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Singanallur Venkataramana Iyer Sahasranamam[1] (29 November 1913 – 19 February 1988), also known as S. V. S.,[2] was an Indian actor and director. Primarily a theatre actor, he also worked in over 200 films, mainly in Tamil cinema.

S. V. Sahasranamam
Sahasranamam as seen in Policekaran Magal (1962)
Born	Singanallur Venkataramana Iyer Sahasranamam (1913-11-29)29 November 1913 Singanallur, Coimbatore
Died	19 February 1988(1988-02-19) (aged 74)
Other names	S. V. S.
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1935–1988
Children	Janaki, Lalitha, Shanti, S. V. S. Kumar, Gowri

Early life

Sahasranamam was born on 29 November 1913 at Singanallur.[3] He was the fourth child born to Venkatraman and Parvathi.[2] Because of his interest in acting, he left his home at an early age to join the Madurai Sri Balashanmuganandha Sabha, a popular theatre group, which was later renamed T. K. S. Nataka Sabha.[4]

Career

Several years after he joined T. K. S. Nataka Sabha, Sahasranamam started his own theatre group titled "Seva Stage". With that, he staged several popular plays such as Kangal, Irulum Oliyum and Vadivelu Vaathiyar. These plays were later adapted into feature films and were commercially successful. He also adapted the novels of writers such as B. S. Ramiah, T. Janakiraman and Ku Pa Rajagopalan, and made them into feature films.[4] Although Sahasranamam was also successful in cinema, having acted in over 200 films since debuting in that field with Menaka (1935),[5] he always considered theatre his main interest.[6]

Awards

Sahasranamam won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting (Tamil) in 1967,[7] and received the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani award in 1980 by the Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai.[8]

Illness and death

Between March 1974 and February 1988, Sahasranamam had suffered more than five heart attacks. He had chosen the artists for the play Nandha Vilakku, authored by novelist/dramatist Krishnamani, and asked them to come for a rehearsal on 21 February. But he suffered a heart attack on 19 February 1988 and died at 4:30 pm IST.[6][5] Sahasranamam's son S. V. S. Kumar is also an actor.[9][10]

Partial filmography

Year	Film	Role	Ref.
1935	Menaka
1937	Balamani	Ranjit Singh	[11]
1941	Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum		[12]
1942	Kannagi	Paramasivan	[13]
1942	Naveena Vikramadityan		[14]
1944	Mahamaya	Jayapalan	[15]
1944	Prabhavathi	Shiva	[16]
1944	Rajarajeswari
1944	Poompavai	Shiva	[17]
1947	Paithiyakkaran		[18]
1949	Nallathambi	Bhoopati	[19]
1949	Vaazhkai	Murthi	[20]
1951	Marmayogi
1951	Manamagal	Male protagonist
1951	Singari		[21]
1952	Parasakthi	Chandrasekaran	[22]
1953	Kangal
1953	Rohini		[23]
1954	Edhir Paradhathu	Gopu	[24]
1955	Needhipathi
1955	Valliyin Selvan	Manoharam Pillay	[25]
1956	Kula Deivam	Muthaiyya	[26]
1956	Naane Raja
1958	Sengottai Singam	Dharmalingam	[27]
1959	Alli Petra Pillai
1959	Kalaivaanan	Viswanathan	[28]
1959	Kan Thiranthathu	Karuppaiah	[29]
1959	Naalu Veli Nilam
1959	Nalla Theerpu		[30]
1959	Orey Vazhi		[31]
1959	President Panchaksharam	District Board president	[32]
1959	Uthami Petra Rathinam		[33]
1962	Policekaran Magal		[34]
1962	Padithal Mattum Podhuma
1963	Vanambadi
1963	Anandha Jodhi	Muthiah	[35]
1964	Alli	Somu	[36]
1965	Poojaikku Vandha Malar	Sivanesan
1966	Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan	Naidu	[37]
1966	Marakka Mudiyumaa?
1966	Sadhu Mirandal	Bank Manager
1966	Avan Pithana?	Nallaiah Raja	[38]
1966	Selvam
1967	Kan Kanda Deivam	Judge	[39]
1968	Jeevanaamsam
1968	Kuzhanthaikkaga
1968	Thillana Mohanambal	Shaktivelu
1969	Iru Kodugal
1969	Soappu Seeppu Kannadi
1971	Punnagai		[40]
1971	Sabatham	Nalli Muthu
1972	Nawab Naarkali	Thandavam
1974	Urimaikural
1976	Dasavatharam	King Mahabali
1979	Gnana Kuzhandhai

References

Bibliography

• Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.

External links

• S. V. Sahasranamam at IMDb

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