KAVIARASU KANNADASAN

KAVIGNAR KANNADASAN

     Kaviarasu Kannadasan was most familiar tamil writer, Popular in tamil cinema lyric writer, author of hundreds of tamil books, journalist, novel writer, Hindu religious essay writer, cinema dialoughe writer and cine producer. He won many awards such as Sahitya Akademi for his novel Cheraman Kadali and national Film award for best lyric in the film “Kuhanthaikkaga”.

WITH MSV

     When there was a small misunderstanding between Viswanathan and Ramamoorthy the twin music directors were apart from each other, MS Viswanathan lamented with Kavingnar about the incident, Kavigner pacified MSV and advised him not to worry since he did not doing any harm to any body, so had not worry. We should console ourselves Kavigner told M.S.Viswanathan.  That day he wrote a song which reflects the situation “ ninaika therintha manamae unnaku marakath theriyatha, palaga therintha yuirae unaku vilaga theriyatha” and the song was sung by Susila in the film Anantha Jothi.

 

UDUMALAI NARAYANA KAVI

Kannadasan once produced his own film Malaiyitta mangai” he met Udumalai Narayankavi to write one or two songs for his film, since that time Udumalai Narayanakavi was a leading lyric writer.  Udumalai Narayanakavi asked Kannadasan about the songs written by Kannadasan for the same film.  Kannadasan showed his all lyrics with the Udumalai Narayanakavi.  Udumalai was very much moved with Kannadasan’s song and told the songs are very much appreciable and Kannadasan should continue his writing, which could be good for Tamil, and Udumalai told he wanted to leave to his native place, since a suitable person was came for the cinema.  Then only Udumalai Narayanakavi went to his hometown.

INSTANT SONG IN SRIDAR FILM

Director Sridhar wanted to shoot a song scene, informing the assistant director to call Kavigner and M.S. Viswanathan for recording the song and planned to shoot the song in the night itself.  When called, Kavigner told that he would go to Madurai for some meeting and the flight was at 1.00 pm. MSV called him to the studio and then would go to the Madurai.  Kavigner had come to Studio by 12.10 pm, and the scenes were narrated,  he instaneously wrote the song “ Muthana muthalavo, mithanthu vantha muthalavo” within 4 or 5 minutes, and then went to the plane, which a super hit song in the film Nenjil orr alayam.  Kannadasan was such a monstrous writer.

 BALACHANDAR FILM      Once Director Balachandar had told in his film “Anubavi Raja anubavi” he asked Kannadasan to write a poem in Tirunelveli slang, hence the hero Nagesh in dual role, and one was from Thuthookudi district.  Kanadasan wrote “muthu kulika varigala, moochai adaka varigala” and the song was very popular at that time.  Once the film was remade in hindi, the hindi writer was not able to translate the same song with same saranam in hindi, that’s why he wrote the same tamil word “muthu kulika varigala, moochai adaka varigala” as a saranam and make hindi words in pallavi.

LONG LIVE ANNA

     When Tamil nadu Chief Minister Annadurai was ill, the Kavigner in congress party, he wanted to see Anna then he wrote a song “nalanthana nalanthana udalum ullamum nalanthana” in Thillana Mohanambal.

SIVAJI GANESAN AND KAVIGNAR

     When he had some misunderstanding with Sivaji Ganesan, and abstained from writing songs for Sivaji Films, Sivaji’s brother Shanmugam asked his brother that there was a dig in their films without Kannadasan’s song, and pacified his brother to permit Kannadasan to write for his films.  As Sivaji always concerned with his brothers advise.  Shanmugam told that Kannadasan came to Sivaji Films office that day for a song recorded and invited his brother Sivaji to be with them during the recording.  Sivaji went to his office, and had watched Kavingner and MS Viswanthan’s song recording without mincing a word, sitting in a chair and smoked a cigarette and starred at Kannadasan, he then wrote the song” Ennai yaar endru enni enni nee parkiroi” for the film Paalum Pazhamum.

 LIFE IS A MESSAGE

     Kavigner always very light hearted, always managed hurdles in his life with ease and he managed to earn heavily and spent the money more than the earnings.  Valampuri John once told that Kavigner had earned like Indian President, but he borrowed money like the Government of India.  His children are all well educated and well settled, that he succeeds in life.  His fame will as long as the Tamil language lives.