Career
He acted in over 1,500 films in 14 Indian languages. Born in Madras in 1936, Narasimhan made his debut in the 1949 movie Avvaiyar. However, following his debut, Narasimhan did not act in any film until 1980 in order to concentrate on studies.
On completion of his graduation, Narasimhan worked for the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for some time before re-entering the Tamil movie industry with Meendum Kokila.
Since then, Narasimhan acted in over 1,500 films in 14 languages, including an English film ‘Indian Summer’ for which he went to the United States. His last film was ‘Thalainagaram,’ in which Sunder C plays the hero. He was ailing for sometime.
Narasimhan died on 12 March 2009 at the age of 73.