Vasudevan was rechristened Malaysia Vasudevan by A.

His first big break came when Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan made him sing 'Kaalam Seyyum Vilaiyattu' in Kumasthavin Magal. Viswanathan heard Vasudevan and gave him a small piece of a song in Bharatha Vilas (he sang for the Punjabi in 'Indhiya Naadu En Veedu') and then a song in Thalai Prasavam. After that, he joined the Pavalar Brothers troupe which was run by Ilaiyaraaja and his brothers.ĭuring a stage performance, music director M. This chance was made possible by his friendship with the film's producer Pollachi Rathnam. It was a comedy song 'Paalu Vikkira Padma Un Paalu Romba Suthhama?', for the music director V. Malaysia Vasudevan's first major song was in the film Delhi to Madras, that starred Jaishankar and Srividya. Venkatesh, for whom Ilaiyaraaja was working as the assistant. He even sang a song for the film under the baton of G. Vasudevan came with the group to Chennai and acted in the film Raththa Paei. The producers of one of his plays Ratha Paei, wanted to make it into a film. When Vasudevan grew up, he attached himself to Tamil drama troupes in Malaysia as an actor and singer. Vasudevan started singing on stage when he was eight. He first started learning music from his father and later on, his brother taught him. Chattu Nair used to entertain the estate labourers by singing. Malaysia Vasudevan had once said that all his family members, except his mother Ammalu, were singers. As such, Tamil became his language of choice, at school and at home.Ĭhattu Nair was musically inclined and all his children grew up with a natural ability to sing and appreciate music. Even though he was a Malayali, as was the case with the majority of contemporary South Indian migrants to Malaya then, his surroundings in Malaysia was dominated by the Tamil language and culture. Vasudevan was born on 15 June 1944 as their eighth and youngest child. After a few years, Chattu Nair married Ammalu in an arranged marriage. They became labourers in the rubber estates in Rajaghiri estate, Kuala Selangor. Chattu Nair of Ottappalam and Ammalu of Polpulli, along with their families migrated to British Malaya in search of a livelihood.

Malaysia Vasudevan's parents were from Palakkad.

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