Muthyala Subbaiah is a Telugu film director.He has directed 51 films.Known for his movies with heavy dose of human emotions, he is sometimes referred as Sentiment Subbaiah. He was active in the 1990s. He is currently leading a retired life. His parents are Sankaraiah, Seshamma. He is the eldest of four children. He has two sisters and a brother. He was named after his grand father Subbaiah.After finishing his graduation, he moved to Chennai with an interest to join Film industry. He joined as an assistant to Manapuram Apparao. Later assisted A. Sanjeevi for Sisindri Chittibabu film. It was his first film as an assistant director. Then he worked with P. C. Reddy as a co-director for 10 films. He got introduced to T. Krishna with the help of P.C Reddy, he co-directed many films with him. He got opportunities as a director later on.Moodu Mulla Bandham was his his first film as a director.He also played a role in the film Vandematharam.His notable works are Oka Chinna Maata (1997),Gokulamlo Seeta (1997),Pelli Chesukundam(1997),Suryudu (1998),Snehitulu (1998),Pavitra Prema (1998) etc.