T. K. Ramachandran (died October 1993), was an Indian actor and film producer, who worked in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

. He was a popular villain and character actor in many movies in 50's and also acted as hero in initial years. In 1966 he produced the movie "Periya Manithan" under the banner Saraswathi Productions starring Kannada actress Uday Chandrika in lead with him in supporting role, directed by K. C. Krishna Moorthy. Later acted in some 70's movies including the 1978 Rajinikanth starer

Bairavi ''Bairavi'' is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by M. Bhaskar, and produced by Kalaignanam, who also wrote the story and dialogues. It stars Rajinikanth, Sripriya and Geetha. Geetha was introduced in this film. Srikanth played the ...

and acted until 1982.

Notable films

Actor

* Naam Iruvar - 1947 * Digambara Samiyar - 1950 *

Mohana Sundaram ''Mohana Sundaram'' is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy. An adaptation of J. R. Rangaraju's detective novel of the same name, the film stars T. R. Mahalingam and S. Varalakshmi. It was ...

- 1951 * Singari – 1951 * Chinnadurai – 1952 * Parasakthi – 1952 * Mappillai – 1952 * Ponamachan Thirumbivandhan – 1954 * Kathanayaki – 1955 *

Town Bus ''Town Bus'' is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by K. Somu and produced by M. A. Venu. The film was written by A. P. Nagarajan, and the soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film stars N. N. Kannappa and Anja ...

– 1955 *

Madurai Veeran Madurai Veeran, also known as Veeran, is a Tamil folk deity popular in southern Tamil Nadu, India. His name literally means, "warrior of Madurai". Legend According to the ''Maduraiveeraswamikathai'', Veeran was born to royal parents and w ...

– 1956 * Marmaveeran – 1956 *

Mudhalali ''Mudhalali'' () is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language drama film, the directorial debut of Muktha Srinivasan and written by Venkat Ramanujam. The film was produced by M. A. Venu under M. A. V. Pictures. It stars S. S. Rajendran and debutante Devik ...

– 1957 * Piyamilan – 1958 * Neelavukku Neranja Manasu – 1958 * Aval Yar – 1959 * Uthama Pethra Rathinam – 1959 *

Raja Desingu ''Raja Desingu'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language biographical film starring M. G. Ramachandran, S. S. Rajendran, Bhanumathi and Padmini. Based on the life of Desingh, the film was directed by T. R. Raghunath and had a delayed release in 2 ...

– 1960 * Chavukkadi Chandrakantha – 1960 * ninaipatharku neramillai – 1963 *

Shabash Mappillai Shābāsh (''Kannada: ಶಭಾಷ್'', ''Telugu: శబాష్'', ''Urdu: شاباش'', ''Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼'', ''Bengali: শাবাশ'', ''Hindi: शाबाश'') is a term used in the Indian subcontinent to signal commendatio ...

– 1961 * Azhagu Nila – 1962 * Periya Manithan – 1966 * Eduppar Kai Pillai – 1975 *

- 1978 * Anru Muthal Inru Varai – 1981 * Vetri Namathe – 1982 * Vanjikottai Vaaliban - 1958 * Mangalya Manickam * Manithan Maaravilai * Thayiku Pin Thamayan – 1955 * Menaka - 1955

Producer

* Periya Manithan - 1966

References

1993 deaths Male actors in Tamil cinema {{India-actor-stub