Kannadasan
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- June 24, 1927
- Place of birth
- Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Died
- October 17, 1981
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, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga.
Movies with Kannadasan
- Parasakthi 1952 · ★ 6.6
- Apoorva Raagangal 1975 · ★ 7.9
- Ratha Thilagam 1963 · ★ 8.0
- Velum Mayilum Thunai 1979 · ★ 5.0
- Kavalai Illatha Manithan 1960
- Karuppu Panam 1964