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Karamana Janardanan Nair

Karamana Janardanan Nair (25 July 1936 – 24 April 2000) was a Malayalam film actor, who was active during the 1980s and 1990s. He was especially known for his character roles. [3] He won wide acclaim especially for the role of the protagonist in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Elippathayam (1981). He notably played the villain role in Pattanapravesham(1988).[4] He played the lead role in the K. G. George directed film Mattoral, supported by Mammootty, which was released in 1988. His last role was as Fr. Paulose in the movie FIR (1999) and died a year later.

Karamana Janardanan Nair
Born(1936-07-25)25 July 1936
Died24 April 2000(2000-04-24) (aged 63)
Other namesKaramana
OccupationActor
SpouseJaya J. Nair[1]
Children
Parent
  • Karamana Kunjuveettil Ramaswami Iyyer
    Bhargaviyamma
[2]

Personal life

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He was born to Karamana Kunjuveettil Ramaswami Iyyer and Bhargaviyamma on 27 July 1936. He had his primary education from Govt Model Boys High School, Chalai. After doing B.A., he pursued L.L.B. from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He also holds Masters in History from University College Thiruvananthapuram. He worked at Employees Provident Fund Organisation in Pattom and Akasahvani. He was an active member of Thiruvananthapuram drama clubs. He went to study at National School of Drama in 1962.[5]

He was married to Jaya J Nair. The couple have three children Sunil, Sudheer & Sujay. His son, Sudheer Karamana, is also an actor.[6] He died of a massive stroke complicated by prolonged diabetes on 24 April 2000, aged 64.

Filmography

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ "CiniDiary". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  2. ^ "CiniDiary". Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. ^ "കരമന അനന്യമായ അഭിനയ ശൈലി".
  4. ^ "It's a small world. -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  5. ^ "CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal". cinidiary.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015.
  6. ^ My father is my favourite actor - Sudhir Karamana
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