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M.S. Parthasarathy (1924 – 1981) was an Indian film editor, director, and producer. He edited Bhakta Kanakadasa (1960), which marked the official 100th film in Sandalwood (Kannada film industry). The blockbuster hit and a significant film in the career of NTR, Errakota Veerudu (1973), was directed by him. He was a pioneer in Sri Lankan film industry as a editor. He produced and directed , Nadu Katha thanaiyan, with Nambiyar in the lead role.

Parthasarathy has contributed to cross-cultural movies. He has notable collaboration with the director and producer Robin Tampoe, with whom he edited numerous films between 1958 and 1960 in Sri Lanka.

M.S. Parthasarathy
Born	28-Aug-1924 Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Died	29-Apr-1981
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Film Editor, Director and Producer
Years active	1941-1975
Notable work	Errakota Veerudu, Ondre Kulam, Sumangali, Bhakta Kanakadasa
Spouse	P.Andal
Children	5

Early years

Parthasarathy was born in Mylapore, Chennai, India, the eldest son of Annapurani Ammal and M.C. Sada Gopal, Mylapore high school teacher. He did his schooling at Mylapore Government High School. Due to the family's financial situation during the World war II, Parthasarathy began a lifelong career in the film industry, adoring various hats. He started his career as editor in Rohini Pictures when he was 16 yrs old. He was trained on the job at Rohini Pictures. In collaboration with Rohini Pictures he worked in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.

Parthasarathy was well versed in 5 Indian languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi) and 2 international languages (English and Sinhala). He has worked as associate editor and as editor in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Sinhala movies. Parthasarathy was the editor of historically famous, Chandralekha (1948) movie. Unfortunately the movie underwent scripting and filming crew changes. When the first director walked out on the film, Parthasarathy followed him out.

Career history

Parthasarathy was the editor for Niraparadhi (transl. Blameless) is a 1951 Telugu/Tamil film produced and directed by H. M. Reddy. Mukkamala Krishna Murthy played lead role whereas Anjali Devi played a dual role. In collaboration with Rohini Pictures he worked in both Tamil and Telugu film industry, editing note-worthy movies like Gruhalakshmi (1955) and Vaddante Dabbu (1954). He worked as associate editor in the Vanjam (1953) movie, Tamil-language film directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by M.M Reddy and in movie Panam Paduthum Paadu (1953), produced by H.M Reddy and directed by Y.R Swamy.

Parthasarathy edited the famous, Ondre Kulam (1956) Tamil-language film produced and directed by N. Krishnaswamy. The film stars R. S. Manohar and Madhuri Devi. He moved to Sri Lanka to work in cross-cultural movies. He was a pioneer editor in Sri Lankan films. In collaboration with Robin Tampoe he edited a Sinhala-language film, Sepali (1958). He worked in the Sri Lankan Sinhala-language film, produced by P.L Buddhadasa and Mina Tampoe.

Director and Producer

(Parthasarathy directed 'Nadu Katha Thanaiyan' (19), in Tamil with Actor Nambiyar in the lead role. Nambiyar, who is known for daunting only negative roles (villian), surprised the audience with his good performance as the lead). Later on he directed the Telegu blockbuster movie, Errakuta veeradu (1973), with Actor NTR and Actress Savithri in the lead role. The movie, 'Kataya Kalyanam' in Tamil, with Actor Sivakumar in lead was directed and produced by Parthasarathy. Unfortunately the movie didn't make it to the big screen due to health and financial constraints.

Partial Filmography

Movies	Year	Language	Role	Cast	Director	Producer	Production Company	Additional Info
Niraparadhi	1951	Tamil/Telugu	Associate Editor	Anjali Devi Mukkamala Krishna Murthy	H.M Reddy	H.M Reddy
Vanjam	1953	Tamil	Associate Editor	Kantha Rao Savithri	Y. R. Swamy	M.M.Reddy	Rohini Pictures
Vaddante Dabbu	1954	Telugu	Editor	NT Rama Rao Sowcar Janaki	Y. R. Swamy	Moola Narayana Swamy H.M.Reddy	Rohini Pictures
Gruhalakshmi	1955	Tamil	Editor	MK Radha Anjali Devi	HV Babu	H.M.Reddy	Rohini Pictures
Ondre Kulam	1956	Tamil	Editor	R. S. Manohar, Madhuri Devi J. P. Chandrababu	N. Krishnaswamy	N. Krishnaswamy	Triveni Pictures
Sepali	1958	Sinhala	Editor		WMS Tampoe	Robin Tampoe		Chitrananda Abeysekera's debut in Sinhala Cinema
Srimali	1959	Sinhala	Editor		Robin Tampoe	P.L Buddhadasa Mina Tampoe	Allecina Films	Robin Tampoe’s first movie as the Director
Sumangali	1959	Tamil	Editor	K.Balaji EV Saroja	M. K. R. Nambiar	V.Thandavam	Rajeswari Films
Bhakta Kanakadasa	1960	Kannada	Editor	Rajkumar Krishna Kumari	Y. R. Swamy	D.R.Naidu		This film, officially marked the 100th production / release of Kannada cinema
Errakota Veerudu	1973	Telugu	Director	NT Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi, Savitri, M.N.Nambiar, Tengai Srinivasan	M.S. Parthasarathy	T.Gopalakrishna	Tijike Films
Kataya Kalyanam		Tamil	Producer / Director	Sivakumar Sripriya	M.S. Parthasarathy	M.S. Parthasarathy		This film is debut film for Sivakumar and Sripriya This film didn't make the Silver screen due to health and financial issues of Parthasarathy