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T. K. Ramamoorthy
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Indian Tamil musician (1922-2013)
Film & TV
Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Tiruchirapalli Krishnaswamy Ramamoorthy (1922 – 17 April 2013), known as T. K. Ramamoorthy (Tamil: டி. கே. ராமமூர்த்தி), was a popular South Indian Tamil music composer and violinist. Ramamoorthy was born in Tiruchirapalli into a family that was very much musically inclined. Both his father, Krishnaswamy Pillai, and grandfather, Malaikottai Govindasamy Pillai, were well known violinists in…
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1922-05-15
- Active to
- 2013-04-17
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- Listeners
- 65
- Total plays
- 676
T. K. Ramamurthy, Tiruchirapalli Krishnaswamy Ramamurthy, is a popular South Indian Tamil music composer and violinist. He hails from the from a family of violinists. He is popularly known as Mellisai Mannar (Tamil, for "The King of Light Music"). His major works are in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He along with M. S. Viswanathan dominated film music composing in the South Indian film industry during the 1950s and 1960s and composed scores for over 700 films, revitalising Chennai film musi
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Tiruchirappalli
- Place of death
- Chennai
- Occupation
- composer
- Instrument
- violin
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- date of death
- 2013-04-17
- date of birth
- 1922-05-15
- partner in business or sport
- M. S. Viswanathan
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