He wrote extensive columns devoted to the personal lives of some of the top actors and actresses of the day. His foray into journalism began in 1943 when he launched a film weekly called Cinema Thoothu, which was extremely successful. Lakshmikanthan or Lakshmikantham was a famous film journalist of Madras Presidency. When Bhagavathar and NSK were flying very high in fame in drama, cinema and concerts, fate interfered in the form of Lakshmikanthan. They were convicted and later released on appeal to the Privy Council. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar were arrested for suspicion of the Lakshmikanthan murder case. ( July 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭuring the mid-1940s, he and co-star M. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. His granddaughters Anu Vardhan and Ramya NSK are working as costume designer and playback singer in the film industry respectively. His grandson NSK Rajan has acted in the film Nagareega Komaali (2006). He was a Gandhian, patriot and philanthropist, yet a very controversial figure – with his name linked to a murder and marital controversies.

Though he was more popular among the Tamil populace as a film comedian, Kalaivanar was instrumental in bringing a number of leading Tamil stage and film personalities to the fore. He was a talented singer and his hits include ' Sivakavi', ' Raja Rani', and 'Manamagal'. Pandian and writers such as Udumalai Narayana Kavi and Subbu Armugham and gave a number of hits. Madhuram (later his wife) was very popular in his day he also did roles along with leading stage and cine artists such as T. He acted in nearly 150 Tamil films and the matinee-duo of N. He generally wrote his own comedy dialogues and expressed them in his drama and films so that the message came across, but the subject was not offended.

When cinema gradually became popular in South India, he entered the Tamil film world to become one of the most leading Tamil comedians ever, with a unique style. At one time, he owned a touring drama company.

Krishnan started his career as a Villu Paatu artist (the Tamil way of reciting stories while singing songs and playing a musical instrument in the form of a bow called 'Villu'), He later became involved in Tamil drama and stage shows, as were many film artistes.

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