Ramakrishna Sudarsanam (26 April 1914 – 26 March 1991) was an Indian music composer who worked in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada Malayalam, Telugu and Sinhala films.

Career

Ramakrishna Sudarsanam entered the Tamil film industry with Thiruneelakandar in 1939. He was a very talented musician who was spotted by Music Director Sharma Brothers and who into their Music troupe. After getting a lot of experience, he started composing music along with T.A Kalyanam. He became full-fledged music composer in Movie Sakuntalai in 1940. He turned a few songs for this movie but unfortunately, he did not continue with that film due to ill health. Movie producers brought another music composer Rajagopal Sharma for the same film and used already composed Sudarsanam's tunes, but he was not credited.

Later Sudarsanam joined the AVM Studio's Saraswathi Orchestra Company and started working on dubbing for movies. His name first appeared on the silver screen in the film Sri Valli in 1945 along with Thuraiyur Rajagopal Sharma. He became a full-fledged Music Composer in the movie Naam Iruvar in 1947. Later went giving a lot of back to back superhits in films.

He is credited to have composed music for the first movie of stalwart actress and actors like Dr. Rajkumar for Kannada movie Bedara Kannappa, Sivaji Ganesan for Parasakthi, Kamal Hasan for film Kalathur Kannamma, Vaijayanthi Mala for the movie Vaazhkai.

He has introduced many singers to the South Indian film industry, and who have come became most popular and has reached great heights in film music few include S. Janaki, T .M. Soundarajan.

Filmography

Year Film Language Director Banner Notes 1940 Bhookailas Telugu Sundar Rao Nadkarni Pragathi Studios 1942 En Manaivi Tamil Sundar Rao Nadkarni Pragathi Studios 1943 Satya Harishchandra Kannada R. Nagendra Rao Pragathi Studios 1944 Harishchandra Tamil R. Nagendra Rao Pragathi Studios 1945 Sri Valli Tamil A. V. Meiyappan & A. T. Krishnaswamy Pragathi Studios 1947 Naam Iruvar Tamil A. V. Meiyappan AVM Productions 1947 Rama Rajyam Tamil Vijay Bhatt 1948 Vedhala Ulagam Tamil A. V. Meiyappan & P. Neelakantan AVM Productions 1949 Vaazhkai Tamil A. V. Meiyappan & M. V. Raman AVM Productions 1949 Jeevitham Telugu A. V. Meiyappan & M. V. Raman AVM Productions Debut Film for Vyjayanthimala 1951 Bahar Hindi M. V. Raman AVM Productions 1951 Or Iravu Tamil P. Neelakantan AVM Productions 1952 Parasakthi Tamil Krishnan–Panju National Pictures & AVM Productions Debut Film for Sivaji Ganesan 1952 Velaikaran Tamil P. V. Krishnan Sri Valli Productions 1953 Gunasagari Kannada H. L. N. Simha AVM Productions 1953 Sathya Sodhanai Tamil H. L. N. Simha AVM Productions 1953 Ladki Hindi M. V. Raman AVM Productions 1954 Bedara Kannappa Kannada H. L. N. Simha AVM Productions Produced with The Karnataka Films LtdDebut Film for Dr. Rajkumar1954 Kalahasti Mahatyam Telugu H. L. N. Simha AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam 1954 Penn Tamil M. V. Raman AVM Productions 1954 Sangham Telugu M. V. Raman AVM Productions 1955 Aadarshasathi Kannada Chitrapu Narayana Murthy AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam 1955 Chella Pillai Tamil M. V. Raman AVM Productions 1955 Vadina Telugu M. V. Raman AVM Productions with G. Aswathama 1956 Dosthara Sinhala K. Shankar Cinemas Ltd 1956 Kula Deivam Tamil Krishnan–Panju SK Pictures 1956 Naga Devathai Tamil Chitrapu Narayana Murthy AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam 1956 Nagula Chavithi Telugu Chitrapu Narayana Murthy AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam 1956 Sadaarama Telugu K. R. Seetharama Sastry Shankar Production with R. Govardhanam 1956 Sadaarame Kannada K. R. Seetharama Sastry Shankar Production with R. Govardhanam 1957 Parasakthi Telugu Krishnan–Panju National Pictures & AVM Productions 1958 Matwala Hindi M. A. Thirumugam Devar Films 1958 Bhakta Ravana Tamil K. Shankar AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam 1958 Bhookailas Telugu K. Shankar AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam 1958 Bhookailasa Kannada K. Shankar AVM Productions with R. Govardhanam 1959 Mamiyar Mechina Marumagal Tamil Krishnan–Panju AVM Productions 1959 Sahodhari Tamil A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions 1960 Deivapiravi Tamil Krishnan–Panju Kamaal Brothers 1960 Kalathur Kannamma Tamil A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions Debut Film for Kamal Haasan 1960 Mavoori Ammayi Telugu A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions 1960 Thilakam Tamil Krishnan–Panju AVM Productions 1961 Anumanam Telugu Krishnan–Panju Kamaal Brothers 1961 Kanyaka Parameswari Mahathyam Telugu A. S. A. Samy Jupiter Pictures 1961 Naaga Nandhini Tamil G. R. Nathan B. V. N. Productions 1961 Papa Pariharam Telugu A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions & Buddha Pictures with Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy 1962 Annai Tamil Krishnan–Panju AVM Productions 1962 Pavitra Prema Telugu A. Bhimsingh AVM Productions & G. K. Productions with Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy 1962 Penchina Prema Telugu Krishnan–Panju AVM Productions 1962 Mall Road Hindi 1963 Naanum Oru Penn Tamil A. C. Tirulokchandar AVM Productions 1964 Poompuhar Tamil P. Neelakantan Mekala Pictures 1965 Anbu Karangal Tamil K. Shankar Shanthi Films 1965 Ennathan Mudivu Tamil K. S. Gopalakrishnan Ravi Productions 1965 Karthigai Deepam Tamil A. Kasilingam M. K. Movies 1965 Miss Leelavathi Kannada M. R. Vittal Sri Rajarajeshwari 1965 Naadi Aada Janme Telugu A. C. Tirulokchandar Srivani Films 1965 Poomalai Tamil P. Neelakantan Mekala Pictures 1966 Mani Magudam Tamil S. S. Rajendran S.S.R. Pictures 1966 Premamayi Kannada M. R. Vittal Srikanth & Srikanth Enterprises 1967 Kudumbam Malayalam M. Krishnan Nair 1967 Valiba Virundhu Tamil Murasoli Maran Mekala Pictures 1968 Bedi Bandavalu Kannada C. Srinivasan Srinivas Art Productions 1968 Thirichadi Malayalam Kunchacko Excel Productions 1968 Thalli Prema Telugu Srikanth Azam Arts 1970 Adavi Raja Telugu K. S. Prakash Rao Sri Rajarajeshwari Pictures with Satyam 1971 Bhale Papa Telugu K. S. Prakash Rao Sri Kalpanalaya 1971 Sri Krishna Rukmini Satyabhama Kannada K. S. L. Swamy Raghunanadan Movies 1976 Narada Vinodam Telugu Y. R. Swamy Sri Kanteerava Studio & Chamundeshwari Studio 1979 Hridhayathinte Nirangal Malayalam P. Subramaniam Neela Productions with G. Devarajan

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