Glorified mentor or terrible villain he might be, there's no denying the fact that the man had whimsical tastes and a strong sense of humour that made him appreciate any situation.
In an earlier interview to rediff.com, the man catalogued his desires to attempt feats very few people can lay claim to -- like climbing the Andes or going down 40,000 ft into the Pacific Ocean.
Throughout his acting career, M N Nambiar has let fall a few clues to the multi-faceted being that lay concealed under layers of grease-paint, affected mannerisms and caricatured villainy.
Some chose to acknowledge it while others preferred the artificial image onscreen. But no one can deny the truly magnificent place he occupied in Tamil cinema during his lifetime -- and the giant void he has left behind with his demise.
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