P. A. Periyanayaki
Born(1927-04-14)14 April 1927
Thiruvadhigai, Panruti, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu
Died1990 (aged 6263)
NationalityIndian
Known forPlayback Singer, actress
ParentMother: Adhilakshmi

P. A. Periyanayaki (14 April 1927 – 1990) was an Indian playback singer and actress who worked mainly in Tamil-language films. She also performed stage concerts as a Carnatic singer.

Early life

She hails from Thiruvadhigai near Panruti.[1] Her mother Adhilakshmi was a singer and was fondly called "Panruti Ammal" Periyanayaki is the youngest of Adhilakshmi's 3 children. Others are Balasubramanian and Rajamani. Adhilakshmi went to Sri Lanka with her 3 children and was performing music concerts there. When her health deteriorated, she returned to India with her children and settled in Chennai.

Periyanayaki studied up to 7th Standard in the C. S. M. School at Thiruvallikeni.[2]

Film career

In 1940, Periyanayaki's sister P. A. Rajamani got a chance to act in a Tamil film Urvashiyin Kadhal. P. A. Periyanayaki also got the chance to act and sing in that film[1] as a heavenly maiden. So she had to leave the school and had to go to Salem with her mother.

Periyanayaki trained in Carnatic music from her mother and from Pathamadai Sundara Iyer. She performed stage concerts.

She had a captivating voice and singing talent. Therefore, she was able to enter the Tamil Cinema.

In 1941 AVM produced a full-length comedy film Sabapathy. Periyanayaki performs a stage Carnatic music concert as a scene in the film. Apart from that, she sang 2 songs in this film.

She featured in Dharma Veeran (1941), En Manaivi (1942), Manonmani (1942), Panchamirtham (1942), Prabhavathi (1942), Sivalinga Satchi (1942), Mahamaya (1944), Vichitra Vanitha (1947), Vedhala Ulagam (1948), Geetha Gandhi (1949), Krishna Bakthi (1949) and Koondukili (1954).

She lent voice to heroine Rukmini in Sri Valli in 1945 for the first time as a playback singer. She sang all the songs overnight and the technicians had to work round the clock to get them ready for the film.[1]

She featured as Narada in Rukmangadhan and as Satyabhama in Krishna Bakthi.

She featured as the heroine in Ekambavanan (1947).

Some of her songs

  • Thiruvadi Malarale – Raga: Desh, Film: Prabhavathi
  • Thirumaadhu Valar Ponnaadu, Vellimalaikedhiraai Vilangum Ezhumalaiyaan – Film: Prabhavathi
  • Yen Manam Kavarndha – Film: Lavanya (1951) Music: S. V. Venkatraman
  • Jeeviya Bhagyame, Vettunda Kaigal, Kanniye Maamari Thaaye, Arul Thaarum Deva Mathaave – Film: Gnana Soundari (1948), Music: S. V. Venkatraman
  • Chinthai Arindhu Vaadi – Film: Sri Valli, Lyricist: Papanasam Sivan, Music: R. Sudarsanam
  • Neeli Magan Nee Allavo – Raga: Karaharapriya, Film: Malaikkallan
  • Jeeva Oliyaaga – Film: Paithiyakaran, (playback for T. A. Mathuram)

Filmography

As Singer/Actress

YearFilmRoleDirectorBannerRemarks
1940Urvashiyin KadhalC. V. RamanParimala Pictures
Modern Theatres
First film
1940Uthama PuthiranT. R. SundaramModern Theatres
1941Dharma VeeranB. SampathkumarModern Theatres
1942En ManaiviSundar Rao NadkarniAVM Productionsnot credited in the film
ManonmaniT. R. SundaramModern Theatres
PanchamirthamJithan BanerjiBalaji-Eswar Films
Sivalinga SatchiS. NodaniModern Theatres
1944MahamayaT. R. RaghunathJupiter Pictures
PrabhavathiKurathiT. R. RaghunathKrishna Pictures
1946Sakata YogamR. PadmanabanR. Padmanaban
1947EkambavananB. N. RaoSaravanabhava PicturesHeroine against Kothamangalam Seenu
1947Vichitra VanithaK. SubramanyamMadras United Artists Corporation
1948Vedhala UlagamA. V. MeiyappanAVM Productions
1949Geetha GandhiSaradaK. SubramanyamMadras United Artists Corporation
Krishna BakthiSatyabhamaR. S. ManiKrishna Pictures
1954KoondukiliT. R. RamannaR. R. Pictures

As Playback singer

References

  1. 1 2 3 Guy, Randor (28 December 2007). "Sri Valli – 1945". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. "இசைக்குயில் பி. ஏ. பெரியநாயகி" [Music Cuckoo P. A. Periyanayaki]. Pesum Padam (in Tamil): 10–14. February 1948.
Songs in her very first film Urvashiyin Kadhal
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