N. Viswanathan
Narayanswamy Viswanathan (18 July 1929 – 17 November 2010), popularly known as
Calcutta Viswanathan in the
Tamil film industry, was an Indian actor and academic. A
Tamil by birth, he moved to
Calcutta (now Kolkata) at a young age and taught English at
St. Xavier's College, Calcutta for more than 40 years. Viswanathan was also a well-known public speaker. He made his acting debut in
Mrinal Sen's ''
Punascha'' and continued to act in
Bengali films. In a career that spanned 40 years, Viswanathan appeared in nearly 100 films in
Bengali,
Tamil and English. He was a member several theatre groups and also formed the "Calcutta Players", an acting troupe.
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