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Kannadasan
v1 v2 4 4 Prodigious Tamil poet, lyricist (over 5000 film 5 5 songs) and producer. Key figure in the early 6 DMK Filmpropaganda genre, often credited6 [[DMK Film]] propaganda genre, often credited 7 7 with reintroducing a classical Tamil literary 8 8 ‘tradition’ to contemporary film audiences. … … 13 13 Mullai and the film journal Tenral Tirai; also 14 14 edited the monthly Kannadasan and 15 newspaper Katitam. Joined Modern Theatres’15 newspaper Katitam. Joined [[Modern Theatres]]’ 16 16 story department (1947). Début as lyricist for 17 Ramnoth’s Kanniyin Kathali (1949) but17 [[Ramnoth]]’s Kanniyin Kathali (1949) but 18 18 worked mainly as a dialogue writer until G.R. 19 19 Rao’s Illara Jyothi (1954). Joined the DMK 20 20 (1947-64); responsible for some of their main 21 propaganda lyrics in e.g. N.S. Krishnan’s22 Panam (1952), T.R. Sundaram’s Thirumbi23 Paar (1953) and Yoganand’s MGRclassic24 Madurai Veeran(1956). Founded21 propaganda lyrics in e.g. [[N.S. Krishnan]]’s 22 Panam (1952), [[T.R. Sundaram]]’s Thirumbi 23 Paar (1953) and [[Yoganand]]’s [[MGR]] classic 24 [[Madurai Veeran]] (1956). Founded 25 25 Kannadasan Pics producing Malai Itta Mangai 26 (1958), Sivagangai Seemai(1959), Kavalai26 (1958), [[Sivagangai Seemai]] (1959), Kavalai 27 27 Illatha Manithan (1960), Vanambadi (1963), 28 28 etc. Became an independent star attraction 29 after his successful lyrics in Bhimsingh’s early29 after his successful lyrics in [[Bhimsingh]]’s early 30 30 films, usually set to music by the 31 31 Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy team (e.g. Ponal … … 37 37 structure. Kannadasan later became a member 38 38 of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. One of 39 his last films is Balu Mahendra’s Moondram39 his last films is [[Balu Mahendra]]’s [[Moondram]] 40 40 Pirai (1982). Other writings include 21 novels, 41 41 10 volumes of religious discourses and over