MODERN THEATRES P LTD - T.R.SUNDARAM
MODERN THEATRES P LTD - T.R.SUNDARAM He trained in textile production, and he spent his life running a factory that spun dreams. The film bug bit TR Sundaram good and proper in the early thirties. He had returned from Leeds in England after a course in textile management, but instead of working in the cloth trade he set up Angel Pictures in partnership with SS Velayudham Pillai. The company initially made some of its films, including Draupadi Vastrapaharanam (1934), Dhruva (1935) and Nalla Thangal (1935), in Kolkata, since the South did not have as many production facilities as the North. Sundaram set up his own studio, The Modern Theatres Limited, in 1936 on the Yercaud Road on the outskirts of Salem. The first production was Sathi Ahalya (1937). Photo credit: The Modern Theatres Ltd. Like other studio bosses of the era, Sundaram ran a tight ship at Modern Theatres. He kept a close watch on budgets and schedules, and maintained a ...
