V. Kumar (Tamil: வரதராஜுலு குமார்,) (28 July 1934 – 7 January 1996) was a yesteryear Tamil cinema music director, born in Chennai, Tamilnadu on 28 July 1934 to Varadharajulu and Dhanabhakiyam couple, in July 1969 he married a Tamil cinema playback singer Swarna and had a son Suresh. V.Kumar is known as Mellisai MaamaNi, was introduced to Tamil film music by K. Balachander.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music. (December 2019) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2019) This article possibly contains original research. (December 2019)

He has used P.Susheela S. P. Balasubrahmanyam for many of his songs. He has been the aasthana MD for K. Balachandar films. Before that, he scored music for his Stage Dramas.

Their works include music for the following movies:

• V.Kumar Compositions
• Cinema Express article on V.Kumar – Part 1
• Cinema Express article on V.Kumar – Part 2
• Cinema Express article on V.Kumar – Part 3