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Jagannathan

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DOB : 1938
Date of death: 08-12-2012
Language : Malayalam
Gender : Male

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Actor Jagannathan (1938-2012) was born in Changanassery, Kerala. He was a well-known Malayalam Cinema and Serial actor. He won his first Kerala State Award as the Second Best Actor for his theatre work Aaayiram Katham Akale. He won Kerala State’s Best Actor in the Supporting Role Award for his performance in Draupadi and in 1999. He started his acting career as a theatre artist. He became a part of Kavalam Narayana Panicker’s theatre troupe Thiruvarangu. He is famous for portraying his character ‘aatapandaram,’in Kavalam’s theatre play Avanavan Katamba, along with . He was a singer as well as an acclaimed ballet artist. Jagannathan knows to sing songs from 24 different states of India.

He began his cinema life in Oridathu in 1986, directed by the noted director Aravindan. He then went on to act in more than 179 movies, along with his theatrical roles. He has directed four dramas namely Pathanam, Parivarthanam, Vivahalochana and Karadi. He has acted in many tele serials, with Kairalivilasam Lodge (aired on Doordarshan) being his most applauded serial work. He is known for his characters in movies like Swathi Thirunal, Swagatham, Mazhavil Kavadi, Appu, Rajashilpi, Pattanathil Sundaran, Dasharatham to name a few. His voice, which was highly distinctive, would still be clearly remembered by Malayalam Cinema and Serial audience. Jagannathan even managed to run a dubbing school at Trivandrum, to train voice artists in his final years. He last acted in the movie Ardhanari (2012). He died on 8 December 2012 at the age of 74. He was married to Saraswathy Amma, and had two children Rohini and Chandrasekhar.