Actor

N. Viswanathan

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Movies: 21Series: 0

TMDB ID: 584422

IMDb ID: nm0899801

Known for: Acting

Born: January 1, 1929

Died: November 17, 2010

Age: 81

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 2006

Years active: 46

Average TMDB rating: 6.26

Wikidata: Q1959649

Also known as

Calcutta Viswanathan

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Biography

N. Viswanathan (1929 – 17 November 2010), popularly known as Calcutta Viswanathan in theTamil film industry, was an Indian actor and academic. A Tamilian by birth, he moved to Calcutta(now Kolkata) at a young age and joined St. Xavier's College, Calcutta as an English professor and continued to teach there for more than 40 years. Viswanathan was also a well-known public speaker. He started acting films after entering into the Bengali films by acting in Mrinal Sen'sPunascha and Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjungha.[2] In an acting career spanning over 40 years Viswanathan appeared in nearly 100 films in Bengali, Tamil and English. Viswanathan was a member several theatre groups and also formed the "Calcutta Players", an acting troupe