Kavignar vairamuthu biography in tamil
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Vairamuthu’s Accusers On The Poet And His Predatory Ways
Across the Tamil world—among Indian, Eelam, and diaspora Tamils—lyricist-poet Vairamuthu is well known. For close to a decade, beginning with an iconic ‘Pon Malai Pozhudu’ in director Bharathiraja’s Nizhalgal (1980), Vairamuthu collaborated very successfully with Ilaiyaraaja. This was the super hit triumvirate of Tamil cinema in the ’80s before a much-publicised rift put an end to its magic. Reasons for the Vairamuthu-Ilaiyaraaja split have been wildly speculated for decades. (Vairamuthu has reportedly penned a poem about it: I was shocked to receive a legal notice from you, my friend. Ilaiyaraaja though has not spoken about it.)
Since 1992, Vairamuthu has worked with AR Rahman; from the Academy Award winner’s very first film Roja. It hasn’t been all that smooth a journey for this duo either. As this column from 20 years ago points out, at the cassette release event of Rajiv Menon’s KandukondeinKandukondein, Vairamuthu reportedly got on stage and said that “it would be nice if Rahman could give his lines some weightage by cutting out the ‘deafening beats’ that accompanied them. Rahman, sitting in the audience, smiled beatifically and nodded at the poet. But the very next day, he instructed his staff that Va
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Vairamuthu
Indian film lyricist, poet, and novelist
Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953)[5] is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamilfilm industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first worked as a translator, while also being a published poet. He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 1980, with the film Nizhalgal, an Ilaiyaraaja musical, directed by Bharathiraja. During the course of his 40-year film career, he has written over 7,500 songs and poems[6] which have won him seven National Awards, the most for any Indian lyricist. He has also been honored with a Padma Shri, a Padma Bhushan[7] and a Sahitya Akademi Award,[8] for his abundant literary output.
Early life
Vairamuthu was born on 13 July 1953, to Ramasamy and his wife Angammal, who were agriculturalists based in the village of Mettoor, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. In 1957, his family was forced to move to Vadugapatti, another village in the Theni district, due to the construction of Vaigai Dam across the river Vaigai, which led to evacuation of 14 villages (including Mettur). In his new surroundings, he also took up agriculture in addition to
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Lyricist Maruthakasi’s Life Notes
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by Sachi Sri Kantha, September 15, 2020
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Lyricist A. Maruthakasi
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https://sangam.org/remembering-aiyamperumal-maruthakasi-1920-1989/
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