A. L. Srinivasan

Srinivasan was the sixth child in a family that had nine children. His younger brother Kannadasan was a poet and lyricist in Tamil cinema.

Starting his career as a financier, Srinivasan slowly graduated to become a distributor and producer. He also owned film studios in Madras and Coimbatore. As a producer, he is credited for having introduced directors such as A. Bhimsingh, Puttanna Kanagal, K. S. Gopalakrishnan and P. Madhavan.[1]

ALS was the president of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce for 13 years. He can be credited with introducing many people to the film industry through his films (35 in total) in five Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada.

ALS had two children, Kannappan and Visalakshi with his wife Azhagammai Aachi (died on 21 May 1981).[2]

ALS also married S. Varalakshmi (1925-2009)[3] and they had two children, Nalini and Murugan.

Kannappan's wife Jayanthi is managing ALS Productions. ALS’ granddaughters Lavanya, Yamini, Ishwarya, and grandson Saththappa are helping Jayanthi in her responsibilities and also in sustaining their grandfather's name and fame.

ALS had diabetes and he died on 30 July 1977 following a heart attack.

• 1962 – Jury, International Documentary and Short Film section, 12th Berlin International Film Festival[4]
• 1962 – Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film, Sarada (producer)[5]