Acting

N. C. Vasanthakokilam

Born January 1, 1919 · Irinjalakuda, Cochin State, British India

Died November 7, 1951 · aged 32

Nagapattinam Chandrashekharan Vasanthakokilam (1919 – 7 November 1951) was a Carnatic singer and actress. Her work included the performances of kritis by Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar and in the years after Indian independence, she helped popularise the famous mystic poet of Tamil Nadu, Kavi Yogi Maharishi Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati's songs. She died of tuberculosis in 1951. NCV was born as Ka…