T. G. Lingappa

Thiruchirappalli Govindarajulu Lingappa (22 August 1927 – 5 February 2000) was an Indian music director who had scored music for Tamil, Kannada and Telugu movies.[1][2][3] He was the son of G. Govindarajulu Naidu who was also a musician.

T. G. Lingappa
Born
Thiruchirappalli Govindarajulu Lingappa

(1927-08-22)22 August 1927
Tiruchirappalli, Madras Presidency, British India
Died5 February 2000(2000-02-05) (aged 72)
NationalityIndian
OccupationMusic director
Spouse(s)Shantamma
Parent(s)

Early life

T.G. Lingappa was the second son and had learned music from his father G. Govindarajulu Naidu. His family stayed in Thiruchi. This is where M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (MKT) used to sing in their house and G. Govindarajulu Naidu introduced MKT to his children. G. Govindarajulu was a harmonium player in special dramas, but was also known as the one who taught music for K. B. Sundarambal. He also sold musical instruments and gramophone in Thiruchi, but the business was not doing very well. T. G. Lingappa had learned to play several musical instruments. In 1940, G. Govindarajulu Naidu took his family to Madras to look for greener pasture there.

Career life

At the age of 14, Lingappa tried to act in the film Kamathenu which was produced by Visvanathan. Instead Visvanathan had asked Lingappa to sing and to remain with him for sometime to given chance. He stayed a few months and when it is not fruitful and then moved on. Since he is able to play musical instruments, he then joined the Mayoora Film Orchestra and played harmonium, mandoline and guitar. This orchestra used to play music for films and gramophone. It sis to be noted that Lingappa played instruments for Ashok Kumar (1941) and he was earning salary of ₹30 monthly .

In the same year Lingappa approached Gemini Studios to try his luck. C. Ramchandra was working there with other older artistes. But Lingappa was rejected due to his young age. Not giving up, Lingappa proceeded to Salem to try his chance in Modern Theatres when music director T. A. Kalyanam invited him. There Lingappa met T. R. Pappa and K. V. Mahadevan. It was the time during the 1940s where everyone was circumambulating all available studios for opportunities.

In 1945, Lingappa returned to Madras and worked under R. Sudarsanam in the Pragathy Studios and he played instruments in the film Sri Valli (1945). Lingappa went to Karakkudi to play musical instruments when AVM Productions made Nam Iruvar (1947). In 1948, he returned to Madras and worked under C. R. Subburaman. All these experience under different renowned music directors had sparked an idea to be a freelance musician. He went on to purchase modern instruments from abroad, especially London where he bought the electric guitar. Lingappa was well capable of playing the guitar. Music directors G. Ramanathan, S. V. Venkatraman and K. V. Mahadevan had used Lingappa for several of their songs. From then on Lingappa was playing many instruments under all the leading music directors.

He worked with singers like T. M. Soundararajan, A. M. Rajah, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, V. N. Sundaram, S. C. Krishnan, M. L. Vasanthakumari, P. Leela, Jikki, T. V. Rathinam, A. P. Komala, Radha Jayalakshmi, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, K. Jamuna Rani, P. Susheela, K. Rani and S. Janaki.

The singing actors M. M. Dandapani Desikar, T. R. Mahalingam, K. R. Ramaswamy, U. R. Jeevarathinam, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Madhuram and J. P. Chandrababu also sang memorable songs under his compositions.

T. G. Lingappa and T. R. Mahalingam

T. R. Mahalingam had produced his first film Macha Regai (1950) where the music was done by C. R. Subburaman. His manager was B. R. Panthulu. Since C. R. Subburaman died suddenly, T. R. Mahalingam who had known Lingappa from earlier and became closer in the film Nam Iruvar, gave Lingappa chance to compose music for his second production Mohana Sundaram (1951). There are more than ten songs in Mohanasundaram. It was also that J. P. Chandrababu sang first Hello My dear Darling, Hello My rose charming. The success of the songs are due to T. R. Mahalingam and Lingappa both knew carnatic music, cooperated and discussed the tunes together. After that T. R. Mahalingam used Lingappa in his other movies like Chinna Durai and Vilayattu Bommai.

T. G. Lingappa and B. R. Panthulu

B. R. Panthulu separated from T. R. Mahalingam and started Padmini Pictures for which banner Lingappa composed most number of films in Tamil. The first film of B. R. Panthulu was Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari (1954), a Sivaji Ganesan starrer directed by P. Neelakantan. There are excellent songs in the film. The Bharathidasan song Vennilaavum Vaanum Pol was first sung by M. M. Dandapani Desikar in the stages. Lingappa obtained his permission to use the same song in Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachaari with some modifications and after the approval of the tune by Baradidasan, Radha Jayalakshmi sang the song. V. N. Sundaram sang the comedy song Kaviyin Kanavil Vaazhum Oviyame in which he combines light music with carnatic tune. J. P. Chandrababu sang for Sivaji Jolly Life Jolly Life. This film and songs became hit. B. R. Panthulu again booked Lingappa for Sivaji Ganesan starrer Mudhal Thethi (1955).

Thangamalai Ragasiyam (1958) is another film that lifted P. Suseela to great heights. The song is Amuthai Pozhiyum Nilave. The same film was taken in Hindi and this song was retained with Hindi words. Again it became a success in the Hindi circles.

Lingappa continued on composing for Sabaash Meena (1958), Engal Kudumbam Perisu (1958) and Kuzhandhaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu (1960). He then went on to compose in Kannada movies. After a break he came back to compose in Muradan Muthu (1964). That was the last film where B. R. Pantulu used Sivaji Ganesan.

However, Lingappa continued on working with Panthulu in many more Kannada films till the early 1970s. There were Malayalam films too.

