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Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (1922–1974) was a popular South Indian singer and music composer of Telugu films and many other languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi. He is the recipient of Padmashree award, the fouth highest civilian award. For nearly quarter of a century, he was the voice of Telugu films. He was Telugu cinema's one of the first playback singer for movies.He Sang 10000 songs Approx., in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi. He Composed music for more than 100 Movies. He Sang Bhagavad Gita just before his death in 1974 which became Highly Popular. On Feb 11 2003, a stamp was released in honor of Sri.Ghantasala at Telugu Lalita Kala Toranam, Public Gardens, Hyderabad.

Early Life
Ghantasala was born to Soorayya, who was a local singer, in a traditional Telugu Brahmin family in 1922. During his childhood, Ghantasala used to dance to his father's Tarangams. He lost his father when he was a child, and was brought up by his maternal uncle Ryali Pitchi Ramaiah. He took formal music training from Patrayani Sitarama Sastry, also known as Saluru China Guruvu Garu, and he joined Maharajah's Government College of Music and Dance in Vijayanagram without informing his family. He went through a number of hardships to learn music and went on to become a "Sangeeta Vidhwan".

Career
Ghantasala participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942, for which he was arrested and imprisoned for 18 months. After coming out of jail, he met "Senior Samudrala", who advised him to try his luck in the film industry as a singer. Ghantasala got his first break as a singer from All India Radio. Later on, Peketi Siva Ram from HMV studios recorded his private songs. Ghantasala debuted as a chorus singer and for a character role in Seeta Rama Jananam by Pratibha Films. He became popular singer with the early films like Balaraju and Keelugurram, and later sang for most of the movies for all actors for next two decades. He introduced the technique of changing the voice pitch and diction to suit the actor singing the songs on the screen. People were so enamored by this that they started imagining the hero of the movie just by listening to him sing over the radio. After this, he worked with famous music directors like Gali Penchala, C.R. Subbaraman. His first movie as a music director was "Laxmamma".

Producer Krishnaveni gave him first chance as full music director for her film Mana Desam, which incidentally was NTR's first film. He later composed music for many popular Telugu movies like Patala Bhairavi, Gundamma Katha, Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha, Pelli Chesi Chudu, Mayabazar and Lava kusa. He gave his voice for all the popular heroes of Telugu film industry at that time.

He also served as the Aaasthana Gaayaka (Court musician) for the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. The famous renderings of Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao also include private albums, like Bhagawad Gita, Patriotic Songs, Padyalu (unique genre of Telugu - singing the verses in dramatic style), Pushpa Vilapam and folk songs. His private songs were equally popular and his devotional songs are popular even today. Gifted with what V.A.K.Ranga Rao called "The most majestic voice", and he helped Telugu film music develop its own distinct character.

He has given performances in America, England, Germany etc and had the distinction of performing in the United Nations Organisation. Andhra pradesh Government felicitated him on the occasion of 25 years of his film career as Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Ghantasala in Hyderabad on February 1, 1970. More than 30,000 people attented the function celebrated at Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad.

Personal Life
Ghantasala was married to Savithri and Late(Sarala Devi). Ghantasala had 8 children, 4 sons - Vijaya Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Shankar Kumar, Ratna Kumar, 4-daughters,Meera, Shyamala, Suguna and Shanti.

Filmography
Playback singer and music director

   1. Alibaba 40 Dongalu, 1970
   2. Thalli Thandrulu, 1970
   3. Rahasyam, 1967
   4. Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha, 1966
   5. C.I.D., 1965
   6. Gudi Gantalu, 1965
   7. Pandava Vanavasam, 1965
   8. Lavakusa, 1963
   9. Raktha Sambandham, 1962
  10. Gundamma Katha, 1962
  11. Sati Sulochana, 1961
  12. Sabash Raja, 1961
  13. Bhakta Raghunath, 1960
  14. Deepavali, 1960
  15. Shantinivasam, 1960
  16. Pelli Sandadi, 1959
  17. Sabhash Ramudu 1959
  18. Manchi Manasuku Manchi Rojulu, 1958
  19. Pelli Naati Pramanalu, 1958
  20. Mayabazar, 1957
  21. Bhale Bava, 1957
  22. Sarangadhara, 1957)
  23. Vinayaka Chaviti, 1957
  24. Chiranjeevulu, 1956
  25. Jayam Manade, 1956
  26. Kanakatara, 1956
  27. Kanyasulkam, 1955
  28. Vadina Gari Gajulu, 1955
  29. Chandraharam, 1954
  30. Bratuku Theruvu, 1953
  31. Palletooru, 1952
  32. Pelli Chesi Choodu, 1952
  33. Patala Bhairavi, 1951
  34. Nirdoshi, 1951
  35. Shavukaru, 1950
  36. Vali Sugriva, 1950
  37. Mana Desam, 1949
  38. Keelugurram, 1949

