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M.S. Parthasarathy (1924 – 1981) was an Indian film editor, director, and producer. He edited Bhakta Kanakadasa (1960), which marked the official 100th film in Sandalwood (Kannada film industry). The blockbuster hit and a significant film in the career of NTR, Errakota Veerudu (1973), was directed by him. He was a pioneer in Sri Lankan film industry as a editor. He produced and directed, Nadu Katha thanaiyan, with Nambiyar in the lead role.

Parthasarathy has contributed to cross-cultural movies. He has notable collaboration with the director and producer Robin Tampoe, with whom he edited numerous films between 1958 and 1960 in Sri Lanka.

Early years
Parthasarathy was born in Mylapore, Chennai, India, the eldest son of Annapurani Ammal and M.C. Sada Gopal, Mylapore high school teacher. He did his schooling at Mylapore Government High School. Due to the family's financial situation during the World war II, Parthasarathy began a lifelong career in the film industry, adoring various hats. He started his career as editor in Rohini Pictures when he was 16 yrs old. He was trained on the job at Rohini Pictures. In collaboration with Rohini Pictures he worked in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.

Parthasarathy was well versed in 5 Indian languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi) and 2 international languages (English and Sinhala). He has worked as associate editor and as editor in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Sinhala movies. Parthasarathy was the editor of historically famous, Chandralekha (1948) movie. Unfortunately the movie underwent scripting and filming crew changes. When the first director walked out on the film, Parthasarathy followed him out.

Career history
Parthasarathy was the editor for Niraparadhi ( transl.  Blameless) is a 1951 Telugu/Tamil film produced and directed by H. M. Reddy. Mukkamala Krishna Murthy played lead role whereas Anjali Devi played a dual role. In collaboration with Rohini Pictures he worked in both Tamil and Telugu film industry, editing note-worthy movies like Gruhalakshmi (1955) and Vaddante Dabbu (1954). He worked as associate editor in the Vanjam (1953) movie, Tamil-language film directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by M.M Reddy and in movie Panam Paduthum Paadu (1953), produced by H.M Reddy and directed by Y.R Swamy.

Parthasarathy edited the famous, Ondre Kulam (1956) Tamil-language film produced and directed by N. Krishnaswamy. The film stars R. S. Manohar and Madhuri Devi. He moved to Sri Lanka to work in cross-cultural movies. He was a pioneer editor in Sri Lankan films. In collaboration with Robin Tampoe he edited a Sinhala-language film, Sepali (1958). He worked in the Sri Lankan Sinhala-language film, produced by P.L Buddhadasa and Mina Tampoe.

Director and Producer
(Parthasarathy directed 'Nadu Katha Thanaiyan' (19), in Tamil with Actor Nambiyar in the lead role. Nambiyar, who is known for daunting only negative roles (villian), surprised the audience with his good performance as the lead). Later on he directed the Telegu blockbuster movie, Errakuta veeradu (1973), with Actor NTR and Actress Savithri in the lead role. The movie, 'Kataya Kalyanam' in Tamil, with Actor Sivakumar in lead was directed and produced by Parthasarathy. Unfortunately the movie didn't make it to the big screen due to health and financial constraints.