Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan (24 February 1928[1] â€" 5 April
1977)[2] was an Indian film director, producer, actor and writer who
set a trend in film making in Tamil cinema in 1960s and 1970s.[3]A. P.
Nagarajan was born on 24 February 1928 under the name Kuppuswamy. His
father, Paramasiva Gounder, died when Kuppuswamy was a young boy;
within a few months, his mother Lakshmi Ammal died too. His maternal
grandmother, Manicka Ammal, took charge of the boy. Afraid that he
might not be cared for by the family, she admitted him to a drama
company without informing them of the boy's antecedents. Later he
shifted to Avvai T. K. Shanmugam's drama company. As there were many
Kuppuswamis, his name was changed to Nagarajan. Nagarajan learnt the
basics of theatre and roles to play the lead in the play "Gumasthavin
Penn." A remarkable actor, he brought to life all the roles he donned,
his early "sthreepart" roles being very popular with the audience. He
worked in the Madurai Jayarama Sangeetha Boys Company as well as
Sakthi Nadaga Sabha, along with Sivaji Ganesan and Kaka
Radhakrishnan.Nagarajan started his own drama company, the Pazhani
Kadiravan Nadaga Sabha, and, in 1949, married Rani Ammal. He wrote and
acted in several plays and one of his plays "Nalvar" was made into a
movie. Nagarajan wrote the screenplay for his own story and play the
hero in this film. His film career thus began in 1953.
1977)[2] was an Indian film director, producer, actor and writer who
set a trend in film making in Tamil cinema in 1960s and 1970s.[3]A. P.
Nagarajan was born on 24 February 1928 under the name Kuppuswamy. His
father, Paramasiva Gounder, died when Kuppuswamy was a young boy;
within a few months, his mother Lakshmi Ammal died too. His maternal
grandmother, Manicka Ammal, took charge of the boy. Afraid that he
might not be cared for by the family, she admitted him to a drama
company without informing them of the boy's antecedents. Later he
shifted to Avvai T. K. Shanmugam's drama company. As there were many
Kuppuswamis, his name was changed to Nagarajan. Nagarajan learnt the
basics of theatre and roles to play the lead in the play "Gumasthavin
Penn." A remarkable actor, he brought to life all the roles he donned,
his early "sthreepart" roles being very popular with the audience. He
worked in the Madurai Jayarama Sangeetha Boys Company as well as
Sakthi Nadaga Sabha, along with Sivaji Ganesan and Kaka
Radhakrishnan.Nagarajan started his own drama company, the Pazhani
Kadiravan Nadaga Sabha, and, in 1949, married Rani Ammal. He wrote and
acted in several plays and one of his plays "Nalvar" was made into a
movie. Nagarajan wrote the screenplay for his own story and play the
hero in this film. His film career thus began in 1953.
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