V. K. Ramasamy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ramasamy acted his first film at the age of 21, he donned the role of a 60-year-old father of grown-up sons in `Naam Iruvar' (1947), first film of the AVM Films. From then on he was in peak. He is also known as VKR.

He always had to play only an elderly person throughout his career, which spanned over five decades in which he acted in over 500 films.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Ramasamy acted with almost all leading actors including T. R. Mahalingam, M.G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar, Ravichandran, R. Muthuraman, Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth. He was known for his dialogue delivery, especially as a villain or comedian. He was at ease playing any role and paired with the veteran comedienne, Manorama, to play some memorable roles in Tamil films. Peers always respected his old world values of discipline on the sets.

His comedy track in Agni Natchathram, Padikadhavan and Mouna Ragam was very popular. Sivaji Ganesan has a very high regard for this legendary actor.

V.K.Ramaswamy died at the age of 76, on December 24, 2002.

[edit] See Also


[edit] Reference

v • d • e
Cinema of India
Industries: Assamese • Bengal • Bollywood • Karnataka • Kollywood • Malayalam • Marathi • Punjwood •Tollywood