enlisted by successful producer k. gunaratnam, muttusamy handled his first lead music direction for the 1953 sinhalese film "prema tharangaya". in the film he directed the sinhalese playback singers dharmadasa and latha walpola on what would be their debut as well. subsequently he oversaw the direction for over 225 films including "ahankara sthree" (1953), "mathalang" (1955), "sandesaya" (1961), "allapu gedera" and "chandiya" (1965) working with playback singers like the walpolas, mohideen baig, j. a. milton perera, h. r. jothipala, angeline gunatillake, sujatha attanayake, g. s. b. rani perera and narada disasekara.