| R. Rathnam | |
| Birth Name: | Jeeva Rathna |
| Birth Date: | 16 May 1923 |
| Death Place: | Bengaluru |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Music composer |
Jeeva Rathna also known as R Rathna mononymously as R. Rathnam (16 May 1923 - 9 January 2021) was an Indian music composer [1] who had worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Tulu and Telugu film industry[2]
Jeeva Rathna entered the Tamil film industry as an actor with Danashura Karna. He didn't get success in acting Later he showed interest in composing music to films and joined as an assistant music director Tamil film industry. After getting experience in music he become full-fledged music composer in the movie "Mane Katti Nodu" in 1961starring Uday Kumar, Dwarakish, Meenakumari and others which became hit.[3]
| Year | Film | Language | Director | Producer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Mane Katti Nodu | Kannada | Sri Sadguru | C. V. Shivashankar and Friends | ||
| 1967 | Padavidhara | Kannada | C. V. Shivashankar | C. K. Gowda | ||
| 1968 | Namma Ooru | Kannada | C. V. Shivashankar | J N Shetty, S N Rao, B S Narayan | ||
| 1969 | Kappu Bilupu | Kannada | Puttanna Kanagal | Ravikumar | ||
| 1969 | Chaduranga | Kannada | N C Rajan | Sakkamma | ||
| 1971 | Bandhavya | Kannada | K M Rathnakar, R Madhusudhan | Sorat Ashwath, K M Rathnakar, R Madhusudhan |