
Nagercoil, Travancore, India
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.
as Sridhama

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1952
as Sridhama
1950
1936

as Veeran's foster father
1956

1952
as Kalaivanar Arjunan
1957

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1943

as Kandasamy Mudaliyar
1957

as The Circus Buffoon
1948
1957
1960
as Kalaivanar Arjunan
1957

as Kandasamy Mudaliyar
1957

1957

as Naidu
1956

as Veeran's foster father
1956
1956
as Muniyan
1955

as Sathanandam
1955

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1952
as Sridhama
1950
as Anvar
1950
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1949
as Vevukkarar
1949

as The Circus Buffoon
1948
1947

1945

as Kunjitham
1945
as Zamindar
1944
as Vichitran
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