Raja Sandow | |
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| Born | 1894 or 1895[1] |
| Died | 1943 (aged 48–49) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, Actor |
| Years active | 1923–1943 |
Raja Sandow (born P. K. Nagalingam) was an Indian actor, film director and producer.[2] He began his career as an actor in silent films and later became a prominent actor and director in Tamil and Hindi films of the 1930s. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of early Indian cinema.[3]>[4][5]
- ^ S. Theodore Baskaran, in his book The eye of the serpent, gives 1894 as the year of birth for Sandow. Randor Guy says he was born in 1895.
- ^ Baskaran, S. Theodore (1996). The eye of the serpent: an introduction to Tamil cinema. Chennai: East West Books. p. 194.
- ^ "Mylapore and movies". The Hindu. 18 October 2001. Archived from the original on 23 March 2002.
- ^ Velayutham, Selvaraj (2008). Tamil cinema: the cultural politics of India's other film industry (Hardback ed.). New York: Routledge. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-415-39680-6.
- ^ "Blazing new trails". The Hindu. 2 May 2004. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008.