Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram

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Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram
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BornKalyanasundaram
(1930-04-13)13 April 1930
Thamarankottai, composite Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, British India (now Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died8 October 1959(1959-10-08) (aged 29)
Madras, Madras State (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
Occupation poet, lyricist
Period1930–1959
Literary movementCommunist
SpouseGowrawammal
ChildrenKumaravelu
Website
pattukkottaiyar.com/site

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram (13 April 1930 – 8 October 1959) also known as Pattukottaiyar [1] was an Indian Tamil poet and lyricist. Considered to be one of the most popular Tamil lyricist of the 1950s. He is particularly remembered for the philosophy-tinged lyrics he penned for M. G. Ramachandran’s movies. [2]

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Early life

He was born on 13 April 1930 in an agricultural family at Sengapaduthankadu village near the town of Pattukkottai. His parents were Arunachalam Pillai and Visalakshi Ammal. Arunachalam Pillai was a Tamil scholar and a folk poet. [3] PKS had an elder brother, Ganapathisundaram, and a sister, Vedhanayaki. PKS never went to school, but had an in-born talent for poetry.

Career

PKS worked for Kuyil, a magazine run by Bharathidasan. He first wrote lyrics for a Tamil movie Paditha Penn . However, he achieved success as lyricist even before the release of Paditha Penn (which was released on 20 April 1956) when Maheswari , a film for which he penned five songs were released ahead on 13 November 1955. The music director for this movie was G. Ramanathan; C. V. Sridhar wrote the script and dialogue. The Kalyanasundaram–Sridhar combination proved to be successful again with the movie Kalyana Parisu. As detailed by director Sridhar's remembrance PKS wrote eight lyrics for this love triangle plot, all of which were successful.

PKS was very active and successful in the Tamil film industry during the years 1954–1959 and wrote around 250 songs , including several songs for two leading Tamil movie stars of that period – MGR and Sivaji Ganesan. List of movies, which feature PKS lyrics for the two actors:

MGR: 7 movies; Chakravarthi Thirumagal (1957), Mahadhevi (1957), Nadodi Mannan (1958), Arasilangkumari (1961), Thirudadhe (1961), Vikramaadhithan (1962) and Kalai Arasi (1963).

Sivaji Ganesan: 11 movies; Rangoon Radha (1956), Ambikapathi (1957), Pudhaiyal (1957), Makkalai Petra Magarasi (1957), Uthama Puthiran (1958), Padhi Bhakti (1958), Aval Yar ? (1959), Bhaaga Pirivinai (1959), Thanga Padhumai (1959), Irumbu Thirai (1960), Punar Jenmam (1961).

Later life

He married Gowravammal from Athikkottai (a village near Pattukkottai). His mentor Bharathidasan presided over his marriage on 11 September 1957 at Madras.[ citation needed ] In 1959, the couple gave birth to a boy baby , named Kumaravelu. [4] After suffering severe migraine attacks, Kalyanasundaram underwent nose operation in September 1959. It is rather unfortunate that he was a victim of a botched surgery, and a few days later, he died of cerebral haemorrhage on 8 October 1959, at a young age of 29. [3]

List of films for which PKS wrote lyrics

  1. Maheswari (1955)
  2. Paditha Penn (1956)
  3. Marma Veeran (1956)
  4. Kula Dheivam (1956)
  5. Paasavalai (1956)
  6. Rangoon Radha (1956)
  7. Chakravarthi Thirumagal (1957)
  8. Makkalai Petra Magarasi (1957)
  9. Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum (1957)
  10. Karpukkarasi (1957)
  11. Sowbagyawathi (1957)
  12. Aaravalli (1957)
  13. Ambikapathy (1957)
  14. Mahadhevi (1957)
  15. Pudhaiyal (1957)
  16. Kanniyin Sabatham (1958)
  17. Uthama Puthiran (1958)
  18. Pillai Kaniyamudhu (1958)
  19. Petra Maganai Vitra Annai (1958)
  20. Thedi Vandha Selvam (1958)
  21. Thirumanam (1958)
  22. Nadodi Mannan (1958)
  23. Naan Valartha Thangai (1958)
  24. Anbu Engey (1958)
  25. Pathi Bakthi (1958)
  26. Thanga Padhumai (1959)
  27. Pandithevan (1959)
  28. Nalla Theerpu (1959)
  29. Kalyana Parisu (1959)
  30. Kalyanikku Kalyanam (1959)
  31. Pudhumai Penn (1959)
  32. Vaazha Vaitha Deivam (1959)
  33. Ulagam Sirikirathu (1959)
  34. Aval Yaar (1959)
  35. Bhaaga Pirivinai (1959)
  36. Kan Thiranthathu (1959)
  37. Amudhavalli (1959)
  38. Thalai Koduthaan Thambi (1959)
  39. Ponn Vilaiyum Boomi (1959)
  40. Kalaivaanan (1959)
  41. Irumbu Thirai (1960)
  42. Rathinapuri Ilavarasi (1960)
  43. Mahalakshmi (1960)
  44. Sangili Devan (1960)
  45. Ellorum Innaattu Mannar (1960)
  46. Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu (1960)
  47. Aalukkoru Veedu (1960)
  48. Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar (1960)
  49. Veerakkanal (1960)
  50. Arasilangkumari (1961)
  51. Punar Jenmam (1961)
  52. Thirudadhe (1961)
  53. Kumara Raja (1961)
  54. Vikramaadhithan (1962)
  55. Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam (1962)
  56. Kalai Arasi (1963)
  57. Maganey Kel (1965) [5]

Legacy

The first compilation of Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram's songs appeared in 1965 in printed form. Comparative studies and criticism have also been published in the form of books by several authors, like Paa. Udayakumar, Ki. Sembiyan, Solomon Pappaiah, Irakuladasan, M. P. Manivel, Pandian, Paa. Veeramani and others.[ citation needed ]

Tamil Nadu Murpokku Ezhuthalar Sangam, brought out souvenirs on Pattukkottaiyaar's 50th, 56th and 60th birthdays. A bronze statue was unveiled at a busy junction in Pattukkottai town and a special souvenir was released on the statue unveiling ceremony in 1995.[ citation needed ].

Government Of India brought out a souvenir on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of India's Independence recognising Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathi, Pavendhar Bharathidasan and Makkal Kavignar Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram as the three foremost Tamil poets of the 20th century .

In 1981, the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, M. G. Ramachandran conferred posthumously the prestigious Bharathidasan Award to Pattukkottaiyaar.[ citation needed ] Later in 1993,the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa declared nationalization of Pattukkottaiyaar's literary works.[ citation needed ]In 2000,a memorial structure, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram Manimandapam, was erected in Pattukkottai and was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi.[ citation needed ]

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  1. ↑ வி.ராம்ஜி. "பாட்டுக்கோட்டை கட்டிய பட்டுக்கோட்டையார்!". காமதேனு (in Tamil). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Poet Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram; 80th Birthday Remembrance". www.sangam.org. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 Ilangovan, BY R. (11 June 2014). "Songs of the soil". Frontline. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "» BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE". www.pattukkottaiyar.com. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "» Blog Archive » பாடல் வெளியான படங்கள்". www.pattukkottaiyar.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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