M. S. Viswanathan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetM. S. Viswanathan
Indian actor-musician
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Place of Birth: Elappully, Kerala, India
About M. S. Viswanathan
- Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, composer, and singer.
- He was popularly known as Mellisai Mannar (Tamil for "The King of Light Music").
- He composed songs for more than 700 Indian films across languages primarily in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films.
- He has also acted and sung in a few Tamil films.
- The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa conferred the Thirai Isai Chakravarthy (Tamil for "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.
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