Arkadu Parthasarathy Komala (28 August 1934 – 26 April 2024), commonly known as A. P. Komala, was an Indian playback singer. She sang songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada languages.
Career life She was a much sought after playback singer from the late 1940s till the mid-1960s in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies. She continued in Malayalam till the early 1970s, though she recorded very few songs in Tamil and Telugu during the 1960s.
Carnatic singer She was an 'A' grade Carnatic singer at All India Radio, Chennai.A. P. Komala AIR concert
Playback singers she sang with Male singers Sirkazhi Govindarajan, T. M. Soundararajan, A. M. Rajah, K. V. Mahadevan, T. A. Mothi, Ghantasala, Thiruchi Loganathan, C. S. Jayaraman, T. R. Mahalingam, K. R. Ramasamy, T. R. Ramachandran, J. P. Chandrababu, S. C. Krishnan, A. L. Raghavan, G. K. Venkatesh, P. B. Sreenivas, V. N. Sundaram, Mehboob, Kamukara Purushothaman, K. P. Udayabhanu, K. J. Yesudas, P. Jayachandran, Thankappan, M. Sathyam and Pithapuram Nageswara Rao.
Female singers P. Leela, K. Jamuna Rani, M. L. Vasanthakumari, N. L. Ganasaraswathi, T. V. Rathnam, K. Rani, P. Bhanumathi, S. Varalakshmi, R. Balasaraswathi Devi, Jikki, P. Susheela, A. G. Rathnamala, S. Janaki, Santha P. Nair, P. Madhuri, K. V. Janaki, T. M. Sarojini, B. Vasantha, Renuka, P. A. Periyanayaki, Vaidehi, Sathyavathi, R. Maragadham and G. Ponnamma.
Filmography