late on october 11 rajan of the famous rajannagendra musical duo passed away rajan was the surviving sibling of the duo who were popularly called kalyanjianandji of the south after nagendra passed away a few years ago bengalurubased patiala gharana exponent iman das paid tribute to the late musician who along with his brother composed for 375 films across all south languages predominantly kannada my antim naman to the legendary music director of kannadafilm industry shri rajan sir the great duo of rajan nagendra ji will be reunited to create heavenly music up there now a towering personality a thorough gentleman and a musical genius i was so fortunate to get his blessings onstage in our omkar music festival last year and in his house where he fondly discussed about so many of his legendary compositions i was amazed to know the great kishorekumars only kannada song was composed by this duo his music always had the fragrance of traditional roots everlasting melodies which were soaked in beautiful blends of ragas hailing from mysuru brothers rajanji and nagendraji debuted as music directors in 1952 with the kannada film soubhagya lakshmi and went on to have a very successful career for nearly four decades they composed music for over 375 films over 200 in kannada and the rest in telugu tamil tulu and sinhalahe was 85 was very strong till the day i saw him rest in peace sir wrote the classical musician