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Eminent Tamil lyricist Na Muthukumar no more

Na Muthukumar tamil lyricist dead obituary

Tamil lyricist Na Muthukumar, who won two national awards for his songs, died of jaundice at his residence in Chennai on Sunday morning. He was 41.

 

“He passed away at his residence. He was suffering from high fever and succumbed to jaundice,” the source close told IANS.

 

Even though Na Muthukumar began his career aspiring to be a director, he shot to fame with the 2000 release of Tamil film “Veera Nadai” for which he wrote the lyrics.

 

In a career lasting over a decade, he wrote around 1,000 songs. He holds a special record for penning 103 songs in 2012.

 

Popular for his collaboration with composers Yuvan Shankar Raja and G.V Prakash, he reportedly wrote over 200 songs in the latter’s composition.

 

“Can’t believe this. Na Muthukumar is no more… He’s written more than 200 songs in my films. A huge loss. May god give strength to his family,” Prakash tweeted.

 

“My music career started with his lyric in veyilodu vilayadi … He had written all the songs in #KIK ,” he added.

 

Prakash added that his musical career started with Muthukumar’s song “Veyilodu Vilayadi” from the National Award winning Tamil film “Veyyil”.

 

Two of his songs “Aanandha Yazhai Meetugiraai” (from “Thanga Meengal”) and “Azhage Azhage” (from “Saivam”) fetched him National Awards.

 

Some of his other popular songs include “Suttum Vizhi”, “Devathaiyai Kandaen”, “Mun Andhi” and “Venillave”.

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