Chennai:
Reacting
to
the
demise
of
91-year-old
veteran
composer
TK
Ramamurthy
(TKR),
musician
MS
Viswanathan
(MSV)
says
he
has
lost
his
best
friend.
Ramamurthy
passed
away
on
Wednesday
at
his
residence
here
after
brief
illness.
Popularly
known
as
Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy
duo,
they
composed
music
for
hundreds
of
Tamil
films
in
over
a
decade
and
a
half.
Talking
to
IANS,
Viswanathan
told,
"I
feel
like
I
have
lost
my
best
friend
with
whom
I
had
shared
so
many
great
memories
over
the
years.
Even
after
we
parted
ways
in
the
1960s,
we
remained
friends
at
heart.
I
will
certainly
feel
his
loss." He
added,
"I
suggested
that
we
should
work
together
as
a
team.
Initially,
he
was
not
game
for
it,
but
I
convinced
him
with
great
difficulty.
We
had
great
memories
of
working
together
and
when
we
faced
differences,
we
amicably
parted
ways."
Viswanathan
further
said,
"We
may
have
stopped
working
together,
but
we
were
friends
at
heart
and,
therefore
we
buried
all
the
differences
and
worked
together
again.
Even
though
he
only
used
to
play
the
violin,
he
was
a
highly
proficient
musician."
He
added,
"He
would
supervise
most
of
my
compositions.
He
would
also
conduct
most
of
the
recordings
at
the
studio.
Since
he
hailed
from
a
family
of
musicians,
his
suggestions
were
always
respected
and
taken
seriously."
Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy
composed
chartbusters
for
films
such
as
Panam,
Padmini,
Raththa
Kaneer,
Pasa
Valai,
Sugam
Enge
and
Sorga
Vaasal.
They
split
in
1965
after
the
release
of
the
Tamil
film
Aayirathil
Oruvan.
In
1995,
they
reunited
after
30
years
to
work
for
Tamil
film
Engirundho
Vanthan.
Talking
about
their
unity,
MSV
said,
"Actor
NS
Krishnan
introduced
us
as
a
team
in
our
debut
film
Panam.
He
suggested
that
since
TKR
was
senior
to
me,
he
would
lead
me."