Malaysia vasudevan passed away at private hospital in Chennai
Singer Malaysia Vasudevan
was admitted to a Chennai hospital
after he suffered a cardiac arrest and just now he as passed away...
was admitted to a Chennai hospital after he suffered a cardiac arrest and just now he as passed away...Chinmaye says: The voice of Thenkizhakku Cheemaiyila. A song I love. An end of another era.
May his soul Rest in Piece
and 
Malaysia Vasudevan is a Tamil singer
who was born in Malaysia. He moved to India and found a career as a singer and actor in stage plays. Later, he started singing for movies and, to date, has nearly 8,000 songs in Tamil and over 4,000 songs in other South Indian languages to his credit. He has also acted in nearly 85 films. His first song was for the film "Delhi to Madras". He then did a stint with M.S.Viswanathan and was eventually sought by Ilaiyaraja and Bharathiraja to sing in the film "16 Vayathinile". He has also sung few songs in Hindi. He has been awarded "Kalaimamani" by the Tamil Nadu Government.
who was born in Malaysia. He moved to India and found a career as a singer and actor in stage plays. Later, he started singing for movies and, to date, has nearly 8,000 songs in Tamil and over 4,000 songs in other South Indian languages to his credit. He has also acted in nearly 85 films. His first song was for the film "Delhi to Madras". He then did a stint with M.S.Viswanathan and was eventually sought by Ilaiyaraja and Bharathiraja to sing in the film "16 Vayathinile". He has also sung few songs in Hindi. He has been awarded "Kalaimamani" by the Tamil Nadu Government.Veteran Tamil director A.P. Nagarajan christened him as "Malaysia Vasudevan". He has worked with many music directors such as M.S.Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraja, Shankar-Ganesh, Deva, A.R.Rahman
, and Vidyasagar. After T.M.Sounderajan, he was called as ghost voice for Sivaji Ganesan.
, and Vidyasagar. After T.M.Sounderajan, he was called as ghost voice for Sivaji Ganesan.He has also acted in a good number of Tamil films. Some of his films include Mudhal Vasantham (with Sathyaraj),Oomai Vizhigal (with Vijayakant), Kathanayagan (with Pandiyarajan) Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (with Kamal Hassan), Jallikattu, Thiruda Thiruda, Amaidhippadai, Povae Unnakaga, Punnagai Desam, Kokki etc.
Besides acting in films, he has acted in good number of tele serials. He son Yugendran Vasudevan Nayar has acted in many film in Tamil and other languages. His daughter Prashanthini is a playback singer. She has sung songs like "Mundhinam" in the movie Vaaranam Ayiram
and other songs.
and other songs.Malaysia Vasudevan died on 20 February 2011 at 1.00 PM at Chennai, Tamilnadu.