T.R. Mahalingam

T.R. Mahalingam was a male Indian film actor, music composer, and singer. He was born on June 16, 1924, in Thiruvidaimaruthur, India. He was famous for his songs, which were based on romantic as well as devotional themes. He passed away on April 21, 1978. He started his career as an actor and a singer at an early age. He appeared in plays when he was young, which were called special dramas back then.

He started his training as a singer at the time when microphones or amplifiers were rarely present. He faced stressed voice projection and had to sing loudly as to be audible to everyone in the auditorium. In 1933, he got his first break in the film industry when the prominent singer Kittappa died at an early age. When he was 14-years-old, he got a chance to act in the movie Nandakumar, the movie was based on the story of Lord-Krishna and he was chosen to play the lead role,

Although the movie was a big flop at the box office in all the languages (Hindi, Tamil and, Marathi). He got his big break in the movie Sri Valli, which was made at the height of the Second World War, and he played the role of Lord Murugan. It did well at the box office, and it was the time when he gained fame as an actor and a singer.