Career
Having appeared in more than 1000 films, he died of sickness on 6 July 2013. Active in weightlifting and wrestling, Krishnan first appeared in the Tamil flick Mahaveera Bhiman (1935). Also known as Krishnan Nair, Santo Krishnan was married to Kochukutty Amma, who died before him in 2012.
They had no children.
Krishnan died on 6 July 2013 at Lakkidi, India. The cause of death was a bout of sickness he had encountered during the weeks leading to his death.
He was aged 93 and was cremated near his home.
