Jupiter Pictures (Tamil: ஜுபிடர் பிக்ச்சர்ஸ்) was an Indian feature film production company founded in Coimbatore in 1934 by M. Somasundaram (popularly known as "Jupiter Somu") and S.K. Mohideen. Jupiter Pictures was a major production house with 46 releases with 36 films released in Tamil, 5 in Telugu, 2 each in Kannada and Hindi and one joint release in Tamil and Telugu. In the late 40s and early 50s, they operated out of Central Studios in Coimbatore. Following the closure of the studio, they relocated to Chennai and took over Neptune Studio in Adayar which would later become Sathya Studios. In Chennai, the Jupiter Pictures office operated from a leased historic and palatial building in Mylapore known as "Mangala Vilas".

Jupiter Pictures
Company typeLimited
IndustryFilm
Founded1935
FounderM. Somasundaram (Jupiter Somu), S. K. Moidheen
Defunct1983
Headquarters,
India
Area served
South India
ProductsMotion pictures

A. S. A. Sami directed most of his films with Jupiter Pictures. In Chennai during the 50s and 60s, Jupiter produced many successful films, such as "Manohara" (1954, directed by L.V. Prasad), "Karpukkarasi" (1957, A. S. A. Sami), "Thangapathumai" (1959, Sami), "Ellorum Innattu Mannar"(1960, Tatineni Prakasha Rao), "Arasilankumari" (1961, Sami). Jupiter Pictures films made with other producers were sometimes less popular. In its later years the company was managed by S.K. Habibullah (son of S.K.Mohideen).[1]

Filmography

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Year Film Language Director Music Direcror Notes
1935 Menaka Tamil P. K. Raja Sandow T. K. Muthusamy Released in Sri Shanmuganandha Talkie Company
1936 Chandrakantha Tamil P. K. Raja Sandow
1938 Anaadhai Penn Tamil Raghupathi Surya Prakash
1942 Kannagi Tamil M. Somasundaram & R. S. Mani S. V. Venkatraman Highest grossing Film of the year
1943 Kubera Kuchela Tamil R. S. Mani Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer One of Highest grosser
1944 Mahamaya Tamil T. R. Raghunath S. V. Venkatraman & Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer
1946 Sri Murugan Tamil M. Somasundaram & V. S. Narayanan S. V. Venkatraman & S. M. Subbaiah Naidu One of the highest grossing Film of the year
1946 Vidyapathi Tamil A. T. Krishnasami Adeppalli Rama Rao
1947 Kanjan Tamil Covai A. Aiyamuthu & T. R. Gopu S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
1947 Rajakumari Tamil A. S. A. Sami S. M. Subbaiah Naidu One of the highest grossing Film of the year and made M. G. Ramachandran as star
1948 Abhimanyu Tamil M. Somasundaram & A. Kasilingam S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman
1948 Mohini Tamil Lanka Sathiyam S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman
1949 Kanniyin Kathali Tamil K. Ramnoth S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman cinematic debut of Kannadasan
Madhuri Devi in dual role, 1 role disguised as male
1949 Velaikari Tamil A. S. A. Sami S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman C. N. Annadurai's first film
1950 Krishna Vijayam Tamil Sundar Rao Nadkarni S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. S. Jayaraman T. M. Soundararajan's first film
1950 Vijayakumari Tamil A. S. A. Sami C. R. Subburaman & C. S. Jayaraman
1951 Kaithi Tamil S. Balachander S. Balachander
1951 Marmayogi Tamil K. Ramnoth S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman Highest grosser of the year & one of M. G. Ramachandran's successful movie
1951 Stree Sahasam Tamil Vedantam Raghavayya C. R. Subburaman Distributor Only
1951 Stree Sahasam Telugu Vedantam Raghavayya C. R. Subburaman Distributor Only
1951 Sudharshan Tamil A. S. A. Sami & Sundar Rao Nadkarni G. Ramanathan Distributor Only
1952 Rani Hindi L. V. Prasad C. R. Subburaman & D. C. Dutt
1952 Rani Tamil L. V. Prasad C. R. Subburaman & D. C. Dutt
1952 Zamindar Tamil P. V. Krishnan G. Ramanathan Produced with Sangeetha Pictures
1953 Azhagi Tamil Sundar Rao Nadkarni P. R. Mani
1953 Inspector Tamil R. S. Mani G. Ramanathan
1953 Inspector Telugu R. S. Mani G. Ramanathan
1953 Manithan Tamil K. Ramnoth S. V. Venkatraman
1953 Naam Tamil A. Kasilingam C. S. Jayaraman Produced with Mekala Pictures
1954 Manohara Hindi L. V. Prasad S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan Produced under Manohar Pictures
1954 Manohara Tamil L. V. Prasad S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan Produced under Manohar Pictures
1954 Manohara Telugu L. V. Prasad S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan Produced under Manohar Pictures
1954 Sorgavasal Tamil A. Kasilingam Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Produced under Parimalam Pictures
1955 Santosham Telugu C. P. Deekshith Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Remake of Velaikari
1957 Karpukkarasi Tamil A. S. A. Sami G. Ramanathan
1958 Kanniyin Sabatham Tamil T. R. Raghunath T. G. Lingappa
1959 Amudhavalli Tamil A. K. Sekar Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
1959 Thanga Padhumai Tamil A. S. A. Sami Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
1960 Ellarum Innattu Mannar Tamil T. Prakash Rao T. G. Lingappa
1961 Arasilankumari Tamil A. S. A. Sami G. Ramanathan
1963 Valmiki Telugu C. S. Rao Ghantasala
1963 Valmiki Kannada C. S. Rao Ghantasala
1964 Marmayogi Telugu B. A. Subba Rao Ghantasala

References

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  1. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (11 September 2014). "SANTHOSHAM (1955)" – via www.thehindu.com.
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