Valampuri Somanathan (c. 1928 – 21 June 2010) was a Tamil scholar and poet. He worked as a screenwriter in the Tamil film industry. In addition to screenwriting, he produced and directed a few films in Tamil. He was elected as president of Film Producers Guild of South India in 1987. Partial filmography As writer Mangaiyar Thilakam (1955) Bandha Pasam (1962) Vanambadi (1963) Paar Magaley Paar (1963) Karuppu Panam (1964) Panchavarna Kili (1965) Arishina Kumkuma (1970) (Kannada) Lakshmi Saraswathi (1970) (Kannada) Aaru Mooru Ombhatthu (1970) (Kannada) Bhale Adrusthavo Adrushta (1971) (Kannada) Thambathyam (1987) As producer Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral (1978) Thunaivi Thirumanam As director Sigappukkal Mookkuthi (1979) Thunai Iruppal Meenakshi (1977) Lalitha (1976) Thunaivi (1982) Bibliography Tamizh Pada Ulagin Thanthai director K. Subrahmanyam (2004), a book based on the life of Tamil film director K. Subrahmanyam References 1920s births 2010 deaths Tamil screenwriters Tamil scholars Tamil poets Tamil film producers Tamil film directors 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Tamil Nadu Film producers from Tamil Nadu People from Pudukkottai district Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian male writers