Kavignar Kannadasan

RADHEKRISHNA 09-11-2011 Kannadasan Kannadasan "Kaviarasu" Kannadasan Born A. L. Muthiah June 24, 1927 Sirukudalpatti, Tamil Nadu, India Died October 17, 1981 (aged 54) Chicago, Illinois, United States Pen name Karaimuthu Pulavar, Vanangamudi, Kamakappriya, Parvathi Nathan, Arokkiya Saamy Occupation poet, novelist, lyricist, politician, film producer, editor Nationality Indian Citizenship Indian Notable award(s) National Film Award for Best Lyrics 1961 Kuzhanthaikkaga Sahitya Akademi Award 1980 Cheraman Kadali Spouse(s) Ponnazhagi Parvathi Valliammai Children 13 Kannadasan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2010) "Kaviarasu" Kannadasan Born A. L. Muthiah June 24, 1927 Sirukudalpatti, Tamil Nadu, India Died October 17, 1981 (aged 54) Chicago, Illinois, United States Pen name Karaimuthu Pulavar, Vanangamudi, Kamakappriya, Parvathi Nathan, Arokkiya Saamy Occupation poet, novelist, lyricist, politician, film producer, editor Nationality Indian Citizenship Indian Notable award(s) National Film Award for Best Lyrics 1961 Kuzhanthaikkaga Sahitya Akademi Award 1980 Cheraman Kadali Spouse(s) Ponnazhagi Parvathi Valliammai Children 13 Kannadasan (Tamil: கண்ணதாசன்) (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a Tamil poet and lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important writer in the Tamil language. Frequently called Kaviarasu (English: King of Poets), Kannadasan was most familiar for his song lyrics in Tamil films and contributed around 5000 lyrics besides 6000 poems and 232 books,[1] including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious essay on Hinduism, captioned Arthamulla Indhumatham (English: Meaningful Hinduism). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980 and was the first ever to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga. Kaviyarasu Kannadasan's with Chief Minister Dr.MG Ramachandran Kaviyarasu Kannadasan's Mortal remains ....Late Dr.MGR consoling the family members Contents 1 Poet laureate 2 Death 3 References 4 External links Poet laureate Kannadasan was the poet Laureate of the Tamil Nadu Government at the time of his death.[citation needed] He wrote an autobiography, titled Vanavasam. Death Kannadasan died on 17 October 1981 in Chicago, United States, where he had gone from India to attend a Tamil conference organised by the Tamil Association of Chicago. A house in Sirukootalpatti is now a memorial for the Tamil film music's evergreen favourites. The Kannadasan memorial museum was inaugurated on October 21, 1992.[2] References ^ About Us ^ http://www.tn.gov.in/tamiltngov/memorial/kannadasan.htm [hide]v · d · eSahitya Akademi Award for Tamil language 1955-1975 R. P. Sethu Pillai (1955) · Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956) · C. Rajagopalachari (1958) · Mu. Varadarajan (1961) · Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (1962) · Akilan (1963) · P. Sri Acharya (1965) · Ma. Po. Si. (1966) · K. V. Jagannathan (1967) · A. Srinivasa Raghavan (1968) · Bharatidasan (1969) · Ku. Alagirisami (1970) · Na. Parthasarathy (1971) · D. Jayakanthan (1972) · Rajam Krishnan (1973) · K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1974) · R. Dhandayudham (1975) · 1976-2000 Indira Parthasarathy (1977) · Vallikannan (1978) · Thi.Janakiraman (1979) · Kannadasan (1980) · M. Ramalingam (1981) · B. S. Ramaiya (1982) · T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan (1983) · Lakshmi Thiripurasundari (1984) · A. S. Gnanasambandan (1985) · Ka. Naa. Subramaniam (1986) · Aadhavan Sundaram (1987) · V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1988) · La