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{{Infobox person
|name = A. Karunanidhi
|image = A_Karunanidhi.jpg
|caption = Karunanidhi in ''[[Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film)|Veerapandiya Kattabomman]]'' (1959)
|birth_name =
|birth_date ={{birth year|1923}}
|birth_place = Thiruvarur, British India
|death_date = {{death year and age|1981|1923}}
|death_place = Chennai
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
|other_names =
|education =
|occupation = Film Actor (comedian)
|known_for =
| title =
| spouse= A. Swarajayam
|children= 3 daughters and one son
|parents= father - Mr. Harikrishna
|website=
|signature =
|}}
'''A. Karunanidhi''' ( Tamil : கருணாநிதி) was an Indian actor who featured mainly in [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] films as a comedian.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/Into-the-world-of-Tamil-film-comedians/article14390069.ece | title=Into the world of Tamil film comedians | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=7 June 2016 | access-date=18 May 2017|author=N. Kesavan | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518091652/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/Into-the-world-of-Tamil-film-comedians/article14390069.ece| archive-date=18 May 2017}}</ref> He was active in the field from 1948 till 1978. Though he was a comedian, the roles he played in some of the films were so imperative to the story. A case in point is his role in the award-winning film ''[[Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film)|Veerapandiya Kattabomman]]''. He featured as "Sundaralingam", a servant in Kattabomman's court. The role was developed into a spy and he played it brilliantly. In some of the films, he will not talk much, but his body language itself will make the audience laugh, as in ''[[Missiamma]]''. He has also appeared in women's attire in some films. The turning and twisting of his body was well appreciated even by women. In ''[[Adhey Kangal]]'' (1967 film), he did the role of a [[Malayali|Malayalee]] cook and spoke Malayalee Tamil, making the audience laugh to their hilt. Apart from acting, at times he gave ideas for comedy scenes in films.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema |author=Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai|date=27 January 2015|publisher=SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HreICwAAQBAJ&q=%22A.+Karunanidhi%22&pg=PA28 |page=28|isbn=9789351502128}}</ref>

[[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] was his co-star in many films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theekkathir.in/2012/08/18/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9C/ |title=Director-Actor T. P. Gajendran |language=ta |publisher=Theekathir |archive-url=https://archive.is/20170518005243/http://theekkathir.in/2012/08/18/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9C/ |archive-date=18 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While he was acting in films, he ran a non-vegetarian hotel called ''Maamiya Hotel'' at [[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiyagaraya Nagar]] in [[Chennai]].

He died in 1981, affected by [[diabetes mellitus|diabetes]].

==Filmography==
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{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Director !! Co-Star !! Produced by:
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Adhithan Kanavu]]'' || || [[T. R. Sundaram]] || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| rowspan=2|1950 || ''[[Digambara Samiyar]]'' || Manickam || [[T. R. Sundaram]] || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Ponmudi]]'' || || [[Ellis R. Duncan]] || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
