# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/n-s-krishnan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:29.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/n-s-krishnan"
name: "N. S. Krishnan"
slug: "n-s-krishnan"
description: "Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan, popularly known as Kalaivanar and also as NSK, was an Indian actor, comedian, dancer, playback singer and screenwriter in the early stages of the Tamil film industry – in the 1940s and 1950s. He is considered as the \"Charlie Chaplin of India.\" His stage and cine-screen comedy performances were unique and always carried a message for the people."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paithiakaran_1947_film.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-11-29"
deathDate: "1957-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.04
  momentum:             20.83513513513513
  historical:           6.410924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471485/"
    handle:    "nm0471485"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ان. اس. كريشنان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "എൻ.എസ്. കൃഷ്ണൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A8.%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "एन.एस. कृष्णन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "என். எஸ். கிருஷ்ணன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12975497"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1091674"
    title: "N. S. Krishnan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump