V. Dakshinamoorthy Musical artist

Venkateswaran Dakshinamoorthy (9 December 1919 – 2 August 2013) was a veteran carnatic musician and composer and music director of Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films, predominantly in Malayalam films. He has set scores for the songs in over 125 films. He has to his credit as many as 859 songs composed over a period of 50 years.

Personal facts

V. Dakshinamoorthy
Alias (AKA)Swamy
Birth dateDecember 09, 1919
Birth place
India , Kerala , Alappuzha
Date of deathAugust 02, 2013
Place of death
India , Tamil Nadu , Chennai
Hometown
India
Kerala
Alappuzha

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Musical artist

Career started1950
Career ended2013
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Carnatic music
instrument
Human voice
Pump organ

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V. Dakshinamoorthy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://malayalasangeetham.info/secure/MalayalaSangeetham/php/createSongIndex.php?txt=Dakshinamoorthy&stype=musician&txt2=&stype2=song_start&txt3=&stype3=song_start&txt4=&stype4=song_start&txt5=&stype5=song_start&similar=on&submit=Find+Songs
  2. http://mymovieminutes.blogspot.sg/2013/08/a-tribute-to-two-namesakes-of-tamil.html
  3. http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/php/displayProfile.php?category=musician&artist=V%20Dakshinamoorthy
  4. http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/musical-colossus/article4977494.ece