Sapnay awaara bhanwara malaysia vasudevan biography

Indian playback singer (1900-2011)

Vasudevan (15 June 1941 – 20 February 2011),^[1] popularly known as Malaysia Vasudevan, was a prolific Malaysian Tamil playback singer and actor. Born in the town of Kuala Selangor in the Federated Malay States (present day Malaysia), he moved to Chennai, Tamil Nadu to work in the Kollywood film industry, where he rose to prominence. His voice was recently revived using AI in the song 'Manasilaayo' from the 2024 Tamil film Vettaiyan. ^[2] 1950s to 1960

Early life

Malaysia Vasudevan's parents were from Palakkad. Chattu Nair of Ottappalam and Ammalu of Polpulli, along with their families migrated to British Malaya in search of a livelihood. After a few years, Chattu Nair married Ammalu in an arranged marriage. Vasudevan was born on 15 June 1944 as their eighth and youngest child. Even though he was a Malayali, as was the case with the majority of contemporary South Indian migrants to Malay