N. S. Krishnan
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Aryamala
Chinnaan
1941
Film
Puthu Vazhvu
1957
Film
Thiruneelakantar
Chokan
1939
Vedavathi
1941
Film
Amarakavi
1952
Film
Ambikapathy
1937
Raja Desingu
1960
Film
Ashok Kumar
1941
Film
Sivakavi
1943
Parijatham
Sridhama
1950
Film
Burma Rani
Kunjitham
1945
Ambikapathy
Kalaivanar Arjunan
1957
Maya Machindra
1939
Film
Nallathambi
1949
Film
Madurai Veeran
Veeran's foster father
1956
Dhaasippen
1943
Manonmani
Pani Pandaram
1942
Film
Panam
1952
Sathi Leelavathi
1936
Paithiyakaaran
1947
Rathan Kumar
1949
Krishna Bhakthi
Vevukkarar
1949
Film
Sri Valli
1945
Film
Chandralekha
The Circus Buffoon
1948
Film
Kanniyin Kathali
1949
Film
Sathyaseelan
1936
Dakshayagnam
1938
Film
Sakuntalai
1940
Mangamma Sabatham
Sathan
1943
Prahalada
Nikumban
1939
Laila Majnu
Anvar
1950
Menaka
1935
Film
Kannagi
Injippathan
1942
Araichimani
Sadayan
1942
Film
Mudhal Thedhi
Sathanandam
1955
Manickavasagar
Mestri Vengupillai
1939
Jagathalapratapan
Vichitran
1944
Doctor Savithri
Muniyan
1955
Film
Rangoon Radha
Naidu
1956
Film
Yaar Paiyyan
Kandasamy Mudaliyar
1957
Asai
1956
Film
Uthama Puthiran
Iyengar
1940
Haridas
Zamindar
1944
Nam Kuzhandai
1955