Kailas Nath

Kailas Nath (1957 or 1958 – 3 August 2023) was an Indian actor and director who primarily worked in Malayalam and Tamil films, and also appeared in television serials. He made his film debut with Sangamam (1977) and acted in over 160 films during a career spanning nearly 45 years.^[1][2]

Kailas Nath
Born	1957 or 1958 Mannar, Kerala, India
Died	3 August 2023 (aged 65) Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	1977–2023
Spouse	Ajitha
Children	1

Early life

Kailas was born in Mannar in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India.^[3] He graduated from Devaswom Board Pampa College and later attended a film institute, where he studied alongside Nassar, Shankar, and Chiranjeevi.^[4][5]

Career

Before entering the film industry, Kailas was active in mimicry and stage performances.^[1] He began his film career with the 1977 Malayalam film Sangamam and made his Tamil debut in Oru Thalai Ragam (1980), eventually appearing in nearly 90 Tamil films.^[1][2] His films include Vidarunna Mottukal (1977), Etho Oru Swapnam (1978), Swandam Enna Padam (1980), Irattimadhuram (1982), Saravarsham (1982), Valli (1993), Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004), Mizhikal Sakshi (2008), Seetha Kalyanam (2009), and Yugapurushan (2010).^[2][3] He also worked as an assistant director under Sreekumaran Thampi before making his directorial debut with Ithu Nalla Thamasha in 1985.^[6][7][1] In addition, he lectured in acting at Madras Christian College.^[8][9]

Apart from films, he appeared in several Malayalam television serials, beginning with Seemantham.^[3] His television work includes Minnukettu, Ente Manasaputhri, Pranayam, and Vanambadi.^[2][10] His final on-screen appearance was in the Asianet series Santhwanam.^[11]

Personal life and death

Kailas was married to Ajitha, and they have one daughter.^[12] He died on 3 August 2023, at the age of 65, from non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis at a private hospital in Kochi.^[3][13]

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1977	Sangamam	—	Debut film	[1]
	Vidarunna Mottukal	Chandran	Child artist	[3]
1978	Etho Oru Swapnam	Abhayan		[14]
1979	Maalika Paniyunnavar	Appunni		[15]
	Venalil Oru Mazha	—		[15]
1980	Oru Thalai Ragam	Thambu	Tamil debut	[16][17]
	Ambalavilakku	—		[15]
	Swandam Enna Padam	Kochu Kuttan		[5]
	Vaiki Vanna Vasantham	—		[15]
1981	Palaivana Solai	Vasu		[16]
1982	Gaanam	—		[15]
	Saravarsham	Dr. Varma		[16]
	Enikkum Oru Divasam	—		[15]
	Irattimadhuram	Suman		[5]
1983	Kingini Kombu	—		[18]
1992	Kizhakkan Pathrose	Settu's assistant		[9]
1993	Valli	—		[3]
2004	Sethurama Iyer CBI	Ambiswamy		[3]
2008	Mizhikal Sakshi	Melshanti		[18]
2009	Seetha Kalyanam	—		[19]
2010	Yugapurushan	Chattampi Swamikal		[20][5]
2014	Test Paper	—		[15]
2015	Maayaapuri	—	3D film	[15]

As director

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1985	Ithu Nalla Thamasha	Directorial debut	[8]

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
1998–1999	Seemantham	—	DD Malayalam	[18]
	Purappadu	—		[3]
2004–2009	Minnukettu	—	Surya TV	[5]
2007–2010	Ente Manasaputhri	—	Asianet	[5]
2011–2012	Autograph	Poduval
2015–2017	Pranayam	Viswanatha Iyer		[5]
2015	Manasariyathe	—	Surya TV	[21][5]
2015–2016	Malootty	—	Mazhavil Manorama	[22]
2016–2019	Ennu Swantham Jani	—	Surya TV	[23]
2017–2020	Vanambadi	Vasudevan	Asianet	[10]
2020–2023	Santhwanam	Narayana Pillai		[24]