'''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. [[Music]]