Oldest Tamil superstars director passes away
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,February 21 2017]
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