Thoguluva Meenatchi Iyengar Soundararajan (24 March 1922 – 25 May 2013), popularly known as TMS, was an Indian

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ian and a

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for over six and a half decades. He sang over 10,138 songs from 3,162 films, including devotional, semi-classical, Carnatic, classical and light music songs. He gave classical concerts starting in 1943. He lent his voice to actors and thespians in the Tamil film industry such as

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, Kantha Rao, Rajkumar,

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and A. Nageswara Rao. He also gave his voice to many new generation actors like

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, Vijayakanth, Satyaraj, Rajesh, Prabhu, and Vijaya Kumar, in addition to other known and unknown heroes and supporting actors like M.R. Radha, K R Ramaswami, T. Rajendar, V.K. Ramaswami, Thengai Sreenivasan, M.N. Nambiar, Thangavelu, Y.G. Mahendran, R.S. Manohar, S.V. Ashokan, Ranjan, Narasimha Bharathi, Sahasra Namam, T S Balayya, Jagayya, Nagayya, Thyagarajan, Sreenath, Shankar etc. In a career spanning over six and half decades, he rode like a colossus and dominated Tamil music for decades. Besides primarily Tamil, he also sang in other languages including Sourashtra,

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, and

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. He was a lyricist and music composer for many devotional songs. He was the music director for the film ''Bala Parikshai''. His peak period as a male playback singer in the South Indian film industry was from 1955 to 1985. His first film song was in 1946, at the age of 24, and his last was with P. Susheela during 2010 at the age of 88. He was a devotee of

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and also sang songs about him. TMS died on 25 May 2013 at his residence in Mandaveli,

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due to illness. He was 91 years old.

Early life

Soundararajan was born in

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, the second son of Meenakshi Iyengar and Venkatammaa on 24 March 1922. He was born in a prominent Saurashtra Brahmin family and his elder brother was a scholar. He trained his voice starting at age seven. He first studied Carnatic music from Chinnakonda Sarangapani Bhagavathar, a music teacher from Sourashtra High School, Madurai. Later, he learned Carnatic music from Arayakkudi Rajamani Iyer and started giving stage concerts at the age of 23. His first Carnatic musical concert was at SathGuru Samajam, Madurai in 1945 with violinist C. R. Mani and Mridangist S. S. Vijaya Ratnam accompanying him on the instruments. He started singing in stage concerts in the voice of the then-famous classical singer and actor M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar. Tms birth time

Personal life

He married Sumithra in 1946 with whom he had three sons and three daughters. He lived in his home at Mandaveli,

, Tamil Nadu until his death.

Early work

Soundararajan was initially rejected by music composers and recording technicians because his voice was cracking and showed variation in higher pitches. He started working in the house of

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, a director in the

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, hoping to get a chance to sing in movies. The director recommended him to S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. In 1946, Naidu gave TMS an opportunity to sing five songs in the style of M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar for a film of

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: '' Krishna Vijayam''. Though the songs were noted since 1946, the film was released in 1950. One of his songs in that movie, "Raathey Ennai Vittu Pogathedi," became a hit and he was paid Rs 625. In the same year (1950), G. Ramanathan had him sing "Annamitta Veettiley" for an unknown actor in the film ''

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''. In 1951, TMS acted and sang "Theeraatha Thuyaralley" in the film ''Devagi'' again by G. Ramanathan. In 1952, S. Dakshinamurthi gave TMS two duet songs in the movie '' Valaiyapathi'' – "Kulir Thaamarai Poigaiyai Kanden" and "Kulungidum Poovilellaam" – both with singer K. Jamuna Rani where TMS had an opportunity to sing songs written by the Tamil poet

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. G. Ramanathan had TMS and K. Rani sing for '' Kalyani''. In 1953, when '' Albela'' was dubbed into Tamil, the music director C. Ramchandra had two duets by TMS and M. S. Rajeswari: "Joraga Paadi Anbaaga Aadi" and "Thozhi Un Kann Edhire Kodi". Even though these songs were well received, there were no further chances for TMS for a while. Then TMS went to

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studio where K. V. Mahadevan recorded two devotional songs for which he was paid just Rs 80. Mahadevan told TMS to seek a chance with

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which was looking for new voices. TMS sang two songs for the film ''Chella Pillai''. One was a solo ("Podanum Kulla Podanum") and the other was a duet with M.S. Rajeswari ("Naadu Nadakkira Nadayiley") under R. Sudarsanam's composition. The film was released in 1955. These music composers helped and trained the determined and ambitious TMS, who was able to overcome his voice problems to a good degree with time. In 1954, A. Maruthakasi recommended TMS to sing in Aruna Pictures' '' Thookku Thookki''. Till then C. S. Jayaraman used to sing playback for

and Sivaji doubted the suitability of his voice. TMS offered to sing three songs free. TMS and Sivaji Ganesan were introduced to each other and, in the short conversation that followed, TMS studied the voice of Sivaji Ganesan. TMS sang "Sundari Soundari" and "Eraatha Malaithanile", closely imitating Sivaji Ganesan. G. Ramanathan, who was the music director for that film, was so pleased that he gave TMS the chance to sing all the Sivaji Ganesan songs in that production. In the same year, T. R. Ramanna and T. R. Rajakumari started RR Films. As the film Koondukkili was under production stage, TMS had originally been given a chance to sing only in a chorus. '' Koondukkili'' was the only film where

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and Sivaji acted together. Tanjai Ramayah Dass was very impressed with the golden voice of TMS and asked the story and dialogue writer Vindhan to give a chance to TMS to sing a full solo. TMS sang "Konjum Kiliyana Pennai" under K. V. Mahadevan's composition for Sivaji Ganesan. When the song was recorded,

heard it and was so impressed that he wanted TMS to become his permanent playback singer. TMS was used in MGR's next movie '' Malaikkallan''. Though he first recorded a song for the film ''

