Bhim Singh

A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (1924–1978) 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. Some of his notable films are Kalathur Kannamma, Pasamalar, Pava Mannippu, Paarthaal Pasi Theerum, Padithaal Mattum Podhuma, Main Chup Rahungi, Khandan, and Sadhu Aur Shaitaan. He won the National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film for Pava Mannippu in 1961. He was also married to actress Sukumari and had a son Suresh Bhimsingh. He died of a heart attack on 16 January 1978 in Chennai.