Sa Ra (1989) · Su. Samuthiram (1990) · Ki. Rajanarayanan (1991) · Kovi. Manisekaran (1992) · M. V. Venkatram (1993) · Ponneelan (1994) · Prapanchan (1995) · Ashoka Mitran (1996) · Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (1997) · Sa. Kandasamy (1998) · S. Abdul Rahman (1999) · Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran (2000) 2001-present C. S. Chellappa (2001) · Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2002) · Vairamuthu (2003) · Tamilanban (2004) · G. Thilakavathi (2005) · Mu. Metha (2006) · Neela Padmanabhan (2007) Melanmai Ponnusamy (2008) · Puviarasu (2009) · Nanjil Nadan (2010) · KAVIYARASU KANNADASAN Kaaviyathayin Illaya magan Kadhal Pengalin Perun thalaivan Paamara jaadiyil thani manidan – naan Padaippadhanal yen per Iraivan Naan Manida jaadiyai aati vaipen – avar Maandu vital adhai paadi vaipen NAAN NIRANDARAM AANAVAN AZHIVADILAI ENDA NILAYILUM ENAKKU MARANAM ILLAI These are the great lines of Kaviyarasu Kannadasan in the movie Ratha Thilakam where he acts in the movie singing these lines. ( Song.. Oru Koopayilae yen kudiyiruppu) What a visionary he was ? Indeed, he is NIRANDARAMAANAVAN. I share some of my observations about Kavingyar. I want all the fans of HIM to join this discussion and add more quality material in praise of his great works. This is the only way we pay tributes to this GENIUS. a) Raga Gyanam of Kavingyar In the file ‘ Thiruvarutchelvar’, no one can forget the great song ‘ Mannan Vandhanadi’. This song was penned by Kannadasan and music by legendary KVM and sung by P.Suseela. I do not think we can ever get a better song in the Raga Kalyani in our tamil movies when compared to this song . This song has all the nuances of Kalyani in a capsule form. In the Charanam, look at these lines, Viraivinil Nee… Ni Mana malar Tha .. tha Thiru Marbaa… Pa Thamadhama… Ma Mayil ennai Ka… Ga Ni.. tha.. Pa.. Ma.. Ga…. The words end in the avorahanam of Kalyani ( descending order of the musical notes) Similarly, there is one stanza which will have the first letters in the arohanam ( ascending order).. I do not recollect the exact lines.. Sa… Ri.. ri ga ma pa da ni sa.. Ka.. karunaiyin Thalaiva Ma.. Madhi migu Mudhalva.. Do we have any such poet today ? b) Kannadasan’s command over Language Also, can any one forget the ‘Then’ song in Veera Abhimanu.. This duet is again a KVM song in Raga Sahana by PBS and PS. Paarthen Rasithen pakkam vara thudithen Unai then ena naan ninethen – andha Malai then idhu ena malaithen What about the ‘voor’ song in the file Oorkkaval.. PBS is the singer Endha voor endravanae Irundha voorai chollava Andha voor neeyum kooda Arindha voor allava The great ‘ Kai’ Song ‘ Athhikkai Kaai kaai’ in Balae Paandiya.—About this song, I will dwell in detail subsequently. c) Kannadasan’s knowledge of Litreature: (i) There is one tamil poem in ‘Pura Nanooru’, the old tamil literature. To know the meaning of this poem, you also need to know about the philanthrophist tamil King Paari. He was so noble and kind hearted that on one occasion, when he found a jasmine creeper without a support, he let his chariot as the support for the creeper so that it could grow. His fame and wealth was an eyesore to cheera , choola and Paandya kings and they waged a war against him and killed him. They also want to marry his daughters who were too young and the marriage proposal was stopped by Tamil Sage Avvaiyar. The poem is written to a situation where, the daughters of Paari, on a full moon day, recalls that their father was with them on the last full moon day and he is now more now and they were grieving for his death. The poem in chaste