Jupiter Pictures

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Jupiter Pictures (Tamil: ஜுபிடர் பிக்ச்சர்ஸ்) was an Indian feature film production company founded in Coimbatore in 1934 by M. Somasundaram (popularly known as "Jupiter Somu") and S.K. Mohideen. Jupiter Pictures was a major production house with 46 releases, including 36 films released in Tamil, 5 in Telugu, 2 each in Kannada and Hindi and one joint release in Tamil and Telugu. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, they operated out of Central Studios in Coimbatore. Following the closure of the studio, they relocated to Madras (now Chennai) and took over Neptune Studio in Adayar which would later become Sathya Studios. In Madras, the Jupiter Pictures office operated from a leased historic and palatial building in Mylapore known as "Mangala Vilas".

A. S. A. Sami directed most of his films under the Jupiter Pictures banner. In Madras during the 1950s and 60s, Jupiter produced many successful films, such as "Manohara" (1954, directed by L.V. Prasad), "Karpukkarasi" (1957, A. S. A. Sami), "Thangapathumai" (1959, Sami), "Ellorum Innattu Mannar"(1960, Tatineni Prakasha Rao), "Arasilankumari" (1961, Sami). Jupiter Pictures films made with other producers were sometimes less popular. In its later years the company was managed by S.K. Habibullah (son of S.K. Mohideen).

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External links

• Coimbatore’s celluloid connection – Chennai – The Hindu(subscription required)
• The Hindu : Fascinating journey to fame
• Sachi Sri Kantha- MGR Remembered Part 9 MGR Remembered – His first Lead action movie Rajakumari