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{{Infobox person
| name = M. V. Raman
| birth_name = Mahalingam Venkat Raman
| birth_date = 26 June 1913
| birth_place = [[Tiruchirapalli]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| death_date = 1980s/90s
| occupation = Film director, editor, producer
| spouse = V. Meenakshi (until his death)
}}
'''Mahalingam Venkat Raman''' (26 June 1913<ref>{{Cite web |title=M.V. Raman |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/people/m-v-raman-2397 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124193102/https://www.cinestaan.com/people/m-v-raman-2397 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref>—{{circa}} 1980s/90s) was an Indian film director, editor and writer who was active mainly in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Hindi cinema]].<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />

== Life ==
M. V. Raman was the son of a lawyer. Though he originally graduated in the field of accounts, he later took to cinema in the late 1930s.<ref name="Guy" /><ref name="Encyclopaedia" /> Beginning his career as an editor, Raman later indulged in writing and directing. He worked as associate director and storywriter on the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Vaazhkai (1949 film)|Vaazhkai]]'' (1949), and was responsible for casting [[Vyjayanthimala]] as the lead actress, her feature film debut. He later directed the film's [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and Hindi remakes ''[[Jeevitham]]'' (1950) and ''[[Bahar (film)|Bahar]]'' (1951), and after the latter's success remained active mainly in Bombay, while occasionally returning to his native [[Tamil Nadu]]. He established Raman Productions in the 1950s, and went on to direct numerous successful films including ''[[Aasha (1957 film)|Aasha]]'' (1957), its Tamil remake ''[[Athisaya Penn]]'' (1957), ''[[Konjum Salangai]]'' (1962) and ''[[Pattanathil Bhootham]]'' (1967).<ref name="Encyclopaedia" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=9 June 2012 |title=Vazhkai 1949 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/vazhkai-1949/article3509383.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214125643/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/vazhkai-1949/article3509383.ece |archive-date=14 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=6 August 2018 |title=On S. Janaki's sonorous rendition of 'Nee leela paadeda Deva' in 'Muripinche Muvvalu' |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/s-janakis-rendition-of-nee-leela-paadeda-deva/article56836974.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802110854/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/s-janakis-rendition-of-nee-leela-paadeda-deva/article56836974.ece |archive-date=2 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=1 August 2015 |title=Athisaya Penn (1959 ) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/athisaya-penn-1959/article7489163.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115065028/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/athisaya-penn-1959/article7489163.ece |archive-date=15 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=16 July 2009 |title=Pattanathil Bhootham 1964 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/pattanathil-bhootham-1964/article3021704.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130909160420/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/07/17/stories/2009071750391600.htm |archive-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> In 1991, historian [[Randor Guy]] wrote that Raman, despite his success in the film industry, "faded away soon for reasons of his own making, and died some years ago".<ref name="Guy" /> Raman was married to V. Meenakshi, who died in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 July 1993 |title=Obituary |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930729&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2 August 2022 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=4 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{unreferenced section|date= November 2022}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
| 1949
| [[Vaazhkai (1949 film)|''Vaazhkai'']]
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Jeevitham]]''
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Ladki]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |1954
| ''[[Sangham (1954 film)|Sangham]]''
|-
|[[Penn (film)|''Penn'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1955
| ''[[Vadina]]''
|-
| ''Pehli Jhalak''
|-
|1956
| [[Bhai-Bhai (1956 Hindi film)|''Bhai Bhai'']]
|-
|1957
| [[Aasha (1957 film)|''Aasha'']]
|-
|1958
|[[Chandan (film)|''Chandan'']]
|-
|1959
| ''[[Athisaya Penn]]''
|-
|1962
| ''[[Konjum Salangai]]''
|-
|1967
| ''[[Pattanathil Bhootham]]''
|-
|1968
| ''Payal Ki Jhankar''
|-
|1971
| [[Jwala (1971 film)|''Jwala'']]
|}

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |author-link2=Paul Willemen |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=189}}</ref>
<ref name="Guy">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=13 April 1991 |title=''Naam Iruvar'': In tune with the mood of the nation |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19910413&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2 August 2022 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=19 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

</references>

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0707988}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes person|mv_raman}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Indian filmmakers]]
[[Category:People from Tiruchirappalli]]
[[Category:Tamil screenwriters]]
[[Category:Year of death uncertain]]

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