Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] P Leela was born in 1934, in,, Kerala to V.K. Kunjanmenon and Porayath Meenakshi Amma. She was the youngest of the three daughters – Sharadha, Bhanumathi and Leela.
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V K Kunjanmenon was working as a teacher in Ramavarma Higher Secondary School at Ernakulam. V.K.Menon was passionate about music 'We were three girls in our family and I was the youngest. My father wanted us to learn Carnatic music and all three of us used to sing well, My father was solely responsible for making me a singer.' Starting at the age of 13, she has sung about 5000 film songs in all the South Indian languages –,, and.
She also sang for a and in movies. Her songs are known for their emotional touch and classical discipline. She made a name for herself by singing in her mellifluous voice both for the film industry and in. She considered it an honor to have sung in the same period as, and – three giants of Carnatic Music. She has worked under all great music directors and has sung with all the major singers of the South Indian film industry. Career [ ] Leela had a gifted voice. Thiribuvana Manibhagavadhar, the uncle of musician was her first guru.
Later she learnt from Paththamadai Krishna Ayyar, Maruthuvakudi Rajagopala Iyer and Rama Bhagavathar. Leela was trained in Carnatic music by doyens such as and. Vadakkancheri Ramabhagavadhar was a close friend of Menon. He had settled down in Madras.
He would invite Menon and Leela to Madras to learn music whenever he visited Ernakulam. The headmistress of the school where Leela was studying advised her father to take her to Madras for further training in music. It was Menon's ambition to make his youngest daughter an accomplished singer.
Menon resigned his job in Ernakulam and took Leela to Madras in 1944. They stayed with Vadakkancheri Ramabagavathar in and the 10-year-old Leela started learning in style. Her father was particular that Leela do (practice music) early in the morning. In Madras, Leela had opportunities to listen concerts of singers like,,, and others.
Leela said this 'kelvi gnanam' (learning music by listening) helped her much in fine-tuning music and molding her. Leela sang at many music competitions in the city winning prizes in 1946. Gave her the first concert at Andra Mahila Sabha. Leela was giving concerts in various places.
Entry into film industry [ ] Columbia Recording Company was looking for a female voice and the manager Ganabathirama Iyer recommended Leela. She was appointed as their artiste. This paved the way for her entry into films. In Tamil, was the first movie to introduce playback singing.
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Came up with the innovative idea of replacing the soundtrack with voice and the playback system was introduced in Tamil cinema in 1938. It gradually got acceptance and many singers entered the movie world. 'I was introduced at a time when actresses were singing for themselves,' reminisces Leela. When she landed in Madras she did not know Tamil or Telugu. She used to write the song in Malayalam and practice them to perfection. Once she started her career as playback singer she arranged tutors and learnt other languages. She got her first offer to sing in 1948 for a Tamil movie.
Her father was initially reluctant but later he was persuaded to accept. Leela made her debut as playback singer in the movie Kanganam. She sang her first song, Sree Varalakshmi., when she was just 13 years old. Padmanabhasastry was the music director of the film. She sang all the songs for the heroine in that film.
After her debut in Kanganam, for two decades and more she was the most sought-after playback singer in South Indian Cinema. In 1948 she sang Paaduka Poonkuyile for the Malayalam movie Nirmala, though, made in 1938, was the first Malayalam 'talkie' with a sound track. Balan was produced by T.R Sundaram for Modern Theatres, Salem, with as the director.
Telugu Movies [ ] In 1949 Leela made her debut in singing in three films: Manadesam, and. Singer and music director (with whom Leela has sung the most number of songs) introduced Leela in Manadesam. She sang all the songs for the heroine in the film Gunasundari Katha.