Oldest Tamil superstars director passes away
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 • Tamil
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103 year old director Antony Mithra Dass passed away in Chennai yesterday. He is renowned for directing Tamil cinema`s first superstars P. U. Chinnappa in Dayalan` and Thiagaraja Bhagavathar in Sivagami`.
Born in Madurai, Mithra Doss graduated from the American College there and later shifted to Chennai and directed films in Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese. He also served as a soldier in World War 2 from 1942 to 1945. After the war Mithradoss tasted huge success directing the Malayalam film Harichandra`. The amazing thing is he was preparing to direct a new movie based on the World War when nature snatched him away. We at Indiaglitz offer our deepest condolences to the renowned filmmaker`s families and friends
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