100 Years of Kannadasan: Tamil Cinema’s Enduring Lyricist and Poet Laureate’s Legacy | Chennai News
Despite competition through the 1960s and 1970s, Kannadasan’s songs became, for many Tamils, a prism through which life was interpreted — articulating longing, disappointment, romance, faith, despair and philosophical resignation in language at once simple and memorable. VamananStanding well over six feet in height, Kannadasan often dictated his film songs while reclining against pillows like…