Kalki Sadasivam

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Kalki Sadasivam
freedom fighter, singer, film producer
Spouse(s)	Apithakuchambal (d. 1938) M. S. Subbulakshmi (m. 1940)
Children	Radha Viswanathan Vijaya Rajedran S Thyagarajan (adopted)

Thiagaraja Sadasivam (4 September 1902 – 21 November 1997

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Life

Kalki Sadasivam was born in a

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Sadasivam had two daughters named Radha and Vijaya from his first wife, Smt. Apithakuchambal, who died in 1938. In July 1936, Sadasivam met

, who subscribed to his ideological and political views. The two eventually married on 10 July 1940 after his first wife died. Radha later became a popular musician in her own right.

Sadasivam worked for the Tamil publication Anand Vikatan in 1930s. He was a close friend of journalist and writer Kalki Krishnamurthy, with whom he co-founded the popular magazine Kalki in 1940. Sadasivam's nephew (sister's son) Ramachandran, known as Ambi in music circles, married Krishnamurthy's daughter Anandi.^[4] Sadasivam's two daughters, Radha and Vijaya, were married on the same day. Vijaya was married to Rajendran, son of Kalki Krishnamurthy.^[5]

Sadasivam died in 1997, at the age of 95, and his final rites were carried out in Chennai by his adopted son, S Thyagarajan.^[1]

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