M. D. Parthasarathy

M. D. Parthasarathy (21 September 1910 – August 1963) was an Indian music composer and actor, who worked mainly in Tamil cinema.

During his period at this university veterans like Ponniah Pillai (of the Thanjavur quartet family) and violinist and Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.S.

Parthasarathy who was well trained in Carnatic music found a place easily in talkies.

[2] 1936)]] Just when his cinematic career seemed to have hit a dead-end, Parthasarathy found work with Tiruchi Radio as a staff artiste.

It was S. S. Vasan calling him to be in-house music director for the Gemini banner which would become a household name in a few years.