Biography of M.N.Nambiar- Popular Indian Villain Actor (Tamil and Malayalam Movies)

Name: MANJERI NARAYANAN NAMBIAR /M.N.NAMBIAR

Known As: M.N.Nambiar /Guru Swamy Nambiar / Maha Guru Swamy

Date of Birth: 7th March 1919-Born at Kannur, Malabar, Present Kerala

Date of Death: 19th November 2008 –Died at Chennai at the age of 89 years

Father: Kelu Nambiar

Mother: Lakhsmi

Mother Tongue: Malayalam

Wife: Rukmini (Born:1930 –Died on 11th April 2012 at the age of 82 years)

Children: 2 Sons:-

1. Sukumar Nambiar – A Senior Leader of Bharathia Janatha Party / BJP-(Born: 1949- Died on 8th January 2012 at the age of 63 years)

2. Mohan Nambiar – A Coimbatore Based Businessman and

1 Daughter: Sneha Nambiar

Occupation: Tamil Cinema Actor

Speciality of M.N.Nambiar:

Nambiar a pure ‘Vegetarian’ and a‘Teetotaler’. (No To Tobacco and No To Alcohol)

It is reported that because of his being a pure vegetarian, he avoided joining the Indian Military Services, at the time when he was in search of a job.

Nambiar was said to take food prepared by his wife Ms.Rukmini only and he had never taken any outside food throughout his career and life.

He is said that he would feed the first morsel of his food to his wife and then only he would eat his food.

And whenever, he would be without his wife, (only during his pilgrimage to Sabari Mala) , he would feed the first morsel of his food to his sons and then only he would eat his food.

He had been a 'Cruel Villain' in his Movies and a Rare Man in his Real Life, as witnessed by his co-actors.

M.N.Nambiar has acted as villain / in negative roles in most of his Movies, especially in Tamil.

On the contrary, he had been a very pious man in real life, being an ardent devotee of 'Sabarimala Sri Ayyappan Swamy'.

Sabari Mala Guru Swamy:

Gurusamy Nambiar On Sabari Malai Pilgrimage

M.N.Nambiar had been a Hindu Spiritual Leader, making regular annual pilgrimage to Sabari Mala- And he was the ‘Guruswamy’ in the‘Sabarimala Pilgrimage’ of many celebrities of South Indian Cinema Field-And he was also called the ‘Maha Guruswamy’.

Nambiar had started his first pilgrimage to Sabari Malai with his Guru 'Nawab Rajamanickam', in the year 1942.

And there after he had been regularly going on his annual pilgrimage to Sabari Malai.

Nambiar had been visiting the shrine Sabari Malai, for more than 55 times, taking group of many people under his guidance and leadership.

He had been a ‘Senior Guruswamy’ to many Movie Actors, since many years.

Notably, M.N.Nambiar died during the ‘Sabari Mala Season’, which is considered by his disciples and fans, to be blessing of Lord Ayyappa Swamy of Sabari Mala.

Movies Career of M.N.Nambiar:

As Nambiar lost his father, when he was a very young boy, he went to stay with his elder sister and brother in law in Ooty.

As he was interested in acting, at the age of 13 years, Nambiar joined 'Nawab Rajamanickam’s Drama Troop.

Nambiar acted in an Indian Movie ‘Bhaktha Ramadas’, released in the year 1935 both in Hindi and Tamil, when he was 16 years old, in a comedy role along with T.K.Sambangi.

Nambiar started acting in Tamil movies in negative roles / villain characters and became a popular villain actor in Tamil.

M.N.Nambiar has acted in more than 1000 Movies in Tamil.

Also Nambiar has acted in about 15 Malayalam Movies and in very few movies in Hindi, Telugu and English.

In Hindi M.N.Nambiar has acted in the remake of the Tamil Movie ‘Kanavane Kann Kanda Deivam’

In Telugu, M.N.Nambiar has acted in the Movie-‘Kanna Talli’ in the year 1953- He acted in the movie along with Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, R.Nageswara Rao, Vasantha, Mikkilineni, K.Siva Rao, Peketi Sivaram, Pasumatrti Krishnamurthi, G.Varalakshmi and Raja Sulochana- The movie was Produced and Directed by K.S.Prakash Rao

In English, he has appeared in a few scenes of the 1952 English Movie-‘Jungle’, directed by William Burke.

M.N.Nambiar As Hero in Tamil Movies:

M.N.Nambiar has acted as the hero in the following 2 Movies, Produced by Modern Theatres- T.R.Sundaram:

1. ‘Kalyani’and 2. ‘Kavitha’.

1. "KALYANI" -1952:

M.N.Nambiar acted in the Movie-'Kalyani' as the hero, along with B.S.Saroja as the Heroine, M.G.Chakrapani, D.Balasubramaniam, K.V.Srinivasan, M.Saroja, A.Karunanidhi, T.P.Muthulakshmi and P.S.Gnanam.

The Movie 'Kalyani' was based on a famous Hollywood Movie-'Snake Pit'-1948, with story of a mentallay deranged girl was Produced by the Modern Theatres- T.R.Sundaram.

The screen play of the movie 'Kalyani' depicting the horrible experiences of the mentally ill girl at an Institution for the mentally disturbed people was written by 'Ko Tha. Shanmuga Sundaram, the First Editor of the 'Daily Thanthi'.

The Movie 'Kalyani' was Directed by 'T. G. Raghavacharya' /Acharya, who directed 'Mangamma Sapatham', 'Apoorva Sahodarargal' and a good part of 'Chandralekha', including the celebrated 'drums- dance'. The music was scored by S. Dakshinamurthy and G. Ramanathan. Kannadasan, who was not famous then, penned the lyrics of the Movie 'Kalyani'.

2."KAVITHA" -1962: