M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
Birthday
1910/03/01
Day of death
1959/11/01 (49 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore district, Madras Presidency
Also know as
M.K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M.K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M K Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M. K. T., M.K.T., Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Mayavaram Krishnamurthy Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, மாயவரம் கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி தியாகராஜ பாகவதர்
Biography
Mayavaram Krishnamurthy Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (1 March 1910 – 1 November 1959), also called M.K.T., was an Indian actor, producer and Carnatic music singer. He is considered to be one of the most successful actors in Tamil cinema ever and the first super star of Tamil cinema. Bhagavathar was born in the town of Mayiladuthurai in then Tanjore district of the Madras Presidency, British India. He started his career as a classical singer and stage artist in the late 1920s. In 1934, he made his déb...Read more
Acting
(1957) Puthu Vazhvu
as Vaikuntam
(1952) Amarakavi
as Amarakavi
(1936) Sathyaseelan
as Sathyaseelan
(1937) Chintamani
as Bilwamangal
(1943) Sivakavi
as Poyyamozhi Pulavar / Ambalaththarasar
(1952) Shyamala
as ---
(1941) Ashok Kumar
as Gunalan
(1944) Haridas
as Haridas
(1937) Ambikapathy
as Ambikapathy
(1960) Sivagami
as ---
(1936) Naveena Sarangadhara
as Sarangadharan
(1948) Raja Mukthi
as King Rajendra Varman
(1934) Pavalakkodi
as Arjuna
(1939) Thiruneelakantar
as Thiruneelakanthar Nayanar
(2013) An American in Madras
as Himself (Archive footage)