V. Kumar
- January 7, 1996
- 61 years
About V. Kumar
V. Kumar, 61, India film score composer.
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|V. Kumar (Tamil: வரதராஜுலு குமார்,) (28 July 1934 – 7 January 1996) was a Tamil cinema music director. He was born in Chennai, Tamilnadu on 28 July 1934 to Varadharajulu and Dhanabhakiyam. In July 1969, he married Tamil cinema playback singer Swarna and had a son Suresh. V. Kumar is known as Mellisai MaamaNi, and was introduced to Tamil film music by K. Balachander.
He used P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam for many of his songs. He has been the aasthana MD for K. Balachandar films. Before that, he scored music for his Stage Dramas.
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Their works include music for the following movies:
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