Muthulingam (poet)

Subbiah Muthulingam (Tamil:முத்துலிங்கம்) ^[1] (born 20 March 1942) is an Indian songwriter. He wrote over 1,500 Tamil film songs, and was the winner of Kalaimamani, Pavender Bharathidasan Award, Best Songwriter Award, Artist Award. Muthulingam was appointed as the Tamil Nadu poet laureate in 1980s by the then Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran and was also a Member of Legislative Council (MLC), before it was abolished.

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Subbiah Muthulingam

Born	1942 (age 81–82) Kadampankudi, Madura District, Madras Province, British India (now in Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, India)
Occupation	Poet, lyricist
Years active	1973-present

Muthulingam was born in 1942 in Kadambangudi, Sivagangai district . Self-employment, agriculture . Educated till the final class of school. He wrote his first poem when he was 15 years old.^[2]^[3]

Muthulingam made his debut as lyricist with the song "Thanjavoor Seemaiyile" for the film Ponnukku Thanga Manasu.^[4]^[5]

Kapilar Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu for the year 2013
Bavender Bharathidasan Award
Kalaithurai Vidhdhakar Award
Kalaimamani Award - 1981

Lyricist

1970's

1973– Ponnukku Thanga Manasu
1976– Uzhaikkum Karangal
1976– Oorukku Uzhaippavan
1976– Unarchigal
1977– Meenava Nanban
1977– Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga
1978– Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan
1978– Vayasu Ponnu
1978– Kizhakke Pogum Rail
1978– En Kelvikku Enna Bathil
1979– Puthiya Vaarpugal
1979– Uthiripookkal
1979– Suvarilladha Chiththirangal
1979 – Pappathi
1979 – Kamasasthiram

1980s

1984 – Madras Vathiyar
1982 -Thooral Ninnu Pochu

Actor

Maya Kannadi (2007) - struggling actor

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"Muthulingam's language is like a lifelong prayer: Ilayaraja". The Hindu. 29 April 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
[2]
"1,000 பாடல்களுக்கு மேல் எழுதிய கவிஞர் முத்துலிங்கம்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
[3]
"பாடல்கள் சில பார்வைகள்!- கவிஞர் முத்துலிங்கம்". Dinamani (in Tamil). 29 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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"இளையராஜா இசையமைத்த முதல் பாட்டு!". Kungumam (in Tamil). 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
[5]
Parthasarathy, Anusha (8 November 2011). "Memories of Madras – Verse in the woods". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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