N. S. Krishnan
Actor · Director · Producer · Playback Singer
Born Nov 29, 1908 · Nagercoil, Travancore, India
Active 1935–1957
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.
Filmography
Sri Valli (1945)Raja Desingu (1960)Prahalada (1939) — NikumbanKannagi (1942) — InjippathanChandralekha (1948) — The Circus BuffoonRangoon Radha (1956) — NaiduAshok Kumar (1941)Thiruneelakantar (1939) — ChokanAraichimani (1942) — SadayanHaridas (1944) — Zamindar · Playback SingerAmbikapathy (1957) — Kalaivanar ArjunanSathi Leelavathi (1936)Ambikapathy (1937)Menaka (1935)Madurai Veeran (1956) — Veeran's foster fatherMudhal Thedhi (1955) — SathanandamKanniyin Kathali (1949)Dhaasippen (1943)Dakshayagnam (1938)Burma Rani (1945) — KunjithamNallathambi (1949) — ProducerAsai (1956)Rathan Kumar (1949) — DirectorMaya Machindra (1939)