T. V. Rathinam

T. V. Rathinam
Birth name Tenkasi Vallinayagam Rathinam
Born c. 1930
Origin Tenkasi, Madras Presidency, British India
Genres Film music (playback singing), Indian classical music
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocalist

Tenkasi Vallinayagam Rathinam (Tamil: தென்காசி வள்ளிநாயகம் (டி.வி.) ரத்தினம்) (born c. 1930) hails from Tenkasi, Madras Presidency, British India. She was a playback singer for Tamil films.

Early life

Rathinam 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.

Career life

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.

Rathinam 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.

Rathinam 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]

Music composers she sang for

Many music directors gave her memorable songs, including S. Rajeswara Rao, Parur S. Anantharaman, M. D. Parthasarathi, C. R. Subburaman, K. V. Mahadevan, S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, G. Govindarajulu Naidu, T. G. Lingappa, G. Ramanathan, C. N. Pandurangan, S. V. Venkatraman, Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy, Ghantasala, C. S. Jayaraman, K. N. Dhandayuthapani Pillai, S. Dakshinamurthi, T. R. Ramanathan, R. Sudharsanam, T. R. Papa, N. S. Balakrishnan, Master Venu, T. Chalapathi Rao, P. Adinarayana Rao, Pendyala Nageswara Rao, M. S. Gnanamani, G. K. Venkatesh, V. Kumar, V. Dakshinamoorthy and Hindi film music director O. P. Nayyar.

Playback singers she sang with

She had many solo songs but also sang with other singers. She sang along duets with G. Ramanathan, T. R. Mahalingam, T. A. Mothi, Thiruchi Loganathan, K. R. Ramaswamy, A. M. Rajah, T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, S. C. Krishnan and S. V. Ponnusamy.

She also sang duets with female singers with most notably with P. Leela, A. P. Komala, N. L. Ganasaraswathi, K. Jamuna Rani, Radha Jayalakshmi, A. G. Rathnamala, P. Suseela, L. R. Eswari, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, Swarnalatha and G. Kasthoori.

