
Sengottai, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India
S. V. Subbaiah was an Indian stage and film actor who featured mainly in Tamil-language dramas and films. He featured mostly in character roles that communicated emotional feelings. Subbaiah hails from Sengottai in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India. Spurning academic pursuits, he joined a drama troupe called ‘Senkottai Ananda Sakthivel Paramananda Boys Company’ when he was 11 years old. Later, he was part of drama troupes such as Balashanmukhananda Sabha and Sakthi Nataka Sabha. Subbaiah's performance as Kavi Anandar in S. D. Sundharam's play Kaviyin Kanavu staged by Sakthi Nataka Sabha in 1945 fetched rave reviews. This paved the way for him to enter Tamil films.


as Vadivel Ambal
1976

as Karunakaran
1955

1962

as Ramu Shastrigal
1973
1955

as Vakeesan/Thirunavukkarasar
1979

1969

as The King Chozhan
1978

1976
as James
1961

1960

1964
1978

as Vakeesan/Thirunavukkarasar
1979

1979

1978

as Sangaralingam
1978

as The King Chozhan
1978

as Vadivel Ambal
1976

1976

as Dharmalingam
1976

1973

as Ramu Shastrigal
1973
1972

as Abirami Pattar
1971

1971

1969

1966

as Ranganathan
1965

1964

1962
1961
as James
1961
as Subramania Bharathiyar
1961

1960

as Murugan
1960
1959