SL/NO	SONGS	MOVIE	DOWNLOAD
01	Engume Anandam –	Bae Raman	DOWNLOAD
02	Suya Nallam Peritha –	Yaar Paiyan	DOWNLOAD
03	Mannukky Edu Pon Kettal	Kalavanin Kathali	DOWNLOAD
04	Thannoil Vennilave –	Santhanam	DOWNLOAD
05	Thulli Thulli Engu Porai Thara	Natiya Thara	DOWNLOAD
06	Madapura Paduthammae –	Natiya Thara	DOWNLOAD
07	Vazhvin Jeevan Kadhale –	Andaman Kaithi	DOWNLOAD
08	Thunitha Pin Manamai –	Deavadas	DOWNLOAD
09	Ullagai Maayam –	Devadas	DOWNLOAD
10	Kanaveithuthan –	Devadas	DOWNLOAD
11	Santhosam Tharum –	Devadas	DOWNLOAD
12	Ennathayur Vanithamani –	Chandraharam	DOWNLOAD
13	Jodi Mattuakullai –	Thiruturaman	DOWNLOAD
14	Malarum Neeya –	Thiruturaman	DOWNLOAD
15	Sathegam Yen Amma –	Lava Kusa	DOWNLOAD
16	Naan Konda Kadhal –	Kadhal	DOWNLOAD
17	Vazhvilay Kanavu Paligumo –	Chandraharam	DOWNLOAD
18	Uyirudan Unnai Kanbaino –	Bathala Bairavi	DOWNLOAD
19	Paranthu Seelum –	Laila Majunu	DOWNLOAD
20	Adum Mayil Nee Vaa –	Kalaivanan	DOWNLOAD
21	Muthukku Mutha Ga –	Anbu Sagotharagal	DOWNLOAD
22	Enimaiyana Samsaram –	Gunasundari	DOWNLOAD
23	Ho Brama Devanai –	Gunasundari	DOWNLOAD
24	Enna Pichai Unakku –	Kalyanam Seithukol	DOWNLOAD
25	Amma Amma Ennu –	Kalaivanan	DOWNLOAD

A. M. Raja Old Hits Free Download

Early life

A. M. Rajah was born on 1 July 1929 in Ramachandrapuram, Chittoor District in present day Andhra Pradesh to Manmadharaju and Lakshmamma. His father died when he was three years old and then the family moved to Madras (Chennai). His tertiary education was at Pachaiyappa's College from where he graduated with a B.A. Degree. By this time, Rajah was an accomplished piano player and had won several prizes in singing competitions. He was well versed with Carnatic Music and Western music. He was also highly influenced by the Hindi and Gazal music and was the only answer from the South to North Indian singers like Talat Mehmood,Mukesh,Rafi and Hemanta Kumar.

Musical career

During his University days, Rajah wrote, composed and sang two songs in his mother tongue, Telugu , with the instrumental support of the music director K. V. Mahadevan for HMV which were broadcast by All India Radio. Gemini Studios boss S. S. Vasan listened to these songs and, impressed, booked him for his next film, Samsaram (1951) with the approval of his music director, Emani Sankara Sastry, and also his good friend Kalki Krishnamurthy. By this time Rajah was also already recording songs for the films Rajambal and Kumari with music composers M. S. Gnanamani and K. V. Mahadevan respectively. Rajah, with instant popularity after the Samsaram songs came on the air, went on to sing in various languages, including Hindi and was the uncrowned prince of the South in the early and mid 50's.[citation needed] He was booked early in his cinema life as one of the music composers (others being T. A. Kalyanam and M. S. Gnanamani) for F. Nagoor's Genova (1952), an M.G.R starrer, but he passed on this opportunity to M. S. Viswanathan (his first film), who was looking for films. Rajah however sang all the songs in this film including M. S. Viswanathan's composition Naame Jeeva Sugam with P. Leela.

