Background
Pukazhenthi was born on 27 September 1929, in Thiruvananthapuram, to Keshapillai and Janaki Amma.
Pukazhenthi was born on 27 September 1929, in Thiruvananthapuram, to Keshapillai and Janaki Amma.
He did his schooling at V. M. School, Chala. He adopted the name of the famous poet Pukazhenthi on starting his career as a music director He started his career as a music director scoring music for the songs of the play Thozhan.
His guru M. P. Sivam (M Parameswaran Nair) introduced him to music director K. V. Mahadevan, which was a turning point in his career.
Pukezhenthi worked as Mahadevan"s associate in 250 films in, Telugu and After scoring music for a few films, Pukazhenthi debuted in with.
Within a career spanning more than 15 years, he scored just 12 films in, but most of them had several evergreen songs. He also scored a few and Telegu films, and some devotional songs in all the four South Indian languages.
His last work came in 1995.