Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer Instruments Vocals Spouse M. N. Rajam (m. 1960) | Years active 1947-present Movies Kallum Kaniyagum Name A. Raghavan | |
Similar People Jamuna Rani, L R Eswari, M N Rajam, Jikki, T M Soundararajan | ||
A L RAGHAVAN & M.N.RAJAM about GANESH KIRUPA Best Light Music Orchestra in Chennai
A. L. Raghavan is an Indian playback singer, who has sung many songs in Tamil language films. He is married to the veteran actress M. N. Rajam.
Contents
- A L RAGHAVAN MNRAJAM about GANESH KIRUPA Best Light Music Orchestra in Chennai
- Career Life
- Music composers he sang for
- Playback singers he sang with
- Television
- References
Career Life
A. L. Raghavan started his career in 1947 with 'Krishna Vijayam' (1950) and 'Sudarsanam' as Lord Krishna. He also acted on TV series, 'Aliaigal'. As a boy, he was introduced by Chidambaram Jayaraman and sang in a girl's voice for Kumari Kamala in the film Vijayakumari.
Music composers he sang for
Many music directors gave him memorable songs, including C. R. Subburaman, K. V. Mahadevan, Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy, S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, C. N. Pandurangan, S. V. Venkatraman, Ghantasala, H. R. Padmanabha Sastri, S. Dakshinamurthi, R. Sudharsanam, T. R. Pappa, Master Venu, P. Adinarayana Rao, G. K. Venkatesh, V. Kumar, Rajan-Nagendra, Vijaya Bhaskar, G. Devarajan, M. S. Baburaj, Veenai S. Balachander, B. Gopalam, T. A. Kalyanam, K. G. Moorthy, S. P. Kodandapani, T. V. Raju and M. S. Viswanathan.
Playback singers he sang with
He had many solo songs but also sang with other singers. He sang immemorable duets mostly with K. Jamuna Rani and L. R. Eswari. Others are P. Suseela, Jikki, S. Janaki, M. S. Rajeswari, A. P. Komala, A. G. Rathnamala, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, P. Leela, K. Swarna and Kausalya.
He also sang duets with male singers with most notably with T. M. Soundararajan, S. C. Krishnan, S. V. Ponnusamy, P. B. Sreenivas, J. P. Chandrababu, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, Thiruchi Loganathan and T. A. Mothi.