# P. Neelakantan

Palaniyaandi Neelakantan (2 October 1916 – 3 September 1992) was a Tamil film director, who was active for nearly four decades.

## Life

He was born at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. He graduated to movies from stage play. His play Naam Iruvar was brought by movie mogul Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar and made into a film in 1947. Then he wrote the dialogues for films like Vedala Ulagam in 1948. His directorial debut was with Oru Iravu in (1951), the dialogue for which was written by C. N. Annadurai. Two films that made him well-known are ALS productions Ambikapadi (1957) and Thirudadhe (1961). He also has directed movies in Kannada and Sinhalese Suneetha and Sujage Rahase. Neelakantan was mainly associated with creating M. G. Ramachandran's (MGR) movie persona. Between Chakravarthi Thirumagal in 1957 and Needhikku Thalaivanangu in 1976, Neelakantan directed altogether 17 of MGR's movies.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Credited as | Credited as | Language | Notes |
| Year | Film | Director | Story/ Screenplay | Language | Notes |
| 1981 6 March | Deiva Thirumanangal | Y | | Tamil | (There are 3 stories) for his part, (Meenakshi Kalyanam), under this title K. V. Mahadevan, the composer |
| 1978 | Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan | N | N | Tamil | with MGR, (P. Neelakantan write only the dialogues) M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1976 | Needhikku Thalaivanangu | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (17/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1975 | Ninaithadhai Mudippavan | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (16/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1974 | Netru Indru Naalai | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (15/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1973 | Ulagam Sutrum Valiban | N | N | Tamil | with MGR, (as consulting) M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1972 | Raman Thediya Seethai | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (14/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1972 | Sange Muzhangu | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (13/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1971 | Oru Thaai Makkal | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (12/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1971 | Neerum Neruppum | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (11/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1971 | Kumari Kottam | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (10/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1970 | En Annan | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (9/17), K. V. Mahadevan, the composer |
| 1970 | Maattukara Velan | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (8/17), K. V. Mahadevan, the composer |
| 1968 | Kanavan | Y | N | Tamil | 25th Film with MGR (7/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1968 | Kannan En Kadhalan | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (6/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1967 | Kaavalkaaran | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (5/17), M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1966 29 April | Avan Pithana? | Y | N | Tamil | The introduction made by M. Karunanidhi R. Parthasarathi, the composer |
| 1965 25 December | Anandhi | Y | | Tamil | M. S. Viswanathan, the composer |
| 1965 23 October | Poomalai | Y | N | Tamil | The introduction made by M. Karunanidhi R. Sudharsanam, the composer |
| 1964 24 December | Sujage Rahasa | Y | N | Sinhala | T. R. Pappa, the composer |
| 1964 | Poompuhar | Y | N | Tamil | The introduction made by M. Karunanidhi R. Sudharsanam, the composer |
| 1963 | Koduthu Vaithaval | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (4/17), K. V. Mahadevan, the composer |
| 1963 | Raj Mahal | Y | | Tamil | |
| 1962 | Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam | Y | N | Tamil | T. R. Pappa, the composer |
| 1961 | Nallavan Vazhvan | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (3/17), T. R. Pappa, the composer |
| 1961 | Thirudadhe | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (2/17), S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, the composer |
| 1960 1 April | Aada Vandha Deivam | Y | N | Tamil | K. V. Mahadevan, the composer |
| 1958 3 October | Sabaash Meena | N | Y | Tamil | T. G. Lingappa, the composer |
| 1958 21 August | Suneetha | Y | N | Sinhala | T. R. Pappa, the composer |
| 1958 16 July | Thedi Vandha Selvam | Y | N | Tamil | also producer under his Arasu Pictures, T. G. Lingappa, the composer |
| 1957 18 October | Ambikapathy | Y | Y | Tamil | G. Ramanathan, the composer |
| 1957 | Chakravarthi Thirumagal | Y | N | Tamil | with MGR (1/17), G. Ramanathan, the composer |
| 1955 | Shivasharane Nambekka | Y | | Kannada | T. G. Lingappa, the composer |
| 1955 20 September | Gomathiyin Kaadhalan | Y | Y | Tamil | G. Ramanathan, the composer |
| 1955 | Modala Thedi | Y | | Kannada | T. G. Lingappa, the composer |
| 1955 12 March | Mudhal Thethi | Y | Y | Tamil | T. G. Lingappa, the composer |
| 1954 13 April | Kalyanam Panniyum Brammachari | Y | N | Tamil | T. G. Lingappa, the composer |
| 1951 11 April | Or Iravu | Y | Y | Tamil | R. Sudharsanam, the composer |
| 1949 22 December | Vazhkai | N | Y | Tamil | with A. V. Meiyappan, as director, (he was assistant director with M. V. Raman) R. Sudharsanam, the composer |
| 1948 11 August | Vedhala Ulagam | N | Y | Tamil | with A. V. Meiyappan, as director, (he was assistant director with M. V. Raman) R. Sudharsanam, the composer |
| 1947 12 January | Naam Iruvar | N | Y | Tamil | with A. V. Meiyappan, as director. P. Neelakantan write the story and the dialogues (he was assistant director with M. V. Raman) R. Sudharsanam, the composer |