It was Subbulakshmi’s good fortune to have had the right persons walking
into her life at the right time—Sadasivam, Radha, Semmangudi, Musiri,
Dilip Kumar Roy. The last of the musicians to make a dynamic
contribution to her music had a long innings of composing many of the
best-known MS songs.
Born in 1929, Kadayanallur Venkataraman studied at the Swati Tirunal
Music College, Thiruvanantapuram, and worked as a concert tambura player
in his early years. A job with AIR Madras made for closer association
with Semmangudi, whose disciple and accompanist Kadayanallur became.
Though his extreme reticence kept him out of the music circuit, one
aspect of his talent fortunately came to be recognised without any
effort on his part. Read more
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