Kannadasan
Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist · India · On the map · Writers · Lived 1927 to 1981 · aged 54
Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar, better known as Kannadasan, 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.
Kannadasan is read about 253 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 103 days, one point a day.
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M. G. Ramachandran Kannadasan wrote Nadodi Mannan and Raja Desingu
Sivaji Ganesan Kannadasan wrote Ratha Thilagam and Naane Raja
Padmini Kannadasan produced Raja Rani (1956)
Bhanumati Ramakrishna Kannadasan wrote Nadodi Mannan and Raja Desingu
K. Balachander Directed Apoorva Raagangal (1975)
B. Saroja Devi Kannadasan wrote Nadodi Mannan and Thirudadhe
Nagesh Also in Apoorva Raagangal (1975)
Kumari Kamala Kannadasan produced Sivagangai Seemai (1959)
M. S. Viswanathan Also in Apoorva Raagangal and Karuppu Panam- P. Pullaiah Directed Thaaye Unakkaga (1966)
- Dasari Yoganand Directed Madurai Veeran (1956)
K. Shankar Directed Sivagangai Seemai (1959)
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About this person
With over 5,000 lyrics, 6,000 poems, and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet "Kaviarasu" 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. 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.
