death_date death_place children birth_place name birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title birth_name
17 november 2010 1929 kolkata , west bengal , india ashoke viswanathan vellore , madras presidency , india n. viswanathan 1929 paramita 1963 -- 2010 n. viswanathan
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n. viswanathan

n. viswanathan -lrb- 1929 -- 17 november 2010 -rrb- , popularly known as calcutta viswanathan in the tamil film industry , was an indian actor and academic .
a tamilian by birth , he moved to calcutta -lrb- now kolkata -rrb- at a young age and joined st. xavier 's college , calcutta as an english professor and continued to teach there for more than 40 years .
viswanathan was also a well-known public speaker .
he started acting films after entering into the bengali films by acting in mrinal sen 's `` punascha '' and satyajit ray 's `` kanchenjungha '' .
in an acting career spanning over 40 years viswanathan appeared in nearly 100 films in bengali , tamil and english .
viswanathan was a member several theatre groups and also formed the `` calcutta players '' , an acting troupe .
