Tamil dramatists and playwrights

Indian director, producer, writer, actor, playwright, stage conductor, and comedian (1930–2014)

writer

Indian actor (1934-2016)

Indian film director

Indian theatre director (1873-1964)

Indian actor (1952–2019)

writer (1855-1897)

Indian writer

Indian actress

Indian actor

Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian screenwriter, film director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host known for his work in Tamil theatre and film. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander until becoming a director himself. He later began acting, with his first notable film being Kudumbam Oru Kadambam (1981), directed by S. P. Muthuraman.

Indian scriptwriter, director