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Udumalai Narayana Kavi

Udumalai Narayana Kavi (25 September – 23 May ) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his work in Tamil films.

Early life

Udumalai Narayana was born on 25 September in Poolavadi, a small village in Udumalaipettai taluk, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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His parents died at a very young age and poverty deprived him of school. With the help of his brother, he made a small living selling matchboxes to the nearby villages. Even when young he had a keen interest in play and music. He initially started off acting in plays at the local temple and then got connected with some leading play groups in Tamil Nadu.

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Today's Kollywood is an amalgamation of several of those play groups.

Songwriting

He is best known for writing several lyrics that were used in the freedom movement in his early days and between and He wrote lyrics for several Tamil movies.[1] Many movies that Narayana Kavi wrote lyrics for in s and s were box office hits; thee include Velaikari, Nallathambi, Poompuhar, Parasakthiand Manohara.

He was affectionately known as "Paguththarivu Kaviraayar" or simply "Kaviraayar" in the movie industry. He was also associated with N. S. Krishnan the famous comedian in the s. For the Manohara ()movie, he was paid 15, rupees per song, then considered as the highest amount paid for a lyricist.

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Kavi wrote lyrics mostly for actor P.U. Chinnappa, while Papanasam sivam contributed lyrics for actor araja bhagavathar. A. Maruthakasi, a junior lyricist for Tamil movies had considered Kavi, as his mentor.

Filmography

Respect

In respect for his contribution to Tamil and its people, the government of Tamil Nadu has erected a memorial for him at Udumalaipettai.[2] What made Narayana Kavi very popular was his ability to use simple language that could be understood even by general public.

He died in

References

  1. ^Sundararaj Theodore Baskaran The eye of the serpent: an introduction to Tamil cinema Page " Udumalai Narayana Kavi He entered films and wrote the dialogues and songs for Krishna Leela (). an invited him to work in his film Izhanda Kathal ().

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    More of Krishnan's films followed. Narayana Kavi's atheistic and rationalistic ideas came to be expressed through songs. Through N.S. Krishnan, he got to know about C.N. Annadurai."

  2. ^Memorials of Eminent Personalities

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