Thiagarajan Sadasivam
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| Thiagarajan Sadasivam | |
| Born | September 4, 1902 Aangarai, Tiruchirapalli District, Madras Presidency, India |
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| Died | November 22, 1997 (aged 95) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | writer,journalist,freedom fighter,singer,film producer |
| Spouse | M. S. Subbulakshmi |
- In this Indian name, the name "Thiagarajan" is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, "Sadasivam". The abbreviations "s/o" or "d/o", if used, mean "son of" or "daughter of" respectively.
"Kalki" Thiagaraja Sadasivam (Tamil:"கல்கி" தியாக்ராஜன் சதாசிவம்) (b.4 September 1902 - d.22 November 1997[1]) was a leading freedom fighter, singer, journalist and film producer who was one of the founders, along with Kalki Krishnamurthy of the Tamil magazine Kalki. He is well-known as the husband of famous classical carnatic singer M.S. Subbulakshmi
[edit] Life
Kalki Sadasivam was born on September 4, 1902 at Aangarai in Tiruchirapalli District, the third of 16 children. Impressed by the fiery speeches and writings of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lokamanya Tilak and Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, Kalki Sadasivam joined the freedom movement at an early age and being a disciple of Subramaniya Siva desired to kill an Englishman and court imprisonment for the sake of it. As a result, he quit school and enlisted in the Bharata Samaj, serving Subramaniya Siva who was afflicted with leprosy and ardent involving himself in the Swadeshi Movement[2]. On listening to speeches by Rajagopalachari and Mahatma Gandhi he later adopted non-violence.
In July 1936, Sadasivam met M.S. Subbulakshmi, who subscribed to his ideological and political views. The two eventually fell in love and married on July 10, 1940.
Sadasivam was a close disciple of C.Rajagopalachari. His proximity to Rajaji was evident when the first Indian governor-general introduced him to to the doyen of Indian industry G. D. Birla thus: "Sadasivam to me is what Lakshmana was to Sri Rama," he said.
Besides being an effective speaker and writer, Sadasivam was a good singer too and all the meetings addressed by the freedom fighter were preceded by Subramanya Bharathi's songs sung by him. Sadasivam was widely considered the "architect of "MS" and the film Meera he produced in Tamil and Hindi, in which she played the lead role, brought her into the national limelight. [3]
Sadasivam was also close to journalist and writer Kalki Krishnamurthy with whom he co-founded the popular magazine Kalki in 1940.
