1. Vasudevan, popularly known as Malaysia Vasudevan, was a prolific Malaysian Tamil playback singer and actor.
22 Facts About Malaysia Vasudevan
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Malaysia Vasudevan's voice was recently revived using AI in the song "Manasilaayo" from the 2024 Tamil film Vettaiyan.
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Malaysia Vasudevan was born on 15 June 1944 as their eighth and youngest child.
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Malaysia Vasudevan had once said that all his family members, except his mother Ammalu, were singers.
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Malaysia Vasudevan first started learning music from his father and later on, his brother taught him.
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Malaysia Vasudevan came with the group to Chennai and acted in the film Raththa Paei.
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Viswanathan heard Malaysia Vasudevan and gave him a small piece of a song in Bharatha Vilas and then a song in Thalai Prasavam.
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Later, when his good friend Ilaiyaraaja debuted in the Tamil film industry with Annakili, he was asked to sing in the film, and after "Aattukutti Muttai Ittu" from 16 Vayathinile happened, Malaysia Vasudevan never looked back.
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Malaysia Vasudevan has sung close to 8,000 songs in his career spanning three decades, most for Ilaiyaraaja.
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Illayaraja made Malaysia Vasudevan sing songs of all types and genres.
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Malaysia Vasudevan performed each song with utmost sincerity and surprised everyone with the range he had.
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Malaysia Vasudevan was the king of singing folk songs and songs with a village background, he was the voice behind several of Rajni Kanth's hit songs and he, Malayasia Vasudevan, sang a good number of hit duets with S Janaki.
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Malaysia Vasudevan was like T M Soundararajan, who was content with the popularity achieved only in Tamil.
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Malaysia Vasudevan was of the notion that if he sang in other languages, he should have known well the nuances of other languages.
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Malaysia Vasudevan has sung over 8,000 songs in Tamil and over 4,000 songs in various other South Indian languages.
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Malaysia Vasudevan has directed a film called Nee Sirithal Deepavali.
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Malaysia Vasudevan wrote a book of poems called "Ennam Thondriyathu Ezhutha Thoondiyathu" in the year 2010.
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Malaysia Vasudevan married Annaporani, known as Usha Vasudevan on 26 January 1976.
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Malaysia Vasudevan has sung songs like "Mundhinam" in the movie Vaaranam Aayiram and many more.
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Malaysia Vasudevan has been awarded Kalaimamani by the Tamil Nadu Government.
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Malaysia Vasudevan is a 2-time winner of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback.
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Malaysia Vasudevan died from the gangrene on 20 February 2011 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.