Filmography

Playback singer

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
1948 Chakradhari Tamil AdavaruvAyA kaNNA M. D. Parthasarathi
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
1950 Parijatham Tamil mAya sirippilE S. V. Venkatraman & C. R. Subburaman
1950 Parijatham Tamil madhiyA vidhiyA S. V. Venkatraman & C. R. Subburaman
1951 Marmayogi Tamil manathiRkisaindha rAjA S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
1952 Panam Tamil idhayathai irumbAkki ....manamudaiyOrai manidhargal Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy
1952 Andhaman Kaidhi Tamil anju rooba nOttai konjam minnE mAtthi G. Govindarajulu Naidu
1952 Andhaman Kaidhi Tamil mayangaadhE madhi mayangaadhE G. Govindarajulu Naidu
1952 Andhaman Kaidhi Tamil inbam nEruma en vAzhvil inbam nEruma G. Govindarajulu Naidu
1952 Andhaman Kaidhi Tamil college padippukku goodbye nam kAdhal vAzhvukkini welcome G. Govindarajulu Naidu P. Leela & A. P. Komala
1953 Probakaram Tamil gOvindan kuzhalOsai kELIr Ghantasala
1954 Kalyanam 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 solla vallAyO kiLiyE K. V. Mahadevan
1954 Koondukkili Tamil AnandhamAi vAzha vEndumE K. V. Mahadevan
1954 Manohara Tamil nilAvilE ullAsamAga pAdalAm S. V. Venkatraman T. A. Mothi
1954 Sorga Vaasal Tamil rAjAthi rAjan namma rAjA Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy
1954 Sorga Vaasal Tamil sandhOsham thEda vENdum vaazhvilE Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy Thiruchi Loganathan
1954 Sorga Vaasal Tamil vIram serindha mugam Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy K. R. Ramaswamy
1954 Thuli Visham Tamil ennai ariyAmal perugudhu inbamthAn K. N. Dhandayuthapani Pillai
1955 Mangaiyar Thilakam Tamil ketta peNmaNi S. Dakshinamurthi
1955 Mangaiyar Thilakam Tamil adhiga pEchuk kARi S. Dakshinamurthi
1955 Neethipathi Tamil anbE nam dheivam Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy
1955 Neethipathi Tamil AnandhamE Anandham Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy N. L. Ganasaraswathi
1955 Mudhal Thethi Tamil mudhal thEthi indru T. G. Lingappa
1955 Modala Thedi Kannada Modal Thedi Indu T. G. Lingappa
1955 Maheswari Tamil aLLi vIsunga paNatthai aLLi vIsunga G. Ramanathan
1956 Nannambikkai Tamil kalyaaNa vELai vandhu kAthirukkudhu S. V. Venkatraman
1956 Rangoon Radha Tamil AyarpAdi kaNNa nee T. R. Papa
1956 Naane Raja Tamil Anum peNNum vAzhvinil inbam T. R. Ramanathan
1956 Naane Raja Tamil pEsuvadhAl inbam peRuvAr uNdO T. R. Ramanathan
1956 Kula Dheivam 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. Chalapathi Rao & G. Ramanathan T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan & A. P. Komala
1956 Raja Rani Tamil thirumana mAgAtha peNNE T. R. Papa
1956 Raja Rani Tamil Kaanadha Inbamellaam Kandidalaam T. R. Papa Seerkazhi Govindarajan
1956 Avar Unarunnu Malayalam Oru Mullappanthalil V. Dakshinamoorthy
1956 Moondru Penngal Tamil vAn mugil kaNda vaNNa thOgai mayil pOlE T. A. Mothi
1956 Maadhar Kula Manikkam Tamil dEnjaru aiyA dEnjaru S. Rajeswara Rao G. Kasthoori
1956 Gomadhiyin Kaadhalan Tamil ambigApathi nAdagam G. Ramanathan Radha Jayalakshmi & P. Leela
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 Baagyavathi Tamil kaNNAlE vettAthe S. Dakshinamurthi S. C. Krishnan
1957 Baagyavathi Tamil veNNilavin oli thanilE S. Dakshinamurthi A. M. Rajah & 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
1957 Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi Tamil senthiru mAdhum kalai mAdhum Master Venu
1957 Soubhagyavathi Tamil singAra vElavanE Pendyala Nageswara Rao & M. S. Gnanamani
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 K. V. Mahadevan T. M. Soundararajan
1958 Periya Koyil Tamil vAzhaNum peNgal vAzhaNum K. V. Mahadevan
1958 Bommai Kalyanam Tamil Asai vachEn Asai vachEn K. V. Mahadevan Seerkazhi Govindarajan
1958 Maya Manidhan Tamil pAkku vetthala.... iru manasum oru manasai G. Govindarajulu Naidu S. V. Ponnusamy
1959 Veerapandiya Kattabomman Tamil mAttu vaNdi pUttikkittu G. Ramanathan T. M. Soundararajan
1959 Vaazhkai Oppandham Tamil kochimalai kudagu malai Ghantasala
1959 Amudhavalli Tamil jilu jilukkum pachai malai.... chittukkuruvi iva Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy A. P. Komala
1959 Manimekalai Tamil adikkudhu adikkudhu unnai kandu G. Ramanathan V. T. Rajagopalan
1959 Manimekalai Tamil rAjA NI thUngalAmA G. Ramanathan
1960 Vijayapuri Veeran Tamil kokkarikkanum T. R. Papa S. C. Krishnan & L. R. Eswari
1960 Thilakam Tamil kAthiruntha kannukku oLi thandhadhu R. Sudharsanam
1960 Adutha Veettu Penn Tamil kayyum Odala kAlum Odala P. Adinarayana Rao S. C. Krishnan
1960 Pattaliyin Vetri Tamil peNdAtti purushanukku Master Venu P. Suseela & Swarnalatha
1960 Mahakavi Kalidasu Kannada Rasika Raajamani Pendyala Nageswara Rao P. Leela
1961 Panithirai Tamil mAmiyArukku oru seidhi K. V. Mahadevan Seerkazhi Govindarajan
1962 Vikramaadhithan Tamil kalai eNNam S. Rajeswara Rao P. Leela
1964 Magale Un Samathu Tamil AvOgulAmiyA G. K. Venkatesh T. M. Soundararajan
1965 Magane Kel Tamil Attam poRandhadhu munnAlE M. S. Viswanathan
1971 Arutperunjothi Tamil arutjOthi dhivam ennnai Andu koNda dheivam T. R. Papa
1973 Arangetram Tamil yEnadi marumagaLE unnai evaradi pEsivittAr V. Kumar L. R. Easwari
1977 Sri Krishna Leelai Tamil anbe uyarnthathu avaNiyilE K. V. Mahadevan Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi

References

  1. "Miss Malini 1947" The Hindu
* Kannagi (1942)

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