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{{Short description|Indian film director and playwright}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| other_names = Perasiriyar
| occupation = Film director<br />Screenwriter<br />Playwright
}}
'''A. S. Prakasam''' ({{IPAc-en|p|r|ə|k|ɑː|s|əm}}) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and playwright who works in [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2019 |title=தமிழ் சினிமா கொண்டாடாத இயக்குனர் ஏ.எஸ் பிரகாசம் |url=https://tamilminutes.com/a-rare-film-maker-as-pragasam-1259869/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115055106/https://tamilminutes.com/a-rare-film-maker-as-pragasam-1259869/ |archive-date=15 November 2023 |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=Tamil Minutes |language=ta}}</ref>

== Life ==
Prakasam was originally a professor at [[Pachaiyappa's College]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=முத்துலிங்கம் |first=கவிஞர் |author-link=Muthulingam (poet) |date=23 June 2018 |title=ஆனந்தத் தேன்காற்று தாலாட்டுதே - 58: பாட்டெழுதிய பேராசிரியர்கள்! |url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/sunday-kondattam/2018/Jun/23/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87---58-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-2945746.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328045918/https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/sunday-kondattam/2018/Jun/23/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87---58-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-2945746.html |archive-date=28 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025 |website=[[Dinamani]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=When I watched K B's Naan Avanillai, I was totally floored by its 'avant garde' theme |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/selva.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024032058/http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/selva.html |archive-date=24 October 2023 |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref> and Kandasamy College, Chennai.{{sfn|Suratha|1977|p=111}} He made his feature film debut with writing the story of ''[[Kannan En Kadhalan]]'' (1968),<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljs9dgZFEE |title=முதல் படத்திலேயே எம்.ஜி.ஆரிடம் முறையிட்டேன்! Writer & Director A.S Prakasam Interview {{!}} CWC {{!}} Part 3 |date=11 October 2022 |language=ta |publisher=[[Chitra Lakshmanan|Touring Talkies]] |access-date=17 September 2024 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/4ljs9dgZFEE |archive-date=17 September 2024 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and his directorial debut with ''[[Pattampoochi (1975 film)|Pattampoochi]]'' (1975).<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2020 |title=கமலை நாயகனாக அறிமுகப்படுத்திய தயாரிப்பாளர் காலமானார் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/555755-producer-raghunathan-passed-away.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125164242/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/555755-producer-raghunathan-passed-away.html |archive-date=25 January 2024 |access-date=25 January 2024 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref> A film he wrote, ''Ezhu Jenmangal'' directed by [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]], never released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=V |first=Sankaran |date=28 November 2023 |title=நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி நடித்தும் ரிலீஸ் ஆகாத படங்கள்!. அட இவ்வளவு இருக்கா?!… |url=https://cinereporters.com/sivaji-not-released-tamil-movies-list/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222042829/https://cinereporters.com/sivaji-not-released-tamil-movies-list/ |archive-date=22 February 2024 |access-date=28 March 2025 |website=CineReporters |language=ta}}</ref> As of 1987, Prakasam was part of the [[Tamil Film Producers Council]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 1987 |title=Film industry memo on movie bill |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uoJlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=up4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=693%2C2117855 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309061313/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uoJlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=up4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=693%2C2117855 |archive-date=9 March 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=3 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> Though frequently publicised with the prefix "Perasiriyar" (Professor), he has repeatedly expressed his disapproval of being referred to as such.{{sfn|Suratha|1977|p=111}}

== Filmmaking style ==
Prakasam consciously sought to avoid borrowing stories from American films; instead, he has hoped his original stories would reach Hollywood. Prakasam professed to borrowing his stories from street level, hoping that people such as neighbours can relate to them.{{sfn|Suratha|1977|p=43}}

== Filmography ==
=== Writer ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Notes
|-
|1968||''[[Kannan En Kadhalan]]'' ||
|-
|1972||''[[Puguntha Veedu]]'' ||
|-
|1973||''[[Suryagandhi]]'' ||
|-
|1974||''[[Paruva Kaalam]]'' ||
|-
|1974||''[[Akkarai Pachai]]'' ||
|-
|1975||''[[Cinema Paithiyam]]'' ||
|-
|1975||''[[Piriya Vidai]]'' ||<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1975 |title=பிரகாசமல்ல பிரசாதம் |url=https://archive.org/details/cftri.kumudham0000unse/page/n277/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240103134118/https://archive.org/details/cftri.kumudham0000unse/page/n277/mode/2up |archive-date=3 January 2024 |access-date=4 January 2024 |magazine=[[Kumudham]] |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
|-
|1978||''[[Andaman Kadhali]]'' ||
|-
|1979||''[[Imayam]]'' ||
|-
|1985||''[[Raja Rishi]]'' ||
|}

=== Director ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Notes
|-
|1975||''[[Pattampoochi (1975 film)|Pattampoochi]]'' ||
|-
|1980||''[[Othayadi Paathayilae]]'' ||
|-
|1982||''[[Echchil Iravugal]]'' ||
|-
|1983||''[[Aayiram Nilave Vaa]]''||
|-
|1986||''[[Saadhanai]]'' || <ref>{{Cite news |date=25 August 1985 |title=ஒரு வியாபாரம் சேவையாகிறது |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_9_286/6.jp2/full/1000,1380/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115162456/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_9_286/6.jp2/full/1000%2C1380/0/default.jpg |archive-date=15 January 2025 |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=Anna |pages=6 |language=Ta |via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref>
|-
|1987||''[[Aalappirandhavan]]'' ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2021 |title=மனித வேட்டையாட நகர்வலம் சென்ற மஹாராஜா- வித்தியாசமான கதைக்களத்துடன் வந்த ஆளப்பிறந்தவன் |url=https://cinereporters.com/latest-news-the-maharaja-who-went-on-a-human-hunting-spree-was-born-wit-cid5025336-htm/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115055219/https://cinereporters.com/latest-news-the-maharaja-who-went-on-a-human-hunting-spree-was-born-wit-cid5025336-htm/ |archive-date=15 November 2023 |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=CineReporters |language=ta}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
*{{Cite book |last=Suratha |author-link=Suratha |url=https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/admin/assets/book/TVA_BOK_0001998_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D.pdf |title=சொன்னார்கள் |publisher=Suratha Pathippagam |year=1977 |pages=111 |language=ta |trans-title=Sayings}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|nm0695149}}

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