He made his debut with a small role in the 1947 film Dhana Amaravathi but struggled thereafter to obtain parts. They appreciated his talent in singing and mimicry of Hollywood stars such as Charles Boyer. In these early years, Chandrababu, made acquaintances of the actors Sriram, B. Sri Lanka had a very western outlook in those times and Chandrabubu picked up on western styles of song and dance while there. Here they lived in Triplicane, where his father worked for the Dinamani newspaper. Joseph's College, Colombo and Aquinas College prior to his family moving once more, this time to Chennai in 1943. He and the family were exiled to Colombo, Sir Lanka on his release, where his father worked for a Tamil newspaper.
His father, a freedom fighter, ran a paper called Sudhandhira Veeran which, along with the family assets, was seized by the British government in 1929 when he was arrested for participating in the satyagraha movement.
Many of Chandrababu's songs have remained popular through the generations to this day - to the old and young alike.Ĭhandrababu was born in 1929, a son of a Christian family from the Paravar community of Tuticorin, India. Chandrababu's eloquence in Madras Bashai, a dialect unique to the lower socio-economic status, was incomparable for a long time until Kamal Haasan could do it, a couple of decades later. His slapstick style of comedy was then used by later generation actors like Prabhu Deva in Kaadhalan movie. He was often likened to the styles of Jerry Lewis, the famous Hollywood comedian-actor. Chandrababu (1926-1974) was a Tamil film comedian-actor, singer and dancer, whose chaplin-style on-screen movements and unique singing style, with some humorous yet philosophical Tamil lyrics and a bass voice, made him popular from the late 1940s to the early 1970s.
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