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Thiagaraja Sadasivam (4 September 1902 – 21 November 1997), better known as Kalki Sadasivam, was an Indian freedom fighter, singer, journalist and film producer who was one of the founders, along with Kalki Krishnamurthy of the Tamil magazine Kalki.
Kalki Sadasivam (T. Sadasivam) (Thiagaraja Sadasivam) was a Tamil journalist, who founded and managed the weekly magazine, Kalki. He was a freedom fighter and he married the singer M.S. Subbulakshmi.
He founded a magazine, which was also named Kalki, with T Sadasivam being the co-founder, in 1941. Krishnamurthy‘s writings include over 120 short stories, 10 novellas, 5 novels, 3 historical romances, editorial and political writings and hundreds of film and music reviews.
Thiagarajan Sadasivam, better known as Kalki Sadasivam was a leading freedom fighter and journalist. He along with his friend Kalki Krishnamurthy started the Tamil magazine, Kalki in 1940. Famous classical carnatic singer M.S. Subbulakshmi was his wife.
Impressed by the fiery speeches and writings of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lokamanya Tilak, and Aurobindo Ghosh, Kalki Sadasivam joined the freedom movement at an early age and being a disciple of Subramaniya Siva desired to kill an Englishman and court imprisonment for the sake of it.
Thiagarajan Sadasivam is also known as Kalki Sadasivam was a devout radical as a teen, who aspired to shoot the British men in power as a mark of intolerance towards colonial exploitation. He drew his inspiration from the fiery speeches by the then revolutionaries like Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, Aurobindo Ghosh and Lokmanya Tilak.
Died On: November 22, 1997. Career: Writer, Freedom Fighter, Singer, Film Producer, Journalist. Nationality: India. T. Sadasivam or Thiagaraja Sadasivam, or 'Kalki' Thiagaraja Sadasivam as the man was popularly known, was one of the greatest freedom fighters to hail from the peninsular India.
