He became a close friend to M. S. Viswanathan (MSV) while working under S. M. Subbaiah Naidu during the late-1940s. They shared the same room in Jupiter Lodge, Madras when MSV was offered to compose some songs for Genova. When N. S. Krishnan offered an opportunity to M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy to compose music for "Panam" (1952) for Madras Pictures, GKV became a part of their troupe. He had a chance to sing "Ezhayin Kovilai Naadinaen" in "Panam" which was also Sivaji Ganesan's second film. He was named as their assistant by Viswanathan Ramamoorthy.