4 Oct 2021

Tamil Cinema’s Musical Zenith M.S. Viswanathan

Tamil Cinema’s Musical Zenith M.S. Viswanathan

The mind has been full of melody, dissolving and freezing in music lately. It makes me think of the songs I have heard since then and listen to them over and over again. It’s like flying in the sky while enjoying those memories and the songs that fly with the memories. I am writing this column with the intention of recording a little of those experiences.

M.S.V. is abbreviation of the name M.S.Viswanathan. People born in the sixties, seventies, and eighties who do not know M.S.V. cannot be. Since I was a child in my eighties I have been attracting from M.S.V.. Familiarity with us. M.S.V.'s song would not be complete without a special event.

Children who do not sing the song "Naan Anaiyittal…" will not be seen then. “India nadu en nadu Indian enbathu en peru" with such enthusiasm. There will be no annual festivals without the songs "Nalla Perai Vanga Vendum Pillaigale" and "Nalla Nalla Pillaigalai Nambi".

The song "Olimayamana Ethirkalam" was also composed by M.S.V.. It is a song composed with Ramamoorthy. The songs composed by Viswanathan and Ramamurthy are unforgettable with time. The duo sang "Annan Ennada Thampi Ennada", "Ullathil Nalla Ullam Urangathu Enpathu", and "Muntrezhuthil En Muchu Irukkum".

There are also songs by Bharathiyar and Bharathidasan that the duo composed and featured on screen. Bharathi's "Sindu Nathiyin Misai Nilavinile " and Bharathi Dasan's "Tamilukum Amuthuthendru Per" are some of the songs that can be mentioned.

The title of King of Melody is so fitting for M.S.V.. He was like a king in the minds of the people.

After all, it was M.S.V. who composed the music for our Tamil greetings. We are singing “Tamil Thai Vazhthu” greetings on the stage where he composed the music in Mohana ragam.

The only match between Kannadasan and M.S.V.. M.S.V. for Kannadasan lines. Can't figure out if Kannadasan is putting music or adding lyrics to M.S.V.'s music. That’s how music and lyrics mix and tie us together.

The wedding specials that did not sing the song he composed, "Varay En Thozhi Varai" will not be harmed. L.R. Eswari, who had been with the chorus body until then. That song is wonderful. Click Here to listen that song.


The song "Malligai En Mannan Mayangum" will mesmerize the listeners. It is said that Vani Jayaram sang the first song in M.S.V.'s music. That song is so captivating to this day.

Beyond all this, the song "Allah Allah" in which his voice and his music for it will make everyone forget religion and sing and listen.

He may be saying, "Damn, damn," while singing another song in his voice, "Sollathan Ninaikiren" Such an enchanting voice in that song beyond his music. I think he gave himself music all the time for what he wanted to say in that voice.

He also composed the song "Ezhu Swarngalukkul Ethanai Padal". I have to tell him that he proved that line of music with music.

The famous song "Manaivi Amaivathellam Iraivan Kodutha Varam " was also composed by M.S.V.. It is a song composed of music.

We can go on saying a lot like this. He loved music without looking at money and lived only as a musician. Many would say that he lived as a man unknown to the outside world other than music. Although he is a genius in music, he is said to have lived like a child. In that sense, the song he composed, "Kulathaiyum Theivamum Gunathal Ondru" applies to him in unison. I have to say that as a child he was the god of the music world as befits that song.

M.S.V.'s music cannot be summed up in one column passage like this. This passage is like filming the sky and the sea and not being able to capture the whole sky and the whole ocean in it. You should take this passage just as I can see the sky and the sea I saw in that picture. M.S.V.'s music is like the sky and the sea stretching beyond the picture. You too can expand it a bit more when you record your experience with M.S.V.’s music.

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