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N. Viswanathan
Actor
Died November 17, 2010 (81 years)
N. Viswanathan (1929 – 17 November 2010), popularly known as Calcutta Viswanathan in theTamil film industry, was an Indian actor and academic. A Tamilian by birth, he moved to Calcutta(now Kolkata) at a young age and joined St. Xavier's College, Calcutta as an English professor and continued to teach there for more than 40 years. Viswanathan was also a well-known public speaker. He started acting films after entering into the Bengali films by acting in Mrinal Sen'sPunascha and Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjungha.[2] In an acting career spanning over 40 years Viswanathan appeared in nearly 100 films in Bengali, Tamil and English. Viswanathan was a member several theatre groups and also formed the "Calcutta Players", an acting troupe
Filmography
| 2003 | In the Forest... Again · as Cast |
| 2002 | Baba · as Baba's Father |
| 1998 | Aparajita · as Cast |
| 1996 | The Peacock Spring · as Sir Mahadeva |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | Katha Deelam · as Cast |
| 1985 | Padikkatha Panayar · as (as: Calcutta Viswanathan) |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Moodu Pani · as Raghunath |
| 1976 | Lalitha · as Father Of Lalitha |
| 1976 | Moondru Mudichu · as The Unnamed Widower |
| 1974 | |
| 1967 | Jiban Mrityu · as Cast |
| 1966 | Subhas Chandra · as Cast |
| 1963 | Barnali · as Dr. Ghosh |
| 1962 | Kanchenjungha · as Bannerjee |