Periya Karuppa Thevar (1936 - 18 September 2012) was a Tamil film
character artiste and
folk singer
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
who appeared in
Tamil-language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pud ...
films.
Film career
PKT was part of the drama troupe floated by veteran Sankaradoss Swamigal more than fifty years ago. Like many actors of his era, he had made the grade to films as an actor after toiling hard on stage where he used to be quite popular for his acting as well as in singing many folk songs.
His film career has spanned many decades in which he had starred in more than 200 films including a memorable role in
Bharathiraaja's
Mann Vasanai
''Mann Vasanai'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Bharathiraja. Starring debutants Pandiyan and Revathi, with Vinu Chakravarthy, Ganthimathi, and Y. Vijaya in supporting roles, the film was a blockbuster, a ...
and in
Gangai Amaren
Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films.
Personal life
Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel Ram ...
's Karagattakkaran which had memorable songs by Ilaiyaraaja. PKT has also sung a festival song in
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l ...
's Virumandi a few years back.
He has four sons.
One of his sons Virumandi, a director made his directorial debut with ''
Ka Pae Ranasingam'' (2020).
Partial filmography
Death
He died on 10 September 2012 and was survived by his four sons. He had suffered a massive
cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is a medical emergency that, without immediate medical intervention, will result in sudden cardiac death within minutes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and possib ...
at his Saligramam residence and died in hospital.
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Male actors in Tamil cinema
Indian male film actors
1937 births
2012 deaths
People from Madurai district
Date of birth missing