Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Kannadasan

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Jun 23, 2012, 1:26:30 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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+'''Kannadasan (1927-81)'''
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+Prodigious Tamil poet, lyricist (over 5000 film
+songs) and producer. Key figure in the early
+DMK Film propaganda genre, often credited
+with reintroducing a classical Tamil literary
+‘tradition’ to contemporary film audiences.
+Born as A.S. Muthaiah in Amaravatipudur, TN.
+Joined the journal Tirumakal (1944) which
+published his first poems. Published his own
+journals, the weekly Tenral, the monthly
+Mullai and the film journal Tenral Tirai; also
+edited the monthly Kannadasan and
+newspaper Katitam. Joined Modern Theatres’
+story department (1947). Début as lyricist for
+Ramnoth’s Kanniyin Kathali (1949) but
+worked mainly as a dialogue writer until G.R.
+Rao’s Illara Jyothi (1954). Joined the DMK
+(1947-64); responsible for some of their main
+propaganda lyrics in e.g. N.S. Krishnan’s
+Panam (1952), T.R. Sundaram’s Thirumbi
+Paar (1953) and Yoganand’s MGR classic
+Madurai Veeran (1956). Founded
+Kannadasan Pics producing Malai Itta Mangai
+(1958), Sivagangai Seemai (1959), Kavalai
+Illatha Manithan (1960), Vanambadi (1963),
+etc. Became an independent star attraction
+after his successful lyrics in Bhimsingh’s early
+films, usually set to music by the
+Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy team (e.g. Ponal
+pokattum poda in Palum Pazhamum, 1961).
+Left the DMK after an argument with
+Karunanidhi, an incident often cited to
+indicate the degree to which personal rivalries
+between film people affected the DMK Party
+structure. Kannadasan later became a member
+of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. One of
+his last films is Balu Mahendra’s Moondram
+Pirai (1982). Other writings include 21 novels,
+10 volumes of religious discourses and over
+4000 poems (cf. Kannadasan, 1970).
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+[[Music]]
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+[[Producer]]