AVM Saravanan, Tamil producer, passes away at 86 in Chennai

Veteran Tamil cinema producer and owner of AVM Studios in Chennai, M. Saravanan died on Thursday morning (December 4, 2025) due to age-related illness, his family said. He was 86.

Born in 1939, Saravanan, also known as AVM Saravanan, along with his brother M Balasubramanian assisted their father, veteran A.V. Meiyappan in managing AVM studio since the 1950s.

Saravanan was a part of several notable Tamil cinema hits, including Naanum Oru Penn (1963), Samsaram Adhu Minsaram (1986), Minsara Kanavu (1997), Sivaji: The Boss (2007), Ayan (2009).