N. S. Krishnan

Person Details

Birthday: 1908-11-29 08:39:19

Death: 1957-08-30 08:39:19

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Nagercoil, Travancore, India

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Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

Nagerkoyil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan, popularly known as Kalaivanar and also as 'NSK' was a leading NagercoilTamil film comedian, drama artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry – in the 1940s and 1950s. He is considered as the "Charlie Chaplin of India" Born in Ozhuginachery, Nagercoil, in the princely state of Travancore, India on 29 November 1908, his stage and cine-screen comedy performances were unique and always carried a message for the people. 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan died at the age of 49, on 30 August 1957.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1960	N/A	Raja Desingu 1960-09-02 Movie
1957	N/A	Ambikapathy 1957-12-31 Movie
	Kandasamy Mudaliyar	Yaar Paiyyan 1957-07-26 Movie
	N/A	Puthu Vazhvu 1957-03-08 Movie
1956	Naidu	Rangoon Radha 1956-10-31 Movie
	N/A	Madurai Veeran 1956-04-12 Movie
	N/A	Asai 1956-03-09 Movie
1952	N/A	Panam 1952-12-27 Movie
	N/A	Amarakavi 1952-02-09 Movie
1950	Sridhama	Parijatham 1950-09-11 Movie
1949	N/A	Rathan Kumar 1949-12-14 Movie
	N/A	Nallathambi 1949-02-04 Movie
1948	The Circus Buffoon	Chandralekha 1948-04-09 Movie
1947	N/A	Paithiyakaaran 1947-09-26 Movie
1945	N/A	Sri Valli 1945-04-13 Movie
1944	N/A	Haridas 1944-10-16 Movie
1943	N/A	Sivakavi 1943-04-10 Movie
	N/A	Dhaasippen 1943-03-03 Movie
1942	Injippathan	Kannagi 1942-08-22 Movie
1941	N/A	Ashok Kumar 1941-07-10 Movie
	Chinnaan	Aryamala 1941-03-08 Movie
	N/A	Vedavathi 1941-02-21 Movie
1939	N/A	Prahalada 1939-12-12 Movie
	N/A	Maya Machindra 1939-04-21 Movie
	Chokan	Thiruneelakantar 1939-04-01 Movie
1938	N/A	Dakshayagnam 1938-05-01 Movie
1937	N/A	Ambikapathy 1937-12-11 Movie
1936	N/A	Sathi Leelavathi 1936-03-28 Movie
	N/A	Sathyaseelan 1936-01-01 Movie
1935	N/A	Menaka 1935-04-06 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv