Thiruchirappalli Govindarajulu Lingappa was a noted music director who had scored music for Tamil, Kannada and Telugu movies. He was the son of G. Govindarajulu Naidu who was also a musician.At the age of 14, Lingappa tried to act in the film Kamathenu which was produced by Visvanathan. Instead Visvanathan had asked Lingappa to sing and to remain with him for sometime to given chance. He stayed a few months and when it is not fruitful and then moved on. Since he is able to play musical instuuments, he then joined the Mayoora Film Orchestra and played harmonium, mandoline and guitar.