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17
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Actor
N. S. Krishnan
Acting
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Movies: 17Series: 0Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 1091674
IMDb ID: nm0471485
Known for: Acting
Born: November 29, 1908
Died: August 30, 1957
Age: 48
Place of birth: Nagercoil, Travancore, India
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1936 - 1957
Years active: 22
Wikidata: Q12975497
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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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with N. S. Krishnan.
Yaar Paiyyan
as Kandasamy Mudaliyar
1957 Movie
Puthu Vazhvu
1957 Movie
5.0
Madurai Veeran
as Veeran's foster father
1956 Movie
6.0
Mudhal Thedhi
as Sathanandam
1955 Movie
Panam
1952 Movie
Amarakavi
1952 Movie
Nallathambi
1949 Movie
8.2
Chandralekha
as The Circus Buffoon
1948 Movie
Sri Valli
1945 Movie
Sivakavi
1943 Movie
9.0
Kannagi
as Injippathan
1942 Movie
Ashok Kumar
1941 Movie
Aryamala
as Chinnaan
1941 Movie
Uthama Puthiran
as Iyengar
1940 Movie
Thiruneelakantar
as Chokan
1939 Movie
Ambikapathy
1937 Movie
Sathyaseelan
1936 Movie