His first Telugu film was Adarsham (1952). He also acted and sang in the Telugu film Pakkinti Ammayi (1953) directed by Chittajalu Pullayya.[1]. He also appeared in Devadas in a small role. His first song in Malayalam was for film Lokaneethi (1952), music director being the composer V. Dakshinamoorthy.He sang for almost all the South Indian film music composers of the 50's.A.M.Rajah was the first male playback singer from the South to have recorded songs for a Hindi film (Bahut Din Huye in 1952) whereas M.S.Subbulakshmi was the first South Indian singer (cum actress) to record songs for a Hindi film (Meera in 1947).[citation needed].

Many of his solo songs and duets with all the leading female playback singers of that era were big hits. In playback, what Mukesh was for Raj Kapoor, Rajah was for Gemini Ganesan. Rajah also sang many songs for Sivaji Ganesan and lent his voice to MGR too. Similarly, he sang for N.T.Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao in several Telugu films and for Sathyan and Prem Nazir in many Malayalm films.

A. M. Rajah's exit from the film world remained always a controversial one.[citation needed] Rajah fell out with number of music composers and developed a reputation for being difficult to work with. His ways were rather direct and he had his own strong opinions about how songs must be composed and sung. His original promoter, K. V. Mahadevan, was the first to openly drop him completely after recording the song "Kayile Inippathenna, Kaniyanal Kasappathenna" that sparked off an heated argument at the sets of Manamulla Maru Tharam. It was also known in the cinema circles that M. S. Viswanathan resisted using Rajah in his films.By this time,he suffered the same fate in the Telugu film world, too.However, he continued to sing for Malayala films little longer.

A.M.Rajah's debut as music composer was for the Telugu film Shobha(1958) starring N.T.Rama Rao and Anjali Devi and directed by Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao.It was Sridhar who gave Rajah the second break to be a music director, fulfilling his promise that the day he directed his first film, Rajah would be its music director. The Film was Kalyana Parisu (1959) with Gemini Ganesan and B.Saroja Devi in the lead. . Rajah received the Madras Film Fans Association award of Best Music Director in 1959 for this film.In the same year he composed music for Anbukkor Anni directed by T.R.Raghunath.Sridhar and Rajah thereafter combined for films Vidivelli produced by Sivaji Ganesan and Then Nilavu produced by Sridhar under his own banner Chitrallaya.They fell out after the film was completed and Rajah refused to do the background music, but eventually did under pressure from mutual friends.Sridhar, however, went back to Rajah for Nenjil Or Alayam(1962), but Rajah refused.He then composed music for Adiperukku (1962)directed by K.Shankar.

Rajah still remained a big name because of the popularity of his songs and continued his music by regularly having stage shows in India as well as overseas whilst carrying on his tourist car business. He made a comeback in the 70's through composers V.Kumar and Sankar Ganesh, and the songs were amongst the hits of the respective years. A. M. Rajah also composed music for couple of Tamil films (Veetu Mapillai in 1973, Enakkoru Magan Pirappan in 1975) and a Malayala film (Amma Enna Sthree in 1970) during this period. Composer Sathyam brought him back to sing a duet with P. Susheela for the Telugu film Puttinellu Mettinellu (1973), which was also a hit.

Personal life

He married G. Krishnaveni (popularly known as Jikki), who reigned together with P. Leela as the top two female playback singers in the South during the early fifties. It is said that he met her on the sets of Samsaram and Kumari (1951) and proposed to her on the sets of Maheswari (1954) after they sang the duet Azhagu Nilavin Bavaniyile. They had four daughters and two sons. He had traveled extensively abroad. A. M. Rajah died on April 7, 1989 at the age of almost 60 in an unfortunate train accident when he tripped and fell into the tracks while boarding a moving train.

