M. S. Parthasarathy

M.S. Parthasarathy or M.S.P. Sarathi (28 August 1924 – 29 April 1981) was an Indian film editor, director, and producer. He is nick named as "Japan" due to his hard working nature. He was closely associated with H.M. Reddy^[1] and worked numerous movies with him as an editor. He directed Telugu movie Errakota Veerudu (1973) with NT Rama Rao in the lead role.^[2] He edited Bhakta Kanakadasa (1960),^[3][4] with Dr. Rajkumar in the lead role which marked the official 100th film in Sandalwood (Kannada) film industry.^[5][6][7] He also edited Vaddante Dabbu with NT Rama Rao in the lead role.^[8][9]

M.S. Parthasarathy
Born	(1924-08-28)28 August 1924 Madras, British India
Died	29 April 1981(1981-04-29) (aged 56)
Occupation(s)	Film editor, director and producer
Years active	1941–1975
Notable work	Errakota Veerudu, Bhakta Kanakadasa, Ondre Kulam, Sumangali
Spouse	P. Andal (m. 9-Sep-1948)
Children	5

Photo take during Kataya Kalyanam movie discussion. Left to Right, Sivakumar, M. S. Parthasarathy, O. A. K. Thevar

M. S. Parthasarathy with Robin Tampoe and his wife Rita Carmelyn Fernando

Parthasarathy also contributed to cross-cultural movies. He had collaborated with director and producer Robin Tampoe^[10] with whom he edited numerous films between 1958 and 1960 in Sri Lanka in Sinhala language.

Early years

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

Parthasarathy was well versed in five Indian languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi) and two 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 movie Chandralekha (1948). The movie then underwent scripting and filming crew changes, and when the first director TG Raghavachari alias Acharya walked out on the film, Parthasarathy followed him.^[11][12]

Career history

Parthasarathy was the editor for Niraparadhi^[13][1] 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 and Sivaji Ganesan's debut movie as dubbing artist and given his voice to Mukkamala Krishna Murthy for the Tamil version.^[1] 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)^[14] 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) ^[15][16][17] Tamil-language film produced and directed by N. Krishnaswamy.^[15][16] The film stars R. S. Manohar and Madhuri Devi. This film title was named by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Kamaraj^[17] and it a 1956 award-winning Tamil film.^[17] 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),^[18] Srimali (1959).^[19][20] He worked in the Sri Lankan Sinhala-language film, produced by P.L Buddhadasa and Mina Tampoe.

Director and producer

Parthasarathy directed the Telugu blockbuster movie, Errakota veeradu (1973).^[2] with Actor NT Rama Rao and Actress Savithri in the lead role. The movie, 'Kataya Kalyanam' in Tamil, with Actor Sivakumar in lead role along with Kumari Padmini and Srividya was directed and produced by Parthasarathy. Unfortunately, the movie didn't make it to the silver screen due to health and financial constraints.

Partial filmography

M. S. Parthasarathy editing in action

M. S. Parthasarathy (2nd front left), Padma Subrahmanyam (3rd front left), K. Subramanyam (3rd front right)

Photo take at Kataya Kalyanam shooting. M. S. Parthasarathy (3rd from left), Srividya (5th from right standing)

Movies	Year	Cast	Role	Language	Director	Producer	Production Company	Additional Info
Sri Sai Baba [21]	1950	Mannava Ramachandra Rao Addanki Sriramamurthy C.S.R._Anjaneyulu	Editor	Telugu	Pattabhi	Kruthi Venti Nageswara Rao	Unity Pictures
Niraparadhi [22][13][1]	1951	Anjali Devi Mukkamala Krishna Murthy	Editor [23]	Tamil/Telugu	H.M Reddy	H.M Reddy		Sivaji Ganesan debut movie as dubbing artist and given his voice to Mukkamala Krishna Murthy for the Tamil version of Niraparadhi movie[1]
Vanjam[24]	1953	Kantha Rao Savithri	Associate Editor	Tamil	Y. R. Swamy	M.M.Reddy	Rohini Pictures
Vaddante Dabbu [14]	1954	NT Rama Rao Sowcar Janaki	Editor	Telugu	Y. R. Swamy	Moola Narayana Swamy H.M.Reddy	Rohini Pictures	This movie is the Telugu remake of famous Tamil movie Panam Paduthum Padu[8][9] it attained cult status in Telugu cinema, and was remade in the same language as Babai Abbai (1985) [25]
Gruhalakshmi [26]	1955	MK Radha Anjali Devi	Editor	Tamil	HV Babu	H.M.Reddy	Rohini Pictures
Ondre Kulam [15][16][17]	1956	R. S. Manohar, Madhuri Devi J. P. Chandrababu	Editor	Tamil	N. Krishnaswamy	N. Krishnaswamy	Triveni Pictures	This is a 1956 award-winning Tamil film [17] This film title was named by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Kamaraj[17]
Sepali[18]	1958	Stanly Perera [27] Florida Jayalath [28]	Editor	Sinhala	WMS Tampoe[29]	Robin Tampoe	Meena Movies	Chitrananda Abeysekera's debut in Sinhala Cinema [18]
Srimali[19][20]	1959	Boniface Fernando [30] Sujatha Wijesekera [31] Asoka Ponnamperuma[32]	Editor	Sinhala	Robin Tampoe[33]	P.L Buddhadasa Mina Tampoe	Allecina Films	Robin Tampoe's first movie as the Director[33]
Sumangali	1959	K.Balaji EV Saroja	Editor	Tamil	M. K. R. Nambiar	V.Thandavam	Rajeswari Films
Bhakta Kanakadasa [3][4]	1960	Dr. Rajkumar Krishna Kumari	Editor	Kannada	Y. R. Swamy	D.R.Naidu		This film, officially marked the 100th production / release of Kannada cinema[5][6][7] This film has received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada (1960) [34]
Chand Par Chadayee [35][36][37]	1967	Dara Singh, Anwar Hussain, Padma Khanna	Editor	Hindi	T.P. Sundaram		NH Studioz	This is first science fiction movie in Hindi released in the year 1967 with the story line of traveling to Moon, in fact this movie was released two years before Neil Armstrong landed in Moon in 1969.[36]
Errakota Veerudu [2][38][39]	1973	NT Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi, Savitri, M.N.Nambiar, Tengai Srinivasan	Director	Telugu	M.S.Parthasarathy	T.Gopalakrishna	Tijike Films
Kataya Kalyanam		Sivakumar Kumari Padmini Srividya	Producer / Director	Tamil	M.S.Parthasarathy	M.S.Parthasarathy		This film didn't make the Silver screen due to health and financial issues of Parthasarathy