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{{Short description|Indian violinist and composer}}
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| birth_date = 1943
| birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br/>(now [[Mysuru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]])
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| occupation = Violinist, composer
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| father = Gottuvadyam Seenivasa Iyengar
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'''V. S. Narasimhan''' (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 May 2011 |title=Memories of Madras – String of thoughts |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/memories-of-madras-string-of-thoughts/article2045243.ece |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111115339/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/memories-of-madras-string-of-thoughts/article2045243.ece |archive-date=11 January 2023}}</ref> is an Indian violinist and composer who worked in [[Cinema of South India|South Indian films]]. He is also the founder of the Madras String Quartet.

== Life ==
V. S. Narasimhan was born in Mysore.<ref>{{Cite web |last=John |date=2024-04-25 |title=இளையராஜாவின் வலதுகையாக விளங்கிய இசைக்கலைஞர்.. இந்த சூப்பர் ஹிட் பாட்டெல்லாம் இவரோட இசைதானா? |url=https://tamilminutes.com/ilayaraja-group-musician-vs-narasimman-composed-super-hit-songs/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511102846/https://tamilminutes.com/ilayaraja-group-musician-vs-narasimman-composed-super-hit-songs/ |archive-date=11 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Tamil Minutes |language=ta}}</ref> He is the son of the violinist Gottuvadyam Srinivasa Iyengar. He studied [[Carnatic music]] from age four under his father. Narasimhan also learnt Western classical music and entered [[Tamil cinema]] as a violinist, playing for all leading composers except [[G. Ramanathan]]. He even briefly tutored under [[Master Dhanraj]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balasubramanian |first=V. |date=21 July 2016 |title=V.S. Narasimhan's tryst with a capella |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/A-capella-twist-to-Tyagarja-kriti/article14500956.ece |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011124024/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/A-capella-twist-to-Tyagarja-kriti/article14500956.ece |archive-date=11 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okETXmSXj6E |title="ஆவரம்பூவு ஆறேழு நாளா" புகழ் இசையமைப்பாளர் வி.எஸ்.நரசிம்மன் பேட்டி |date=27 April 2020 |language=ta |publisher=videospathy |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011124120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okETXmSXj6E |archive-date=11 October 2022 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kolappan |first=B. |date=28 August 2015 |title=Trinity of western classical music |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/trinity-of-western-classical-music/article7592623.ece |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605235352/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/trinity-of-western-classical-music/article7592623.ece |archive-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> Narasimhan debuted as a composer with ''[[Achamillai Achamillai]]'' (1984),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dhananjayan |first=G. |title=The Best of Tamil Cinema, 1931 to 2010: 1977–2010 |publisher=Galatta Media |year=2011 |pages=87 |oclc=733724281 |author-link=G. Dhananjayan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=சேவியர் செல்வகுமார் |date=2025-05-28 |title=இளையராஜா உச்சத்தில் இருந்த காலத்தில் அவர் சாயலில் ஹிட் கொடுத்த 10 இசையமைப்பாளர்கள் |url=https://www.bbc.com/tamil/articles/cgkdzvp1rn3o.amp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250606025957/https://www.bbc.com/tamil/articles/cgkdzvp1rn3o.amp |archive-date=6 June 2025 |access-date=2025-06-06 |work=BBC News |language=Ta}}</ref> and also contributed to [[Ilaiyaraaja]]'s studio album ''[[How to Name It?]]''. In 1993, he founded the Madras String Quartet.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vipin |date=28 July 2015 |title=In Conversation with V S Narasimhan (Madras String Quartet) |url=https://www.musicaloud.com/2015/07/28/in-conversation-with-v-s-narasimhan-madras-string-quartet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905033833/https://www.musicaloud.com/2015/07/28/in-conversation-with-v-s-narasimhan-madras-string-quartet/ |archive-date=5 September 2022 |access-date=11 October 2022 |website=Music Aloud}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pillai |first=Karan |date=5 July 2019 |title=VS Narasimhan and the Madras String Quartet to perform in Chennai after five years |work=[[Indulge Express]] |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/music/2019/jul/05/vs-narasimhan-and-the-madras-string-quartet-to-perform-in-chennai-after-five-years-16183.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011124027/https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/music/2019/jul/05/vs-narasimhan-and-the-madras-string-quartet-to-perform-in-chennai-after-five-years-16183.html |archive-date=11 October 2022}}</ref> In 2010, Narasimhan was awarded the Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Excellence.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 December 2010 |title="Take Carnatic music to schools" |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/quotTake-Carnatic-music-to-schoolsquot/article15582938.ece |url-status=live |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209065741/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/quotTake-Carnatic-music-to-schoolsquot/article15582938.ece |archive-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> In 2024 he released a book ''Carnatic and Western Music- Blending the two Classical Music Systems''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-27 |title=Famed violinist V. S. Narasimhan to release his book 'Carnatic and Western Music'- Blending the two Classical Music Systems' |url=https://www.mylaporetimes.com/2024/01/famed-violinist-v-s-narasimhan-to-release-his-book-carnatic-and-western-music-blending-the-two-classical-music-systems/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Mylapore Times |language=en-US |archive-date=31 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331063236/https://www.mylaporetimes.com/2024/01/famed-violinist-v-s-narasimhan-to-release-his-book-carnatic-and-western-music-blending-the-two-classical-music-systems/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