|1950
|[[Manthiri Kumari]]
|Bhoopalam
|[[Ellis R. Duncan]]
[[T. R. Sundaram]]
|
|[[Modern Theatres]]|-
|-
|1951
|''[[Devaki (1951 film)|Devaki]]''
|Govindhan
|R. S. Mani
|
|[[Modern Theatres]]
|-
|1951
|[[Sarvadhikari (film)|Sarvadhikari]]
|Vairagyam
|[[T. R. Sundaram]]
|
|[[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| rowspan=2|1952 || ''[[Kalyani (1952 film)|Kalyani]]'' || ||T. G. Raghavacharya<br />Mohammed Mastan || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Valayapathi (film)|Valaiyapathi]]'' || || [[T. R. Sundaram]] || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| rowspan=3|1954 || ''[[En Magal]]'' || || K. V. R. Acharya || || Asoka Films
|-
| ''[[Mangalyam (film)|Mangalyam]]'' || || K. Somu || || MAV Pictures
|-
| ''[[Padmini (1954 film)|Padmini]]'' || || || || Ashok Production
|-
| rowspan=11|1955 || ''[[Asai Anna Arumai Thambi]]'' || Karuppu || G. R. Rao || M. S. S. Bhagyam || Srimadhi Pictures
|-
|''[[Gulebakavali (1955 film)|Gulebagavali]]'' || ||[[T. R. Ramanna]] || || RR Pictures
|-
| ''[[Guna Sundari]]'' || Eldest son-in-law || [[Kamalakara Kameswara Rao]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || Vijaya Studios
|-
| ''[[Kalyanam Seydhukko]]'' || || R. Chandar || || Sri Unity Pictures
|-
| ''[[Kathanayaki]]'' || || [[K. Ramnoth]] || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Maheswari (film)|Maheswari]]'' || || [[T. R. Raghunath]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Missiamma]]'' || Pandiya || [[L. V. Prasad]] || [[K. A. Thangavelu]] his boss || Vijaya Productions
|-
| ''[[Mullaivanam]]'' || || V. Krishnan || || Aravind Pictures, Coimbatore
|-
| ''[[Nalla Thangai]]'' || || [[S. A. Natarajan|S. A. Nataraj]] || || Forward Art Films
|-
| ''[[Pennarasi]]'' || || K. Somu || || MAV Pictures
|-
| ''[[Town Bus (1955 film)|Town Bus]]'' || Mannaru (Velu's Friend) || K. Somu || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || MAV Pictures
|-
| rowspan=3|1956 || ''[[Kannin Manigal]]'' || || R. Janakiram || || Maheswari Pictures
|-
| ''[[Naan Petra Selvam]]'' || Arivumathi || K. Somu || || Paragon Pictures
|-
| ''[[Paasavalai]]'' || || A. S. Nagarajan || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| rowspan=4|1957 || ''[[Ambikapathy (1957 film)|Ambikapathi]]'' || Vengayam || [[P. Neelakantan]] || || ALS Productions
|-
| ''[[Aaravalli]]'' || Naaman || Krishna Rao || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Manamagan Thevai]]'' || || [[P. S. Ramakrishna Rao]] || || [[Bharani Pictures]]
|-
| ''[[Mahadhevi]]'' || Muthupulavan || [[Sundar Rao Nadkarni]] || || [[Sri Ganesh Movietone]]
|-
| rowspan=5|1958 || ''[[Boologa Rambai]]'' || Mahodharan || [[D. Yoganand]] || || Asoka Pictures
|-
| ''[[Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam]]'' || Drama artiste || [[L. V. Prasad]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || Vijaya Productions
|-
| ''[[Petra Maganai Vitra Annai]]'' ||Duttan (Villalan's friend) || V. Ramanathan || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Sarangadhara (1958 film)|Sarangadhara]]'' || || [[V. S. Raghavan (director)|V. S. Raghavan]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || Minerva Pictures
|-
| ''[[Thedi Vandha Selvam]]'' || || [[P. Neelakantan]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || Arasu Pictures
|-
| rowspan=5|1959 || ''[[Alli Petra Pillai]]'' || || K. Somu || || M. M. Productions
|-
| ''[[Engal Kuladevi]]'' || Chanakiyan || [[Adurthi Subba Rao|A. Subba Rao]] || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Kan Thiranthathu]]'' || Chadaiyan || K. V. Srinivasan || || Narayanan & Company
|-
| ''[[Pennkulathin Ponvilakku]]'' || || [[B. Vittalacharya]] || || Asoka Pictures
|-
