Tamil Film Lyricists

Na. Muthukumar Yaethi Yaethi Vocals: Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer, Solar Sai

Pa. Vijay Song List S.No பாடலின் முதல் வரி படங்களின் பெயர் 01. மணிமாடக் குயிலே நீ ஞானப்பழம் 02. காதல் வெண்ணிலா வானத்தைப் போல 03. பார்த்துப் பார்த்து நீ வருவாய் என 04. சுவாசமே ! தெனாலி 05. கறுப்பு தான் எனக்குப் பிடிச்ச கலரு வெற்றி கொடி கட்டு 06. தேவதை வம்சம் நீயே சினேகிதியே 07. மல்லிகை பூவுக்கு மதுர விலாசம் சுந்தரா ட்ராவல்ஸ் 08. தில் ... தில் ... தில் 09. ஏ ! சம்பா பாண்டவர் பூமி 10. ஏ ! அசைந்தாடும் காற்றும் பார்வை ஒன்றே போதுமே 11. நெருப்பு கூத்தடிக்குது துள்ளுவதோ இளமை 12. பைன் ஆப்பிள் சமுத்திரம் 13. கவிதைகள் சொல்லவா உள்ளம் கொள்ளை போகுதே 14. முதலாம் சந்திப்பில் சார்லீ சாப்ளின் 15. யாமினி .. யாமினி .. ஏய் ! நீ ரொம்ப அழகாய் இருக்கிறாய் 16. பொம்பளைங்க காதலத்தான் உன்னை நினைத்து 17. மனசே மனசே ஏப்ரல் மாதத்தில் 18. ரயிலே ரயிலே பைவ் ஸ்டார் 19. இச்சுத்தா இச்சுத்தா ரன் 20. நெஞ்சில் ஒருமுறை நீ என்றது வசீகரா 21. ஏ .. ஏ .. என்னாச்சு உனக்கு காதல் வைரஸ் 22. என் ஜன்னல் நிலவுக்கு என்னாச்சு சொக்கத் தங்கம் 23. பக் பக் மாட புறா...

"KaviArasi " Thamarai Kaviarasi Thamarai is the one and only women poet in today’s Tamil cinema. All her lyrics add spices to the songs in almost all the latest blockbuster hit movies. The Gautam Menon-Harris Jayaraj-Thamarai seems to be a success formula. Thamarai has done it again. She has given wonderful quality lyrics for Minnale and Kaakha Kaakha. Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) - All 6 Songs by Thamarai 1. Adiyae Kolludhe Vocals: Krish, Benny Dayal, Shruti Haasan 2. Nenjukkul Peythidum Vocals: Hariharan, Devan, V.Prasanna 3. Mun Dhinam Vocals: Narash Iyer and Prashanthini 4. O Shanti Shanti Vocals: Clinton, SPB.Charan 5. Ava Enna Vocals: Karthik, V.Prasanna 6. Anal Mele Vocals: Sudha Raghunathan

Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram (1930-1959) Padittha Penn (1954) was the first film to feature a song written by Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram During a short span of a little over nine years he had written 196 songs featured in 56 films.His work in the film Paasavalai made him a top-ranking lyricist.His other famous films include Kalyanaparisu(1963).The Government of Tamil Nadu nationalised his songs in 1955. Movie Arasilangumari Music M S Viswanathan Lyrics by PattukKottai Singer T M S oundhararaajaan சின்னப்பயலே சின்னப்பயலே சேதி கேளடா நான் சொல்லபோகும் வார்த்தையை நல்லா எண்ணிப்பாரடா நீ எண்ணிப்பாரடா ( சின்னப்பயலே ..) ஆளும் வளரனும் அறிவும் வளரனும் அதுதாண்டா வளர்ச்சி - உன்னை ஆசையோடு ஈன்றவளுக்கு அதுவே நீ தரும் மகிழ்ச்சி - உன் நரம்போடுதான் பின்னி வளரனும் தன்மான உணர்ச்சி தன்மான உணர்ச்சி ( சின்னப்பயலே ..) வேப்பமர உச்சியில் நின்னு பேயொன்னு ஆடுதுன்னு விளையாடப் போகும்போது சொல்லிவேப்பாங்க - உன் வீரத்தைக் கொழுந்திலேயே கில்லிவேப்பாங்க - இந்த வேலையற்ற வீண...

