{{Short description|Indian film director}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
'''R. Padmanabhan''' (1895–1983) was an Indian film director who worked in Tamil films. One of the pioneers of the South Indian film industry, he initially started distribution of silent films and later directed and produced his own films.
==Filmography== * ''Draupadi Vastrapaharanam'' (1934) * ''Kumari'' (1952)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kumari-1952/article1447173.ece|title = Kumari 1952|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 12 February 2011|last1 = Guy|first1 = Randor|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706154752/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kumari-1952/article1447173.ece|archivedate=6 July 2016|accessdate=8 April 2022}}</ref>
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