Jupiter Pictures () was an Indian feature film production company founded in Coimbatore in 1934 by M. Somasundaram (popularly known as "Jupiter Somu") and S.K. Mohideen. Jupiter Pictures was a major production house with 46 releases with 36 films released in Tamil, 5 in Telugu, 2 each in Kannada and Hindi and one joint release in Tamil and Telugu. In the late 40s and early 50s, they operated out of Central Studios in Coimbatore. Following the closure of the studio, they relocated to Chennai and took over Neptune Studio in Adayar which would later become Sathya Studios. In Chennai, the Jupiter Pictures office operated from a leased historic and palatial building in Mylapore known as "Mangala Vilas".
A. S. A. Sami directed most of his films with Jupiter Pictures. In Chennai during the 50s and 60s, Jupiter produced many successful films, such as "Manohara" (1954, directed by L.V. Prasad), "Karpukkarasi" (1957, A. S. A. Sami), "Thangapathumai" (1959, Sami), "Ellorum Innattu Mannar"(1960, Tatineni Prakasha Rao), "Arasilankumari" (1961, Sami). Jupiter Pictures films made with other producers were sometimes less popular. In its later years the company was managed by S.K. Habibullah (son of S.K.Mohideen).
Filmography Year Film Language Director Music Direcror Notes 1935 Menaka Tamil P. K. Raja Sandow T. K. Muthusamy Released in Sri Shanmuganandha Talkie Company 1936 Chandrakantha Tamil P. K. Raja Sandow 1938 Anaadhai Penn Tamil Raghupathi Surya Prakash 1942 Kannagi Tamil M. Somasundaram & R. S. Mani S. V. Venkatraman Highest grossing Film of the year 1943 Kubera Kuchela Tamil R. S. Mani Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer One of Highest grosser 1944 Mahamaya Tamil T. R. Raghunath S. V. Venkatraman & Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer 1946 Sri Murugan Tamil M. Somasundaram & V. S. Narayanan S. V. Venkatraman & S. M. Subbaiah Naidu One of the highest grossing Film of the year 1946 Vidyapathi Tamil A. T. Krishnasami Adeppalli Rama Rao 1947 Kanjan Tamil Covai A. Aiyamuthu & T. R. Gopu S. M. Subbaiah Naidu 1947 Rajakumari Tamil A. S. A. Sami S. M. Subbaiah Naidu One of the highest grossing Film of the year and made M. G. Ramachandran as star 1948 Abhimanyu Tamil M. Somasundaram & A. Kasilingam S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman 1948 Mohini Tamil Lanka Sathiyam S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman 1949 Kanniyin Kathali Tamil K. Ramnoth S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman cinematic debut of KannadasanMadhuri Devi in dual role, 1 role disguised as male 1949 Velaikari Tamil A. S. A. Sami S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman C. N. Annadurai's first film 1950 Krishna Vijayam Tamil Sundar Rao Nadkarni S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. S. Jayaraman T. M. Soundararajan's first film 1950 Vijayakumari Tamil A. S. A. Sami C. R. Subburaman & C. S. Jayaraman 1951 Kaithi Tamil S. Balachander S. Balachander 1951 Marmayogi Tamil K. Ramnoth S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman Highest grosser of the year & one of M. G. Ramachandran's successful movie 1951 Stree Sahasam Tamil Vedantam Raghavayya C. R. Subburaman Distributor Only 1951 Stree Sahasam Telugu Vedantam Raghavayya C. R. Subburaman Distributor Only 1951 Sudharshan Tamil A. S. A. Sami & Sundar Rao Nadkarni G. Ramanathan Distributor Only 1952 Rani Hindi L. V. Prasad C. R. Subburaman & D. C. Dutt 1952 Rani Tamil L. V. Prasad C. R. Subburaman & D. C. Dutt 1952 Zamindar Tamil P. V. Krishnan G. Ramanathan Produced with Sangeetha Pictures 1953 Azhagi Tamil Sundar Rao Nadkarni P. R. Mani 1953 Inspector Tamil R. S. Mani G. Ramanathan 1953 Inspector Telugu R. S. Mani G. Ramanathan 1953 Manithan Tamil K. Ramnoth S. V. Venkatraman 1953 Naam Tamil A. Kasilingam C. S. Jayaraman Produced with Mekala Pictures 1954 Manohara Hindi L. V. Prasad S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan Produced under Manohar Pictures 1954 Manohara Tamil L. V. Prasad S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan Produced under Manohar Pictures 1954 Manohara Telugu L. V. Prasad S. V. Venkatraman & T. R. Ramanathan Produced under Manohar Pictures 1954 Sorgavasal Tamil A. Kasilingam Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Produced under Parimalam Pictures 1955 Santosham Telugu C. P. Deekshith Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Remake of Velaikari 1957 Karpukkarasi Tamil A. S. A. Sami G. Ramanathan 1958 Kanniyin Sabatham Tamil T. R. Raghunath T. G. Lingappa 1959 Amudhavalli Tamil A. K. Sekar Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy 1959 Thanga Padhumai Tamil A. S. A. Sami Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy 1960 Ellarum Innattu Mannar Tamil T. Prakash Rao T. G. Lingappa 1961 Arasilankumari Tamil A. S. A. Sami G. Ramanathan 1963 Valmiki Telugu C. S. Rao Ghantasala 1963 Valmiki Kannada C. S. Rao Ghantasala 1964 Marmayogi Telugu B. A. Subba Rao Ghantasala
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