Playback singer Krishnaraj passes away

Chennai, Oct 22 (UNI) Playback singer R. Krishnaraj, whose distinctive voice enriched several Tamil film songs, died on Thursday morning at the age of 75. His death comes a few days after his guru Thenisai Thendral Deva's death. A member of the Film Musicians' Union, he was the most sought after singer by late music composer Deva and had sung several memorable numbers during the 1990s. Krishnaraj came to prominence with the fast beat "Vellarikka Pinju Vellarikka" song in the film Kadhal Kottai (1996). Among his other notable songs were "Thanjavooru Mannu Eduthu" from Porkkaalam (1997), for which he received…