Mellisai Mannar

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Mellisai Mannar is the honorific title of legendary Indian film composer M. S. Viswanathan, celebrated as the "King of Light Music" in Tamil cinema.

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Mellisai Mannar canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film composer
honorific title
human
music director
activeInDecade 1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
alsoKnownAs MSV NERFINISHED
associatedWithIndustry Tamil cinema NERFINISHED
associatedWithProfession film composer
countryOfCitizenship India
countryOfCulturalOrigin India NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1928-06-24
dateOfDeath 2015-07-14
fieldOfRecognition film music
light music
fieldOfWork Tamil cinema NERFINISHED
film music
fullName Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan NERFINISHED
honoree M. S. Viswanathan NERFINISHED
honorificFor legendary Indian film composer
honorificTitle Mellisai Mannar NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle Tamil
meaning King of Light Music NERFINISHED
name M. S. Viswanathan NERFINISHED
notableFor being a leading composer in Tamil cinema
popularizing light music in South Indian films
notableWorkLanguage Hindi
Kannada
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
occupation composer
film producer
music director
singer
placeOfBirth British India
Kerala NERFINISHED
Palakkad district NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Chennai NERFINISHED
India
Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED
primaryGenre film songs
light music
refersTo M. S. Viswanathan NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity South India NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
usedAsTitleFor M. S. Viswanathan NERFINISHED

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M. S. Viswanathan alsoKnownAs Mellisai Mannar
M. S. Viswanathan honorificTitle Mellisai Mannar