M.N.Nambiar ( Manjeri Narayan Nambiar) March 7, 1919 — November 19, 2008), a veteran film actor in Tamil cinema, he has been in the film industry for more than 73 years. He is a veteran of theatre and considered a legend in cinema. He is acknowledged to be one of the oldest actors from the pre-war era who remains in the industry today. He remains humble despite having worked with seven generations of actors.His voice has been famous among the people ,
Films like
Ayirathil Oruvan ,Enga Veetu Pillai,Ulagam Sutrum Valiban and more with M.G.R
Ambikapathi and more with Sivaji Ganesan
Missiyamma' and more with Gemini Ganesan
Thai Veedu with Rajnikanth
Thooral Ninu Pochu' with Bhagyaraj
Poove Unnakaga' with Vijay
Swamy ayyappan
and many more have been told for good performance
He had huge Response when he was acting with M.G.R only
After becoming popular in Tamil films he started his own drama troupe called Nambiar Nataka Mandram. They staged two plays — `Kaviyin Kanavu' and a comedy play `Kalyana Supermarket.'
M.N. Nambiar is an ardent devotee of Sabarimala Sri Ayyappan. He has had a long association with the temple, and visited the shrine more than 65 years over the last half a century; this has led to him being called Maha Guruswamy.
WE MISS OUR GREAT ACTOR AND MAHA GURUSWAMY
