R. Neelakantan

R Neelakantan started acting in school dramas from school days continuing through his college days at Vivekananda College He along with Ambi Cho Ramaswamys brother and Narayanasamy started Viveka Fine Arts He acted in plays like Muhammad bin Tughluq Endru Thaniyum Indha Sudandira Dhaagam Quo Vadis Unmayae Un Vilai Enna Yarukkum Vetkamillai In 1966 he made his film début Aayiram Poi directed by Muktha Srinivasan He has acted in plays along with Crazy Mohan Cho Ramaswamy He has also worked as production manager in Jerry All through his career he worked with V D Swamy before retiring from his day job after 40 years of service