Showing all artists born in 1919
V Dakshinamoorthy
V. Dakshinamoorthy (born 22 December 1919) is a veteran carnatic musician 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 is now retired from film music direction but is still active in classical music.
He has to his credit as many as 859 songs composed over a period of 50 years.
Dakshinamoorthy was born on 22 December 1919 as Venkateswaran Dakshinamoorthy, to D. Venkateswara Iyer and Parvathi Ammal in Alappuzha district, (Travancore, British India). His interest in music was nurtured by his mother who taught him keerthanas of Thyagaraja Swamikal when he was still a child. After finishing S.S.L.C., he learned carnatic music form Venkatachalam Potty in Trivandrum.
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He has to his credit as many as 859 songs composed over a period of 50 years.
Dakshinamoorthy was born on 22 December 1919 as Venkateswaran Dakshinamoorthy, to D. Venkateswara Iyer and Parvathi Ammal in Alappuzha district, (Travancore, British India). His interest in music was nurtured by his mother who taught him keerthanas of Thyagaraja Swamikal when he was still a child. After finishing S.S.L.C., he learned carnatic music form Venkatachalam Potty in Trivandrum.
He learned more about carnatic music and became an ... See full bio
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M. N. Nambiar
M. N. Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008), born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar, was a film actor in Tamil cinema who dominated the industry in the role of villain for around 50 years. Also known as Nambiar swami or Maha Guruswami, he was a spiritual leader who pioneered the movement of taking pilgrims to Sabarimala.
M.N.Nambiar was born on 7th March 1919. While still a child, his father died and so he moved to live and study in Ooty with his elder sister and brother-in-law.
He became interested in acting when he was 13 and he joined Nawab Rajamanikkam's troupe. From then on acting became the only thing that occupied him. His first film was 'Bhaktha Ramadoss', shot in 1935 in Hindi and Tamil, where he played as a comedian along with T.K.Sampangi.
Though he started as a hero, Nambiar Gurus... See full bio
M.N.Nambiar was born on 7th March 1919. While still a child, his father died and so he moved to live and study in Ooty with his elder sister and brother-in-law.
He became interested in acting when he was 13 and he joined Nawab Rajamanikkam's troupe. From then on acting became the only thing that occupied him. His first film was 'Bhaktha Ramadoss', shot in 1935 in Hindi and Tamil, where he played as a comedian along with T.K.Sampangi.
Though he started as a hero, Nambiar Gurus... See full bio
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Winner
, Baba
, Vinnukum Mannukum
, Rojavanam
, Moovendhar
, Pasamulla Pandiyare
, Vallal
, Poove Unakkaga
, Raasaiyya
, Raja Muthirai
, Karuppu Nila
, Periya Marudhu
, Thai Maaman
, Gentleman
, Ejamaan
, Villu Pattukaran
, Thanga Manasukkaran
, Jagathalaprathapan
, Paalam
, Pulan Visaranai
, Meenakshi Thiruvilayadal
, Thaai Naadu
, Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran
, Enga Ooru Pattukaran
, Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu
, Needhiyin Nizhal
, Miruthanga Chakravarthi
, Raja Rishi
, Sandhippu
, Guru