'' starring M. G. Ramachandran (

) in 1950, the song that announced the arrival of TMS on the big screen was "Ethanai Kaalamthaan Ematruvaar Indha Naattile" written by Tanjai Ramaiyah Dass and composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. for M.G.R. During this period, TMS got an opportunity to sing in films like '' Kalvanin Kadhali'', '' Vedan Kannappa'', ''Rishi Sringer'' and ''Neela Malai Thirudan''. TMS was the beneficiary of the first stereo recording in South India for a Tamil devotional song titled "Mannanalum Thiruchenthooril Mannaven". From 1955 onward Sivaji insisted that TMS sing for him. Since then, TMS was mainly singing playback for the superstars MGR and Sivaji till the end of 1978 and 1995 respectively. He adopted styles while singing for each actor that synchronized very well with their voices. His first musical concert abroad was in Malaysia in 1957. He continued to perform all over the world for almost 50 years till 2007, after which he restricted singing live on stage for health reasons. He has two sons who have voices similar to their father and have sung songs of TMS all over the world in concerts since 1980 till 2012, often with their father. The sons continue to do TMS concerts after the death of their father. Though he has worked with all music directors of South India, most of his hit songs were composed by music directors M. S. Viswanathan, K. V. Mahadevan, and the

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duo. TMS starred as an actor in a few Tamil films such as ''Pattinathar, Arunagirinathar, Kallum Kaniyagum'' and ''Kaviraja Kalamegam''. He produced the movie ''Kallum Kaniyagum'' with singer A. L. Raghavan. TMS appeared in guest roles in movies such as ''Devaki, Navagraha Nayaki, Pennarasi, Server Sundaram, Thiru Neelakandar, Swami Ayyappan, Shanmugapriya'' and ''Deivam''. After the release ''Thai Nadu'' and ''Ghana Paravai'', he concentrated more on live concerts and sang in very few films. He was not happy with the lyrics and music style in the films and gave opportunities for newcomers. The film song, "Paatu Ondu Ketaal", performed by him for a Sri Lankan Tamil film named ''Sooriyan'', was recorded in 2007 though it is yet to be released. He sang a song for an album in 2008 "Netrichutti" at the age of 86 and a song named "Kutraalam Aruvi" for the album ''Song for Daughter'', under the music of L.Sakthinathan, which was very well recognized in the industry in 2008. The last film song during October 2010 with P. Susheela, composed by MSV for a film "Valibum Sutrum Ulagam" was well recognized irrespective of his 88 years of age. In 2010, he rendered his voice for the song "Pirapokum ella yuyirukum" in the '' Tamil Semmozhi Meet Anthem'', which was composed by

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. He worked with 74 music directors ranging from S. M. Subbaiah Naidu to

. ka.

Collaborations

Playback singers

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, Manorama and Bharathi.

Awards and honours

TM Soundararajan 2016 maximum card of India

* Mathiyakathin Gana Thalaivar * Kala Ratnam * Gana Ratnam * Arul Isai Sidhar * Navarasa Bhava Nalina Gana Varshini * Ganamritha Varshini * Sathanai Chakravarhti * Bharathiya Isai Kanal * Bharathiya Isia Megham * Gana Kuralon * Then Isai Thendral *

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(2003) * Kalaimamani * Padakar Thilakam * Singha Kuralon * Bharat Kalachar award * Isai Chakravarthi * Gnanakala Bharathi title * Geethavaari title * Karpagath Tharu Mannar * Geetharanjana Vaarithi * Arutpa Isaimani title * Honorary Doctorate from Belgium. * Kural Arasar Pattam * EzhilIsai Mannar award from former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi (1970) * IsaiKadal Pattam from Kavi Arasar Kannadasan (1969) * MGR Gold Medal award * Former Chief Minister Arignar Annadurai Recognition Award (1964) * Former Chief Minister Tamil Nadu Kamaraj Nadar Recognition Award * Chief Minister Jayalalitha recognition award * M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar Lifetime Achievement Award, Tamil Nadu * Tamil Nadu Musical Artist Lifetime Achievements Award (2005) * Tamil Film Fans Award, 23 times in the early 1950s, 1960s and 1970s * P. Susheela Award * Mega TV Amutha Ghanam Recognition Award (2004) * Lifetime achievement for MGR Memorial Award * Lifetime achievement for Shivaji Memorial Award * Sourashtra Community Recognition Award * Karuppai Muppanar recognition award (1992) * Periyar RamaSwami Naikkor recognition (1959) * Raj TV for Raja Geetham Recognition Award (2006) * Malaysian Tamil Fans Recognition Award * Singapore Tamil Fans Recognition Award * France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria Tamil Fans recognition award * United Kingdom Tamil fans recognition award * 20th Century Top Playback Singer from South African city mayor through Tamil fans, 1995 * USA Tamil fans from states recognition award * Tamil Nadu Chief minister M. Karunanidhi recognition award at Madurai, Alagiri, 2010 * SriLankan awards from President, Prime Minister level through Tamil Group more than several times * Tamil Fans recognition award from Canada * Australian Tamil Fans appreciation awards in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth * Kairali Swaralaya Yesudas Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012 *

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/ref> * Tamil Nadu State Awards, many many years continuously in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s' * Pesum Padam, award over 24 times, including consecutive annual awards from 1954 to 1969 * Former Chief Minister Tamil Nadu M.D. Bhakthavalsalam Recognition Award (1963) * Tamil Nadu Iyal, Isai Nadaka Manthram, First Chairman.

Discography

References

External links

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