Javar Seetharaman

Javar Sitaraman
Native name ஜாவர் சீதாராமன்
Born Tiruchirappalli, Madras Presidency, British India
Died 1971
chennai
Occupation Screenwriter,
Director,
Actor
Years active 1947–1970
Partner(s) Gowri Sitaraman
Children Bhavani Sitaraman, Neelakantan Sitaraman, Pattabi Sitaraman

Javar Sitaraman was an Indian author, screenwriter and actor. Actually, misspelled from Javert , the fictional character in Victor Hugo's novel

Biography

N Seetharaman was a lawyer from Trichy. He joined Gemini Studios to pursue a career in films. Besides acting, he also wrote the script and dialogues for a number of Tamil and Hindi Films.[1] He came to be called as Jawar or Javert due to his memorable portrayal of Javert in the 1950 Tamil film, Ezhai Padum Padu based on Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.[2]

Bibliography

Tamil fiction

  • Minnal mazhai mohini
  • Panam pen pasam
  • Udal porul ananthi
  • Nane nan
  • Sorkgaththil puyal
  • Kase kadavul [3]

Partial filmography

Tamil films

Actor
Writer

Hindi films

Writer[7]

Awards and nominations

Nominated

References

  1. Randor Guy: From Silents to Sivaji, A Look Back
  2. "Blast from the past - Ezhai Padum Paadu 1950". The Hindu. 2 November 2007.
  3. http://tamilelibrary.org/teli/novel.html
  4. "Blast from the past — Marmayogi 1951". The Hindu. 14 March 2008.
  5. "Blast from the past -Panakkari 1953". The Hindu. 27 December 2008.
  6. "Blast from the past — Chella Pillai (1955)". The Hindu. 24 September 2009. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009.
  7. IMDB Profile

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