Cho Ramaswamy

Cho Ramaswamy
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
16 November 1999 (1999-11-16) – 15 November 2005 (2005-11-15)
President
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
ConstituencyNominated
Founder & Author of Thuglak
In office
14 January 1970 (1970-01-14) – 7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySwaminathan Gurumurthy
Personal details
Born
Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy

(1934-10-05)5 October 1934[1]
Mylapore, Madras Presidency, British India
(present day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died7 December 2016(2016-12-07) (aged 82)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Spouse
Soundaramba Ramaswamy
(m. 1966)
Children2
RelativesRamya Krishnan (niece)
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Political satirist
  • Journalist
  • Lawyer
  • Editor
  • Director
  • Screen writer
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2017)
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Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 [1]  – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, editor, political satirist, playwright, film director and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He was a popular comedian in the 1960s and 1970s, and had acted with all the top stars in that period.[2]

  1. ^ a b Geetha, V. (7 December 2016). "Cho Ramaswamy (1934-2016): Writer and editor who was a relentless critic of power and its misdeeds". Scroll.in. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Cho Ramaswamy". veethi.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.