Mayavanathan

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Mayavanathan
மாயவநாதன்
Born(1936-04-16)16 April 1936
Poolankulam, Tinnevely District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Tenkasi district,
Tamil Nadu, India)
Died6 August 1971(1971-08-06) (aged 35)
Madras (now Chennai),
Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation poet

Mayavanathan was a Tamil poet and lyricist in Tamil Cinema.

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Biography

He was born on 16 April 1936 in Poolankulam, a village near Alangulam in present-day Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu.

Filmography

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  Posthumous release
YearFilmSongSinger(s)MusicDirection
1962 Bandha Pasam "Eppo Vechikalam" J. P. Chandrababu Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy A. Bhimsingh
"Idhazh Mottu Virindhida" P. B. Sreenivas,

P. Susheela

"Kavalaigal Kidaikattum" T. M. Soundararajan,

P. B. Sreenivas

"Nitham Nitham" Sirkazhi Govindarajan
1963 Idhayathil Nee "Chithira Poovizhi" P. Susheela,

L. R. Eswari

Muktha Srinivasan
1964 Poompuhar
Thozhilali
1965 Thaayin Karunai
Ennathan Mudivu
Poomalai
1966 Marakka Mudiyuma?
1967 Karpooram
1968 Ther Thiruvizha
Deiveega Uravu
Lakshmi Kalyanam
1969 Magizhampoo
Kaaval Dheivam
Thalattu
Kathal Paduthum Padu
1971 Therottam
1972

Delhi to Madras

1975 Thiruvarul

Death

Mayavanathan died on 6 August 1971 in Madras. His body was taken to Poolangulam for the funeral. Kannadasan was one of the mourners.

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