K. Augustine Joseph (24 March 1912 – 3 February 1965) was an Indian classical musician and stage actor from Kerala, India.
[7] By the 1940's, he had established himself as a musical icon in South India for his numerous performances, both in acting and singing, in stage plays based on Biblical and Hindu Puranic stories.
That movie, Nalla Thankan, was released in 1950 to critical acclaim and was noted for being the "first big hit" in Malayalam Cinema.
In addition, Augustine Joseph played a minor role in the 1953 Malayalam film, Velakkaran, where he had also done playback singing for two songs.
Yesudas, his son, later said in an interview that he had faced lot of money problems during this period and when his father died, the hospital authorities told him to give Rs.