V. Dakshinamoorthy
Musical artist
Biography
Venkateswaran Dakshinamoorthy (9 December 1919 – 2 August 2013) was a veteran Carnatic musician and composer and music director of Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. His predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema.
He set scores for the songs in over 125 films, and composed as many as 1400 songs over a period of 63 years. Fondly known as Swami, he was instrumental in pioneering classical music-based film songs. Revered as one of the forefathers of the Malayalam music industry, he mentored many of the renowned contemporary singers and composers including P. Leela and K. J. Yesudas.
In 1998, he was honoured with the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for his contributions to Malayalam cinema.
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Career highlights
Genres
- Carnatic music
Instruments
- reed organ
Awards & honours (1)
- J. C. Daniel Award
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- V. Dakshinamoorthy died on August 2, 2013 at the age of 93.
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- V. Dakshinamoorthy was born on December 22, 1919.
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- V. Dakshinamoorthy was born in Alappuzha.
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- V. Dakshinamoorthy is a citizen of India, British Raj, Dominion of India.
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- V. Dakshinamoorthy is known as musician, music director, composer, film actor.
