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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Pukazhenthi<br />
| image = Pukazhenthi.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| image_size = 130px<br />
| birth_name = T. K. Velappan Nair<br />
| alias =<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|9|27}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2005|2|27|1929|9|27}}<br />
| death_place = Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India<br />
| instrument =<br />
| genre = [[Film score]], theatre<br />
| occupation = [[Composer]], [[music director]]<br />
| years_active = 1955–2005<br />
| label =<br />
| associated_acts = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''T. K. Velappan Nair''' (27 September 1929 – 27 February 2005), popularly known as '''Pukazhenthi''', was an [[India]]n [[music director]] of [[Malayalam film|Malayalam]], [[Tamil film|Tamil]] and [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu films]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Pukazhenthi was born on 27 September 1929, in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], to Keshapillai and Janaki Amma. He did his schooling at V. M. School, Chala. He adopted the name of the famous Tamil poet Pukazhenthi on starting his career as a music director. He started his career as a music director scoring music for the songs of the Tamil play ''Thozhan''. His guru M. P. Sivam (M. Parameswaran Nair) introduced him to music director [[K. V. Mahadevan]], which was a turning point in his career. Pukezhenthi worked as Mahadevan's associate in 250 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. After scoring music for a few Tamil films, Pukazhenthi debuted in Malayalam with ''[[Muthalali]]'' (1965). Within a career spanning more than 15 years, he scored just 12 films in Malayalam, but most of them had several evergreen songs. He also scored a few Tamil and Telegu films, and some devotional songs in all the four South Indian languages. His last work came in 1995. He died aged 75 in a hotel room in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on 27 February 2005 after a [[cardiac arrest]].<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
;Malayalam<br />
* ''[[Muthalali]]'' (1965)<br />
* ''[[Bhagyamudra]]'' (1967)<br />
* ''[[Vilakuranja Manushyar]]'' (1969)<br />
* ''[[Kochaniyathi]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Moonu Pookkal]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Vithukal]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Sneehadeepame Mizhi Thurakku]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Rakkuyil]]'' (1973)<br />
* ''[[Kalyana Sougandhikam (1975 film)|Kalyana Sougandhikam]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Agniparvatham]]'' (1979)<br />
* ''[[Arayannam]]'' (1981)<br />
* ''[[Hima Nandini]]'' (1995)<br />
;Tamil<br />
* ''[[Selviyin Selvan]]'' (1968)<br />
* ''[[Gurudakshinai]]'' (1969)<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/03/04/stories/2005030402110300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317083638/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/03/04/stories/2005030402110300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2005|title=Melodious journey | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 March 2005}}<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/mmdb/657|title=പുകഴേന്തി (1929 - 2005)}}<br />
* {{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/28/stories/2005022808080400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414191803/http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/28/stories/2005022808080400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2005|title=Pukazhenthi dead | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 February 2005}}<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian composers]]<br />
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