A. Vivekanandan (19 November 1961 – 17 April 2021), known professionally as Vivek, was an Indian actor, comedian, television personality, playback singer, social activist, and entertainer who worked in the Tamil film industry. He was introduced in films by director K. Balachander in Manathil Urudhi Vendum (1987)
He has won three Filmfare Award for Best Comedian – Tamil for Run (2002), Saamy (2003), Perazhagan (2004) and five Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian for the films, Unnaruge Naan Irundhal (1999), Run (2002), Parthiban Kanavu (2003), Anniyan (2005) and Sivaji (2007).
His comedy style consisted of one-liners and wordplay that featured social and political satire, which led to critics comparing him to N. S. Krishnan and earning him the nickname Chinna Kalaivanar.
In 2009, the Government of India awarded Vivek the Padma Shri award for his contribution to the arts. Sathyabama University conferred Vivek with an honorary doctorate for his contribution to society through cinema. As a television personality, Vivek hosted a number of events and interviewed media personalities, notably A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Inspired by Kalam's environmentalism, Vivek founded the Green Kalam initiative in 2010 with the mission of planting one billion trees across Tamil Nadu.
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Date: 19 November 1961
Confed Spanish Socs of US pickets French mission to UN, NYC, to protest arrest of Spanish pol refugees and suppression of Spanish-language labor papers by French
Date: 20 November 1961
pickets stage mass demonstration, Journal bldg
Date: 19 November 1961
Special to The New York Times
10-day-old paper Clarin suspended for 'subversive' tendencies
Date: 20 November 1961
Govt closes 3d newspaper in 5 days for remarks about King
Date: 19 November 1961
Newsmen Drs Rego and Ribeiro dos Santos, who opposed regime slate in elections, reptd held
Date: 20 November 1961
Special to The New York Times
rescinds ban on Stafford and J Blyth (London Daily Mail) (after Pres Nkrumah intervention
Date: 19 November 1961
Roe, Herman
Date: 19 November 1961
ASNE pres McKnight says press could and would protect natl security data if made available, Deputy Asst Sec Rowan says Adm asks press to be less free with such data, AP Managing Eds Assn panel
Date: 19 November 1961
Grad Inst for World Affairs estab
Date: 19 November 1961
By LESTER MARKEL
Lester MARKEL
article on foreign policy as key US problem and how Pres Kennedy might alert Amers through better information methods