Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1929
Died
Nov 17, 2010
Place of Birth
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Credits
27 titles
N. Viswanathan
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
Known For
Filmography
Byatikrami
Andhakarer Shabdo
In the Forest... Again
Baba
Baba's Father
Dialogue & Delirium
Tomar Rakte Aamar Sohaag
Sunya Theke Suru
Samar Gupta
Iravu Pookkal
Padikkatha Pannayar
Enakkul Oruvan
Oh Maane Maane
Nilavu Suduvathillai
Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum
Sagar Balaka
Uttar Meleni
Saheb
Moodupani
Raghunath
Paka Dekha
Kavari Maan
Sivaramakrishnan
Moondru Mudichu
The unnamed widower
Rodon Bhara Basanta
Ekhonee
Two Souls
Anustup Chhanda
Barnali
Dr. Shaileshwar Ghosh
Kanchenjungha
Bannerjee
Punashcha
Mr. Mukherjee