M. T. Rajen (28 May 1886 â€" 14 July 1943), was a prominent movie
entrepreneur of the early Tamil film era. He produced, distributed,
directed and exhibited Tamil movies.Rajen showed an entrepreneurial
streak very early in his life. He went to Burma on his own at a very
early age to work for the railways there and returned to make his
fortune in the electrical contracting business, again a pioneering
field those days. His firm M.T. Rajen & Co, established in 1914,
electrified the Chettinad palaces.As a serial entrepreneur he was
quite successful and went on to establish a film production company,
Vel Pictures, and a film distribution and exhibition company, Madras
Theatres. The theatres, Prabhat, Broadway, Saraswathi and Kinema
Central were all either run or owned by Madras Theatres Ltd. Rajen was
also an investor in real estate properties and owned numerous prime
properties in Madras. Rajen served as one of the founding fathers of
the South India Film Chamber of Commerce, along with C. P. Sarathy, K.
Subramaniam, S. Soundararajan, C.S.V. Iyer, V. Rama Rao and M.A.
Venkatrama Naidu, and went on to become the founder President of the
Chamber.Rajen died on 14 July 1943, never recovering from a persistent
bout of pneumonia. Currently M.T. Rajen & Co., a property management
firm is successfully run along with its sister concerns, M.T.
Rajen’s Pooncholai (Landscape and Indoor Plant Suppliers),
established in 1988 and M.T. Rajen’s Farms (Horticulture Farms)
established in 1990.
entrepreneur of the early Tamil film era. He produced, distributed,
directed and exhibited Tamil movies.Rajen showed an entrepreneurial
streak very early in his life. He went to Burma on his own at a very
early age to work for the railways there and returned to make his
fortune in the electrical contracting business, again a pioneering
field those days. His firm M.T. Rajen & Co, established in 1914,
electrified the Chettinad palaces.As a serial entrepreneur he was
quite successful and went on to establish a film production company,
Vel Pictures, and a film distribution and exhibition company, Madras
Theatres. The theatres, Prabhat, Broadway, Saraswathi and Kinema
Central were all either run or owned by Madras Theatres Ltd. Rajen was
also an investor in real estate properties and owned numerous prime
properties in Madras. Rajen served as one of the founding fathers of
the South India Film Chamber of Commerce, along with C. P. Sarathy, K.
Subramaniam, S. Soundararajan, C.S.V. Iyer, V. Rama Rao and M.A.
Venkatrama Naidu, and went on to become the founder President of the
Chamber.Rajen died on 14 July 1943, never recovering from a persistent
bout of pneumonia. Currently M.T. Rajen & Co., a property management
firm is successfully run along with its sister concerns, M.T.
Rajen’s Pooncholai (Landscape and Indoor Plant Suppliers),
established in 1988 and M.T. Rajen’s Farms (Horticulture Farms)
established in 1990.
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