R. Neelakantan (20 July 1936 – 10 May 2018), best known by his stage name Neelu, was an Indian actor known for his comedy and supporting role performances in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch ...

, television and theatre. He has acted in over 7,000 plays and 160 films. He died on 10 May 2018 in

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Career

Neelu started acting in school plays from school days, continuing through his college days at Vivekananda College. He, along with Ambi (

Cho Ramaswamy Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, editor, political commentator, satirist, playwright, film director and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He was a popular comedi ...

's brother) and Narayanasamy, started Viveka Fine Arts. He acted in plays like ''Muhammad bin Tughluq'', ''Endru Thaniyum Indha Sudandira Dhaagam'', ''Quo Vadis'', ''Unmayae Un Vilai Enna?'', ''Yarukkum Vetkamillai''. In 1966 he made his film debut '' Aayiram Poi'' directed by

Muktha Srinivasan Muktha Srinivasan (1929 – 2018) was an Indian film director and producer. Personal life V. Srinivasan was born in Malapuram on 31 October 1929 in a Tamil Brahmin family. His parents were Venkatachariar and Chellamma. His elder brother is M ...

. He has acted in plays along with Crazy Mohan,

. He has also worked as a production manager in Jerry. All through his career, he worked with V D Swamy before retiring from his day job after 40 years of service.

Filmography

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Television

* ''Engey Brahmanan'' * '' Vidathu Sirippu'' (2003) # ''Roja"" (2004) * ''Siri Siri Crazy ''( ' Madhu balaji Father ' ) * '' Chocolate Krishna'' * ''Washingtonil Tirumanam'' (groom's father) (1995)

References

1936 births 2018 deaths Male actors in Tamil cinema Actors in Tamil theatre Indian male film actors University of Madras alumni Male actors from Chennai Tamil comedians Indian male comedians {{India-stage-actor-stub