Ramakrishna Sudarsanam (26 April 1914 – 26 March 1991) was an Indian music composer who had worked in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada Malayalam, Telugu and Sinhala film industry[1][2][3][4]

R. Sudarsanam
Born
Ramakrishna Sudarsanam

(1914-04-26)26 April 1914
Died26 March 1991(1991-03-26) (aged 76)
Chennai
NationalityIndian
OccupationMusic composer
ChildrenSadanandam Sudarsanam

Career

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Ramakrishna Sudarsanam[1] entered the Tamil film industry with Thiruneelakandar in 1939. He was a very talented musician who was spotted by Music Director Sharma Brothers and who into their Music troupe. After getting a lot of experience, he started composing music along with T.A Kalyanam. He became full-fledged music composer in Movie Sakuntalai in 1940. He turned a few songs for this movie but unfortunately, he did not continue with that film due to ill health. Movie producers brought another music composer Rajagopal Sharma for the same film and used already composed Sudarsanam's tunes, but he was not credited.

Later Sudarsanam joined the AVM Studio's Saraswathi Orchestra Company and started working on dubbing for movies. His name first appeared on the silver screen in the film Sri Valli in 1945 along with Thuraiyur Rajagopal Sharma. He became a full-fledged Music Composer in the movie Naam Iruvar in 1947. Later went giving a lot of back to back superhits in films.

He is credited to have composed music for the first movie of stalwart actress and actors like Dr. Rajkumar for Kannada movie Bedara Kannappa, Sivaji Ganesan for Parasakthi, Kamal Hasan for film Kalathur Kannamma, Vaijayanthi Mala for the movie Vaazhkai.[5][6]

He has introduced many singers to the South Indian film industry, and who have come became most popular and has reached great heights in film music few include S. Janaki, T .M. Soundarajan.

