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T M Soundararajan
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T M SOUNDARARAJAN IS A VERY POPULAR TAMIL PLAY BACK SINGER WHO RULED THE FILM WORLD UNDEFEATED FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES. HE WAS AT THE PINNACLE OF HIS FAME WHEN HE GAVE HIS GOLDEN AND IMPERIAL VOICE TO THE EVER GREEN HEROES OF YESTERYEARS-MGR AND SHIVAJI GANESAN, AND ALSO A HOST OF OTHER POPULAR ACTORS OF HIS TIME. HE IS GENERALLY FAMOUS FOR HIS HIGH PITCH OCTAVE , UNARGUABLY HE CAN BE AT EASE AT THE LOWEST PITCH TOO FOR WHICH THERE ARE MANY SONGS TO HIS CREDIT. HE HAS SUNG IN 1700 FILMS-MORE THAN 10,000 SONGS. A GREAT DEVOUT OF LORD MURUGA, HE HAS SUNG MORE THAN 2000 SONGS DEDICATED TO HIS FAVOURITE DIETY. HE HAS GIVEN VOICE TO THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ACTORS. HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE 40'S AND PERHAPS IN 2008, WHEN HE WAS 87 HE SANG HIS LAST SONG FOR A FILM-VALIBAN SUTRUM ULAGAM. EVERY TAMIL TV CHANNEL HAS LITERALLY DEDICATED AT LEAST ONE HOUR TELECASTING HIS SONGS. THE MOST FAMOUS FEMALE SINGER OF HIS TIME WAS P SUSHEELA WITH WHOM HE HAS SUNG NEARLY 1000 SONGS. MOHD RAFI AND LATA IN THE NORTH AND TMS AND P SUSHEELA IN THE SOUTH IS THE FAMOUS CAPTION AS FAR AS INDIAN PLAY BACK SINGERS ARE CONCERNED. HE WAS IN HIS PRIME TIME THE ONLY SINGER WHO FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE AND NEVER WENT BEHIND PEOPLE FOR CHANCES NOR ACCEPTED SONGS IF THEY WERE AGAINST HIS TASTE NOR STYLE. WITH ILAYARAJA'S ENTRY INTO FILM WORLD IN THE LATE 70'S TMS WAS SIDELINED AS THE LATTER DID NOT CONDESCEND TO SING IN IR'S MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS IN SOME KIND OF ODD STYLE. NATURALLY IR HAD TO LOOK FOR YOUNG TALENT
