P. U. Chinnappa

Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa
Chinnappa as Kovalan in Kannagi (1942)
Born	Pudukottai Ulaganathan Chinnaswamy Pillai May 5, 1916(1916-05-05) Pudukkottai state, India
Died	September 23, 1951(1951-09-23) (aged 36) Madras, Madras State, India
Other names	Nadigar Mannar
Spouse	A. Sakunthala
Children	P. U. C. Raja Bahadur
Parents	Ulaga Nathan Pillai,Meenakshi Ammal

Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa (5 May 1916 - 23 September 1951), also popularly known as P.U.Chinnappa, was a popular singer and Tamil movie actor during 1930's and 1940s from Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is also credited to be one of the first major influential actors of South Cinema. His notable movies include 'Utthama Puthran 1940', ‘Aryamala’ (1941), ‘Kannagi’ (1942), ‘Manonmani’ (1942), ‘Kubera Kusela’ (1943) and ‘Jagathalapradaban’ (1944).

External links

• Tamil Cinema History I
• Tamil Cinema History I
• Biography in Tamil
• Timeline of Tamil Movies
• Utthama Puthran (1940) Movie Review I
• Prithvirajan (1942)
• The Hindu - Music Folio

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Date of birth	May 5, 1916
Place of birth	Pudukkottai state,present day Tamil Nadu
Date of death	September 23, 1951
Place of death	Madras, Madras State, India