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Kannadasan (pronunciation (help·info); 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Frequently called Kaviarasu, With over 5000 lyrics, 6000 poems and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet Kaviarasu (King of poets) and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati.[1] including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, Arthamulla Indhu Matham (Meaningful Hindu Religion). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kathali in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga.[2][3]

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Kannadasan
Kannadasan
Born	Muthiah (1927-06-24)24 June 1927 Sirukoodalpatti, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	17 October 1981(1981-10-17) (aged 54) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Pen name	Karaimuthu Pulavar Vanangamudi Kanakappriyan Parvathinathan Arokiyasamy
Occupation	Poet, novelist, lyricist, politician, film producer, literary editor
Subject	Poetry and literature
Notable works	Arthamulla Indhu Madham Yesu Kaaviyam
Notable awards	National Film Award for Best Lyrics 1968 Kuzhanthaikkaga Sahitya Academy Award 1980 Cheraman Kadali
Spouses	Ponnazhagi (Ponnammal) (m. 1950–1981; his death); 7 children Parvathi (m. 1950–1981; his death); 7 children Valliammai (m. 1957–1981; his death); 1 daughter
Children	15

Personal life

Kannadasan was born to Sathappan Chettiar and Visalakshi Aachi in a Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Sirukoodalpatti, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu and was given the birth name Muthiah. He was the eighth of ten children to his parents. He was adopted by Chigappi Aachi for a sum of INR 7000 at an early age, who brought him up and was responsible for his early stages of school education. He completed his schooling till the 8th standard in Sirukudalpatti and Amaravathipudhur. He worked for a private company in Tiruvottiyur before taking up an editorial post in a Tamil Magazine where for the first time he took up the pseudonym Kannadasan. He died on October 17, 1981.

Religious views

Muthiaah was a keen follower of the Dravidian atheistic movement. He had great love of Tamil language and its culture, and excelled in Tamil literature, both prose and poetry. He read the Thiruppaavai of Aandaal, and was amazed at its mystic poetry, which had a deep and lasting impact on him. After a lot of introspection, he decided to go back to Hinduism. He renamed himself as Kannadaasan, meaning the servant of Lord Krishna (In Tamil, Kannan means Krishna and in Sanskrit, daasa means servant'. He dug deep into understanding Hinduism, and wrote his series of books on Hinduism titled Arthamulla Indhu Matham. .[4][5]

Songwriting

Kannadasan's greatest contribution to Tamil culture is his songwriting. Before Kannadasan, many lyricists like Papanasam Sivan, Kambadasan, Vindhan, A. Maruthakasi, and Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam were sought after in the Tamil music industry, but after the advent of Kannadasan, the scene changed. He quickly became the most sought-after lyricist in the industry and remained so until his death. Kannadasan was so popular that some songs written by other contemporary poets were considered to be written by Kannadhasan. Though, film lyrics have come a long way since his death, many people still consider Kannadasan to be the best songwriter.^{[citation needed]} He is considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramanya Bharathi.^{[citation needed]}

He was the producer of the historic Tamil film Sivagangai Seemai portraying Marudhu Pandaiars, one of the pioneers in the Indian freedom struggle. ^{[citation needed]} The song "Santhupottu" from that film remains popular. ^{[citation needed]}