Mu. Metha
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Born | Muhammed Metha (1945-09-05) 5 September 1945 (age 78) Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu, India |
Occupation | Poet lyricist |
Years active | 1981–present |
Children | 5 |
Muhammed Metha (born 5 September 1945) is an Indian poet and songwriter.
Early life
Metha was born in Theni in 1945. He received M. A. in Tamil literature.[1] He was a professor of tamil for 35 years at Presidency College, Chennai.[2]
Career
He popularised modern poetry (Pudukavithai) in the 1970s and has written more than 30 books, including novels, short stories and essays. He is also credited with 400 songs for films. Poet Mu.Metha participated in the "vanampaadi" literary movement. That movement aimed at writing poems in the view of Marxism and world wide vision.
His debut film as lyricist was Agaya Gangai.[3]
Published works
- Kaneerpookal (1974)
- Oorvalam (1977)
- Manacharagu (1978)
- Avargalvarukirarkal (1980)
- Mughathukku Mugham (1981)
- Nadantha Nadagangal (1982)
- Kathiiruntha Katru (1982)
- Oru Vaanam Iru Siragu (1983)
- Thiruvizhavil Therupadagan (1984)
- Nandavana Natkal (1985)
- Idhayathil Natkali (1985)
- Ennudaya Pothimarangal (1987)
- Kanavukkuthiraigal (1992)
- Kamban Kaviarangil (1993)
- En Pillai Tamil (1994)
- Ottrai Thikkuchi (1997)
- Manithanai Thedi (1998)
- Agahyathukkuadutha Veedu (2004)
- Mu.Metha Kavithaigal (2007)
- Kalaigarukku Tamil Endru Pear(2010)
- Kanavukalin Kaiezhuthu (2016)
Filmography
Lyricist
Year | Movie | Music Composer | Remarks |
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1981 | Anichamalar | Shankar–Ganesh | Debut as a lyricist |
1982 | Aagaya Gangai | Ilaiyaraaja | Thennaruviyil Nanaithidum Malaro |
1985 | Naan Sigappu Manithan | Ilaiyaraaja | Pon Maane Sangeetham |
1985 | Idaya Kovil | Ilaiyaraaja | Yaar Veetil Roja |
1985 | Udaya Geetham | Ilaiyaraaja | Paadu Nilave |
1985 | Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal | Ilaiyaraaja | Moonu Vela Soru, Malare Malare |
1986 | Maragatha Veenai | Ilaiyaraaja | Oru Poovanakkuyil Maamarathula |
1987 | Rettai Vaal Kuruvi | Ilaiyaraaja | Rajaraja Cholan Naan |
1987 | Michael Raj | Chandrabose | All songs |
1987 | Velaikkaran | Ilaiyaraaja | All songs |
1987 | Krishnan Vanthan | Ilaiyaraaja | Thaniyaaga Paduthu |
1987 | siraipparavai | Ilaiyaraaja | Anandam Pongida |
1988 | kaliyugam | Chandrabose | |
1988 | Kainattu | Chandrabose | All Songs |
1988 | Maduraikara Thambi | Chandrabose | All Songs |
1988 | Solla Thudikkuthu Manasu | Ilaiyaraaja | Vayakatti Vayathakatti |
1988 | Thaippasam | Chandrabose | |
1989 | Idhaya Deepam | Chandrabose | All Songs |
1990 | Periya Veetu Pannakkaran | Ilaiyaraaja | Nikkattumaa Pogattuma |
1994 | Maindhan | Deva | All Songs |
1994 | Thendral Varum Theru | Ilaiyaraaja | All Songs |
1997 | Surya Vamsam | S. A. Rajkumar | Natchathira Jannalil |
1999 | Sethu | Ilaiyaraaja | Nenachu Nenachu, Sethuvukku Sethuvukku |
1999 | Nilave Mugam Kaattu | Ilaiyaraaja | Chittu Parakkuthu |
2000 | Bharathi | Ilaiyaraaja | Mayil Pola Ponnu onnu |
2001 | Kasi | Ilaiyaraaja | En Mana Vaanil/Naan Kaanum Ulagangal |
2002 | Ivan | Ilaiyaraaja | Ulagame Nee |
2003 | Pithamagan | Ilaiyaraaja | Adadaa Aghangaara Arakka Kaigalil |
2005 | Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy | Ilaiyaraaja | Nalla Vaazhvu |
2009 | Azhagar Malai | Ilaiyaraaja | Muthama |
2010 | Nandalala | Ilaiyaraaja | Onnukkonnu |
Writer & producer
- Thendral Varum Theru (1994)
Recognition
His awards include the Bharathidasan Award from the state government of Tamil Nadu.
See also
References
- Syed Muthahar Saqaf, Modern poetry brought life to the lifeless, The Hindu, Sept 3, 2006
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- R. P. Sethu Pillai (1955)
- Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956)
- C. Rajagopalachari (1958)
- Mu. Varadarajan (1961)
- Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (1962)
- Akilan (1963)
- P. Sri Acharya (1965)
- M. P. Sivagnanam (1966)
- K. V. Jagannathan (1967)
- A. Srinivasa Raghavan (1968)
- Bharatidasan (1969)
- Ku. Alagirisami (1970)
- Na. Parthasarathy (1971)
- D. Jayakanthan (1972)
- Rajam Krishnan (1973)
- K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1974)
- R. Dhandayudham (1975)
- Indira Parthasarathy (1977)
- Vallikannan (1978)
- Thi. Janakiraman (1979)
- Kannadasan (1980)
- M. Ramalingam (1981)
- B. S. Ramiah (1982)
- T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan (1983)
- Lakshmi (1984)
- A. S. Gnanasambandan (1985)
- Ka. Naa. Subramanyam (1986)
- Aadhavan Sundaram (1987)
- V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1988)
- La Sa Ra (1989)
- Su. Samuthiram (1990)
- Ki. Rajanarayanan (1991)
- Kovi. Manisekaran (1992)
- M. V. Venkatram (1993)
- Ponneelan (1994)
- Prapanchan (1995)
- Ashokamitran (1996)
- Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (1997)
- Sa. Kandasamy (1998)
- S. Abdul Rahman (1999)
- Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran (2000)
- C. S. Chellappa (2001)
- Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2002)
- Vairamuthu (2003)
- Tamilanban (2004)
- G. Thilakavathi (2005)
- Mu. Metha (2006)
- Neela Padmanabhan (2007)
- Melanmai Ponnusamy (2008)
- Puviarasu (2009)
- Nanjil Nadan (2010)
- S. Venkatesan (2011)
- D. Selvaraj (2012)
- Joe D'Cruz (2013)
- Poomani (2014)
- A. Madhavan (2015)
- Vannadasan (2016)
- Inkulab (2017)
- S. Ramakrishnan (2018)
- Cho Dharman (2019)
- Imayam (2020)
- C. S. Lakshmi (2021)
- M. Rajendran (2022)
- Rajasekaran (Devibharathi) (2023)
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