| ''[[Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film)|Veerapandiya Kattabomman]]'' || Sundaralingam || [[B. R. Panthulu]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || [[Padmini Pictures]]
|-
| rowspan=5|1960 || ''[[Aadavantha Deivam]]'' || Kambodhi || [[P. Neelakantan]] || || Majestic Studios
|-
| ''[[Adutha Veettu Penn]]'' || || [[Vedantam Raghavaiah]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || Anjali Pictures
|-
| ''[[Deivapiravi]]'' || Nair || [[Krishnan–Panju]] || || Kamaal Bros
|-
| ''[[Ellorum Innaattu Mannar]]'' || || T. Prakash Rao || || Jupiter Pictures
|-
| ''[[Pudhiya Padhai]]'' || || [[Tapi Chanakya]] || || Sri Saradha Pictures
|-
| rowspan=4|1961 || ''[[Kappalottiya Thamizhan]]'' || Unnarsamy || [[B. R. Panthulu]] || || Padmini Pictures
|-
| ''[[Palum Pazhamum]]'' || || [[A. Bhimsingh]] || || Saravana Films
|-
| ''[[Panam Panthiyile]]'' || || Krishna Rao || || MAV Pictures
|-
| ''[[Thirudathe]]'' || Makku Maamaa || [[P. Neelakantan]] || [[B. Sarojadevi]] as his niece || ALS Productions
|-
| rowspan=3|1962 || ''[[Indira En Selvam]]'' || Compounder Kailasam || C. Padmanaban || || [[Vijaya Vauhini Studios]]
|-
| ''[[Padithal Mattum Podhuma]]'' || servant of Rao Bahadur || [[A. Bhimsingh]] || [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] || Ranganathan Pictures
|-
| ''[[Thendral Veesum]]'' || || [[B. S. Ranga]] || || Vikram Productions
|-
| rowspan=4|1963 || ''[[Kalyaniyin Kanavan]]'' || Police Constable || [[S. M. Sriramulu Naidu]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || Pakshiraja Studios
|-
| ''[[Konjum Kumari]]'' || Mannaru (Alli's uncle) || G. Viswanathan || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Paar Magaley Paar]]'' || Manickam || [[A. Bhimsingh]] || || Kasturi Films
|-
| ''[[Thulasi Maadam]]'' || || K. B. Srinivasan || || MAV Pictures
|-
| rowspan=2|1964 || ''[[Chitrangi]]'' || || R. S. Mani || || [[Modern Theatres]]
|-
| ''[[Muradan Muthu]]'' || || [[B. R. Panthulu]] || || Padmini Pictures
|-
| rowspan=4|1966 || ''[[Madras to Pondicherry]]'' || Naidu (Bus Driver) || Thirumalai Mahalingam || || Sri Venkateswara Cinetone
|-
| ''[[Mahakavi Kalidas (1966 film)|Mahakavi Kalidas]]'' || || R. R. Chandran || || Kalpana Kala Mandhir
|-
| ''[[Mani Magudam]]'' || Ulagappan, Vanchi's brother || [[S. S. Rajendran]] || [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as his sister || S.S.R. Pictures
|-
| ''[[Sadhu Mirandal]]'' || Passenger (Cinema Makeup artiste; Special Appearance) || Thirumalai — Mahalingam || || Sun Beam
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Aalayam (film)|Aalayam]]'' || || Thirumalai-Mahalingam || || Sunbeam
|-
| rowspan=3|1968 || ''[[Lakshmi Kalyanam (1968 film)|Lakshmi Kalyanam]]'' || || G. Or. Nathan || || Krishnalaya
|-
| ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]'' || ''[[Ottu (instrument)|Ottu]]'' player || [[A. P. Nagarajan]] || || Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures
|-
| ''[[Thirumal Perumai]]'' || Nattamai || [[A. P. Nagarajan]] || [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] || Thiruvenkateswara Movies
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Paadhukaappu]]'' || || [[A. Bhimsingh]] || || Sun Beam Productions
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Aathi Parasakthi]]'' || || [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]] || || Chitra Productions
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Thyagam]]'' || || [[K. Vijayan]] || || Sujatha Cine Arts
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Anbukku Naan Adimai]]'' || Head Constable || [[R. Thyagarajan]] || || Devar Films
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1917418}}
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A. Karunanidhi - Revision history

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