Actor Neelu on his 60-year old bond with Cho. The Hindu. Retrieved 11 May 2018.Notable credit(s) Thuglak Spouse(s) Shrimati Soundaramba (m.1966-2016) (until his death) Awards Padma Bhushan (2017).
He did his schooling in P.S.Higher School.(P.S. High School) His niece is Actress Ramya Krishnan. The name Cho that the world knows so well was the name of the character he played in a Tamil play written by Bhageerathan titled Thenmozhiyaal. From 1963 to 2005 he acted in 180 Tamil films and directed 5 films. He also wrote and directed 20 plays. He also wrote and acted in 27 Television serials. He wrote 10 books. Apart from being an actor, he was both the screenplay and story writer of films such as Thenmazhai, Ninaivil Nindraval, Bommalattam, Aayiram Poi and Panam Paththum Seyyum, all of which proved to be box office hits. Cho played the role of a bike mechanic in the play Petralthan Pillaiya, written by Pattu of the United Amateur Artistes (UAA), which became a huge success. Bhimsingh, Sivaji Ganesan persuaded Cho to play the same role in the film too, leading to Chos entry into the film world. Cho and Jayalalithaa have worked together in 19 films and also had been part of the same drama troupe. His comic timing against T.S. Balaiah in Manam Oru Kurangu, or with M.R. Radha, or many times with actors like V.K. Ramaswamy, Nagesh, Manorama and Sachu in many films brought out the best in him. He was paired opposite Sachu in films like Deva Sankalpam, Galaataa Kalyanam and Delhi Mappilai. Cho has acted with MGR in many films like Petralthaan Pillaiya, Sangey Muzhangu, Rickshawkaaran and Thalaivan. Cho has acted with Jayalalitha in other films like Bommalaattam, Galaattaak kalyanam, Suryagandhi, Vandhaale Maharaasi and Anbai Thedi. Among these, Yaarukkum Vetkamillai was directed by Cho in 1976. He served as a Rajya Sabha MP from November 1999 to November 2005. Politicians such as J. B. Kripalani, Indira Gandhi, Karunanidhi, Chandra Shekhar, G. K. Moopanar, M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa, Ramakrishna Hegde, N. T. Rama Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and L. K. Advani, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and P. In his last years, he predicted that Narendra Modi would win laurels for India in the future, 8 and also praised Jayalalithaa for her administration of Tamil Nadu. The anniversary celebration of his popular magazine Thuglak is being organised on 14 January every year coinciding with the local festival of Pongal and is attended by about 50000 admirers as well as adversaries. The main attraction during the celebrations is the questions posed by members of the audience and quick answers given by Cho. On 25 January 2017, the Government of India announced the Padma Bhushan award for his contribution towards Literature Education Journalism. Subhash Saxena, the pilot of the aircraft, who also died in the air crash. The postal departments failed to realise that these stamps were not official and mistakenly delivered mail that had them affixed. He died of a cardiac arrest at 3:58 AM on 7 December 2016, aged 82, at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, where he was receiving treatment for respiratory problems. He was survived by his wife, Soundara Ramaswamy, 11 son Rajivakshan alias Sriram, and daughter Sindhu. His death happened a day after Jayalalithaa had died. Rajinikanth disclosed later that Jayalalithaa had always wished that Cho should live as long as she lived. Actor Neelu on his 60-year old bond with Cho. The Hindu. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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