Lena Chettiar

Lena Chettiar (born S. M. Letchuman Chettiar) was an Indian film producer known for his works in Tamil cinema.

Career S. M. Letchuman Chettiar hailed from the Nattukottai Nagarathar clan in Chettinad. Early on in his career, Lena was known for staging plays in southern Tamil-speaking areas and was a used car dealer, who became the first person to circulate handbills about cars in Tamil. He advised M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, a stage actor, against producing films. Bhagavathar's first film Pavalakkodi, which ran well in Tamil-speaking areas of India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), marked the debut of Lena as a film producer. 1940 Krishnan Thoothu

1953 Marumagal

1956 Madurai Veeran

1958 Mangalya Bhagyam 1960 Raja Desingu