Mayavanathan

Mayavanathan was a Tamil poet and lyricist in Tamil Cinema.

Mayavanathan மாயவநாதன்
Born	(1936-04-16)16 April 1936 Poolankulam, Tinnevely District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	6 August 1971(1971-08-06) (aged 35) Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	poet

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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Year	Film	Song	Singer(s)	Music	Direction
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.