Vedha (composer)

Vedha (S. S. Vedhasalam) was an Indian composer^[1] who started working in Sinhala films during the early 1950s when they were being produced in Madras. Then he worked mainly in Tamil films. He was active in the field for about 25 years since 1952.

He composed music for many films produced by Modern Theatres. He was popularly known to adapt Hindi tunes to Tamil songs.

Career[]

He started his career by assisting music directors in films. He was a co-music director in the 1955 film Menaka along with T. G. Lingappa and C. N. Pandurangan.

The first film he was in-charge as music director is Marma Veeran released in 1956. The song Thudikkum Vaalibame sung by R. Balasaraswathi Devi in this film was a big hit. Usually R. Balasaraswathi is known for singing lullaby songs but this song is full of romantic love known as Sringaram.

Nadakkaadhu Jambam Palikkadhu a song sung by T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela in the 1958 film Manamalai was a popular number in Radio Ceylon for a long time.

He composed music for another film in the same year. Anbu Enge was a successful film, music being one of the factors.^[2] Particularly, the number Dingiri Dingale sung by T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela separately as two versions, was a mega hit. The tune is of Baila genre.

The song "Oraayiram Paarvaiyile" from the 1965 film Vallavanukku Vallavan was also a very popular number. Though the tune was lifted from Hindi, the lyrics by Kannadasan and the mesmerising voice of T. M. Soundararajan gave it a Tamil flavour.

A song from the 1966 film Vallavan Oruvan, "Palinginaal Oru Maaligai" was an apt number for L. R. Eswari's singing talent. Her voice combined with Vedha's music took audience to great heights.

Singers[]

The singers who sang for his composition are: T. M. Soundararajan, A. M. Rajah, Thiruchi Loganathan, K. J. Yesudas, , S. C. Krishnan, J. P. Chandrababu, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, , A. L. Raghavan, S. V. Ponnusamy, Mohideen Baig, Eddie Jayamanne, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, R. Balasaraswathi Devi, K. Jamuna Rani, (Radha) Jayalakshmi, P. Leela, Jikki, K. Rani, A. G. Rathnamala, B. Vasantha, M. S. Rajeswari, Mabel Blythe, Rukmani Devi and Manorama and Ghantasala.

Lyricists[]

Lyricists who wrote lyrics for Vedha's compositions include Kannadasan, Sundar Kannan, A. L. Narayanan, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, Villiputhan, A. Maruthakasi, Vaali, Karunaidasan, Nallathambi, Alangudi Somu and Panju Arunachalam.

Filmography[]

Year	Film	Language	Director	Production Company
1952	Umathu Vishvasaya	Sinhala	B. A. W. Jayamanne	Ceylon Theatres
1953	Kele Handa	Sinhala	B. A. W. Jayamanne	Ceylon Theatres
1954		Sinhala	B. A. W. Jayamanne	Ceylon Theatres
1955	Menaka	Tamil		Kasturi Films
1956		Sinhala	A. S. A. Sami	Heladiva Film Arts
1956	Marma Veeran	Tamil	T. R. Raghunath	Jubilee Arts
1957		Sinhala	Shanthi Kumar	Ceylon Theatres
1958	Anbu Enge	Tamil	D. Yoganand	Jubilee Arts
1958	Manamalai	Tamil	Ch. Narayanamurthi	Janatha Pictures
1959	Minnal Veeran	Tamil	Jampanna	TNR Productions
1959	Sollu Thambi Sollu	Tamil	T. V. Sundaram	TVS Productions
1960	Parthiban Kanavu	Tamil	D. Yoganand	Jubilee Films
1962	Kannadi Maaligai	Tamil	N. N. C. Sami	Rani Pictures
1962	Naagamalai Azhagi	Tamil	Viswanathan	Madheswari Films
1963		Tamil	Nanabhai Bhatt
1963	Konjum Kumari	Tamil	G. Viswanathan	Modern Theatres
1964		Tamil	G. Viswanathan
	Chitrangi	Tamil	R. S. Mani
	Pasamum Nesamum	Tamil	D. Yoganand	Alankar Pictures
		Tamil	A. S. A. Sami	Oriental Pictures
1965		Tamil	D. Yoganand	Ganesh Films
	Oru Viral	Tamil	C. M. V. Raman	Salvandar Fernandez
	Vallavanukku Vallavan	Tamil	T. R. Sundaram	Modern Theatres
1966	Aame Evaru?	Telugu	B. S. Narayana	P. S. V. Pictures
	Iru Vallavargal	Tamil	K. V. Srinivasan	Modern Theatres
	Vallavan Oruvan	Tamil	T. R. Sundaram	Modern Theatres
	Yaar Nee?	Tamil	Satyam	P. S. V. Pictures
1967	Adhey Kangal	Tamil	A. C. Tirulokchandar	AVM Productions
	Ethirigal Jakkirathai	Tamil	T. R. Sundaram	Modern Theatres
	Kadhalithal Podhuma	Tamil	K. V. Srinivasan
1969	Naangu Killadigal	Tamil	L. Balu
		Tamil	T. N. Balu	Vijaya Balaji Movies
		Tamil	Vedantam Raghavaiah	Pandi Amman Movies
	Ponnu Mappillai	Tamil	S. Ramanathan	P. S. V. Pictures
1970	CID Shankar	Tamil	T. R. Sundaram	Modern Theatres
1971	Justice Viswanathan	Tamil	G. R. Nathan	Modern Theatres

References[]

Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers.
G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014.
G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 2 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition November 2016.

^ Guy, Randor (3 July 2016). "Yaar Nee? (1966) TAMIL". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
^ Randor Guy (17 May 2014). "Blast from the Past — Anbuengey 1958". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[hindu-1] Guy, Randor (3 July 2016). "Yaar Nee? (1966) TAMIL". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[thehindu1-2] Randor Guy (17 May 2014). "Blast from the Past — Anbuengey 1958". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

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