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Subbarayalu Munuswami Sriramulu Naidu (1910-1976), also known as SM Sreeramulu Naidu, was an Indian businessman and movie producer from Coimbatore who founded the Pakshiraja Studios in 1945.

He was responsible for the early development of the Tamil film industry in Coimbatore and was called the "Coimbatore movie mogul". He has directed and produced films predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages, while also having made one Kannada film. In 1944, he was implicated as one of the accused in the Lakshmikanthan Murder Case and served his sentence till 1945 when he was discharged due to lack of evidence. Malaikallan which was made in 6 languages was a sensational hit in all languages.

SMS Naidu gave lift to so many film personalities. KiranPrabha narrates most interesting anecdotes from Sri Ramulu Naidu life journey.