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A. Bhimsingh | |
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Born | Rayalacheruvu, Madras Presidency, British India | 15 October 1924
Died | 16 January 1978 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India | (aged 53)
Occupation(s) | editor, director, producer, writer |
Years active | 1949–1978 |
Spouses | |
Children | B. Lenin B. Kannan |
Relatives | Travancore family |
A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (15 October 1924–16 January 1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 films in Telugu, 5 films in Malayalam and 1 film in Kannada. Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, he started his film career as an assistant editor with the film-making duo Krishnan–Panju in the late 1940s. Later, he became an assistant director before evolving as an independent director. His films mainly dealt with family and relationships. He made a series of films all of which started with the Tamil syllable pa, mainly with Sivaji Ganesan.