Thiruchi Loganathan | |
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Native name | திருச்சி லோகநாதன் |
Birth name | Thiruchi Loganathan |
Born | 24 July 1924 |
Origin | Tiruchirappalli, Madras Presidency, British India |
Died | 17 November 1989 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. |
(aged 65)
Genres | Film music (playback singing), Indian classical music, Tamil patriotic |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1947–1986 |
Thiruchi Loganathan was a Tamil playback singer known for working with Tamil movies such as Manthiri Kumari (1950) and Parasakthi (1952). He was married to Rajalakshmi, daughter of actress C. T. Rajakantham. Their sons, T. L. Maharajan and Deepan Chakravarthy are also popular playback singers.
In the 1950s, many music directors gave him memorable songs, including K. V. Mahadevan, S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, G. Govindarajulu Naidu, T. G. Lingappa, G. Ramanathan, Vedha, S. V. Venkatraman, T. R. Ramanathan, T. A. Kalyanam, Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy, M. S. Gnanamani, V. Dakshinamoorthy, S. Dakshinamurthi, G. K. Venkatesh, T. R. Pappa, Master Venu, A. M. Rajah, C. Ramchandra, Ghantasala, T. M. Ibrahim, S. Rajeswara Rao, S. Hanumantha Rao, T. Chalapathi Rao, P. Adinarayana Rao, M. Ranga Rao, M. B. Srinivasan and Shankar-Ganesh.