Kalyan Kumar
Birthday
1928/07/28
Day of death
1999/08/01 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Also know as
Kalyan Kumar, Kalyan Roy, Chokkanna, Sampath Kumar
Biography
Kalyan Kumar (28 July 1928 – 1 August 1999), born as Chokkanna, was an Indian film actor, and an occasional film director and producer, who worked primarily in Kannada and Tamil cinema. Making his acting debut in the mythological drama Natashekara (1954), Kumar went on to star in over 200 films in a span of over five decades. He was among the much sought after actors in the 1950s through 1970s for lead roles. Kalyan Kumar has the credit of being the first ever Kannada actor to star in a color f...Read more
Acting
(1995) Periya Kudumbam
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(1968) Bedi Bandavalu
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(1997) Aliya Alla Magala Ganda
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(1994) Jai Hind
as Chief Minister
(1993) Gokulam
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(1962) Nenjil Oor Aalayam
as Murali
(1992) Rasukutti
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(1976) College Ranga
as Professor Dr. Devayya
(1976) Katha Sangama
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(1963) Nenjam Marappathillai
as Chinna Zamindar Raja/Anand
(1966) Belli Moda
as Mohan Rao
(1976) Thulasi
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(1968) Mysuru Tanga
as Premnath/Duplicate CID Prakash
Shubhashaya
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