Kambadasan (1916-1973) Kambadasan made his debut through the film Vamana Avatharam (1940).His songs were direct and simple and displayed an awareness of social issues. His songs "Parthal Pasi Theerum", for the film Mangaiyarkarasi(1949), "Arul tharum deva mathave" for the film GnanaSoundari(1948), immortalised him.He also wrote many songs for successful films that were dubbed from Hindi into Tamil like Vaanaratham(1956) from the Hindi film Udan Khatola.

Baskara Das (1892-1952) Baskara Das from Madurai was one of earliest songwriters, he penned the songs for Kalidas-the first Tamil talkie.In Kalidas he introduced nationalistic songs.Many of his songs had reformist themes.His other films include Prahalada(1933), Valli(1933), Devadas(1937).A residential colony Baskara Das Nagar is named after him.

Papanasam Sivan (1891-1973) Papanasam Sivan's first film was Sita Kalyanam(1933) for which he composed the music and wrote the songs.He was a major influence in the formative years of Tamil Movies.He worked in a series of films, composing music and writing songs ; in some films he sang a few songs .He has written and set to music more than 1000 songs in about 70 movies.He has also played the lead roles acted in four films-Baktha Kuchala ,Thyagabhoomi, Baktha Cheta and Kubera Kuchala.He has also written songs in other language films.In 1962, The Sangeet Natak Academy made him a fellow and in 1972 , he was awarded the title Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.A road in Chennai is named after him.

Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) Tamil poet and lyricist. Active years in Film industry (1949 - 1981) நான் நிரந்தரமானவன் அழிவதில்லை எந்த நிலையிலும் எனக்கு மரணம் இல்லை He is frequently called கவியரசு கண்ணதாசன் kaviarasu Kannadasan (kavi arasu means 'king of poets' in Tamil language).He was born in the small village of Sirukudalpatti near Karaikudi. He wrote thousands of popular songs for Tamil cinema. He won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980. His given name at birth was Muthiah. However, when he passed away at the age of 54, on October 16, 1981, millions of Tamils remembered him only by the name Kannadasan. For Tamils all over the world, he epitomised their poetry style. Even those who couldn't read the poetry of Kamban or the maxims of Valluvan, could hum the compositio...

Vaali (poet) (1931-10-30) (age 77) Srirangam, Tiruchi Writing period 1960s—present Vaali Vaali is a Tamil language poet who writes lyrics for songs for films. Most recently he has written a song Kallai Mattum Kandal in Dasavatharam for the music of Himesh Reshmaiyaa. He has also acted in a couple of films most notably, Hey Ram and Parthale Paravasam. He was recently nominated for Padma Shri for his literary work. Kavignar Vaali, whose real name is Rangarajan, was born in an Iyengar family at Srirangam in 1931. His father name is Srinivasa Iyengar & his mother is Ponnammal. He was an artist and he worked in AIR (All India Radio). He has the record of having written most number of lyrics in Tamil. He has written lyrics for hundreds songs. He is a prolific writer too, he has written books like Avathara Purushan, Pandavar Bhoomi, Ramanuja Kaviyam, Krishna Vijayam, Kalaignar Kaviyam, Krishna Bhakthan, Naanum indha Nootrandum, etc. Vaali – Like all others who hail from ...

Some of his works are: 1. ஆடாத ஆட்டம் எல்லாம் (Aadatha Aattam Ellaam) from Mounam Pesiyadhey - Music by Karthik Raja 2. Aasaiella • Kaaththavaraayan (2008) Malathi, Srikanth Deva 3. Kaathavarayaa • Kaaththavaraayan (2008) Anuradha Sriram 4. Manmadhanae • Manmathan Yuvan Shankar Raja - Sadhana Sargam View Lyrics here: http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/lyrics/16888.html Meendum Palliku Pogalaam • Pallikoodam Bharadwaj