'''Kambadasan'''


Tamil lyricist; born as C.S. Rajappa in
Villayanur near Pondicherry. Stage actor,
musician and lyric writer introduced to the
theatre by 
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Sambandam_Mudaliar|P. Sambandam Mudaliar]]. Film
début in Fram Sethna’s Vamana Avataram
(1939), and wrote dialogue/lyrics for
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkrishna_Narayan_Rao|Balkrishna Narayan Rao]]’s Salivahanan
(1944). Became a leading lyricist with the
success of Arul tharum deva mathave in
Nagoor/Taliath’s Gnanasoundari (1948) and
with Jiten Bannerjee’s Mangayar Karasi (1949),
esp. the song Parthal pasi theerum sung by
[[P.U. Chinappa]]. These and other songs were
among the early musical hits to achieve an
independent popularity on disc. Also wrote the
hits of Vanaratham (1956), a dubbed Tamil
version of S.U. Sunny’s [[Udan Khatola]] (1955)
with [[Naushad]]’s music.

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