Tuesday, 17 May 2022

A V Maiyappan - charcoal pencil sketch


My charcoal pencil sketch of filmy legend A V Meiyappan. 

Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar
 (28 July 1907 – 12 August 1979), also known as A. V. MeiyappanA. V. Meiyappa Chettiar or AVM, was an Indian film producer, director and philanthropist who established AVM Productions in VadapalaniChennai. He is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of Tamil cinema, and one of three movie moguls of the South Indian film industry along with S. S. Vasan and L. V. Prasad. His production company AVM Productions is the only production company in Kollywood (Tamil film industry) to run successfully for five decades and three generations.

AVM entered the Hindi film industry with the film Bahar starring Vyjayanthimala. By the time he died in 1979, he had produced 167 film

 

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