Thiruchi Loganathan


Thiruchi Loganathan was a playback singer of the Tamil film industry. He is known for his work in movies such as Manthiri Kumari and Parasakthi. He was married to Rajalakshmi, daughter of actress C. T. Rajakantham and Kali N. Rathnam. His sons are, T. L. Maharajan, Deepan Chakravarthy, and T.L. Thyagarajan, who are also popular playback singers. It is believed he married actress Shanmugasundari. Shanmugasundari had five daughters, among them popular singer and actress T.K. Kala, but little is known about the father.

Career

Music composers he sang for

In the 1950s, many music directors including K. V. Mahadevan, S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, G. Govindarajulu Naidu, T. G. Lingappa, G. Ramanathan, Vedha, S. V. Venkatraman, T. R. Ramanathan, T. A. Kalyanam, Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy, M. S. Gnanamani, V. Dakshinamoorthy, S. Dakshinamurthi, G. K. Venkatesh, T. R. Pappa, Master Venu, A. M. Rajah, C. Ramchandra, Ghantasala, T. M. Ibrahim, S. Rajeswara Rao, S. Hanumantha Rao, T. Chalapathi Rao, P. Adinarayana Rao, M. Ranga Rao, M. B. Srinivasan and Shankar-Ganesh gave him opportunities to sing memorable songs.

Playback singers he sang with

He sang memorable duets mostly with P. Leela and Jikki. He also sang with many others including, M. L. Vasanthakumari, M. S. Rajeswari, L. R. Eswari, P. A. Periyanayaki, T. V. Rathinam, A. G. Rathnamala, A. P. Komala, N. L. Ganasaraswathi, Radha Jayalakshmi, K. Jamuna Rani, K. Rani, P. Suseela, S. Janaki and U. R. Chandra.
He also sang duets with male singers, most notably with Seerkazhi Govindarajan and Mariyappa. Other singers that he sang with include S. C. Krishnan, T. M. Soundararajan, G. Ramanathan, N. S. Krishnan, P. B. Sreenivas, K. Chellamuthu, V. T. Rajagopalan, G. K. Venkatesh and T. L. Maharajan.

Discography