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Chidambaram Sundaram Jayaraman orC. S. Jayaraman (Tamil: சி. எஸ். ஜெயராமன்) (6 January 1917 – 29 January 1995) was a noted actor, music director and a successfulplayback singer, whose numerous songs were featured in manyTamil films from 1940s and 1960s.

Jayaraman hailed from the temple townChidambaram and his father was the noted traditional Tamil music vocalist Sundaram Pillai. Jayaraman was a brother in law ofM. Karunanidhi, then the chief minister ofTamil Nadu, India. It was through the courtesy of Jayaraman, who had solicited a movie-industry career to Karunanidhi as a good script writer to the senior script writer-cum-director Arul Soosai Arokiya Sami, popularly known asA. S. A. Sami. M. Karunanidhi entered the Tamil movie world in 1947 in the A. S. A. Sami directed movieRajakumari, which starredM. G. Ramachandran in the hero role.

Jayaraman was born on 6 January 1917. He had begun acting in Tamil movies in 1934. The names of movies he had starred in includeKrishna Leela (1934),Bhakta Duruvan (1935),Nalla Thangaal (1935),Leelavathi Sulochana (1936),Izhantha Kaadhal (1941),Poompaavai (1944) andKrishna Bakthi (1948).

In addition, he was the sole music director for the Tamil moviesUdayanan Vaasavathatha (1946) andRatha Kanneer (1954). For two movies,Vijayakumari (1950) andKrishna Vijayam (1950), he functioned as a co-music director as well. Jayaraman's giftedtremolo voice and his enunciation of Tamil words had a mystic charm and grace, to the point that he had the title "Tamil Isai Chittar" (Tamil: தமிழ் இசை சித்தர்), which reads as Tamil Music Mystic. Jayaraman also had sung a number of songs in Kannada. One of his Kannada songs,Shivappa Kayo thande, fromBedara Kannappa starringRajkumar, became a huge hit and is played even today.

Jayaraman is one of those singers who have performed full-fledgedTirukkural concerts.^[1]

Jayaraman died on 29 January 1995, 23 days after his 78th birthday.

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