| T. V. Rathinam | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tenkasi Vallinayagam Rathinam |
| Origin | Tenkasi, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Genres | Film music (playback singing), Indian classical music |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocalist |
Tenkasi Vallinayagam Rathinam (Tamil:தென்காசி வள்ளிநாயகம் ரத்தினம்) hails from Tenkasi, Madras Presidency, British India. She was a playback singer for Tamil films.
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TVR had learned music from the age of seven under a guru called Ramalinga Aachari, and gave her first full-fledged concert in Sri Lanka. She became a drama artiste and film artist as a child. Then she moved on to playback singing in the Tamil film industry.
She was 10 years old when she acted in Bhaktha Chetha in 1940 for the Madras United Artitstes. She then acted as the child Kannagi in Kannagi in 1942 for the Jupiter Pictures and also sang her own song. In the meantime, she had continued her training under Ramnad Krishnan, and later trained under Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar.
TVR was a much sought after singer in the late 1940s and 1950s. She became popular with the film music directors of that era who had worked with her repeatedly and in that glorious period TVR rendered a staggering variety of challenging songs.
TVR became famous by her songs in Miss Malini (1947) by the Gemini Studios. She also had a rare chance in Ponmudi (1950) by Modern Theatres when the music director the great G. Ramanathan had sung the songs by his composition, himself. He had chosen TVR to pair him as the female singer for him.[1]
| Year | Film | Language | Song | Music | Co-Singer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Miss Malini | Tamil | jagamE oru chithira sAlai janani parAsakthi thiruvaruL leelai | S. Rajeswara Rao & Parur S. Anantharaman | |
| 1947 | Miss Malini | Tamil | sri saraswathi namOsthuthE | S. Rajeswara Rao & Parur S. Anantharaman | |
| 1947 | Miss Malini | Tamil | pAdum radio buttonai thiruppi vittA | S. Rajeswara Rao & Parur S. Anantharaman | |
| 1947 | Miss Malini | Tamil | senthamizh nAdu sezhithidavE | S. Rajeswara Rao & Parur S. Anantharaman | |
| 1949 | Velaikaari | Tamil | Ada varuvAyA kaNNA | C. R. Subburaman | |
| 1950 | Ponmudi | Tamil | nIlavAnum nilavum pOlE | G. Ramanathan | G. Ramanathan |
| 1950 | Ponmudi | Tamil | vAn mazhaiyindRi vAdidum payir pOl | G. Ramanathan | G. Ramanathan |
| 1950 | Ponmudi | Tamil | AruyirE prEmai amudha vAriyil | G. Ramanathan | G. Ramanathan |
| 1950 | Ponmudi | Tamil | meikkAdhal arumbu vAzhvinilE pUthathE indRE | G. Ramanathan | G. Ramanathan |
| 1950 | Ponmudi | Tamil | en prEma rUbA.... inbathin ellai idhudhAnA | G. Ramanathan | |
| 1950 | Parijatham | Tamil | vAn nilavE | S. V. Venkatraman & C. R. Subburaman | T. R. Mahalingam |
| 1951 | Marmayogi | Tamil | manathiRkisaindha rAjA | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu | |
| 1952 | Panam | Tamil | idhayathai irumbAkki ....manamudaiyOrai manithargal | M. S. Viswanathan & T. K. Ramamoorthy | |
| 1952 | Andhaman Kaidhi | Tamil | anju rooba nOttai konjam minnE mAthi | T. Govindarajulu Naidu | |
| 1952 | Andhaman Kaidhi | Tamil | mayangaadhE mathi mayangaadhE | T. Govindarajulu Naidu | |
| 1952 | Andhaman Kaidhi | Tamil | inbam nEruma en vAzhvil inbam nEruma | T. Govindarajulu Naidu | |
| 1952 | Andhaman Kaidhi | Tamil | college padippukku goodbye nam kAdhal vAzhvukkini welcome | T. Govindarajulu Naidu | P. Leela & A. P. Komala |
| 1953 | Probakaram | Tamil | gOvindan kuzhalOsai kELIr | Ghantasala | |
| 1954 | Kalyaanam Panniyum Brammachari | Tamil | nAgarIgama idhu nAgarIgama | T. G. Lingappa | |
| 1954 | Ratha Kanneer | Tamil | ALai ALai pArkiRAr | C. S. Jayaraman | |
