During the making of the film Manthiri Kumari in 1950 , A.C.Trilogchander was working as a junior assistant on the sets and during the shooting of this film became a close friend of M.G.Ramachandran . Producer A.V. Meiyappan noticed his talent and gave A.C.Trilochander his break as the director in 1962 film Veerathirumagan . With the success of his debut film , he got one more film to direct under AVM banner which was bilingual made simultaneously as '' Main Bhi Ladki Hoon '' in Hindi and as '' Nannum Oru Penn '' in Tamil . The latter won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil at 11th National Film Awards and also won Filmfare Award for Best film . With this he became a permanent fixture as director with AVM films . He became like the fifth son of Mr. A. V. Meiyapan and became close friend of A. V. M. Saravanan . Trilogchander directed the fiftieth film produced by AVM banner - Anbe Vaa , a romantic comedy film , in 1966 with M.G.Ramachandran in the lead.He directed for the film produced by K. Balaji - Thangai in 1967 . He was not only adept at directing social dramas like '' Babu '' ( 1971 ) with Sivaji Ganesan in the lead , '' Ramu '' ( 1966 ) with Gemini Ganesan as the hero but also romantic dramas such as Iru Malargal and Anbalippu as well as the romantic comedies Anbe Vaa and Anbe Aaruyire . He was given the task of directing the first bilingual suspense thriller film from AVM banner in 1967 which was Ave Kallu in Telugu and Adhey Kangal in Tamil . He directed the pair Sivaji Ganeshan and Jayalalitha in 5 films - Deiva Magan , Dharmam Engey , Engirundho Vandhaal , Enga Mama , Avanthan Manidhan . He directed Rajesh Khanna in '' Babu '' in 1985 which became a hit . His other acclaimed Tamil films include '' Thirudan '' , '' Aval '' , '' Dheerga Sumangali '' , '' Vasandatil Oru Naal '' , '' Bhadrakali '' , '' Anbe Aaruyire '' and '' Bharata Vilas '' . He was known to co-ordinate the colour schemes of the actors ' outfits with the sets designed for the film
11th National Film Awards
11th National Film Awards
A. C. Tirulokchandar