I do not know whether I was passionate about films when I was young. In an interview with rediff movies, Sethumadhavan had said, 'I was an introvert. He is known as a screenwriter and producer too.

Sethumadhavan has made movies in six languages. In 1996, his Telugu film Stri won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. His Tamil film Marupakkam won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1991 thereby becoming the first Tamil film to win the award. Gnanasundari (1961) was Sethumadhavan'sВ first Malayalam movie. Suresh Gopi made his debut as a child artist in 1965 by playing a small role in Odayil Ninnu directed by Sethumadhavan. Kamal Haasan was introduced to Malayalam movies by Sethumadhavan in his Kannum Karalum released in 1962. Jagathy Sreekumar made his entry into the tinsel world with Kanyakumari. However, he first received a regional Filmfare Award for acting for his role in the Malayalam film Kanyakumari (1974) directed by Sethumadhavan. Kamal Haasan made his debut as a 6-year-old child artiste in the 1960 film, Kalathur Kannamma, directed by A. On December 9, 1960, KS Sethumadhvan directed his first movie Weera Wijaya, it was a Sinhalese language movie starring Herbi Senewirathna, Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya, and Ananda Jayarathna.ДЄccording to information available on the internet, Veera Vijaya also happened to be the last Sinhala film produced in India (for a very long time) as the government had banned doing that.

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