tamil starts as Attrai thingal Auv Vennilavil… Kannadasan has taken this incidence to write his song ‘Androru Naal Idhe Nilavil Avar irundar en arugil’ in the film ‘Nadodi ‘ ( wagabond) (ii) In Kamba Ramayanam, the poem which describes Kaiykeye seeking two boons from Dasaratha starts as ‘Aazhi sooz ulagelam Bharathanae Aaala’ and ends as ‘ Theeyavai yaavinum Sirandha Teeyal’ whereby kambar describes Kaiykeye as the worst of the worst for her act . I think Kannadesan must have been inspired by these lines and in the movie ‘ Karnan’, there is a song by SG, Tirchy Lokanathan, PBS, TMS which is penned to the situation of Karnan performing pooja to his father Suryan ( the Sun God). There the stanza Mannavar porulgalai Kai kondu…. Ends with ‘ VARUMAIKKU VARUMAIYAI VAITHTHOR MAAMANNAN VAZHGAVE…VAZGHA VAZGHA. Here, he used two negatives ‘ Varumaikku Varumai’ to elate Karnan’s noble charity that there was no poverty because of his abundant charity. Also, I feel vairamuthu must have been inspired by Kannadasan’s lines that he had sai ‘ maanatthin Maanathai vaangi vittan’ in the song ‘Poo Malai Vaangi Vanthan’ in Sindhu Bhairavi. (iii) In one of the Sirappu Then Kinnam ( remember the yester years in Radio… Chennai Vaanoli Nilayam !!), Kannadasan himself had said that he wrote the song Thookkamum Kankalai Thazuvattume Amaithiyum Nenjinil Nilavattume Since he was inspired by the lines of shakesphere in ‘Macbeth’ (iii) The famous song in ‘Vaazhkai Padagu’ ‘ Neetru varai nee yaroo naan yaroo Indru mudhal nee vaero naan vaero’ Is based on the ‘Pura Naanooru’ padal ‘ Yanum neeyum yaaraa giyaro yendaiym numadiyum evan kollo Sembulap peyar neer pola Anbudai Nenjangal Tham Kalandaduvae’ (iv).. One Sanga kaala illakkiya padal was the inspiration for Kavingyar to write the famous song in “Balae Paandiya’ – ‘ Atthikkai Kai Kai’ One newly wed bride is separated from her husband since he need to be in the battle field shortly after the wedding. On the full moon day, the lady, is thinking about her husband and feeling lonely without him on a romantic night. She requests moon ‘ I am always remembering him but not sure about how he feels.. Already I am sore without him… you also do not add to my suffering with your full radiance.. instead of glowing here, you shower your moon light on the direction where my husband is so that he also gets romantic mood and gets back to me’ This is what the song ‘Athikkaai kaai kaai Aalangai Vennilavae’ Athikkai is fig. Also it means glow in that direction ( thikku in tamil means direction / side). What a great song.. full of name of various vegetables. At the same time, has got a different meaning in chaste tamil. d) Ability to convey his message through his songs. (i) Kavingyar came out of Congress but had great admiration for Kamaraj. He wanted to convey his respect and desire for an ever lasting association with Kamaraj. Hence ‘Andha sivagami maganidam sedhi solladi – yennai serum naal parka solladi’ came in the movie ‘Pattanathil Bhoodam’. In the movie , the song was set as it to praise Lord Muruga.. Kamaraj’s Mother’s name is Sivagami !! (ii) Similarly Nalandana … Nalandana… Udalum Ullamum Nalandana.. Nalam Pera vendum nee Yendru Naalum Yen Nenjil Ninaivundu Ilai marai kaai pol porul kondu Yevarum ariyaamal sol indru…. Was written in ‘Thillana Moganaambal’ for as the meeting song between Sivaji and Padmini after sivaji’s injury. But, this song is actually written with C.N. Annadurai in mind when he was ailing in the hospital and kavingyar was away from him . One more great song by KVM in the raag Sivaranjani. WILL WE EVER GET BACK A KAVINGYAR LIKE KANNADASAN ??