Filmography

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Year Film Language Director Banner Notes
1940 Bhookailas Telugu Sundar Rao Nadkarni Pragathi Studios
1942 En Manaivi Tamil Sundar Rao Nadkarni Pragathi Studios
1943 Satya Harishchandra Kannada R. Nagendra Rao Pragathi Studios
1944 Harishchandra Tamil R. Nagendra Rao Pragathi Studios
1945 Sri Valli Tamil A. V. Meiyappan & A. T. Krishnaswamy Pragathi Studios
1947 Naam Iruvar Tamil A. V. Meiyappan AVM Productions
1947 Rama Rajyam Tamil Vijay Bhatt
1948 Vedhala Ulagam Tamil A. V. Meiyappan & P. Neelakantan AVM Productions
1949 Vaazhkai Tamil A. V. Meiyappan & M. V. Raman AVM Productions
1949 Jeevitham Telugu A. V. Meiyappan & M. V. Raman AVM Productions Debut Film for Vyjayanthimala
1951 Bahar Hindi M. V. Raman AVM Productions
1951 Or Iravu Tamil P. Neelakantan AVM Productions
1952 Parasakthi Tamil Krishnan–Panju National Pictures & AVM Productions Debut Film for Sivaji Ganesan
1952 Velaikaran Tamil P. V. Krishnan Sri Valli Productions
1953 Gunasagari Kannada H. L. N. Simha AVM Productions
1953 Sathya Sodhanai Tamil H. L. N. Simha AVM Productions
1953 Ladki Hindi M. V. Raman AVM Productions
1954 Bedara Kannappa Kannada H. L. N. Simha AVM Productions Produced with The Karnataka Films Ltd
Debut Film for Dr. Rajkumar
1954 Kalahasti Mahatyam Telugu H. L. N. Simha AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam
1954 Penn Tamil M. V. Raman AVM Productions
1954 Sangham Telugu M. V. Raman AVM Productions
1955 Aadarshasathi Kannada Chitrapu Narayana Murthy AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam
1955 Chella Pillai Tamil M. V. Raman AVM Productions
1955 Vadina Telugu M. V. Raman AVM Productions with G. Aswathama
1956 Dosthara Sinhala K. Shankar Cinemas Ltd
1956 Kula Deivam Tamil Krishnan–Panju SK Pictures
1956 Naga Devathai Tamil Chitrapu Narayana Murthy AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam
1956 Nagula Chavithi Telugu Chitrapu Narayana Murthy AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam
1956 Sadaarama Telugu K. R. Seetharama Sastry Shankar Production with R. Govardhanam
1956 Sadaarame Kannada K. R. Seetharama Sastry Shankar Production with R. Govardhanam
1957 Parasakthi Telugu Krishnan–Panju National Pictures & AVM Productions
1958 Matwala Hindi M. A. Thirumugam Devar Films
1958 Bhookailas Telugu K. Shankar AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam
1958 Bhookailasa Kannada K. Shankar AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam
1959 Mamiyar Mechina Marumagal Tamil Krishnan–Panju AVM Productions
1959 Sahodhari Tamil A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions
1960 Deivapiravi Tamil Krishnan–Panju Kamaal Brothers
1960 Kalathur Kannamma Tamil A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions Debut Film for Kamal Haasan
1960 Mavoori Ammayi Telugu A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions
1960 Thilakam Tamil Krishnan–Panju AVM Productions
1961 Anumanam Telugu Krishnan–Panju Kamaal Brothers
1961 Kanyaka Parameswari Mahathyam Telugu A. S. A. Samy Jupiter Pictures
1961 Naaga Nandhini Tamil G. R. Nathan B. V. N. Productions
1961 Papa Pariharam Telugu A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions & Buddha Pictures with Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
1962 Annai Tamil Krishnan–Panju AVM Productions
1962 Pavitra Prema Telugu A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions & G. K. Productions with Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
1962 Penchina Prema Telugu Krishnan–Panju AVM Productions
1962 Mall Road Hindi
1963 Naanum Oru Penn Tamil A. C. Tirulokchandar AVM Productions
1964 Poompuhar Tamil P. Neelakantan Mekala Pictures
1965 Anbu Karangal Tamil K. Shankar Shanthi Films
1965 Ennathan Mudivu Tamil K. S. Gopalakrishnan Ravi Productions
1965 Karthigai Deepam Tamil A. Kasilingam M. K. Movies
1965 Miss Leelavathi Kannada M. R. Vittal Sri Rajarajeshwari
1965 Naadi Aada Janme Telugu A. C. Tirulokchandar Srivani Films
1965 Poomalai Tamil P. Neelakantan Mekala Pictures
1966 Mani Magudam Tamil S. S. Rajendran S.S.R. Pictures
1966 Premamayi Kannada M. R. Vittal Srikanth & Srikanth Enterprises
1967 Kudumbam Malayalam M. Krishnan Nair
1967 Valiba Virundhu Tamil Murasoli Maran Mekala Pictures
1968 Bedi Bandavalu Kannada C. Srinivasan Srinivas Art Productions
1968 Thirichadi Malayalam Kunchacko Excel Productions
1968 Thalli Prema Telugu Srikanth Azam Arts
1970 Adavi Raja Telugu K. S. Prakash Rao Sri Rajarajeshwari Pictures with Satyam
1971 Bhale Papa Telugu K. S. Prakash Rao Sri Kalpanalaya
1971 Sri Krishna Rukmini Satyabhama Kannada K. S. L. Swamy Raghunanadan Movies
1976 Narada Vinodam Telugu Y. R. Swamy Sri Kanteerava Studio & Chamundeshwari Studio
1979 Hridhayathinte Nirangal Malayalam P. Subramaniam Neela Productions with G. Devarajan

References

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  1. ^ a b Narasimham, M. L. (18 March 2019). "'Premanandamaya' is the song of the besotted". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ "List of Malayalam Songs composed by R Sudarsanam". malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "R.Sudarsanam". Tamil Movies Database. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Indian Heritage – Old Thamizh film songs – Music Director – R.Sudarsanam". indian-heritage.org. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Today is the 100th birth anniversary of the legendary composer". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. ^ "AVM, the adventurer". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)