T. M. Soundararajan - Famous Tamil Playback Singer
Thoguluva Meenatchi Iyengar Soundararajan (24 March 1922 - 25 May 2013) was a [playback singer]in the [Kollywood|Tamil film industry] for over six decades. He gave his voice to a galaxy of actors and thespians in the South Indian film industry such as M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, N. T. Rama Rao, Gemini Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, Jaishankar, Rajkumar, A. Nageswara Rao,Ravichandran, Nagesh, AVM.Rajan, MuthuRaman, Sivakumar, S.A.Ashokan, Thengai Srivasan, K.A.Thangavelu, Major Sundarrajan, Narasimma Bharati, S.V.Subbiah, R.S.Manohar, V.K.Ramaswami, J.P.Chandrababu, Kalyankumar, Vijayakumar, Ranjan, Anandhan, Udayakumar, A.P.Nagarajan, Jagayya, Kantha Rao, Naagaiah, T S Balayya, M.R.Radha, R.S.Manohar, A.Nadarajan, Balaji, Sahastranamam, M.N.Nambiyar, A.Karunanidhi, Kuladeivam Rajagopal, V.Gopalakrishnan, Cho, Sreekanth, Rajesh, Rajanikanth, Kamal Hasan, Mookka Muthu, Sarath Babu, Y.G.Mahendra, Sudakar, Prabhu, Vijayakanth, Chandrasekar, Satyaraj, Vijayan and a generation of actors over 60 years in the film industry from 1946 to 2007.He is popularly known asTMS.He has sung over 20,000 film songs from more than 5,000 films.(leading news papers,Mathrubhumi and Malayala Manorama,dated 26 May 2013)[1] and sung over 3000 devotional,classical songs for a career span of 62 years ( from 1946 till 2008) He had also given classical concerts since 1945. In a career spanning over 6 decades he has recorded film songs in eleven languages including, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and other Indian languages. He also composed music for several of the ever green devotional songs that was recorded.He was the music director for the film "Bala Parikshai". His peak period as a male playback singer in the South Indian film industry was from 1955 to 1985.Soundarajan died on 25 May 2013 at his residence in Mandaveli, Chennai due to illness. He was 91 years old at the time of his death
Awards and honours :
Mathiyakathin Gana Thalivar,
Kala Ratnam,
Gana Ratnam,
Arul Isai Sidhar,
Navarasa Bhava Nalina Gana varshini,
Ganamritha Varshini,
Sathanai Chakravarhti,
Bharathiya Isai Kanal,
Bharathiya Isia Megham,
Gana Kuralon,
Then Isai Thendral,
Padma Shri,(2003)
Kalaimamani,
Tamil Nadu State Awards,many many years continuously in 60's,70's and 80's(shared with Yesudas in 1975).
Padakar Thilakam
Singha Kuralon
Bharat Kalachar award
Isai Chakravarthi
Pesum Padam,award over 22 times,including consecutive annual awards from 1954 to 1969
Gnanakala Bharathi title
Geethavaari title
Karpagath Tharu Mannar
Geetharanjana Vaarithi
Arutpa Isaimani title
Honorary Doctorate from Belgium.
MGR Gold Medal award
Former Chief Minister Tamil Nadu M.D.Bhakthavalsalam Recognition Award (1963)
Former Chief Minister Tamil Nadu Kamaraj Nadar Recognition Award
IsaiKadal Pattam from Kavi Arasar Kannadasan (1969)
EzhilIsai Mannar award from Former Chief Minister K.Karunidhi(1970)
Former Chief Minister Arinjor Anna Dhuarai Recognition Award (1964)
Kural Arasar Pattam
Chief Minister Jayalalitha recognition award
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar Lifetime Achievement Award, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Musical Artist Lifetime Achievements Award(2005)
Tamil Film Fans Award,22 times in the early 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
P.Susheela Award
Mega TV Amutha Ghanam Recognition Award(2004)
Lifetime achievement for "MGR Memorial Award"
Lifetime achievement for "Shivaji Memorial Award".
"Sourashtra Community Recognition Award
Tamil Nadu Chief minister M. Karunanidhi recognition award at Madurai, Alagiri, 2010
Karuppai Muppanar recognition award,(1992)
Periyar RamaSwami Naikkor recognition,(1959)
Raj TV for Raja Geetham Recognition Award,(2006)
Malaysian Tamil Fans Recognition Award
Singapore Tamil Fans Recognition Award
France,Germany,Switzerland,Italy,Holland and Austria Tamil Fans recognition award
United Kingdom Tamil fans recognition award
20th Century Top Playback Singer from South African city mayor through Tamil fans,1995
USA Tamil fans from various states recognition award
SriLankan awards from President,Prime Minister level through Tamil Group more than several times.
Tamil Fans recognition award from Canada
Australian Tamil Fans appreciations awards in Sydney,Brisbane, Melbourne,and Perth
Kairali Swaralaya Yesudas Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012
