Malaysia Vasudevan

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Malaysia Vasudevan is a Tamil singer who was born in Malaysia. He moved to India and found a career as a singer and actor in stage plays. Later, he started singing for movies and, to date, has nearly 4,000 songs in four South Indian languages to his credit. He has also acted in nearly 85 films. His first song was for the film "Delhi to Madras". He then did a stint with M.S.Viswanathan and was eventually sought by Ilaiyaraja and Bharathiraja to sing in the film "16 Vayathinile". He has also sung few songs in Hindi. He has been awarded "Kalaimamani" by the Tamil Nadu Government.

Veteran Tamil director A.P.Nagarajan christened him as "Malaysia Vasudevan". He has worked with many music directors such as M.S.Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraja, Shankar-Ganesh, Deva, A.R.Rahman, and Vidyasagar. After T.M.Sounderajan, he was called as ghost voice for Sivaji Ganesan.

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He has also acted in a good number of Tamil films. Some of his films include Mudhal Vasantham (with Sathyaraj),Oomai Vizhigal (with Vijaykant), Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (with Kamal Hassan), Jallikattu, Thiruda Thiruda, Amaidhippadai, Povae Unnakaga, Punnagai Desam, Kokki eic.,

Besides acting in films, he has also acted and is acting in good number of tele serials.

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