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Political leaders and cine artistes paid tributes to seasoned Tamil cinema shaper and proprietor of AVM Studios, M. Saravanan, who passed distant connected Thursday (December 4, 2025) morning owed to an age-related illness. He was 86.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, MDMK laminitis Vaiko, and actors Rajinikanth and Sivakumar were among those who visited AVM Studios connected Thursday greeting and paid floral tributes.
In his condolence message, Mr. Stalin hailed Mr. Saravanan’s leadership of AVM Studios and recalled the agelong relation betwixt the workplace and the Dravidian question – from C.N. Annadurai’s Or Iravu and M. Karunanidhi’s Parasakthi to Murasoli Maran’s Kula Deivam.
Minister M.P. Saminathan said that Mr. Saravanan took aft his father, the precocious shaper A.V. Meiyappan, and led AVM Studios successful making large movies not lone successful Tamil but besides successful different languages. AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami said Mr. Saravanan’s decease was a immense and irreparable loss.
Former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam recalled that Mr. Saravanan had large respect for the precocious AIADMK person and erstwhile Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. He added that Mr. Saravanan’s decease was a immense and irreparable nonaccomplishment to Tamil Nadu arsenic good arsenic to Tamil cinema. MDMK laminitis Vaiko said that Mr. Saravanan’s bequest would proceed to unrecorded connected successful the movie industry.
‘Stood by maine during pugnacious times’
Actor Rajinikanth said: “He was a large man. Saravanan sir was a classical illustration of a gentleman. Like his attire, his bosom was achromatic too. He loved cinema with each his heart. He liked maine a lot. He was my well-wisher. He stood by maine during my pugnacious times. I person acted successful 9 films with AVM and each of them were a hit. It volition not beryllium an exaggeration to accidental helium was the main crushed for that. His decease affects maine a lot. May his psyche remainder successful peace.”
On behalf of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC), its president K. Selvaperunthagai condoled Mr. Saravanan’s decease and said that the seasoned shaper shouldered the contented and estimation of Tamil cinema. The movies helium produced stay successful the hearts of generations, Mr. Selvaperunthagai said.
In his condolence message, BJP’s State portion president Nainar Nagenthran said the decease of Mr. Saravanan was saddening, and that his contributions to the advancement of Tamil cinema spanning fractional a period and successful producing galore talents dispersed crossed generations would stay successful representation forever.
PMK person Anbumani Ramadoss condoled Mr. Saravanan’s decease and said helium was instrumental successful galore innovations and the introduction of galore talents into Tamil cinema. Mr. Saravanan was known for his patience, humility, and simplicity, Mr. Anbumani said.
AMMK laminitis T.T.V. Dhinakaran condoled Mr. Saravanan’s decease and recalled that helium had earned the respect of precocious leaders and erstwhile Chief Ministers M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. Actor Sivakumar paid his respects and said: “This organisation [AVM] introduced maine successful 1965. My sanction was Palanisamy. It was Saravanan sir who changed it to Sivakumar. In his memory, I named my lad [actor Surya] Saravanan.”
