
Actor
Kannadasan
Born 1927 · Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India
Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a Tamil poet and lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Frequently called Kaviarasu or Kavirajar (King of Poets), Kannadasan was most familiar for his song lyrics in Tamil films and contributed around 5000 film lyrics apart from 6000 poems and 232 books, including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious essay on Hinduism, Arthamulla Indhumatham (Meaningful Hindu Religion). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga.
Acting
Writing

Polladhavan
Lyricist · 2007

Mullum Malarum
Lyricist · 1978

Ganga Gowri
Lyricist · 1973

Sivagangai Seemai
Writer · 1959
Thangapadumai
Lyricist · 1959

16 Vayathinile
Lyricist · 1977

Apoorva Raagangal
Lyricist · 1975

Parthal Pasi Theerum
Lyricist · 1962

Savaal
Lyricist · 1981
Vilaiyaattu Pillai
Lyricist · 1970

Mahadhevi
Screenplay · 1957
Chitor Rani Padmini
Lyricist · 1963
