N. S. Krishnan
Born: 1908-11-29 in Nagercoil, Travancore, India
Died: 1957-08-30
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1960
1957
- Puthu Vazhvu
- Ambikapathy as Kalaivanar Arjunan
- Yaar Paiyyan as Kandasamy Mudaliyar
1956
- King and Queen as Samarasam
- Madurai Veeran as Veeran's foster father
- Rangoon Radha as Naidu
- Asai
1955
- Kaveri as Manimozhi
- Nam Kuzhandai
- Doctor Savithri as Muniyan
- Mudhal Thedhi as Sathanandam
1950
- Parijatham as Sridhama
- Laila Majnu as Anvar
1949
- Nallathambi
- Krishna Bhakthi as Vevukkarar
- Rathan Kumar
- Kanniyin Kathali
1948
- Chandralekha as The Circus Buffoon
1947
1945
- Burma Rani as Kunjitham
- Sri Valli
1944
- Jagathalapratapan as Vichitran
- Haridas as Zamindar
1943
- Mangamma Sabatham as Sathan
- Sivakavi
- Dhaasippen
1942
- Araichimani as Sadayan
- Kannagi as Injippathan
- Manonmani as Pani Pandaram
1941
- Ashok Kumar
- Aryamala as Chinnaan
- Vedavathi
1940
- Sakuntalai
- Uthama Puthiran as Iyengar
1939
- Maya Machindra
- Thiruneelakantar as Chokan
- Manickavasagar as Mestri Vengupillai
- Prahalada as Nikumban