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Tamil Director A S A Sami
  • DOB : 1915
  • Date of death: 1998
  • Lived For : 82 Years
  • Gender : Male
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A S A Samy or Arul Soosai Anthony Samy was a Tamil film director and screenwriter. Samy was born in the year 1915 in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). His childhood and school education happened in Colombo. Samy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of London. Samy began his career as a teacher at a college in Colombo. His family moved to India in the late 1930s. The first play written by him was Bilhanan, which was broadcast on All India Radio, Tiruchi station, and was a hit.

Bala Shanmuganantha Stage Troupe bought the play from A S A Samy and staged it. In 1948, the play was made into a film with the same title produced by Jupiter Pictures, in which Samy wrote the screenplay and dialogues.  A S A Samy got associated with Jupiter Pictures and wrote screenplay and dialogues for its films. He directed many films including- Rajakumari (1947), Ponni (1953), Thuli Visham (1954), Needhipathi (1955), Muthu Mandapam(1962), Maya Sundari (1967), and others. The film- Thirumagal, released in 1971, was A S A Samy's last film as director. A S A Samy passed away in the year 1998 in Tamil Nadu. 

BORN TODAY


Born: 29 April 1989

Age Now 35

Jithin Raj - (Playback Singer)

Born: 29 April 1990

Age Now 34

Dhiraviam Rajakumaran - (TV-Actor)

Born: 29 April 1991

Age Now 33

Darshan - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 April 1994

Age Now 30

Sriram Karthick - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 April 1891

Lived For 72 Years

Bharathidasan - (Poet)

Born: 29 April 1971

Age Now 53

Murugabhoopathy - (Playwright)

BELATED BIRTHDAYS


Born: 28 April 1987

Age Now 37

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Born: 28 April 1989

Age Now 35

Maria Jerald - (Music Director)