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! Year !! Title
!Language
!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1984 || ''[[Achamillai Achamillai]]''
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Achamillai Achamillai |url=https://avdigital.in/products/achamillai-achamillai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120214000/https://avdigital.in/products/achamillai-achamillai |archive-date=20 January 2021 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=AVDigital}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Pudhiavan]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pudhiyavan Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/pudhiyavan-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012044359/https://macsendisk.com/product/pudhiyavan-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record/ |archive-date=12 October 2022 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Macsendisk}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Eeran Sandhya]]''
|[[Malayalam]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ഈറന്‍ സന്ധ്യ (1985) |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?628 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928194923/https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?628 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |language=ml}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1985 || ''[[Yaar? (film)|Yaar?]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yaar Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by V.S.Narasimhan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/yaar-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-v-s-narasimhan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222100158/https://mossymart.com/product/yaar-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-v-s-narasimhan/ |archive-date=22 February 2022 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kalyana Agathigal]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kalyana Agathigal Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by V S Narasimhan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/kalyana-agathigal-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-v-s-narasimhan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015040013/https://mossymart.com/product/kalyana-agathigal-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-v-s-narasimhan/ |archive-date=15 October 2021 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Mugila Mallige]]''
|[[Kannada]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mugila Mallige (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/mugila-mallige-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1331008712 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209081657/https://music.apple.com/us/album/mugila-mallige-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1331008712 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986 || ''[[Kadaikan Parvai]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kadaikan Parvai Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by V.S.Narasimhan |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/kadaikan-parvai/umc.cmc.tl792qnkkem64cexhuaa4lot }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 July 2016 |title=மணிரத்னம் டைரக்ஷனில் இதயக்கோயில் |url=https://www.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/07/03221613/1023195/cine-history-mani-ratnam.vpf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190103061350/https://www.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/07/03221613/1023195/cine-history-mani-ratnam.vpf |archive-date=3 January 2019 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=[[Maalai Malar]] |language=ta}}</ref>
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Vanna Kanavugal]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=சுரா |date=20 March 2015 |title=அஞ்சலி {{!}} அமீர்ஜான் - வைரமுத்துவைக் கதாசிரியராக அறிமுகப்படுத்தியவர்! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/35155-.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225114613/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/35155-.html |archive-date=25 February 2022 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref>
|-
|1988
| ''[[Kan Simittum Neram]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kan Simittum Neram Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record |url=https://mossymart.com/product/kan-simittum-neram-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024170018/https://mossymart.com/product/kan-simittum-neram-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record/ |archive-date=24 October 2021 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 September 1990 |title=Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal |pages=7 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=7 February 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Paasamalargal]]''
|Tamil
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=11 February 1994 |title=Fun with orphans |pages=6 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940211&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=9 February 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb person|1459614}}

[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian violinists]]
[[Category:Carnatic violinists]]
[[Category:Indian film score composers]]
[[Category:Tamil film score composers]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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