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{{Short description|Indian film actor}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2020}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kishmu
| birth_name = Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
| birth_date = 1947
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| death_date = 10 November 1994 (age 46)
| death_place = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| occupation = Film Actor, Writer, Screenwriter, Stage actor
| years_active = 1982–1992
| spouse = Savithri
| children = 1
| relatives = [[Visu]]
}}

'''Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Krishnamurthy,''' better known as '''Kishmu,''' was an Indian film and stage actor. He is also brother of famous actor and director [[Visu]]. Kishmu made his debut in the [[Visu]]-directed film ''[[Manal Kayiru]]'' in 1982. Other notable film appearances include ''[[Dowry Kalyanam]], [[Chidambara Rahasiyam (film)|Chidambara Rahasiyam]], [[Samsaram Adhu Minsaaram]], [[Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi]], [[Vedikkai En Vadikkai]], Nanayam Illatha Nanayam, [[Kavalan Avan Kovalan]], and [[Varavu Nalla Uravu]].''

== Career ==
Prior to his career in theatre, Kishmu worked as an electrical foreman at [[TVS Motor Company|TVS]] in [[Padi, Chennai]].<ref name="C"/> He began acting with his brother, Visu. Kishmu made his acting debut in the second film directed by Visu, ''[[Manal Kayiru]]'' (1982), which received critical and commercial acclaim. In 1985, Kishmu acted in ''[[Aval Sumangalithan]]'', and in 1986 played the role of protagonist in ''[[Samsaram Adhu Minsaram]]'' and ''[[Oomai Vizhigal]]'', which both received positive reviews. In his early acting career, Kishmu acted only in his brother's films, but eventually went on to act in others, performing in around 25 films from 1982 to 1992.<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/actor-director-visu-dies-at-75-funeral-to-be-held-on-monday/article31136715.ece|title=Actor, director Visu dies at 75, funeral to be held on Monday|date=22 March 2020|work=The Hindu|access-date=14 May 2020|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110010035/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/actor-director-visu-dies-at-75-funeral-to-be-held-on-monday/article31136715.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2016/08/02233621/1030257/cinema-history-august-2.vpf|title=படங்களில் பிசியாக இருந்தபோது சந்திரசேகருக்கு திருமணம் நடந்தது|date=2016-08-02|website=Maalaimalar|language=Tamil|access-date=2020-02-04|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204145458/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2016/08/02233621/1030257/cinema-history-august-2.vpf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
He married Savithri and had a daughter Viveka after being childless for seventeen years. Kishmu died when Viveka was one year old and his brother-in-law Kuriakose Ranga helped arrange her marriage with Vinod.<ref name="C">https://cinereporters.com/actor-kishmu-and-his-biography</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1982
|''[[Manal Kayiru]]''
|Kamalakannan
|
|-
|''[[Kanmani Poonga]]''
|Rajagopal
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983
|''[[Dowry Kalyanam]]''
|Raja Kalavai
|
|-
|''Naalu Perukku Nandri''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1984 || ''[[Rajathanthiram (1984 film)|Rajathanthiram]]'' || Kozhanthaisamy ||
|-
|''Vaai Sollil Veeranadi ''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Naanayam Illatha Naanayam]]''
|K. R. Aandavar
|
|-
|''[[Puyal Kadantha Bhoomi]]''
|Podiyan
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1985
|''[[Ketti Melam]]''
|Victor Solomon
|
|-
|''[[Chidambara Rahasiyam (film)|Chidambara Rahasiyam]]''
|Kattamuthu Chettiyar
|
|-
|''[[Aval Sumangalithan]]''
|Dr. Karuna Moorthy
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1986
|''[[Samsaram Adhu Minsaram]]''
|Albert Fernandes
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|-
|''[[Oomai Vizhigal]]''
|Kothandaraman
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1987
|''[[Kavalan Avan Kovalan]]''
|Herself
|Guest appearance
|-
|''[[Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi]]''
|Sathyamoorthy
|
|-
|''[[Ore Raththam]]''
|the rigid religionist
|
|-
|''[[Srimathi Oka Bahumathi]]''
|
| Telugu film
|-
| rowspan="5" |1988
|''[[Oorai Therinjikitten]]''
|Ice mama
|
|-
|''[[Penmani Aval Kanmani]]''
|Vadivu's Husband
|
|-
|''[[Thaimel Aanai]]''
| Chakkara
|
|-
|''[[Mappillai Sir]]''
|Colonel
|
|-
| ''Aadade Aadharam''
|
| Telugu film
|-
|1990
|''[[Varavu Nalla Uravu]]''
| Chandrasekar
|
|-
|1990
|''[[Vedikkai En Vadikkai]]''
| Matrubhootham
|
|-
|1992
|''[[Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu]]''
|Kamalanathan
|
|}

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|1687976}}

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[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Tamil male actors]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:1993 deaths]]

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