Subbaiah Naidu

M. V. Subbaiah Naidu
Born 1896[1]
Madalapura, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died

21 July 1962 (aged 6566)

Occupation Film actor, director
Spouse(s) Venkatamma
Lakshmibai
Children 4; Lokesh

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.[1] He acted in the first Kannada movie and brought distinction to Kannada cinema.[2] He was the father of Kannada actor Lokesh and the grandfather of Kannada TV personality Srujan Lokesh.[2]

Partial filmography

Year Film Role
1934 Sati Sulochana
1941 Vasantsena
1943 Satya Harishchandra
1947 Mahatma Kabir
1958 Bhakta Prahlada

References

  1. 1 2 "M.V. Subbaiah Naidu". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Actor Lokesh is dead". The Hindu. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.