Music composer V.Dakshinamoorthy
(വി ദക്ഷിണാമൂര്ത്തി)passes away at 94
Top-notch music director
V Dakshinamurthy, who composed music for hundreds of film songs in Malayalam
and other southern languages over the last seven decades, died here today,
industry sources said.He was 94 and was keeping indifferent health for some time.
He breathed his last at his residence in Mylapore. Endearingly called as
"Swamy" by the film fraternity and his fans, Dakshinamurthy's songs
stood out on account of their He
served the industry for a period of over six decades during this period; more
than 50 singers of three generations sang tunes set by him.
His
songs are known for the classical touch. He was a person, who nurtured both the
Carnatic as well as Malayalam music. He has to his credit about 859 songs that
were composed by him over seven decades of his service to the world of Music.
Few of the films in which he composed music include Navalokam, Seetha,
Viyarppinte Vila, Sri Guruvayoorappan, Kadamattathachan and Indulekha.
• He debuted as a Music composer in the a Malayalam movie Nalla Thanka (Nalla Thankal in Tamil) in 1950
• He was born in Alappuzha district of Kerala on 22 December 1919
• He was the guru to singers and music directors like P. Leela, P. Susheela (he introduced her in Malayalam films in 1960 in film Seetha), Kalyani Menon and Ilayaraja
• He was the proud recipient of Kerala State Film Award for best music director in 1971
• In 1998, he received the Kerala State Film Award for Lifetime Achievement
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