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films. He debuted in the 1980 film Kadhal Kadhal Kadhal and has appeared in over 100 films. Nalinikanth was once a popular villainy actor. He resembles

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Film career

Nalinikanth was introduced in Telugu cinema by director

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he acted as Villain.

Television career

As his acting career in the films did not give a helping hand to come up high, he changed his path in producing serials. He produced many Tamil and Telugu serials for Sun TV, Vijay TV, Gemini TV and Maa TV. * Mandhira Punnagai * Kaatrukkenna Veli (

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), as Varadharajan (Vennila's father) *Marmadesam (Rahasyam), as Annamalai

Filmography

''This is a partial filmography. You can expand it.''

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

* {{Improve categories, date=February 2020 Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors in Telugu cinema