R. Rathnam
Born
Jeeva Rathna

(1923-05-16)16 May 1923
Died9 January 2021(2021-01-09) (aged 97)
Bengaluru
NationalityIndian
OccupationMusic composer

Jeeva Rathna also known as R Rathna mononymously as R. Rathnam (16 May 1923 - 9 January 2021) was an Indian music composer [1] who had worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Tulu and Telugu film industry[2]

Career

Jeeva Rathna entered the Tamil film industry as an actor with Danashura Karna. He didn't get success in acting Later he showed interest in composing music to films and joined as an assistant music director Tamil film industry.[2] After getting experience in music he become full-fledged music composer in the movie "Mane Katti Nodu" in 1961starring Uday Kumar, Dwarakish, Meenakumari and others which became hit.[3]

Filmography

Year Film Language Director Producer Notes
1961 Mane Katti Nodu Kannada Sri Sadguru C. V. Shivashankar and Friends
1967 Padavidhara Kannada C. V. Shivashankar C. K. Gowda
1968 Namma Ooru Kannada C. V. Shivashankar J N Shetty, S N Rao, B S Narayan
1969 Kappu Bilupu Kannada Puttanna Kanagal Ravikumar
1969 Chaduranga Kannada N C Rajan Sakkamma
1971 Bandhavya Kannada K M Rathnakar, R Madhusudhan Sorat Ashwath, K M Rathnakar, R Madhusudhan

Awards

References

  1. "ಹಿರಿಯ ಸಂಗೀತ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ರತ್ನಂ ನಿಧನ! ಹಳೆಯ ನೆನಪುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡ ಹಿರಿಯ ನಟ ರಾಜೇಶ್‌". Vijay Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 "ಅಗಲಿದ ಹಿರಿಯ ಸಂಗೀತ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ - ಆರ್.ರತ್ನಂ". ಸಂಪದ. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. "A glance into the past". Deccan Herald. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. "Karnataka Government". karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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