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Indian actor
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Male
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Birth:
1 January 1896
Death:
21 July 1962
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The details
Biography
Introduction
M. V. Subbaiah Naidu (1896 - 21 July 1962) was an Indian stage artiste in the silent movies era. He was an actor and director, well known for the movies Sati Sulochana (1934) in Kannada, which was also the first Kannada talkie, Bhukailasa (1940) in Telugu and Bhakta Prahlada (1958) in Kannada. He acted in the first Kannada movie and brought distinction to Kannada cinema. He was the father of Kannada actor Lokesh and the grandfather of Kannada TV personality Srujan Lokesh.
Partial filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Sati Sulochana | |
| 1941 | Vasantsena | |
| 1943 | Satya Harishchandra | |
| 1947 | Mahatma Kabir | |
| 1958 | Bhakta Prahlada |