His first song in Malayalam was for film Lokaneethi (1952), music director being the composer V. He also appeared in Devadas in a small role.
He also acted and sang in the Telugu film Pakkinti Ammayi (1953) directed by Chittajalu Pullayya. His first Telugu film was Adarsham (1952). Viswanathan's composition Naame Jeeva Sugam with P. Rajah however sang all the songs in this film including M.
Viswanathan (his first film), who was looking for films. Nagoor's Genova (1952), an M.G.R starrer, but he passed on this opportunity to M. He was booked early in his cinema life as one of the music composers (others being T. Rajah, with instant popularity after the Samsaram songs came on the air, went on to sing in various languages, including Hindi and was the uncrowned prince of the South in the early and mid 50's. By this time Rajah was also already recording songs for the films Rajambal and Kumari with music composers M. Vasan listened to these songs and, impressed, booked him for his next film, Samsaram (1951) with the approval of his music director, Emani Sankara Sastry, and also his good friend Kalki Krishnamurthy. Mahadevan for HMV which were broadcast by All India Radio. He was also highly influenced by the Hindi and Gazal music and was the only answer from the South to North Indian singers like Talat Mehmood,Mukesh,Rafi and Hemanta Kumar.ĭuring his University days, Rajah wrote, composed and sang two songs in his mother tongue, Telugu, with the instrumental support of the music director K.
He was well versed with Carnatic Music and Western music. By this time, Rajah was an accomplished piano player and had won several prizes in singing competitions. His tertiary education was at Pachaiyappa's College from where he graduated with a B.A. His father died when he was three years old and then the family moved to Madras (Chennai). Rajah was born on 1 July 1929 in Ramachandrapuram, Chittoor District in present day Andhra Pradesh to Manmadharaju and Lakshmamma.
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