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Kali N. Rathnam

காளி என். ரத்னம்

Actor

Kali N. Rathnam is an actor in Tamil cinema, credited on Ponmudi (1950).

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

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Also known as: Narayana Padaiyatchi Rathnam

Filmography.

YearFilmRoleLanguage
1950PonmudiActorTamil
1949MayavathiActorTamil
1948Adhithan KanavuActorTamil
1948Lakshmi VijayamActorTamil
1948Pizhaikkum VazhiActorTamil
1948Sri AandalActorTamil
1947Aayiram Thalai Vaangi Apoorva ChinthamaniActorTamil
1947KannikaActorTamil
1947Udayanan VasavadattaActorTamil
1946ArthanaariActorTamil
1946Names of two sister princessesActorTamil
1946Sakata YogamActorTamil
1946Sri MuruganActorTamil
1945MaanasamrakshanamActorTamil
1945Queen of BurmaActorTamil
1944BharthruhariActorTamil
1943Diwan BahadurActorTamil
1943Karaikkal AmmaiyarActorTamil
1942GangavatharActorTamil
1942ManonmaniActorTamil
1942PrithivirajanActorTamil
1942Sathi Sukanya 1942ActorTamil
1942Tamizhariyum PerumalActorTamil
1941Bhaktha GowriActorTamil
1941SabapathyActorTamil
1940KalamegamActorTamil
1940Sathi MuraliActorTamil
1940Uthama PuthiranActorTamil
1940Vikrama UrvashiActorTamil
1939PanduranganActorTamil
1939Rambaiyin KaadhalActorTamil
1936ChandrakanthaActorTamil

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