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.

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

Early life

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]

Career

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

Awards

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

Filmography

Lyricist

1970's

1. 1973– Ponnukku Thanga Manasu
2. 1976– Uzhaikkum Karangal
3. 1976– Oorukku Uzhaippavan
4. 1976– Unarchigal
5. 1977– Meenava Nanban
6. 1977– Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga
7. 1978– Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan
8. 1978– Vayasu Ponnu
9. 1978– Kizhakke Pogum Rail
10. 1978– En Kelvikku Enna Bathil
11. 1979– Puthiya Vaarpugal
12. 1979– Uthiripookkal
13. 1979– Suvarilladha Chiththirangal
14. 1979 – Pappathi
15. 1979 – Kamasasthiram

1980s

1. 1984 – Madras Vathiyar
2. 1982 -Thooral Ninnu Pochu

Actor

• Maya Kannadi (2007) - struggling actor

References

1. "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.
4. "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.