Thiruchi Loganathan Explained

Thiruchi Loganathan
Native Name:திருச்சி லோகநாதன்
Native Name Lang:ta
Birth Name:Thiruchi Loganathan
Birth Date:1924 7, df=yes
Origin:Tiruchirappalli,
Madras Presidency,
British India
(now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Death Place:Madras (now Chennai),
Tamil Nadu, India
Genre:Film music (playback singing), Indian classical music, Tamil patriotic
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:1947–1986

Thiruchi Loganathan (24 July 1924 – 17 November 1989) [1] was an Indian playback singer of the Tamil film industry. He is known for his work in movies such as Manthiri Kumari (1950)and Sarvadhikari'.[2] [3] He was married to Rajalakshmi, daughter of actress C. T. Rajakantham. His sons are, T. L. Maharajan, Deepan Chakravarthy, TL Kamalakannan, and T.L. Thyagarajan, who are also popular playback singers.

Career

Playback singers he sang with

He sang memorable duets mostly with P. Leela and Jikki. He also sang with many others including, M. L. Vasanthakumari, M. S. Rajeswari, L. R. Eswari, P. A. Periyanayaki, T. V. Rathnam, A. G. Rathnamala, A. P. Komala, N. L. Ganasaraswathi, Radha Jayalakshmi, K. Jamuna Rani, K. Rani, Lakshmi Shankar, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, A. V. Saraswathi, T. S. Bagavathi, Vadivambal, Swarnalatha, K. Swarna and U. R. Chandra.

He also sang duets with male singers, most notably with Seerkazhi Govindarajan and Mariyappa. Other singers that he sang with include S. C. Krishnan, T. M. Soundararajan, G. Ramanathan, A. L. Raghavan, C. R. Subburaman, P. B. Sreenivas, K. R. Chellamuthu, Maadhavan, Shanmugasundharam, V. T. Rajagopalan, G. K. Venkatesh and T. L. Maharajan.

The singing actors he sang with were N. S. Krishnan, U. R. Jeevarathinam and Friend Ramasamy.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thiruchi Loganathan.
  2. News: Manthrikumari (1950). The Hindu. 28 September 2007.
  3. News: Parasakthi 1952. The Hindu. 24 April 2011. Guy. Randor.