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'''Chokkalinga Bhagavathar''', also known as K. A. Chokkalinga Bhagavathar or M. A. Chokkalinga Bhagavathar (1907<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baad6db73|title=M.A. Chokkalinga Bhagavathar|access-date=26 November 2016}}</ref> - 21 January 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2003/08/18/obituary.html|title=ஜனவரி 22, 2002 சொக்கலிங்க பாகவதர் மரணம்|access-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>) Was an Indian stage and film artiste who acted mostly in [[Tamil language]] films. Though he began his film career in 1938, he acted only in two films ''[[Thukkaram]]'' and ''[[Rambaiyin Kaadhal]]'' in 1938 and 1939 respectively. After a lapse of almost 50 years he was brought back to film by [[Balu Mahendra]] for his film ''[[Veedu]]'' in 1988. Since then he appeared in about 10 films during the following decade. He acted in an Italian film ''Branchie'' also in 1999.

==Filmography==
# ''[[Thukkaram]]'' (1938) <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/tukaram-1938/article3022407.ece | title=Tukaram 1938 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=11 January 2008 | access-date=26 November 2016 | last=Guy | first=Randor | author-link=Randor Guy | archive-url=https://archive.today/20161125051202/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/tukaram-1938/article3022407.ece | archive-date=25 November 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
# ''[[Rambaiyin Kaadhal]]'' (1939)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/rambayin-kaathal-1939/article3022772.ece | title=Rambayin Kaathal 1939 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=11 April 2008 | access-date=26 November 2016 | last=Guy | first=Randor | author-link=Randor Guy | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140827173737/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/rambayin-kaathal-1939/article3022772.ece | archive-date=27 August 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
# ''[[Dhaanasoora Karna]]'' (1940)<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1940-cinedetails14.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|author-link=Film News Anandan|date=23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180302004718/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1940-cinedetails14.asp|archive-date=2 March 2018|access-date=2 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
# ''[[Veedu]]'' (1988)<ref>{{cite book|last=Baskaran|first=Sundararaj Theodre|title=The Eye of the Serpent: An Introduction to Tamil Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jBcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT10|year=2013|publisher=Westland|isbn=978-93-83260-74-4}}</ref>
# ''[[Sandhya Raagam (1989 film)|Sandhya Raagam]]'' (1989)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/08/27/stories/2010082750800200.htm | title=A life in cinema | date=27 August 2010 | location=Chennai, India | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125060038/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/08/27/stories/2010082750800200.htm | archive-date=25 January 2013 | work=[[The Hindu]] | url-status=dead }}</ref>
# ''[[Thaiyalkaran]]'' (1991) <ref name=cinesouth>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/namsearch.cgi?name=chockalinga%20bhagavathar|title=Filmography of Chockalinga Bhagavathar|access-date=26 November 2016|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113013055/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/namsearch.cgi?name=chockalinga+bhagavathar|archive-date=13 January 2005}}</ref>
# ''[[Therku Theru Machan]]'' (1992)
# ''[[Thalattu Ketkuthamma]]'' (1992)
# ''[[Gentleman (1993 film)|Gentleman]]'' (1993) <ref name=cinesouth />
# ''[[Amma Ponnu]]'' (1993)<ref name=cinesouth />
# ''[[Jai Hind (1994 film)|Jai Hind]]'' (1994)
# ''[[Sathi Leelavathi (1995 film)|Sathi Leelavathi]]'' (1995)<ref name=cinesouth />
# ''[[Indian (1996 film)|Indian]]'' (1996)<ref name=cinesouth />
# ''[[Aur Ek Prem Kahani]]'' (Hindi) (1996)
# ''[[Raman Abdullah]]'' (1997) <ref name=cinesouth />
# ''[[Periya Idathu Mappillai]]'' (1997)<ref name=cinesouth />
# ''[[Velai]]'' (1998) <ref name=cinesouth />
# ''[[Branchie (film)|Branchie]]'' (Italian Film) (1999)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184302/|title=Branchie (1999)|access-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web| url=http://chokkalinga-bhagavathar.blogspot.in/ |title=கே. ஏ. சொக்கலிங்க பாகவதர்|language=Tamil|access-date=26 November 2016}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/article20464463.ece|title=Vaazhkkai Azhaikkirathu 01: Pulamai Cherukku|language=Tamil|trans-title=Life (is) Calling 01: Poet's Pride|work=The Hindu (Tamil)|date=16 November 2017|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171219013423/http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/article20464463.ece|archive-date=19 December 2017|url-status=live}}
* {{youtube|7jkx_ObHu6k|Vasudeva sudha}} - A song by Chokkalinga Bhagavathar as Narada character in Rambaiyin Kaadhal
* {{IMDb name|1117487}}

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