Background
He was married to Rajalakshmi, daughter of actress C. T. Rajakantham.
He was married to Rajalakshmi, daughter of actress C. T. Rajakantham.
Their son, T. L. Maharajan is also a popular playback singer. Music composers he sang for
In the 1950s, many music directors gave him memorable songs, including K. V. Mahadevan, South. M. Subbaiah Naidu, G. Govindarajulu Naidu, T. G. Lingappa, G. Ramanathan, Vedha, South. V. Venkatraman, T. R. Ramanathan, T. A. Kalyanam, Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy, M. South. Gnanamani, V. Dakshinamoorthy, South. Dakshinamurthi, G. K. Venkatesh, T. R. Pappa, Master Venu, A. M. Rajah, C. Ramchandra, Ghantasala, T. M. Ibrahim, South. Rajeswara Rao, South. Hanumantha Rao, T. Chalapathi Rao, P. Adinarayana Rao, M. Ranga Rao, M. B. Srinivasan and Shankar-Ganesh. Playback singers he sang with
He sang immemorable duets mostly with P. Leela and Jikki.
Others are M. L. Vasanthakumari, M. South. Rajeswari, L. R. Eswari, A. G. Rathnamala, A. P. Komala, North. L. Ganasaraswathi, Radha Jayalakshmi, K. Jamuna Rani, K. Rani and University R. Chandra.
He also sang duets with male singers with most notably with Seerkazhi Govindarajan and Mariyappa. Others are South. C. Krishan, T. M. Soundararajan, G. Ramanathan, P. B. Sreenivas, K. Chellamuthu, V. T. Rajagopalan, G. K. Venkatesh and T. L. Maharajan.