Sir R. Neelakantan, AKA Neelu is an excellent actor in both movies and drama. He can add humor to anything (one perfect example can be his small but well-known role in Anniyan where he proficiently adds absolute humor to a very serious scene). He has been in the entertainment industry for more than 50 years since 1960. He has performed in over 7000 stage plays and 160 movies! He also performed a significant role in Mr. Cho’ serial ‘Engey Brahmanan’ as the ‘Bagavathar’ where he, without fail maintained his standards. Moreover, he is still active in the industry! His latest movie role was in the 2013 movie – ‘Kalyana Samayal Saadham’. According to the interviews he is no different in real life than his roles in movies which are down to earth and funny. He started his acting career back in his schooldays, which continued through his college ...
The South Indian film industry has seen several combinations of famous actors and film personalities entering politics and then taking it up as their primary profession, using the glamour and fan following to good advantage in politics. Examples of MG Ramachandran; NT Rama Rao and Jayalalitha come to mind immediately. Cho Ramaswamy is,however, in a different class of his own, showing extended versatility by being a journalist / editor; playwright cum political satirist and legal luminary all rolled into one, in addition to his being an actor in the comedian genre. If one considers the fact that he was also a Rajya Sabha member for a full term, then in addition to being a political satirist, Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy (or Cho Ramaswamy as we know him better), is also a politician, besides being a highly colourful, if sometimes controversial,...