SL/NO	SONGS	MOVIE	DOWNLOAD
01	Paatu paadavaa	Thein nilavu	DOWNLOAD
02	Unnai kandu naan-	Kalyana	DOWNLOAD
03	Ullathilay-	Vijayapuri veeran	DOWNLOAD
04	Thulliyae odumae-	Vanjam	DOWNLOAD
05	Minnal pol aagum-	Avan	DOWNLOAD
06	Minor liff pomba-	Illaramae nallaram	DOWNLOAD
07	Pazhga theriya-	Missiamma	DOWNLOAD
08	Mudiyum endral-	Missiamma	DOWNLOAD
09	Enullam than-	Veetukku vandha varalaxmi	DOWNLOAD
10	Pothum undan-	Kadan vaangi kalynam	DOWNLOAD
11	Veenil yeno vethanai-	Balae raman	DOWNLOAD
12	Pattathaarigal-	Pakaa thirudan	DOWNLOAD
13	Seitha paavathinilae-	Genova	DOWNLOAD
14	Sirpi sethukaatha-	Ethirpaarathathu	DOWNLOAD
15	Yogamadhae-	Vippira vippra narayanan	DOWNLOAD
16	Manilathil vithiyai-	Samsaram	DOWNLOAD
17	Theriyuma-	Paasama nesama	DOWNLOAD
18	Kalaiyae un vizhi-	Guna sundari	DOWNLOAD
19	Enakku onnum puriyavillai-	Anbu	DOWNLOAD
20	Arugil vanthaal-	Kalathoor kannamma	DOWNLOAD
21	Vazhkai enbathu-	Kathavai thattiya moginipei	DOWNLOAD
22	Thanimayiley-	Adiperukku	DOWNLOAD
23	Kalaiyae yen-	Meenda sorgam	DOWNLOAD
24	Ayyamudalai vaanga-	Anbu	DOWNLOAD

T.R.Mahalingam

T. R. Mahalingam (1923-1978) was a Tamil film actor, singer and music composer of the 1940s and 1950s. He was known for his melodious songs mostly based on romantic or devotional themes.
Early days

From his childhood, Mahalingam used to act and sing in the stage dramas popularly called special dramas. During those days, his closest companion was the famous singer S. C. Krishnan. During that time, when microphones and amplifiers were rarely available, performers had to sing very loudly to make themselves heard. This was how the early singers like Mahalingam, S. G. Kittappa, Krishnan, M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and to a large extent TMS trained their voices. In 1933, when prominent singer Kittappa died at the early age of 28, Mahalingam got his first chance at film.
Acting

In 1937, at the age of 14, Mahalingam got the chance to appear in the film called Nandakumar (which was the third film produced by AVM). The film was based on the story of Lord Krishna wherein Mahalingam was chosen to play the lead role. However, the film flopped at the box office in all the three languages (Tamil, Hindi and Marathi) in which it was made. Nevertheless the film was praised for its songs.

Mahalingam got his big break in the film Sri Valli made at the height of the Second World War, in which he played the part of Lord Murugan. The film did well at the box-office and established Mahalingam's reputation as both an actor and singer.
Filmography

    * Nandanaar
    * Chinnadurai
    * Theruppadagan
    * Vilayaattu Bommai
    * Mohanasundaram
    * Machai Regai
    * Naam Iruvar
    * Sri Valli
    * Pavalakkodi
    * Aathithan Kanavu
    * Rathinapuri Ilavarasi
    * Aada Vantha Deivam
    * Idhaya Geetham
    * Abalai Anjugam
    * Manimegalai
    * Amuthavalli
    * Sri Valli (of Sivaji Ganesan)
    * Thiruvilayadal
    * Raja Raja Cholan
    * Agathiyar
    * Thirumalai Deivam
    * Kavalai Illatha Manithan
    * Thiruneelakander
    * Thanthaikku Pin Thamaiyan
    * Pannaiyar Magal
    * Ennai Paar
    * Malayitta Mangai
    * Gnanasoundari
    * Laila Majnu
    * Velaikkaran
    * Dayalan
    * Prahalada
    * Manonmani
    * Vedala Ulagam
    * Mayavati
    * Sri Krishna Leela

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01	Aadai kaddy vanthanelave		DOWNLOAD
02	Ethir koodu varaveek		DOWNLOAD
03	Kaathal pathai		DOWNLOAD
04	Kaatum Neethan		DOWNLOAD
05	Malai nenra thirukkumara		DOWNLOAD
06	Kankalin vennelaveea		DOWNLOAD
07	Oo jegamathu		DOWNLOAD
08	Senthamil thenmoliyal		DOWNLOAD
09	Sodu sodu Ennu		DOWNLOAD
10	Enkal thiravida ponnadu		DOWNLOAD
11	Padikka padikka nenjil		DOWNLOAD
12	Sangammulanki varum		DOWNLOAD
13	Naan thejvama		DOWNLOAD
14	Koodi koodi enpam		DOWNLOAD
15	Aasai konden amuthame		DOWNLOAD
16	Kaathalukku naalu kankal		DOWNLOAD
17	Alaiya kannijin		DOWNLOAD