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{{Short description|Indian film director, producer, actor and writer}}
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{{More citations needed|date=March 2015}}{{Distinguish|text=politician [[K. P. Nagarajan]] or writer [[A. R. Natarajan]]}}{{Infobox person
| name = A. P. Nagarajan
| image = A.P.NagarajanImg.jpg
| caption = Nagarajan during interview
| birth_name = Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan
| other_names = Arutselvar, Deiviga Iyakkunar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|02|24}}
| birth_place = Akkamappettai, [[Sankagiri]], [[Salem district]], [[Madras Presidency]], British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1977|4|5|1928|2|24}}
| death_place = [[Madras]], Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = director, producer, actor and writer
| years_active = 1953–1977
| spouse = Rani
| children = 3
| relatives = [[Vadivukkarasi]] (niece)
}}

'''Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan''' (24 February 1928<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GC5ux4shUxsC&q=A.+P.+Nagarajan+April+1977+Madras Mass Media in India 1979-1980], Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1979, p. 204</ref> – 5 April 1977)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patheticfacts.com/indian-actors-died-at-age-49.html|title=Indian movie stars died at 49|website=patheticfacts.com|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401133443/http://patheticfacts.com/indian-actors-died-at-age-49.html|archive-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> was an Indian [[film director]], producer, actor and writer who set a trend in film making in [[Tamil cinema]] from 1965 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/master-of-mythological-cinema/article3314719.ece|title=Master of mythological cinema|last=Raman|first=Mohan V.|date=2012-04-14|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Film career==

Nagarajan started his own drama company, the Pazhani Kadiravan Nadaga Sabha, and, in 1949, married Rani Ammal. He wrote and acted in several plays and one of his plays "Nalvar" was made into a movie. Nagarajan wrote the screenplay for his own story and play the hero in this film. His film career thus began in 1953.
He also acted in many movies for producer M. A. Venu, formerly of Modern Theatres, such as Mangalyam, Nalla Thangal and Pennarasi. He wrote the screenplay for Town Bus and by 1956 decided to focus on writing. He wrote Naan Petra Selvam and Makkalai Petra Maharasi — in the latter, he introduced the ‘Kongu' Tamil accent for the hero. The first of his many mythological films — Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958) — was a big success, and Rajaji, who had little regard for cinema, watched this film and praised Sivaji Ganesan's performance as Bharatha in it. He then started to produce in partnership with actor [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]]. Some of the works of this period include Nalla Idaththu Sammandham (1958), Thayai Pol Pillai, Noolai Pol Selai (1959) and Paavai Vilakku. He made his directorial debut with Vadivukku Valaigaappu (1962). He launched his own production company with Navarathri and then went on to make a mark in the field of mythological cinema as well.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jBcAgAAQBAJ&q=vk+ramasamy&pg=PT139|title=THE EYE OF THE SERPENT: AN INTRODUCTION TO TAMIL CINEMA|last=BASKARAN|first=SUNDARARAJ THEODORE|date=2013-12-24|publisher=Westland|isbn=9789383260744|language=en}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Film
! colspan="4" | Credited as
! rowspan="2" | Language
!class=unsortable rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Producer
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Actor
|-
|1977 || ''[[Navarathinam]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1977 || ''[[Sri Krishna Leela (1977 film)|Sri Krishna Leela]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|1976 || ''Jai Balaji''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1975 || ''[[Melnaattu Marumagal]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1974 || ''[[Gumasthavin Magal]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1973 || ''[[Karaikkal Ammaiyar (1973 film)|Karaikkal Ammaiyar]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1973 || ''[[Rajaraja Cholan]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1973 || ''[[Thirumalai Deivam (1973 film)|Thirumalai Deivam]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
|-
|1972 || ''[[Agathiyar]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
|-
|1971 || ''[[Arutperunjothi]]''
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
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|1971 || ''Kankaatchi''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1970 || ''[[Thirumalai Thenkumari]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Vilayattu Pillai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1969 || ''[[Gurudhatchanai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1969 || ''[[Vaa Raja Vaa]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
|-
|1968 || ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil || [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|-
|1968 || ''[[Thirumal Perumai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1967 || ''[[Thiruvarutchelvar]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1967 || ''[[Seetha (1967 film)|Seetha]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1967 || ''[[Kandhan Karunai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1966 || ''[[Saraswathi Sabatham]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1965 || ''[[Thiruvilaiyadal]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil || [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|-
|1964 || ''[[Navarathri (1964 film)|Navarathri]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1963 || ''[[Kulamagal Radhai]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1962 || ''[[Vadivukku Valai Kappu]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1960 || ''[[Paavai Vilakku]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1959 || ''[[Alli Petra Pillai]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1959 || ''[[Thayapol Pillai Noolapol Selai]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1958 || ''[[Neelavukku Neranja Manasu]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1958 || ''[[Petra Maganai Vitra Annai]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1958 || ''[[Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958 film)|Sampoorna Ramayanam]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1958 || ''[[Nalla Idathu Sammandham]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
|-
|1957 || ''[[Makkalai Petra Magarasi]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
|-
|1956 || ''[[Naan Petra Selvam]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1955 || ''[[Nalla Thangal]]''
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
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|1955 || ''[[Town Bus]]''
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1955 || ''[[Asai Anna Arumai Thambi]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
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|1955 || ''[[Nam Kuzhandai]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
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|1955 || ''[[Pennarasi]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
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|1955 || ''[[Nalla Thangai]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
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|| Tamil ||
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|1954 || ''[[Mangalyam (1954 film)|Mangalyam]]''
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
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|1953 || ''[[Naalvar]]''
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|| Tamil ||
|}

==Death==
He died of cardiac arrest on 5 April 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, aged 49.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.contactphonenumberaddress.com/director-p-nagarajan-contact-number-residence-address-phone-number-email-id/|title=Director A.P. Nagarajan Contact Number, Residence Address, Phone Number, Email ID|website=contactphonenumberaddress.com|date=22 September 2017|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401133839/https://www.contactphonenumberaddress.com/director-p-nagarajan-contact-number-residence-address-phone-number-email-id/|archive-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>

==Awards==
* He won [[Filmfare Award for Best Film - Tamil]] - ''[[Thiruvilaiyadal]]'' (1965)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=Thiruvilaiyadal|title=Collections|year=1991}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0619162|name=A.P. Nagarajan}}

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