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Malaysia Vasudevan was a Tamil singer who
was born in Malaysia to Keralite parents. He moved to Tamilnadu, India and found
a career as a singer and actor in stage plays. Later, he started singing for
movies and, to date, has nearly 8,000 songs in Tamil and over 4,000 songs in
other South Indian languages to his credit. He has also acted in nearly 85
films. .
Veteran Tamil director A.P. Nagarajan christened him as "Malaysia Vasudevan". He
has worked with many music directors such as M. S. Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraja,
Shankar-Ganesh, Deva, A. R. Rahman, and Vidyasagar. His first song was for the
film "Delhi to Madras" and he shot into fame after he joined
Bharathiraja-Ilaiyaraja combine to sing in the film "16 Vayathinile", a box
office hit in the late 1970s.
He has also sung few songs in Hindi. He has been
awarded Kalaimamani by the Tamil Nadu Government.
Malaysia Vasudevan was known for his heart
rending songs, especially the ones in blockbusters Mudhal Mariyathai and
Kizhakku Cheemaiyile. Some of his evergreen hits are ‘Poongatru Tirumbuma’,
‘Aagaya Gangai’ or ‘Oru thanga radhathil’, ‘Ennama Kannu Sowkyama’ and
‘Thenkizhakku cheemaiyilae’
He has also acted in a good number of Tamil films. Some of his films include
Mudhal Vasantham (with Sathyaraj), Oomai Vizhigal (with Vijayakant),
Kathanayagan (with Pandiyarajan), Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (with Kamal Hassan),
Jallikattu, Thiruda Thiruda, Amaidhippadai, Povae Unnakaga, Punnagai Desam, and
Kokki.
Besides acting in films, he has acted in a good number of tele serials. His son
Yugendran has acted in many films in Tamil and other languages. He is also
a playback singer in Tamil. His daughter Prashanthini is a playback singer. She
has sung songs like "Mundhinam" in the movie Vaaranam Ayiram and other songs.
Mr. Vasudevan was acting in a movie when he suddenly felt the problem of
breathlessness and died on 20 February 2011 at 1.00 PM at Chennai, Tamilnadu. He
was 67
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