Jeeva Rathna also known as R Rathna mononymously as R. Rathnam (16 May 1923 - 9 January 2021) was an Indian music composer who had worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Tulu and Telugu film industry
Career Jeeva Rathna entered the Tamil film industry as an actor with Danashura Karna. He didn't get success in acting Later he showed interest in composing music to films and joined as an assistant music director Tamil film industry. After getting experience in music he become full-fledged music composer in the movie "Mane Katti Nodu" in 1961starring Uday Kumar, Dwarakish, Meenakumari and others which became hit.
Filmography
YearFilmLanguageDirectorProducerNotes1961Mane Katti NoduKannadaSri SadguruC. V. Shivashankar and Friends1967PadavidharaKannadaC. V. ShivashankarC. K. Gowda 1968Namma OoruKannadaC. V. ShivashankarJ N Shetty, S N Rao, B S Narayan 1969Kappu BilupuKannadaPuttanna KanagalRavikumar1969ChadurangaKannadaN C RajanSakkamma 1971BandhavyaKannadaK M Rathnakar, R MadhusudhanSorat Ashwath, K M Rathnakar, R Madhusudhan
Awards 2013 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Award by Government of Karnataka
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