P. K. Raja Sandow

Raja Sandow
Born1894 or 1895[1]
Died1943 (aged 48–49)
Occupation(s)Film director,
film producer,
Actor
Years active1923–1943

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Baskaran, S. Theodore (1996). The eye of the serpent: an introduction to Tamil cinema. Chennai: East West Books. p. 194.
  3. ^ "Mylapore and movies". The Hindu. 18 October 2001. Archived from the original on 23 March 2002.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Blazing new trails". The Hindu. 2 May 2004. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008.