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{{Infobox person<br />
| name =Antony Mitradas<br />
| birth_date = 3 November 1913<br />
| birth_place =Madurai, British India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|2|20|1913|11|3}}<br />
| occupation =director<br />
| death_place =Chennai, Tamil Nadu<br />
}}<br />
'''Antony Mitradas''' (3 November 1913&nbsp;– 20 February 2017) was an Indian film director who directed films in three languages: Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/director-antony-mitra-das-dead/article17343502.ece |title=Director Antony Mitra Das dead |first=S. |last=Poorvaja |work=thehindu.com |accessdate=22 February 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170222131357/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/director-antony-mitra-das-dead/article17343502.ece |archivedate=22 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Mitradas was born in [[Madurai]] on 3 November 1913. He did his B.A. Statistics at American College, Madurai. His passion for film direction took him to Calcutta, and he enrolled in an institute run by Mr. Balchandani. There the noted director [[Ellis R. Dungan]] had come to deliver a guest lecture. Dungan was much impressed by Mitradas and recommended him to [[T. R. Sundaram]] of [[Modern Theatres]], [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]]. Thus he got the opportunity to direct his first film ''[[Dayalan]]'' starring [[P. U. Chinnappa]] in 1941, as soon as he finished his studies at the film institute.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Mitradas' best known films are ''[[Baalyasakhi]]'', ''[[Avakasi]]'' and ''[[Pizhaikkum Vazhi]]''. ''Avakasi'' was a turning point in the career of [[Prem Nazir]]. ''Duppathage Duka'' (1956) is the remake of the Tamil hit ''[[Ezhai Padum Padu]]'' and was a huge hit in Sinhalese. With the outbreak of the World War II, he felt the necessity to serve the nation. He joined the army and was posted in Singapore and Chittagong during 1942-1945. At the end of the war, he restarted his film career and directed a few films.<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died at the age of 103 on 20 February 2017 at Chennai.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! S. No !! Film Name !! Language !! Year !! Actors<br />
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|1. || Dayalan ||Tamil|| 1941 || P.U. Chinnappa, T.R. Mahalingam, K.V. Jayagouri<br />
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|2. || Pizhaikkum Vazhi || Tamil || 1948 || T. S. Durairaj, T. A. Jayalakshmi, T. S. Balaiah<br />
|-<br />
|3. ||Baalyasakhi|| Malayalam || 1954 || Prem Nazir, Kumari Thankam, Miss Kumari<br />
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| 4. || [[Avakasi]] || Malayalam || 1954 || Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari<br />
|-<br />
| 5. || [[Harishchandra (1955 film)|Harishchandra]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/HARISHCHANDRA-1955/article15934339.ece |title=HARISHCHANDRA 1955 |author=B. VIJAYAKUMAR |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 January 2009 |accessdate=22 February 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170222130438/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/HARISHCHANDRA-1955/article15934339.ece |archivedate=22 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || Malayalam || 1955 || Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair<br />
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| 6. || Duppathage Duka || Sinhalese || 1956 || Laddy Ranasinghe, Gerly Gunawardana<br />
|-<br />
| 7. || Sivagami || Tamil || 1960 || M.K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Devika<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Sri Lankan films of the 1950s]] for details of Duppathage Duka<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|0593889|Antony Mitradas}}<br />
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