Thiruvananthapuram Kannuswamy Shanmugam was a Tamil theatre and film artist. He acquired the prefix "Avvai" after portraying saint-poet Avvaiyar in a play.
- Occupation
- actor, autobiographer
- Citizenship
- India, British Raj, Dominion of India
- Born
- April 26, 1912
- Died
- February 15, 1973
