Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar

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Sandow Marudur Marudachalamurthy Ayyavoo Chinnappa Thevar (28 June 1915 – 8 September 1978) was a film producer of Tamil cinema who was active from the mid-1950s to the 1970s. He is best known for his films featuring animals, and produced numerous movies with M. G. Ramachandran as lead actor (16 movies under his banner: Thevar Films). He launched all his movies under the Devar Films, which produced the Rajesh Khanna's Bollywood hit Haathi Mere Saathi (1971) in which he achieved national fame and Dhandayupathi Films banner. The title of "Sandow" was given to Chinnappa Thevar in tribute to the bodybuilder Eugen Sandow and because of his impressive muscles.

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