{"id":42150,"date":"2015-07-13T22:42:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T02:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=42150"},"modified":"2015-07-13T23:06:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T03:06:27","slug":"veteran-tamil-film-music-composer-ms-visvanathan-well-known-as-msv-passes-away-in-chennai-hospital-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=42150","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Tamil Film Music Composer MS Visvanathan well -known as “MSV” Passes Away in Chennai Hospital at 87 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well-known Tamil film music composer M.S. Viswanathan died at a private hospital in Chennai on July 14th morning. He was 87.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MSV, as he’s fondly called by the Tamil film music fans , had been undergoing treatment at Fortis Malar hospital for old-age related ailments and breathing problem.<\/p>\n

Though he had showed signs of recovery after initial treatment and was almost ready to be taken back home, his condition deteriorated last week.<\/p>\n

He breathed his last at 4.15 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Popular for composing music in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries, MSV has over 750 films to his credit.<\/p>\n

MSV is popular for his collaboration with fellow composer T.K. Ramamoorthy. The duo composed music for 86 Tamil films during their association of over a decade.<\/p>\n

Having started composing together in 1952, they split up in 1965. Some of their best films include “Paasamalar”, “Sumaithaangi”, “Server Sundaram”, “Aayirathil Oruvan” and “Enga Veetu Pillai”.<\/p>\n

After the separation, MSV went on to become more successful than TKR<\/p>\n

Viswanathan’s solo hits include “Bama Vijayam”, “Galatta Kalyanam”, “Deivamagan”, “Moondru Dheivangal”, “Rickshawkarana, “Bharatha Vilas” and “Ulagam Sutrum Valibana.<\/p>\n

Popularly known as ‘king of light music’ (Mellisai Mannar), Vishwanathan has also worked in Malayalam films such as “Manthrakodi”, “Babu Mon”, “Ullasa Yathra” and “Amme Anupame”.<\/p>\n

In Telugu, his compositions include “Tenali Ramakrishna”, “Anthuleni Kathaa, “Idhi Katha Kaadu”, “Aakali Rajyam” and “Maro Charitra”.<\/p>\n

MSV and legendary filmmaker K. Balachander combination has produced several evergreen classics.<\/p>\n

Viswanathan’s wife Janaki died in 2012. A year later, his best friend and composer T.K. Ramamurthy breathed his last.<\/p>\n

He is a recipient of Kalamamani and several other music awards. He was never given the Padmashree award despite being recommended for it several times by the Tamil Nadu Govt<\/p>\n

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Well-known Tamil film music composer M.S. Viswanathan died at a private hospital in Chennai on July 14th morning. He was 87. MSV, as he’s fondly called by the Tamil film music fans , had been undergoing treatment at Fortis Malar hospital for old-age related ailments and breathing problem. Though he had showed signs of recovery …<\/p>\n

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