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{{short description|Indian actress from Tamil Nadu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nanjil Nalini
| birth_place = [[Thuckalay]], [[Kanyakumari District]], [[Tamilnadu]]
| occupation = [[Actor]]
}}
'''Nanjil Nalini''' (1944-2020)<ref>{{cite web | last=Kumar | first=S.R. Ashok | title=Nanjil Nalini's lifelong commitment to acting | website=The Hindu | date=2020-01-30 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nanjil-nalinis-lifelong-commitment-to-acting/article30691945.ece | access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref> was an [[Indian people|Indian]] actress who mainly appeared in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films and TV serials (soap-operas), in a career spanning over 50 years.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tamil.news18.com/news/entertainment/cinema-actress-nanjil-nalini-died-msb-244911.html|title=Nanjil Nalini died |website=tamil.news18.com|access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref> She started as a child artist in theatre at age 12 and later went on act in over 100 films. She was honoured with the [[kalaimamani]] award in 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tamil.news18.com/news/entertainment/cinema-actress-nanjil-nalini-died-msb-244911.html|title=Nanjil Nalini died |website=tamil.news18.com|access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref>

Nalini died in Chennai on 19 January 2020, aged 76.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kumar | first=S.R. Ashok | title=Nanjil Nalini's lifelong commitment to acting | website=The Hindu | date=2020-01-30 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nanjil-nalinis-lifelong-commitment-to-acting/article30691945.ece | access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref>

==Background==
Nanjil Nalini was born in [[Thuckalay]] in [[Kanyakumari District]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Kumar | first=S.R. Ashok | title=Nanjil Nalini's lifelong commitment to acting | website=The Hindu | date=2020-01-30 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nanjil-nalinis-lifelong-commitment-to-acting/article30691945.ece | access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref> An early inclination to acting led her to [[Tirunelveli]] town, where she joined a theatre troupe, at the age of 12. Her very first role at this age was that of a mother, in a play called ‘Nalvar’.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tamil.news18.com/news/entertainment/cinema-actress-nanjil-nalini-died-msb-244911.html |title=திரைப்பட மற்றும் சின்னத்திரை நடிகை நாஞ்சில் நளினி மரணம்! |website=tamil.news18.com|access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref> She later went on act in drama troupes of legendary Tamil theatre artistes like [[T. K. Shanmugam]] (TKS), [[S. S. Rajendran]], [[Major Sundarrajan]] and ‘Vairam Nataka Sabha’.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kumar | first=S.R. Ashok | title=Nanjil Nalini's lifelong commitment to acting | website=The Hindu | date=2020-01-30 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nanjil-nalinis-lifelong-commitment-to-acting/article30691945.ece | access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref>

==Film and TV==
Nanjil Nalini’s talents and experience in theatre led to [[Tamil Cinema]] in [[Chennai]], where she was given a small role in the 1968 [[Sivaji Ganesan]] starrer, [[Enga Oor Raja]] . She also acted in [[Sivaji Ganesan]] starrer films like [[Thanga Pathakkam]] (1974), [[Annan Oru Koyil]] (1977) and [[Theerpu]] (1982). Nalini acted in some well-known Tamil films of the 1970’s, 80’s and 90's in films of some major actors of the time - with [[Kamal Haasan]] in [[Aadu Puli Attam]] (1977), [[Rajinikanth]] in [[Dharma Yuddham]] (1979) and [[Sathyaraj]] in [[Rickshaw Mama]] (1992).

She was honoured with a [[kalaimamani]] award in 1978 for her contribution in the field of arts. She also received other popular Tamil film awards like AVM award, Aringar Anna, Kalaignar and Selvi Jayalalithaa awards.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kumar | first=S.R. Ashok | title=Nanjil Nalini's lifelong commitment to acting | website=The Hindu | date=2020-01-30 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nanjil-nalinis-lifelong-commitment-to-acting/article30691945.ece | access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref>

In later years, she acted in some popular [[Tamil language|Tamil]] TV serials (soap-operas) like Azhagi, Valli, Mandhira Vaasal, Soolam, Krishnadasi, Achcham Madam Naanam and Brindhavanam.

==Later life==
Nalini resided at Velachery, [[Chennai]].
Even during her film career, Nalini started and ran her own theatre troupe called ‘Revathy Fine Arts’. Nanjil Revathy, Nalini’s daughter was part of the troupe.<ref>{{cite web | title=Your favorite newspapers and magazines. | website=PressReader.com | date=2016-09-02 | url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20160902/282823600614114 | access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref>
Nanjil Nalini died in [[Chennai]] on 19 January 2020, after a brief illness. She was 76.

==References==
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[[Category:Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Tamil actresses]]
[[Category:People from Kanyakumari district]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil television]]

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