan's first film |
| 1950 | Vijayakumari | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | C. R. Subburaman & C. S. Jayaraman | |
| 1951 | Kaithi | Tamil | S. Balachander | S. Balachander | |
| 1951 | Marmayogi | Tamil | K. Ramnoth | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman | Highest grosser of the year & one of M. G. Ramachandran's successful movie |
| 1951 | Stree Sahasam | Tamil | Vedantam Raghavayya | C. R. Subburaman | Distributor Only |
| 1951 | Stree Sahasam | Telugu | Vedantam Raghavayya | C. R. Subburaman | Distributor Only |
| 1951 | Sudharshan | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami & Sundar Rao Nadkarni | G. Ramanathan | Distributor Only |
| 1952 | Rani | Hindi | L. V. Prasad | C. R. Subburaman & D. C. Dutt | |
| 1952 | Rani | Tamil | L. V. Prasad | C. R. Subburaman & D. C. Dutt | |
| 1952 | Zamindar | Tamil | P. V. Krishnan | G. Ramanathan | Produced with Sangeetha Pictures |
| 1953 | Azhagi | Tamil | Sundar Rao Nadkarni | P. R. Mani | |
| 1953 | Inspector | Tamil | R. S. Mani | G. Ramanathan | |
| 1953 | Inspector | Telugu | R. S. Mani | G. Ramanathan | |
| 1953 | Manithan | Tamil | K. Ramnoth | S. V. Venkatraman | |
| 1953 | Naam | Tamil | A. Kasilingam | C. S. Jayaraman | Produced with Mekala Pictures |
| 1954 | Manohara | Hindi | L. V. Prasad | S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan | Produced under Manohar Pictures |
| 1954 | Manohara | Tamil | L. V. Prasad | S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan | Produced under Manohar Pictures |
| 1954 | Manohara | Telugu | L. V. Prasad | S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan | Produced under Manohar Pictures |
| 1954 | Sorgavasal | Tamil | A. Kasilingam | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy | Produced under Parimalam Pictures |
| 1955 | Santosham | Telugu | C. P. Deekshith | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy | Remake of Velaikari |
| 1957 | Karpukkarasi | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | G. Ramanathan | |
| 1958 | Kanniyin Sabatham | Tamil | T. R. Raghunath | T. G. Lingappa | |
| 1959 | Amudhavalli | Tamil | A. K. Sekar | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy | |
| 1959 | Thanga Padhumai | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy | |
| 1960 | Ellarum Innattu Mannar | Tamil | T. Prakash Rao | T. G. Lingappa | |
| 1961 | Arasilankumari | Tamil | A. S. A. Sami | G. Ramanathan | |
| 1963 | Valmiki | Telugu | C. S. Rao | Ghantasala | |
| 1963 | Valmiki | Kannada | C. S. Rao | Ghantasala | |
| 1964 | Marmayogi | Telugu | B. A. Subba Rao | Ghantasala | |