265:. His father was Maria Kolande Samy and mother was Anna Mary Moses. Both father and mother were born in Pondicherry Colony, South India. Rocksamy was the second child of the second marriage of Anna Mary. Anna Mary was previously married to a person called Lazarus. Anna had three children from this first marriage – Nazareth, Rose Lazarus and Joe Lazarus. After the marriage with Kolandesamy, she gave birth to three more children – Anthony Sami, Christysamy and Bastian Sami. Therefore, Rocksamy's race was Tamil, his mother tongue was
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Muttusamy’s film orchestra at the Sundera Murugan Nayagam Studio at Kandana in late 1950s. He continued to work in Sinhala cinema from 1960s to the mid 1980s. Rocksamy was asked to contribute to the soundtrack of several films made at the studio beginning
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