He changes his voice to suit MGR, Sivaji and to Jaisankar as well. Neeye Unakku Enrum Nigaraanavan(Bale Pandiya) Ullam Endroru Koilele Deivam Vendum Anbe vaa(An be Vaa) Love in a frolicking, light-hearted yet soulful’ Naan Pesa Ninaippathellam(Paalum Pazhamum). TMS started it, though mama ,Maama song was there before him, Radhe Unakku Koopam Aahadhadi (Kulamgalal Radhai) Hs mimic of Thyagaraja Bhagavathat is so perfect, one is confused whether it was Bhagavatahar or TMS. Madhavi Ponmayilaal Thohai Viriththaaal-(Iru Malarkal) It was TMS, who brought the light music touch to Classical music.Įven the tough ragas were rendered in an effortless and easy manner that reached the common man’s ears easily, as in , Tamil film Industry moved into Light Music genre with entry of TMS.īefore him were Singers cum Actors like Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, PU.Chinnappa and others were from the Classical Mould, not that they were professionally well-informed in Carnatic Music, but they followed the Classical pattern as advised by the Music Directors. I very much prefer his sad and melancholic songs to those of yesudas or SPB and if you can ignore SPB in any genre, that really speaks a lot about TMS' ability.TM Soundararajan, fondly called TMS by his fans is no more.

It's a shame he has to be remembered for all this, when the truth is that he was a pretty excellent singer. He was very much forgotten and kept out of the limelight.

Ilayaraja chose SPB and Yesudas for all his subsequent movies and sidelined TMS.Īround the early 2000s, it was rumored that only Kamal Haasan could say nice things about him within the industry, few artistes having escaped his acerbic tongue. TMS made his disappointment clear and said something like 'Let the noobs stay in their due place' or some such. About 2 years later, the tamil music fraternity went to Malaysia for a film festival and the press were eager to speak to the young music director. Ilayaraja stormed the firmament like a blazing comet in 1976. SPB went from strength to strength from there. It is said that MGR brought in a young SPB for Shanti Nilayam(1965) as he was pissed with TMS and showed he was not indispensable in playback singing. Apparently he once claimed his voice had launched the careers of both MGR and Sivaji, something that did not go well with both sets of fans.

He had his phases of foot-in-the-mouth syndrome. He had an awesome voice and a number of his songs are timeless and meant for the ages. Before SPB ruled the market, TMS was very much THE male voice of tamil film music.

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