# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-s-viswanathan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:40:45.549Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-s-viswanathan"
name: "M. S. Viswanathan"
slug: "m-s-viswanathan"
description: "Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan, also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. Popularly known by the sobriquet \"Mellisai Mannar\", he composed songs for more than 800 Indian films and various albums across languages primarily in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He has also acted and sung in a few Tamil films. Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa conferred the \"Thirai Isai Chakravarthy\" title on him in August 2012 and presented him with 60 gold coins and a new car."
tagline: "Indian actor-musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M.s.v.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-06-24"
deathDate: "2015-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.517737910830446
  historical:           11.46661066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0530818/"
    handle:    "nm0530818"
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    title: "M. S. Viswanathan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump