Salur Rajeswara Rao Anand The Club 9-19-2020 Salur Rajeswara Rao Oct. 11, 1922- Oct. 25, 1999 Salur Rajeswara Rao •Rajeswara Rao was born in Sivaramapuram village near Salur in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh on October 11, 1922. •His father was a mridangam player and a lyricist for Telugu films. •Rajeswara Rao was a child prodigy and he could identify carnatic music ragas when he was four. His talents took him to Bangalore and film producers made use of his singing skills in their movies in 1930’s. He acted as Krishna in Sri Krishna Leelalu movie in 1935 and it was a big hit. He became a household name in Andhra Pradesh through his songs. •K.L.Saigal was impressed with the kid and let him learn Hindustani music from him. Rajeswara Rao learnt to play many musical instruments such as tabla, dholak, mridangam, harmonium, sitar, piano, mandolin and electric guitar. He developed skills for mixing various instruments. •He moved to Madras and worked as an assistant to other music directors for some time. Then he started his own music troupe and became a full fledged music director. •He was well known in Telugu films. He also did Tamil and Kannada movies. His notable Tamil films were: Nandanaar, Miss Malini, Chandralekha, Apoorva Sakodhararkal, Maya Bazaar (four songs), Missiamma, Pattaliyin Vetri and Vikramaththithan • He was a sensitive artist. It is interesting to note many films don’t have his name as music director because he left in the middle due to differences with the producer or director or lyricist. However the few songs he composed in those films have his signature and well liked by public. •He received a honorary doctorate from a University in Andhra Pradesh and Kalaimamani award from Tamilnadu. •He died on Oct 26, 1999 at the age of 77. •Indian Postal Department released a commemorative stamp in his honor on Oct. 10, 2018 -Ref: Wikipedia S ைாலஜஸ்வை ைாவ் இரசயரமத்த த뮿ழ் 鎿ரைப்படங்கள் ஆண்翁 鎿ரைப்படம் 埁잿ப்ꯁ எம். 羿. 1957 இ쏁 சலகாதைிகள் 1942 நந்தனாை் பாை்த்தசாை鎿뿁 டன் இரணந்鏁 கண்டசா 1943 தா殿ப்பபண் 1957 மாயா பஜாை் ோퟁடன் இ ப쏂ை் எஸ் . ரணந்鏁 1947 뮿ஸ் மா쮿னி அனந்தைாமꟁட 1958 பசஞ்毁ேட்毁뮿 ன் இரணந்鏁 கடன் வாங்垿 1958 1948 சந்鎿ைலேகா கே்யாணம் அꯂை்வ 1949 1959 அவள் யாை் சலகாதைை்கள் 1954 ힿப்ைநாைாயணா 1960 பபற்ற மனம் 1955 뮿ஸ்யம்மா 1956 ꮿலைம பாசம் 1962 ힿக்ைமா鎿த்தன் மாதை் 埁ே 1956 மாணிக்கம் அோퟁ鏀ꟁம் 1957 அற்ꯁத ힿளக்埁ம் •.S. Rajeswara Rao Film Songs (50) Playlist- Right click and Open hyperlink- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvCCTBtu2H3ztZdsfj3H0A RctZFy2M9Iz .