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{{Short description|Indian actor and playback singer(1914–1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = K. R. Ramasamy
| image = KRRamasamy1.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Kumbakonam Ramabadran Ramasamy
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1914|4|14}}
| birth_place = Ammachatram
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1971|August|5|1914|April|14}}
| death_place =
| other_names =
| citizenship =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|Playback singer}}
| years_active =
| known_for =
| spouse = Kalyani
| children = 2
}}
'''Kumbakonam Ramabadran Ramasamy''' (14 April 1914 – 5 August 1971), also known by his initials '''KRR''', was an Indian actor and playback singer who worked mainly in Tamil theatre and [[Tamil cinema|cinema]]. He was born in [[Kumbakonam]] and was active during the early days of Tamil cinema. He was also the first actor who also dwelled into politics mainly with [[Dravidar Kazhagam]] and later with [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]], thus setting a trend for many other to follow.<ref name="trend" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangaraj |first=R. |date=14 September 2021 |title=Actor who was a martyr for Dravidian movement |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/actor-who-was-a-martyr-for-dravidian-movement/articleshow/86189122.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914142314/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/actor-who-was-a-martyr-for-dravidian-movement/articleshow/86189122.cms |archive-date=14 September 2021 |access-date=16 October 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Early life ==
K. R. Ramasamy was born on 14 April 1914,<ref name="HinduTamil" /> as the third child of Ramabadra Chettiar and Kuppammal at Ammachathram near Kumbakonam. He ceased formal education after the [[fourth grade]] due to lack of interest, and started taking formal musical training from the [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] musician [[Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai]].<ref name="kalyanamalaimagazine" />

== Personal life ==
Ramasamy married Kalyani, his co-star in various plays,<ref name="kalyanamalaimagazine" /> and the couple had two children. Ramasamy died of cancer on 5 August 1971.<ref name="trend" />

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| 1935
| [[Menaka (1935 film)|''Menaka'']]
|
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="Menaka" />
|-
| 1941
| ''[[Gumasthavin Penn]]''
| V. P. Var
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="trend" />
|-
| 1944
| ''[[Poompavai]]''
| Thirugnana Sambandhar
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=16 August 2014 |title=Poompaavai 1944 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-1944-tamil-classic-movie-poompaavai/article6324272.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102151826/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-1944-tamil-classic-movie-poompaavai/article6324272.ece |archive-date=2 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1947 ||''[[Deiva Neethi]]''
|Hunter
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=11 December 2010 |title=Deiva Neethi 1947 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Deiva-Neethi-1947/article15589269.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191008064945/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Deiva-Neethi-1947/article15589269.ece |archive-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Kangkanam]]''
|
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="HinduTamil" />
|-
| 1948
| [[Bilhana (film)|''Bilhana'']]
| [[Bilhana]]
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=29 June 2013 |title=Bilhana (1948) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/bilhana-1948/article4863299.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408224631/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/bilhana-1948/article4863299.ece |archive-date=8 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Krishna Bhakthi]]''
|[[Krishna]]
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=15 February 2008 |title=Krishna Bhakthi 1948 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/krishna-bhakthi-1948/article3022555.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230164630/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/krishna-bhakthi-1948/article3022555.ece |archive-date=30 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1949 ||''[[Velaikari|Velaikkari]]''
|Anandan
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=316}}
|-
| 1950 || [[Vijayakumari (film)|''Vijayakumari'']]
|Vijayan
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=5 November 2009 |title=Blast from the past: Vijayakumari (1950) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Vijayakumari-1950/article16890418.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328022057/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Vijayakumari-1950/article16890418.ece |archive-date=28 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Or Iravu]]''
|
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=23 October 2010 |title=Blast from the past: Ore Iravu (1951) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Ore-Iravu-1951/article15789520.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305154639/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Ore-Iravu-1951/article15789520.ece |archive-date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1952
| [[Kanchana (1952 film)|''Kanchana'']]
|
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=19 August 2010 |title=Kanchana 1952 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Kanchana-1952/article16137698.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114052953/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Kanchana-1952/article16137698.ece |archive-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Sorgavasal]]''
| Madivanna
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=338}}
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Thuli Visham]]''
|
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 2009 |title=Thuli Visham (1954) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/thuli-visham-1954/article3022292.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218201113/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/thuli-visham-1954/article3022292.ece |archive-date=18 February 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Sugam Enge]]''
|
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="Pattukkuyil" />
|-
| 1955 || [[Menaka (1955 film)|''Menaka'']]
|
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="Menaka" />
|-
| 1955 ||''[[Needhipathi]]''
|Manickkam
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="Pattukkuyil" />
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Chella Pillai]]''
|Mani
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=24 September 2009 |title=Blast from the past |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past/article16883226.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203045653/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past/article16883226.ece |archive-date=3 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Sadhaaram]]''
|
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="Pattukkuyil" />
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Avan Amaran]]''
| Arul
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=353}}
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Kanniyin Sabatham]]''
|
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=1958 – கன்னியின் சபதம் – ஜூபிடர் புரொடக்சன்ஸ் |trans-title=1958 – Kanniyin Sabatham – Jupiter Productions |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1958-cinedetails7.asp |url-status=usurped |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=Tamil |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-date=2 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170602153100/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1958-cinedetails7.asp }}</ref>
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Thalai Koduthaan Thambi]]''
| Inbasekaran
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam]]''
| Guest Appearance
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{Cite book |title=Ethaiyum Thangum Ithayam Song Book |publisher=Perina Printers, 77 General Patters Road, Madras}}</ref>
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Senthamarai (film)|Senthamarai]]''
| Lawyer
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=25 May 2017 |title=Senthamarai (1962) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/senthamarai-1962/article18574986.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191004085249/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/senthamarai-1962/article18574986.ece |archive-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 1966 ||''[[Nadodi]]''
|Neurologist
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=13 February 2016 |title=Naadodi (1966)tamil |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-naadodi-1966/article8232587.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604095748/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-naadodi-1966/article8232587.ece |archive-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Arasa Kattalai]]''
|
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=23 April 2016 |title=Arasa Kattalai (1967) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-arasa-kattalai-1967/article8513630.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424085653/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-arasa-kattalai-1967/article8513630.ece |archive-date=24 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1969
| [[Nam Naadu (1969 film)|''Nam Naadu'']]
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=400}}
|}

== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Song !! Composer !! Co-singer
|-
| rowspan=7|1944 || rowspan=7|''[[Poompavai]]'' || Thodudaiya Seviyan || rowspan=7|Addepalli Rama Rao ||
|-
| Om Namasivayam Enave ||
|-
| Om Namasivaya Enum Namam ||
|-
| Mandhiram Aavadhu Neeru ||
|-
| Sivamadhe Mudhan Maiyana Deivam ||
|-
| Mattitta Punnaiyanganan ||
|-
| Sivasiva Siva Sankarane ||
|-
| 1947 || ''[[Deivaneethi]]'' || Nirabaraathi Naane Nijamidhu Thaane || M. S. Gnanmani ||
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Kangkanam]]'' || || H. R. Padmanabha Sastry ||
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Bilhana (film)|Bilhana]]'' || || [[Papanasam Sivan]]
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Krishna Bhakthi]]''|| Pennulagilae || [[S. V. Venkatraman]], [[G. Ramanathan]]<br />& [[Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1949 || rowspan=3|''[[Velaikari]]'' || Innamum Paaraamugam Enamma || rowspan=3|[[C. R. Subburaman]] ||
|-
| Eppadi Vaazhven Ini ||
|-
| Neethan Allaamal Thunai Yaar ||
|-
| 1950 || ''[[Vijayakumari (film)|Vijayakumari]]'' || Katchi Yaavaiyum || [[C. R. Subburaman]] || [[T. R. Rajakumari]] & [[A. L. Raghavan]]
|-
| rowspan=3|1951 || rowspan=3|''[[Or Iravu]]'' || Kottu Murase || rowspan=3|[[R. Sudarsanam]] || [[M. S. Rajeswari]] & V. J. Varma
|-
| Enna Ulagamada ||
|-
| Paadi Thiriyum ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Kanchana (1952 film)|Kanchana]]'' || Ullam Kavarndha En || [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]] || [[P. A. Periyanayaki]]
|-
| rowspan=14|1954 || rowspan=14|''[[Sorgavasal]]'' || Nilave Nilave Aada Vaa || rowspan=14|[[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]] || [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]]
|-
| Nilave Nilave Aada Vaa (pathos) ||
|-
| Kannithamizh Saalaiyoram Solaiyile ||
|-
| Aanandam Paarai Kanne ||
|-
| Samarasa Nilai Arul Sannidhaanam ||
|-
| Engum Niraivaana Jothiye ||
|-
| Raajaa Magal Raani ||
|-
| Engum Inbame Ulagengum Inbame ||
|-
| Maavodu Thazhuvum Malarkkodi Pole || [[P. Leela]]
|-
| Enge Sorgam Enge Sorgam || [[Nagore E. M. Hanifa]]
|-
| Veeram Serindha Mugam || [[T. V. Rathnam]]
|-
| Engum Niraivaana Jothiye ||
|-
| Maasillaatha Maamani Manonmani || [[M. S. Rajeswari]]
|-
| Aagum Neriyedhu ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1954 || rowspan=3|''[[Thuli Visham]]'' || Samadhithaal Endrum || rowspan=3|[[K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai]] || [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]]
|-
| Vaazhvadhakendre Pirandhom Naam ||
|-
| Vinnile Thavazhum Madhi ||
|-
| rowspan=6|1954 || rowspan=6|''[[Sugam Enge]]'' || Senthamizh Naattu Solaiyile || rowspan=6|[[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]] || [[Jikki]]
|-
| Onnaa Renda Edhu ||
|-
| Kannai Kavarum Azhagu Valai || [[A. P. Komala]]
|-
| Kannnil Thondrum Kaatchi Yaavum || [[Jikki]]
|-
| Sugam Enge Sugam Enge
|-
| Senthamizh Naattu Solaiyile || [[Jikki]]
|-
| rowspan=4|1955 || rowspan=4|''[[Menaka (1955 film)|Menaka]]'' || Karpanai Ulagile Soppanam || rowspan=4|[[C. N. Pandurangan]] & [[Vedha (composer)|Vedha]] ||
|-
| Azhagin Dheivam Arivin Sigaram || [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]]
|-
| Manam Pola Ini Vaazhalaam || [[Radha Jayalakshmi]]
|-
| Sugamaana Isaiyaagum Vaazhve ||
|-
| rowspan=4|1955 || rowspan=4|''[[Needhipathi]]'' || Parakkudhu Paar Pori || rowspan=4|[[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]] || [[A. P. Komala]]
|-
| Uruvam Kandu En Manasu || [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
|-
| Jilu Jilunnu Jolikkum Mittaai ||
|-
| Varuvaar Varuvaarendru ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1955 || rowspan=2|''[[Chella Pillai]]'' || Inbame Neethaan Endhan || rowspan=2|[[R. Sudarsanam]] ||
|-
| Kaniyum Suvaiyum Servadhupole ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1956 || rowspan=3|''[[Sadhaaram]]'' || Nal Vaaku Nee Kodadi || rowspan=3|[[G. Ramanathan]] ||
|-
| Rajaathi Kanee Rajaathi ||
|-
| Villaadhi Villanadaa.... Thullaattam Pottadhellaam ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1958 || rowspan=3|''[[Avan Amaran]]'' || Van Pasiyaale Thudikkiraar Inge || rowspan=3|T. M. Ibrahim ||
|-
| Ezhaiyai Kozhai Endru Ninaikkudhu ||
|-
| Kanavo Sol Kaadhal ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Kanniyin Sabatham]]'' || Pallam Medulla Paadhaiyile || [[T. G. Lingappa]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1962 || rowspan=2|''[[Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam]]'' || Ullam Thedadhe Endru Solludhe || rowspan=2|[[T. R. Pappa]] || [[S. Janaki]]
|-
| Kannum Kannum Kalandhadhanaal || [[S. Janaki]]
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Senthamarai (film)|Senthamarai]]'' || Paada Maatten Naan || [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
|}

