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Kannadasan
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Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar, better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981), was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. With over 5,000 lyrics, 6,000 poems, and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet "Kaviarasu" ("king of poets") and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, Arthamulla Indhu Mat
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Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a Tamil poet and lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Frequently called Kaviarasu or Kavirajar (King of Poets), Kannadasan was most familiar for his song lyrics in Tamil films and contributed around 5000 film lyrics apart from 6000 poems and 232 books, including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most…
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- Velum Mayilum Thunai — Kannadasan1979
- Apoorva Raagangal — Self1975
- Ratha Thilagam1963
- Kavalai Illatha Manithan — Chief Guest at the convocation (uncredited)1960
- Parasakthi — Judge (uncredited)1952
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- Male
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- Tamil Nadu
- Active from
- 1927-06-24
- Active to
- 1981-10-17
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- Karaimuthu PulavarVanangamudiKanakappriyanParvathinathanArokiyasamy
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- Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar
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- Sirukoodalpatti, Madras Presidency, British India
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- Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Poet, novelist, lyricist, politician, film producer, literary editor
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- Poetry and literature
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- Arthamulla Indhu MadhamYesu Kaaviyam
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- Ponnammal(m. 1950–1981; his death); Parvathi (m. 1950–1981; his death); Valliammai (m. 1976–1981; his death)
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- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of death
- Chicago
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- writer
- Political party
- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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- Tamil
- Native language
- Tamil
- Religion
- Hinduism
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- 1981-10-17
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Personal life
- Religious views
- Songwriting
- Spiritual books
- Notable novels
- Poetry
- Autobiography
- Selected filmography
- Lyrics
- As actor, writer and producer
- Poet laureate
- Contribution to Tamil literature
- Death
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- External links
Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar, better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981), was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. With over 5,000 lyrics, 6,000 poems, and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet "Kaviarasu" ("king of poets") and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, Arthamulla Indhu Matham (Meaningful Hindu Religion). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kathali in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga. Like many great poets he also suffered from cyclothymia, which comes under the bipolar disorder spectrum.
== Personal life == Kannadasan was born to Sathappan Chettiar and Visalakshi Aachi in a Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Sirukoodalpatti, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu and was given the birth name Muthiah. He was the eighth of ten children to his parents. He was adopted by Chigappi Aachi for a sum of INR 7000 at an early age, who brought him up and was responsible for his early stages of school education. He completed his schooling till the 8th standard in Sirukudalpatti and Amaravathipudhur. He worked for a private company in Tiruvottiyur before taking up an editorial post in a Tamil Magazine where for the first time he took up the pseudonym Kannadasan. He died on 17 October 1981.
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