T. R. Raghunath

Birthday: 1912-07-16
Deathday: 1990-01-02
Birthplace: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Gender: Male

T. R. Raghunath (Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath) was an Indian film director. He was the younger brother of film director Raja Chandrasekhar.

Raghunath started his film career as an assistant director in Gnanasoundari (1935). He then worked as a sound recordist in Dhara Sasangam (1936) for Sreenivasa Cinetone before making his directorial debut the same year with Kizhattu Mappillai. He directed more than 30 films in Tamil. M. G. Ramachandran featured in minor roles in a lot of his films in the 1940s.

Raghunath later went on to become a technical adviser at Karpagam Studios, after which he was appointed the President of the Madras branch of the Films Division of India (FDI).

Credits

Year Title
1974-03-01 Angathattu
1962-10-27 Vikramaadhithan
1960-09-02 Raja Desingu
1957-09-21 Rani Lalithangi
1957-07-26 Yaar Paiyyan
1957-03-29 Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp
1955-11-13 Maheswari
1955-05-06 Kanavane Kan Kanda Deivam
1942-04-30 Tamizhariyum Perumal
1941-02-21 Vedavathi