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="trend">{{Cite news |last=Raman |first=Mohan V. |author-link=Mohan Raman |date=20 September 2014 |title=The man who started the trend |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/k-r-ramaswamy-the-man-who-started-the-trend/article6429708.ece |url-status=live |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103154151/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/k-r-ramaswamy-the-man-who-started-the-trend/article6429708.ece |archive-date=3 November 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="HinduTamil">{{Cite news |date=31 July 2015 |title=அண்ணாவின் செல்லப்பிள்ளைக்கு 100 வயது!- கே.ஆர். ராமசாமி நினைவலைகள் |trans-title=Anna's dear protégé is 100!- Reminiscences of K. R. Ramasamy |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/51562-100.html |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004075314/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/51562-100.html |archive-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
<ref name="kalyanamalaimagazine">{{Cite web |last=Majordasan |title=Potpourri of titbits about cinema - {{sic|R. K. Ramasamy|nolink=y}} |url=http://www.kalyanamalaimagazine.com/Content/Thiraichuvai/Sep10_16_30/Potpourri_of_titbits_about_Tamil_cinema_R_K_Ramasamy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190506091313/http://www.kalyanamalaimagazine.com/Content/Thiraichuvai/Sep10_16_30/Potpourri_of_titbits_about_Tamil_cinema_R_K_Ramasamy.html |archive-date=6 May 2019 |access-date=6 May 2019 |website=Kalyanamalai}}</ref>
<ref name="Menaka">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=4 September 2011 |title=Menaka 1955 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/menaka-1955/article2421868.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170629011224/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/menaka-1955/article2421868.ece |archive-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="Pattukkuyil">{{Cite book |last=Tamiḻppittaṉ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RV81AQAAIAAJ&q=%22%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87.+%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D.+%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%22+%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D |title=Pattuk kuyil Kannatacan |publisher=Vanati Patippakam |year=1980 |pages=57 |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706105351/https://books.google.com/books?id=RV81AQAAIAAJ&q=%22%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87.+%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D.+%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%22+%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D&dq=%22%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87.+%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D.+%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%22+%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D |url-status=live }}</ref>

</references>

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|id=1205102}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramasamy, K. R.}}
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:Actors in Tamil theatre]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in India]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Tamil male actors]]

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