[1] He was born into a Saurashtra family[2] as the fourth son of a jeweller Chelvam Achary in Sivaganga that was part of Ramnad district at that time.

As such, he had suddenly quit this drama troupe and joined Modern Theatres studio as a paid actor.

Likewise he has sung only one song for Sivaji Ganesan, that is from the film Raja Rani beginning Leelaa, laalee, adhu polee.

He also sang duets with female singers with most notably with T. V. Rathnam, Jikki, A. P. Komala, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, K. Rani, S. Janaki, P. Leela, M. S. Rajeswari, N. L. Ganasaraswathi, U. R. Chandra, Vadivambal, P. Suseela, G. Kasthoori, Swarnalatha, K. Swarna, L. R. Anjali, T. K. Kala, Manorama, C. Gomathi, Ponnammal, S. J. Kantha, Udutha Sarojini & Pathma.

He also sang with other male singers such as T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, Ghantasala, Thiruchi Loganathan, A. M. Rajah, T. A. Mothi, T. R. Mahalingam & Nagore E. M. Hanifa.

He sang with all other comedy singers too such as J. P. Chandrababu, N. S. Krishnan, K. Sarangapani, A. L. Raghavan, V. T. Rajagopalan, K. Chellamutthu, S. V. Ponnusamy, M. M. Muthu, Krishnamoorthy, C. Thangappan & Maadhavan.