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Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa is a Actor Indian born on 5 may 1916

Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa

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Birth name Pudukottai Ulaganathan Chinnaswamy Pillai
Nationality Inde
Birth 5 may 1916
Death 23 september 1951 (at 35 years) at Chennai (Inde)

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 the 1930s and 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 Uthama Puthiran, Aryamala, Kannagi, Manonmani, Kubera Kuchela and Jagathalaprathapan.

Despite attaining the super star status, his career was cut short by a sudden death.

Biography

Chinnappa fell in love with A Sakunthala when they acted together in the movie Prithvirajan. Chinnapa married Sakunthala on 5 July 1944. They both had one son P.U.C Raja Bahadur.

Chinnappa spent his life being economical and invested a lot in buying houses. He brought about 30 houses in his home town Pudukkottai. At one time the Raja of Pudukkotai banned him from buying further houses in Pudukkotai and hence Chinnappa started buying houses in Madras (Present Chennai).

However, when he died, his wife Sakunthala and son P.U.C. Rajabhadhur were left virtually penniless. To this day no one knows how his houses and other assets vanished. His son debuted as an actor in Kovil Pura which didn't run well, he later took up negative roles in few movies, then earned a modest living as a dubbing artist, and has worked with writer on a ‘dubbing' projects.

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Filmography of Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa (8 films)

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Ratnakumar
Ratnakumar (1949)

Actors Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa, M. G. Ramachandran, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, T. S. Durairaj

Rathnakumar the chief protagonist, even in poverty he woos and wins the hand of Bhanumati. A skeleton at the bidding of the hero, hurls a giant rock on the ground, and diamonds, rubies and emeralds pop out. Getting into evil company, he gets addicted to vices that make him ill-treat his wife and then desert her without any qualms. He proceeds to fall for a beautiful princess and impresses her under false pretences. He gets his comeuppance towards the end, his dubious past revealed and is imprisoned. Thereupon his conscience awakes, he is filled with remorse at the thought of his patient wife.
Jagathalaprathapan, 2h56
Actors Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, U. R. Jeevarathinam, S. Varalakshmi, S. Balaiah, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Roles Prince Jagathalaprathapan

Jagathalaprathapan was based on the fantasy story of a prince who is to be punished from his kingdom for expressing his desire for four celestial maidens, Indrani, Nagakumari, Agnikumari and Varunakumari. The prince, however, escapes punishment and roams in disguise in the company of a friend when he meets a damsel who is Indirakumari in disguise. He marries her and settles down in a kingdom whose king falls in love with his wife and sends the prince away to Nagaloka in order to covet her. The prince, however, succeeds in finding Nagakumari in Nagaloka, Agnikumari in Agniloka and Varunakumari in Varunaloka and succeeds in winning them as wives.
Manonmani
Manonmani (1942)

Actors Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari, S. Balaiah, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan

Manonmani, the Pandya princess (Rajakumari), falls in love in her dream with a prince (Chinnappa) who too does likewise with each unaware of the other's identity! But their love grows deeper in their hearts. The Rajaguru (Sama) is keen on bringing the two kingdoms together and builds a ‘secret way' from one kingdom to the other. However, the King (Perumal) is under the influence of the scheming minister Kutilan, (Balasubramaniam, the name was obviously inspired by the celebrated Kautilya, Chanakya.) The minister's son Balaiah has an eye on the princess, and the father and son try to manipulate the king's mind…
Kannagi
Kannagi (1942)
, 3h48
Genres Drama
Actors Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa, Pasupuleti Kannamba, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, T. R. Ramachandran, S. V. Sahasranamam
Roles Kovalan

R.S. Mani directs this mythological fantasy based on the first century A.D. Tamil Jain saga Silapadhigaaram. The film centers on Kovalan (P.U. Chinnappa), who is married to the faithful Kannagi (P. Kannamba). Later, Kovalan falls for the beautiful, dissolute dancer Madhavi (N.S. Saroja), who leads him to ruin. Kannagi comes in at the last moment and saves him from almost certain debauchery. She also offers to sell her golden anklet to restore the household's depleted funds. Unfortunately, the artistry and value of the object leads the king of a neighboring land to accuse Kovalan of theft and sentence him to the chopping block. Once again, Kannagi comes in at the last moment and proves to the king and the queen that they are innocent, causing them both to die instantly. After razing Madhavi's native village to the ground, Kannagi ascends to heaven.
Aryamala
Aryamala (1941)

Genres Drama
Actors Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, S. Balaiah, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Roles Kathavarayan

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