Kannadasan
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-06-24 (54 years old)
Deathday
1981-10-17
Place of Birth
Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India
Also known As
A. S. Muthiah Chettiar
Kaviarasu
Kaviarasu Kannadasan
Kavirajar
கண்ணதாசன்
Kannadasan
Biography
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 popular being the 10-part religious essay on Hinduism, Arthamulla Indhumatham (Meaningful Hindu Religion). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics,...
Acting
Production
1980
as Lyricist
2007
as Lyricist
1962
as Lyricist
1971
as Lyricist
1964
as Lyricist
1981
as Lyricist
1963
as Lyricist
1971
as Lyricist
2019
as Lyricist
1959
as Lyricist
1969
as Lyricist
1973
as Lyricist
1963
as Producer
1975
as Lyricist
1970
as Lyricist
1966
as Screenplay
2023
as Lyricist
1949
as Songs
1977
as Lyricist
1969
as Lyricist
1952
as Lyricist
1972
as Lyricist
1972
as Lyricist
1982
as Lyricist
1956
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1975
as Lyricist
1959
as Writer
1979
as Lyricist
1978
as Lyricist
1962
as Lyricist
1975
as Lyricist
1962
as Lyricist
1968
as Story
1970
as Lyricist
1978
as Lyricist
1978
as Lyricist
1972
as Writer
1973
as Lyricist
1978
as Lyricist
1980
as Lyricist
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