A. L. Raghavan (1933 – 19 June 2020) was an Indian

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, who sang many songs in Tamil-language films.

Biography

Raghavan was born to a Saurashtra Brahmin family in Ayyampettai near

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to Lakshmana Bhagavathar, Raghavan entered the film world as a child artiste in the film Krishna Vijayam. He was married to the veteran actress

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. He died on 19 June 2020 due to cardiac arrest.

Career

A. L. Raghavan started his career in 1947 with 'Krishna Vijayam' (1950) and 'Sudarsanam' as Lord Krishna. He also acted on TV series, 'Aliaigal'. As a boy, he was introduced by Chidambaram Jayaraman and sang in a girl's voice for Kumari Kamala in the film ''Vijayakumari''.

Music composers he sang for

Many music directors gave him memorable songs, including C. R. Subburaman,

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, H. R. Padmanabha Sastri, S. Dakshinamurthi,

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Playback singers he sang with

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, A. P. Komala,

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, M. S. Viswanathan, K. Veeramani, G. K. Venkatesh, Dharapuram Sundararajan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Sean Roldan.

Television

* 2001–2003 Alaigal as Chandrasekhar ( Sun TV) * 2004–2006 Ahalya ( Sun TV)

Filmography

References

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