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| Vaikom Saraswathi | |
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| Born | Vaikom, India |
| Occupation | Carnatic vocalist |
| Known for | Carnatic singer, Playback singer |
| Relatives | Rajan (Brother, Malayalam Playback singer) |
Vaikom Saraswathi was a South-Indian Carnatic singer and a Playback singer Her Carnatic songs have been published in gramophone records.
Radio concerts
Her Carnatic music concerts have been broadcast over All India Radio stations.
Playback singer
Though playback singing was introduced to Tamil films in 1938 (Nandakumar), it became popular after Sri Valli (1945). K. V. Mahadevan introduced Vaikom Saraswathi as playback singer in the 1947 film Dhana Amaravathi. She sang 3 songs - Kandenadi, Un Thiruvarul and Azhagai - for B. S. Saroja. She also sang 2 songs - Vaarum Indha Verlai and Saedhi Enna - for the 1948 film Jambam.
Sibling
Vaikkom Saraswathi's brother, Rajan was also a playback singer. The song Swantham viyarpinaal.. sung by Rajan for the 1951 film Yachakan became popular. Soon after the recording for this film, Rajan died due to illness.
References
- ^ "Yachakan (1951)". Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Vamanan (29 April 2018). "'Thiraiyisai Thilagam K. V. Mahadevan 1918–2018' – 9". Dinamalar. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "The Indian Listener" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Vaikom Saraswathi". Pesum Padam. January 1949.
External links
- Kuzhaloodhum Kannan Enge on YouTube - A Classical song sung by Vaikom Saraswathi
- Pahimaam on YouTube - A song from the film Dhana Amaravathi