'Ezhudhugiral Oru Pudhukkavithai' ( Saranaalayam), 'Enniyirundhadhu Eadera' ( Andha 7 Naatkal) and the super-hits from Billa are just a few examples. Viswanathan, Malaysia Vasudevan sang many illustrious songs. must be some of the timeless favourites of Tamil film music lovers.Įven under the baton of M. Soft romantic songs like 'Indha Minminikku' ( Sigappu Rojakkal), 'Vaan Megangalay' ( Pudhiya Varpugal), 'Malargale Nadha Swarangal' ( Kizhake Pogum Rayil), 'Malargalilay Aaraadhanai' ( Karumbu Vil), 'Kodai Kaala Kaatray' ( Panneer Pushpangal), 'Poove Ilaya Poove' ( Kozhi Koovuthu), 'Thangachangili Minnum Painkili' ( Thooral Ninnu Pochchu), etc. Malaysia Vasudevan performed each song with utmost sincerity and surprised everyone with the range he had. Illayaraja made Malaysia Vasudevan sing songs of all types and genres. Malaysia Vasudevan has sung close to 8,000 songs in his career spanning three decades, most for Ilaiyaraaja. Ilaiyaraaja backed him until he became a star singer. Later, when his good friend Ilaiyaraaja debuted in the Tamil film industry with Annakili, he was asked to sing in the film, and after 'Aattukutti Muttai Ittu' from 16 Vayathinile happened, Malaysia Vasudevan never looked back. Vasudevan was rechristened Malaysia Vasudevan by A. His first big break came when Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan made him sing 'Kaalam Seyyum Vilaiyattu' in Kumasthavin Magal. Viswanathan heard Vasudevan and gave him a small piece of a song in Bharatha Vilas (he sang for the Punjabi in 'Indhiya Naadu En Veedu') and then a song in Thalai Prasavam. After that, he joined the Pavalar Brothers troupe which was run by Ilaiyaraaja and his brothers.ĭuring a stage performance, music director M. This chance was made possible by his friendship with the film's producer Pollachi Rathnam. It was a comedy song 'Paalu Vikkira Padma Un Paalu Romba Suthhama?', for the music director V. Malaysia Vasudevan's first major song was in the film Delhi to Madras, that starred Jaishankar and Srividya. Venkatesh, for whom Ilaiyaraaja was working as the assistant. He even sang a song for the film under the baton of G. Vasudevan came with the group to Chennai and acted in the film Raththa Paei. The producers of one of his plays Ratha Paei, wanted to make it into a film. When Vasudevan grew up, he attached himself to Tamil drama troupes in Malaysia as an actor and singer. Vasudevan started singing on stage when he was eight. He first started learning music from his father and later on, his brother taught him. Chattu Nair used to entertain the estate labourers by singing. Malaysia Vasudevan had once said that all his family members, except his mother Ammalu, were singers. As such, Tamil became his language of choice, at school and at home.Ĭhattu Nair was musically inclined and all his children grew up with a natural ability to sing and appreciate music.

Even though he was a Malayali, as was the case with the majority of contemporary South Indian migrants to Malaya then, his surroundings in Malaysia was dominated by the Tamil language and culture. Vasudevan was born on 15 June 1944 as their eighth and youngest child. After a few years, Chattu Nair married Ammalu in an arranged marriage. They became labourers in the rubber estates in Rajaghiri estate, Kuala Selangor. Chattu Nair of Ottappalam and Ammalu of Polpulli, along with their families migrated to British Malaya in search of a livelihood. Malaysia Vasudevan's parents were from Palakkad.

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