Omakuchi Narasimhan

Born in Kumbakonam in 1936, Narasimhan made his debut in the 1949 movie "Avvaiyar." However, following his debut, Narasimhan did not act in any film until 1980 in order to concentrate on studies.

His wife name is Saraswathi, he has 3 daughters, 1 son. His 3rd Daughter name is sangeetha & son's name is omkameshwara. Son omkameshwara's wife is from malaysia other daughter's name is vijayalakshmi, nirmala (married to US settled Indian).

On completion of his graduation, Narasimhan worked for the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for some time before re-entering the Tamil movie industry with "Gauri Kalyanam." He got the support of legendary actor Suruli Rajan, director Visu, during his early part of his career. Since then, Narasimhan acted in over 1,500 films in 14 languages, including an English film ‘Indian Summer’ for which he went to the U.S. His last film was "Thalainagaram," in which Sunder C plays the hero. He was ailing for sometime. He played a vital role in guiding the famous director Shankar in his early stage who he met during their stint in Thillairajan's drama troupe. He got his Omakuchi name from a character he played in the same troupe.

Narasimhan died on 12 March 2009 at the age of 73. Died due to throat cancer.

• "'Omakuchi' Narasimhan dead". The Hindu. 14 March 2009.