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Full Name
  
Rathnam

Died
  
August 1950, Chennai

Role
  
Film actor


Name
  
Kali Rathnam

Years active
  
1923–1950

Spouse
  
C. T. Rajakantham

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Born
  
c. 1897
Kumbakonam,British India

Occupation
  
stage and film actor, singer

Movies
  
Sabapathy, Manonmani, Kannika, Uthama Puthiran, Sathi Murali

Similar People
  
A V Meiyappan, T R Sundaram, Papanasam Sivan

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Narayana Padaiyatchi Rathnam (c. 1897 – August 1950), popularly known as "Kali" N. Rathnam, was a Tamil stage and film artist known for his roles as a comedian in Tamil movies of the 1930s and 1940s. Tamil actor and politician M. G. Ramachandran is considered a protege of Rathnam.

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Early life

Rathnam was born in Vanniyar community at Malaiyappanallur near Kumbakonam in Tanjore District in the year 1897 to Narayana Padayatchi and Thangathammal. His parents were agriculturists and Rathanm was acquainted with rural songs and folk arts from a very early age. As a young boy, Rathnam learned to act from a stage actor named Parameswaran Iyer. Seeing Rathnam perform the role of Kali in a stage play, Iyer christened him "Kali" N. Rathnam.

Career

Rathnam joined the Madurai Original Boys Company in 1923 and acted in Pathi Bhakthi (1936), the first movie produced by the Company. Rathnam's second movie was Mannarswami (1936). But Rathnam's first hit was Chandrakantha (1936). Following the success, Rathnam acted in hit movies such as Uthama Puthiran, Sathi Murali (1940), Sabapathy (1941), Manonmani (1943), Burma Rani and Sri Murugan.

Personal life

While in a drama tour of Coimbatore, Rathnam was impressed by the histrionic skills of C. T. Rajakantham, daughter of the owner of the house in which they stayed and inducted her into his troupe. The two became a successful comedy pair and acted together in a number of movies. The two were eventually married and had a daughter - Rajalakshmi who married the popular playback singer Tiruchi Loganathan.

Death

Rathnam died in August 1950 at the age of 52 or 53. His last completed film role was in the Ellis R. Dungan-directed Ponmudi.

Filmography

Actor
1949
Mayavathi
1948
Adithan Kanavu
1948
Bhojan
1948
Pizhaikkum Vazhi
1947
1000 Thalaivangi Apoorva Chintamani as
Kali (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1947
Sulochana
1946
Sree Murugan (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1946
Ardhanari (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1946
Aaravalli Sooravalli as
Vichithran (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1945
Paranjothi (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1944
Burma Rani as
Koduchi (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1944
Raja Rajeswari
1943
Dewan Bahadur (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1942
Manonmani as
Suba
1942
Sathi Sukanya as
Kallalagan
1941
Mani Malai (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1941
Dayalan as
Chadayan
1941
Sabapathy as
Sabapathy (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1941
Surya Puthri (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1940
Sati Murali (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1940
Uthama Puthiran as
Pattabi (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1940
Kalamegham
1939
Matri Bhoomi
1937
Rajamohan (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1936
Chandrakantha (as Kali N. Ratnam)
1936
Pati Bhakti (as Kali N. Ratnam)

References

Kali N. Rathnam Wikipedia