Nalinikanth

Nalinikanth is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu, Malayalam films. He debuted in the 1980 film Kadhal Kadhal Kadhal and has appeared in over 100 films. Nalinikanth was once a popular villainy actor. He resembles Rajinikanth. His notable movies such as Mundhanai Mudichu, Raasukkutti, Mangamma Sapatham, Rudhra, Puthupatti Ponnuthaye, Enga Muthalali, Raja Enga Raja, Yaamirukka Bayamey.^[1]

Nalinikanth
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–⁠present
Television	Marmadesam
Spouse	Shantha
Children	2

Film career

Nalinikanth was introduced in Telugu cinema by director Dasari Narayana Rao. His debut movie was Rangoon Rowdy released in 1979. He has acted as hero such as azhaithal varuven, idhayam pesugirathu. He did 35 films in Telugu as well. He was given some notable roles in the films of Bhagyaraj. he did villain role in Sivaji's Satyam film. It ran for 100 days. From NTR to Nageswara Rao, Sobhan Babu, Balakrishna, Chiranjeevi he acted as Villain.^[2][3]

Television career

As his acting career in the films did not give a helping hand to come up high, he changed his path in producing serials. He produced many Tamil and Telugu serials for Sun TV, Vijay TV, Gemini TV and Maa TV.^[4]

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
1996	Marmadesam	Annamalai	Tamil	Sun TV
2021–2023	Kaatrukkena Veli	Varadharajan		Star Vijay
2022	Mandhira Punnagai	Ramaiya		Colors Tamil
2024	Panivizhum Malarvanam	Parameswaran		Star Vijay

Filmography

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1970s

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1979	Rangoon Rowdy	Nalinikant	Telugu	Debut in Telugu
	Srungara Ramudu	Pratap	Telugu

1980s

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1980	Kadhal Kadhal Kadhal		Tamil	Debut in Tamil
	Azhaithal Varuven		Tamil
	Devi Dharisanam		Tamil
1981	Sathya Sundharam		Tamil
	Engamma Maharani		Tamil
1982	Idhayam Pesugirathu		Tamil
	Balidanam		Telugu
	Vaazhvey Maayam		Tamil
	Poola Pallaki		Telugu
1983	Chandirani		Telugu
	Mundhanai Mudichu		Tamil
	Moodu Mullu		Telugu
1984	Niraparaadhi		Tamil
	Tandava Krishnudu	Varma	Telugu
	Vanitha Police		Malayalam
	Then Sittukkal		Tamil
1985	Sivappu Nila		Tamil
	Viswanathan Velai Venum	Kishore	Tamil
	Dampatyam		Telugu
	Paripoyina Khaideelu		Telugu
	Mangamma Sapatham	Jaipal	Tamil
	Manakkale Thatha		Malayalam
1986	Amman Kovil Kizhakale		Tamil
1988	Nyayam Kosam[5]	Vasu	Telugu
1989	Dravidan		Tamil

1990s

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1990	Pathimoonam Number Veedu		Tamil
	Raja Vikramarka		Telugu
	Sahasa Putrudu		Telugu
1991	Rudhra		Tamil
1992	Rasukutty	Chinnapannai	Tamil
	Abhirami		Tamil
	Natchathira Nayagan		Tamil
1993	Walter Vetrivel		Tamil
	Enga Muthalali Raja		Tamil
1994	Puthupatti Ponnuthaye		Tamil
	Thamarai		Tamil
	M. Dharmaraju M.A.		Telugu
	Pudhiya Mannargal	Chitti Babu	Tamil
1995	Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari		Tamil
	Thamizhachi		Tamil
	Enga Raja		Tamil
1997	Thambi Durai		Tamil
1998	Desiya Geetham		Tamil

2000s

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Kadhalil Vizhunthen	Doctor	Tamil

2010s

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2014	Yaamirukka Bayamey	Old Thamizh	Tamil
2014	Kaththi	Old Villager	Tamil
2014	Namo Bhootatma		Kannada
2017	Annadurai	Annadurai and Thambidurai's father	Tamil
2018	Gulaebaghavali	Sampath's father	Tamil

2020s

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2020	Chiyangal		Tamil
2023	Thunivu	Customer	Tamil