M. Saravanan

Producer

January 1, 1940 (85 years)

† December 4, 2025

Biography

Saravanan Surya Mani or M. Saravanan is a producer of Tamil films. His production company is AVM Productions. He is the father of M. S. Guhan, another producer of movies. He owns the AVM Studios in Chennai.

Filmography

7.1

Sivaji: The Boss

A wealthy engineer arrives in India with the mission of serving the nation and investing in the country's welfare but is met with strong opposition from corrupt officials and politicians. After being faced with insurmountable hardships, he decides to take drastic measures.

6.7

Sakalakala Vallavan

A young agriculturalist goes to extremes to attain revenge against his devious landlord and his family.

6.6

Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey

Desperate for work, an educated youth pretends to be a gardener. Later, he falls in love with his employer's daughter while his family wants him to marry someone else.

7.0

Ayan

Deva works for Arumugam, a smuggler, who has taken care of him for many years. However, when his best friend gets killed, Deva decides to help the police to nab a dangerous drug lord.

6.6

Minsara Kanavu

Priya decides that she wants to be a nun, much to the horror of her father and Thomas, the boy who is in love with her. Thomas decides to enlist the help of Deva to change her mind.

6.8

Nallavanukku Nallavan

Manickam, a youngster, gets reformed by Gangadharan, a kind man, who eventually appoints him in charge of his business. Irked by his father's actions, Gangadharan's son seeks revenge against Manickam.

N/A

Sivappu Malli

A remake of the Telugu film Erra Mallelu (1981), it revolves around two men starting a revolution against their village chiefs and the owner of a factory in the neighbouring village. Sathyanathan, Punyakodi and their partners are an atrocious lot. They keep suppressing the villagers and do not even allow them to get proper education due to fear of losing control over the village. On the other hand, Ranga and Tyagu are honest factory workers who lead the fight against the factory owner for the labourers' rights.

6.3

Perazhagan

A hunchbacked phone booth operator loves a blind street dancer and wants to help her regain her sight. His lookalike is a constable in love with the commissioner's daughter.

5.9

Gemini

Gemini, a gangster, falls for Manisha who reciprocates his love without knowing his truth. After getting arrested and completing his term, he tries to convince his lover that he is a changed man.

7.5

Munthanai Mudichu

Parimalam, a mischievous girl, falls in love with a widower who works as a teacher. She marries him by falsely accusing him of molesting her, but she has to take a drastic step to win his heart.

6.6

Leader

Upon the death of his father, Arjun Prasad campaigns to become the CM of Andhra. He hopes to eradicate corruption from Indian Politics.

8.2

Sethupathi I.P.S

A very efficient cop, whose entire family has served India at some time, must coax a terrorist to reveal information.

5.8

Gemeni

When Gemeni, a gangster, falls in love with a girl, he tries to reform his ways. Things change when a new police commissioner is transferred to the city, who plans on ending all criminal activities.

5.5

Manithan

The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.

6.0

Paayum Puli

When a smuggler kills his sister, a mentally impaired man vows to deliver justice and joins a martial arts school.

4.2

Thirupathi

Thirupathi learns that his pregnant sister died due to a corrupt doctor's negligence who did not get a bribe. When he decides to take revenge, he finds out that the doctor is his boss's brother.

6.6

Raja Chinna Roja

Raja, an aspiring actor from a village, relocates to a big city to follow his dream. There, he meets his childhood friend who promises him an acting job but later learns about his evil intentions.

7.7

Samsaram Oka Chadarangam

When her joint family breaks apart, daughter-in-law Uma solves everyone's problems and unites the family again.

N/A

Thiyagu

A middle class man relives his childhood trauma to overcome his addiction to alcohol.

7.0

Per Sollum Pillai

Rajalakshmi raises Ramu, an orphan, as her own son who in turn always protects his foster family. However, he must stop his malicious foster brothers from marrying off their real sister to a gangster.