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A. Bhimsingh | |
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Born | Rayalacheruvu, Madras Presidency, British India | 15 October 1924
Died | 16 January 1978 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India | (aged 53)
Occupation(s) | editor, director, producer, writer |
Years active | 1949–1978 |
Spouses | |
Children | B. Lenin B. Kannan |
Relatives | Travancore family |
A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (1920 -1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 films in Telugu, 5 films in Malayalam and 1 film in Kannada. Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, he started his film career as an assistant editor with the film-making duo Krishnan–Panju in the late 1940s. Later, he became an assistant director before evolving as an independent director. His films mainly dealt with family and relationships. He made a series of films all of which started with the Tamil syllable pa, mainly with Sivaji Ganesan.