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Remembering Poet Kannadasan on his 92nd birthday!

Kannathasan

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Kannadasan(24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian poet and lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Frequently called Kaviarasu or Kavirajar, 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, Artthamulla Indhumatham. On his 92nd birthday, we take a look back at Kannadasan's life through his son Annadurai.



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