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Chokkalinga Bhagavathar

{{Short description|Indian stage and film actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Chokkalinga Bhagavathar

| birth_date = 1907

| death_date = 21 January 2002

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| birth_place = India

| education =

| occupation = Actor

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Chokkalinga Bhagavathar, also known as K. A. Chokkalinga Bhagavathar or M. A. Chokkalinga Bhagavathar (1907{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baad6db73|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126195018/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baad6db73|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 November 2016|title=M.A. Chokkalinga Bhagavathar|access-date=26 November 2016}} - 21 January 2002{{cite web|url=http://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2003/08/18/obituary.html|title=ஜனவரி 22, 2002 சொக்கலிங்க பாகவதர் மரணம்|date=10 November 2003 |access-date=26 November 2016}}) was an Indian stage and film artiste who acted mostly in Tamil language films. Though he began his film career in 1938, he acted only in two films Thukkaram and Rambaiyin Kaadhal in 1938 and 1939 respectively. After a lapse of almost 50 years he was brought back to film by Balu Mahendra for his film Veedu in 1988. Since then he appeared in about 10 films during the following decade. He acted in an Italian film Branchie also in 1999.

Filmography

  1. Thukkaram (1938) {{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/tukaram-1938/article3022407.ece | title=Tukaram 1938 |newspaper=The Hindu | date=11 January 2008 | access-date=26 November 2016 | last=Guy | first=Randor | author-link=Randor Guy | archive-url=https://archive.today/20161125051202/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/tukaram-1938/article3022407.ece | archive-date=25 November 2016 | url-status=dead }}
  2. Rambaiyin Kaadhal (1939){{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/rambayin-kaathal-1939/article3022772.ece | title=Rambayin Kaathal 1939 |newspaper=The Hindu | date=11 April 2008 | access-date=26 November 2016 | last=Guy | first=Randor | author-link=Randor Guy | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140827173737/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/rambayin-kaathal-1939/article3022772.ece | archive-date=27 August 2014 | url-status=dead }}
  3. Dhaanasoora Karna (1940){{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1940-cinedetails14.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|author-link=Film News Anandan|date=23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180302004718/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1940-cinedetails14.asp|archive-date=2 March 2018|access-date=2 March 2018|url-status=usurped}}
  4. Veedu (1988){{cite book|last=Baskaran|first=Sundararaj Theodre|title=The Eye of the Serpent: An Introduction to Tamil Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jBcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT10|year=2013|publisher=Westland|isbn=978-93-83260-74-4}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  5. Sandhya Raagam (1989){{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/08/27/stories/2010082750800200.htm | title=A life in cinema | date=27 August 2010 | location=Chennai, India | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125060038/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/08/27/stories/2010082750800200.htm | archive-date=25 January 2013 | work=The Hindu | url-status=dead }}
  6. Thaiyalkaran (1991) {{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/namsearch.cgi?name=chockalinga%20bhagavathar|title=Filmography of Chockalinga Bhagavathar|access-date=26 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113013055/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/namsearch.cgi?name=chockalinga+bhagavathar|archive-date=13 January 2005}}
  7. Therku Theru Machan (1992)
  8. Thalattu Ketkuthamma (1992)
  9. Gentleman (1993)
  10. Uzhaippali (1993)
  11. Amma Ponnu (1993)
  12. Jai Hind (1994)
  13. Sathi Leelavathi (1995)
  14. Indian (1996)
  15. Aur Ek Prem Kahani (Hindi) (1996)
  16. Raman Abdullah (1997)
  17. Periya Idathu Mappillai (1997)
  18. Velai (1998)
  19. Branchie (Italian) (1999){{cite web| url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184302/|title=Branchie (1999)|website=IMDb |accessdate=26 November 2016}}

References

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External links

  • {{cite web| url=http://chokkalinga-bhagavathar.blogspot.in/ |title=கே. ஏ. சொக்கலிங்க பாகவதர்|language=Tamil|access-date=26 November 2016}}
  • {{Cite web|url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/article20464463.ece|title=Vaazhkkai Azhaikkirathu 01: Pulamai Cherukku|language=Tamil|trans-title=Life (is) Calling 01: Poet's Pride|work=The Hindu (Tamil)|date=16 November 2017|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171219013423/http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/article20464463.ece|archive-date=19 December 2017|url-status=live}}
  • {{YouTube|7jkx_ObHu6k|Vasudeva sudha}} - A song by Chokkalinga Bhagavathar as Narada character in Rambaiyin Kaadhal
  • {{IMDb name|1117487}}

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Category:1907 births

Category:2002 deaths

Category:20th-century Indian male actors

Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema

Category:Tamil male actors

Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema

Category:Indian stage actors