N. S. Krishnan

N. S. Krishnan

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...

Known For

Chandralekha

as The Circus Buffoon

Panam

Director

Rathan Kumar

Director

Cast Credits

Ambikapathy

as Kalaivanar Arjunan

Yaar Paiyyan

as Kandasamy Mudaliyar

Madurai Veeran

as Veeran's foster father

Doctor Savithri

as Muniyan

Mudhal Thedhi

as Sathanandam

Parijatham

as Sridhama

Laila Majnu

as Anvar

Krishna Bhakthi

as Vevukkarar

Chandralekha

as The Circus Buffoon

Burma Rani

as Kunjitham

Haridas

as Zamindar

Jagathalapratapan

as Vichitran

Manonmani

as Pani Pandaram

Kannagi

as Injippathan

Araichimani

as Sadayan

Aryamala

as Chinnaan

Crew Credits

Panam

Director

Rathan Kumar

Director

Nallathambi

Producer

Haridas

Playback Singer