The last collaboration was Kadavul Mama (1974) before the demise of Panthulu.

Works

Vaazhviley Oru Naal (1956) produced by T. S. Venkataswami who is the husband of U. R. Jeevarathinam. In this movie Lingappa there is a duet Thendrale Varaayo Inba Sugam Tharayo by T. M. Soundararajan and U. R. Jeevarathinam.

It is said by Lingappa himself that there are at least two songs that he composed, but came to be used by other music directors. One is Kunguma Poove which J. P. Chandrababu learnt under Lingappa and sang for S. M. Subbaiah Naidu in Maragatham (1959). The other is the song Putham Puthu Meni by Balamurali Krishna and P. Susheela in Subathinam.

Some compositions of T. G. Lingappa:

Filmography
YearFilmLanguageDirectorBannerNote
1951Mohana SundaramTamil[[A. T. Krishnaswamy]Sukumar Productions
1952Chinna DuraiTamilT. R. MahalingamSukumar Productions
1954Kalyanam Panniyum BrammachariTamilP. NeelakantanPadmini Pictures
1954Vilayattu BommaiTamilT. R. RaghunathSukumar Productions
1955MenakaTamilV. C. Subburamanwith C. N. Pandurangan & Vedha
1955Mudhal ThethiTamilP. NeelakantanPadmini Pictures
1955Modala ThediKannadaP. NeelakantanPadmini Pictures
1955Shivasharane NambekkaKannadaP. NeelakantanPadmini Pictures
1956SivasakthiTamilP. NeelakantanPadmini Pictures
1956Vazhvile Oru NaalTamilA. KasilingamMercury Pictureswith S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. N. Pandurangan
1957Thangamalai RagasiyamTamilB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1957Rathnagiri RahasyaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1957Rathnagiri RahasyamTeluguB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1958Thedi Vandha SelvamTamilP. NeelakantanArasu Pictures
1958Kanniyin SabathamTamilT. R. RaghunathJupiter Pictures & ALS Production
1958Sabaash MeenaTamilB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1958Engal Kudumbam PerisuTamilB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1958School MasterKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1958Badi PanthuluTeluguB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1959Pudhumai PennTamilM. ThiruvengadamSri Gajalakshmi Pictures
1959Veera Amar SinghTamilwith Shanmuga Babu
1960Ellorum Innaattu MannarTamilT. Prakash RaoJupiter Pictures
1960Kuzhandhaigal Kanda KudiyarasuTamilB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1960Makkala RajyaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1960Pillalu Techina Challani RajyamTeluguB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1960SangilithevanTamilB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1961Ennai PaarTamilG. R. NathanPalaniyappa Productions
1961Kittur ChennammaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1962Gaali GopuraKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1962Swarna GowriKannadaY. R. SwamyD. R. Naidu
1963Sathi ShakthiKannadaKanagaal Prabhakara Shastry
1963Saaku MagaluKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1964Muradan MuthuTamilB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1964Chinnada GombeKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1964Chandavalliya ThotaKannadaT. V. Singh
1964School MasterMalayalamB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1965Bettada HuliKannadaA. V. Sheshagiri Rao
1965NaagapoojaKannadaD. S. Rajgopal
1966Thayin Mel AanaiTamilG. R. NathanNagendra Films
1966Dudde DoddappaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1966Emme ThammannaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1967Gange GowriKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1967Chakra TheerthaKannadaPeketi Sivaram
1967Beedi BasavannaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1968DhoomakethuKannadaR. N. Jayagopal
1968AmmaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1968Chinnari PuttannaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1968Naane BhagyavatiKannadaT. V. Singh Thakur
1969Thanga MalarTamilD. S. RajagopalGanga Productions
1969Gandondu HennonduKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1969Choori ChikkannaKannadaR. Rama Murthy
1970Sri KrishnadevarayaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini PicturesWon, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director
1970Arishina KumkumaKannadaRavi
1971Kula GouravaKannadaPeketi SivaramEshwari Productions
1971Malathi MadhavaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1971Aliya GeleyaKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1971Hu BisiluKannadaT. V. Singh
1972Ondu Hennina KatheKannadaB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1972Sipayi RamuKannadaY. R. Swamy
1974Kadavul MamaTamilB. R. PanthuluPadmini Pictures
1975Devara KannuKannadaY. R. Swamy
1975Hosilu Mettida HennuKannadaV. T. Thyagarajan
1976College RangaKannadaPuttanna Kanagal
1977Ondu Premada KatheKannadaJoe Simon
1977BabruvahanaKannadaHunsur Krishnamurthy
1978Thayige Thakka MagaKannadaV. Somashekar
1978Kudure MukhaKannadaY. R. Swamy
1979Madhu ChandraKannadaRamesh – Shivaram
1980Bhaktha SiriyalaKannadaHunsur Krishnamurthy
1980Jari Bidda JanaKannadaY. R. Swamy
1981BhagyavanthaKannadaDorai-Bhagwan
1982Hasyaratna RamakrishnaKannadaB. S. Ranga
1983Bhakta PrahladaKannadaVijay
1983Geluvu NannadeKannadaS. A. Chandrasekhar
1985Shiva Kotta SowbhagyaKannadaHunsur Krishnamurthy
1985Ade KannuKannadaChi. Dattaraj
1987Shruthi SeridaagaKannadaB. Dattaraj
1988Shiva Mecchida KannappaKannadaVijayBhagavathi Combines
  • Rajayogam
  • Yediyooru Siddalingeshwara Mahime

T.G. Lingappa has also sung. His Tamil songs are:

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See also

References
  1. BLAST FROM THE PAST Sati Shakti 1964
  2. From vintage to the recent
  3. Sabhash Meena 1958
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