Karamana Janardanan Nair

Karamana Janardanan Nair was one of the most famous Malayalam film actors during the 1980s and 1990s. He won wide acclaim especially for the role of the protagonist in Adoor Gopalakrishnans Elippathayam. He is best remembered for his roles in the cult comedy film Pattanapravesham as Prabhakaran Thampi, Agnidevan and in Sphadikam . His last role was as Fr. Paulose in the movie FIR.

He was born to Karamana Kunjuveettil Ramaswami Iyyer and Bhargaviyamma on July 27, 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. While at college he was an active member of Students Federation. He worked at Employees Provident Fund Oraganisation in Pattom and Akasahvani. He was an active member of Thiruvananthapuram drama clubs. He went to study at National School of Drama in 1962.

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