MS Viswanathan

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Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan was born on the 24th of June 1928 and died on the 14th of July 2015, also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director and composer. He was popularly known as Mellisai Mannar ("The King of Light Music"). He composed songs in 1200 films across languages - Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi. He worked primarily in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He also acted and sung in a few Tamil films. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa conferred the Thirai Isai Chakravarthy ("The Emperor of Cine Music") title on him in August 2012 and presented him with 60 gold coins and a new car. Viswanathan composed film music together with composer and violinist T. K. Ramamoorthy from the 1950s to 1965, as Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy for 100 films and from 1965 until 2014 he worked independently as a composer for 1100 films composing more than 15000 songs.

Born on: 24 June, 1928

Born in: Palakkad, Madras Presidency,India

Died on: 14 July, 2015

Nickname(s): M S V

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