| 1954 | Ratha Kanneer | Tamil | mAlai itta maNNan yArO | C. S. Jayaraman | |
| 1954 | Koondukkili | Tamil | yAr vanthennai ethirthAlum | K. V. Mahadevan | |
| 1954 | Koondukkili | Tamil | enakku theriyalE nijamA enakku theriyalE | K. V. Mahadevan | |
| 1954 | Manohara | Tamil | nilAvilE ullAsamAga pAdalAm | S. V. Venkatraman | T. A. Mothi |
| 1954 | Sorga Vaasal | Tamil | rAjAthi rAjan namma rAjA | M. S. Viswanathan & T. K. Ramamoorthy | |
| 1954 | Sorga Vaasal | Tamil | sandhOsham thEda vENdum vaazhvilE | M. S. Viswanathan & T. K. Ramamoorthy | Thiruchi Loganathan |
| 1954 | Sorga Vaasal | Tamil | vIram serindha mugam | M. S. Viswanathan & T. K. Ramamoorthy | K. R. Ramasami |
| 1954 | Thuli Visham | Tamil | ennai ariyAmal peruguthu inbamthAn | K. N. Dhandayuthapani Pillai | |
| 1955 | Magaiyar Thilakam | Tamil | ketta peNmaNi | S. Dakshinamurthi | |
| 1955 | Neethipathi | Tamil | anbE nam deivam | M. S. Viswanathan & T. K. Ramamoorthy | |
| 1955 | Neethipathi | Tamil | AnandhamE AnandhamE | M. S. Viswanathan & T. K. Ramamoorthy | N. L. Ganasaraswathi |
| 1955 | Mudhal Tethi | Tamil | mudhal thEthi | T. G. Lingappa | |
| 1955 | Maheswari | Tamil | aLLi vIsunga paNathai aLLi vIsunga | G. Ramanathan | |
| 1956 | Nannambikkai | Tamil | kalyaaNa vELai vandhu kAthirukkuthu | S. V. Venkatraman | |
| 1956 | Rangoon Radha | Tamil | AyarpAdi kaNNa nee | T. R. Papa | |
| 1956 | Nane Raja | Tamil | Anum peNNum vAzhvinil inbam | G. Ramanathan | |
| 1956 | Kuladeivam | Tamil | Anum pennum | R. Sudharsanam | |
| 1956 | Aasai | Tamil | kanni tamil isai kuyilE.... Oviyanin ullamthanai urukkum | T. R. Papa | A. M. Rajah |
| 1956 | Aasai | Tamil | Adi pAdi Odi Adum azhagai pArungga | T. R. Papa | P. Leela |
| 1956 | Aasai | Tamil | kaNNinAr nallathaiyA | T. R. Papa | |
| 1956 | Amara Deepam | Tamil | nAdOdi kUttam nAnga | T. Chalapathy Rao | T. M. Soundararajan, Sirkazhi Govindarajan & A. P. Komala |
| 1956 | Raja Rani | Tamil | thirumana mAgAtha peNNE | ||
| 1957 | Aaravali | Tamil | ilam mIsaiyulla | G. Ramanathan | K. Jamuna Rani |
| 1957 | Aaravali | Tamil | kummAlam pOttathellAm | G. Ramanathan | A. G. Rathnamala |
| 1957 | Yaar Paiyan | Tamil | andha nALum vandhu sErum | S. Dakshinamurthi | |
| 1957 | Vanangamudi | Tamil | kattazhagu mAmA | G. Ramanathan | |
| 1957 | Bhagyavathi | Tamil | kaNNAlE vettAthe | S. Dakshinamurthi | S. C. Krishnan |
| 1957 | Rani Lalithangi | Tamil | bulbul jOdi maja | G. Ramanathan | S. C. Krishnan |
| 1957 | Chakravarthi Thirumagal | Tamil | athAnum nAnthAnE | G. Ramanathan | S. C. Krishnan |
| 1958 | Paattaliyin Sabatham | Tamil | angiyOdu nijAr aNindhu vandhaAyE | O. P. Nayyar | P. Suseela |
| 1958 | Nadodi Mannan | Tamil | pAduppattal thannAnlE | N. S. Balakrishnan | |
| 1958 | Periya Koyil | Tamil | nAn pOren munnAlE | T. M. Soundararajan | |
| 1959 | Veerapandiya Kattabomman | Tamil | mAttu vaNdi pUttikkittu | G. Ramanathan | T. M. Soundararajan |
| 1959 | Vaazhkai Oppandham | Tamil | kochimalai kudagu malai | Ghantasala | |
| 1960 | Vijayapuri Veeran | Tamil | kokkarikkanum | T. R. Papa | S. C. Krishnan & L. R. Eswari |
| 1960 | Thilakam | Tamil | kAthiruntha kannukku oLi thanthathu | R. Sudharsanam | |
| 1960 | Adutha Veettu Penn | Tamil | kayyum Odala kAlum Odala | P. Adinarayana Rao | S. C. Krishnan |
| 1961 | Panithirai | Tamil | mAmiyArukku oru seidhi | K. V. Mahadevan | Sirkazhi Govindarajan |
| 1964 | Magale Un Samathu | Tamil | Avogulamiyon | G. K. Venkatesh | T. M. Soundararajan |
| 1965 | Magane Kel | Tamil | Attam poRanthathu munnAlE | ||
| 1973 | Arangetram | Tamil | yEnadi marumagaLE unnai evaradi pEsivittAr | V. Kumar | |
| 1977 | Sri Krishna Leelai | Tamil | anbe uyarnthathu avaNiyilE | K. V. Mahadevan | Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi |
* Kannagi (1942)