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Kannadasan

Kannadasan

Writer

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.

Born: June 24, 1927 in Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India

Died: October 17, 1981 (Age 54)

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Kannadasan  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
ActorKannadasan1979
Movie
7.4
ActorSelf1975
Movie
6.4
Actor1963
Movie
7.4
WritingLyricist1975
Movie
7.1
WritingLyricist1978
Movie
7.5
WritingLyricist1982
Movie
7.3
WritingLyricist1978
Movie
2.6
WritingLyricist2019
Movie
7
WritingLyricist1977
Movie
7.5
WritingLyricist2007
Movie
7.1
WritingLyricist1979
Movie
6.6
WritingLyricist1972
Movie
6.2
WritingLyricist1980
Movie
7.4
WritingLyricist1962
Movie
6.9
WritingLyricist1964
Movie
8
WritingLyricist1962
Movie
6.7
WritingLyricist1981
Movie
7.1
WritingLyricist1969
Movie
7.2
WritingLyricist1978
Movie
8.1
WritingScreenplay1957
Movie
8
WritingScreenplay1956
Movie
6.2
WritingLyricist1971
Movie
WritingLyricist1962
Movie
5.9
WritingStory1968
Movie
7.1
WritingLyricist1970
Movie
8.6
WritingWriter1959
Movie
ProductionProducer1963
Movie
5.1
WritingLyricist1975
Movie
6.2
WritingLyricist1963
Movie
4.9
WritingLyricist2023
Movie
5.4
WritingLyricist1959
Movie
WritingLyricist1975
Movie
8.2
WritingLyricist1971
Movie
SoundSongs1949
Movie
WritingScreenplay1966
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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