Tamil Legendary Musician MSV passes away.

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Legendary music composer and singer M S Viswanathan, who had been critically ill for the past few days, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 87. The music maestro was admitted to the intensive care unit of Fortis Malar Hospitals on June 27 with breathing difficulty and his condition had been worsening ever since.

Hospital sources said he had been suffering from age-related ailments and had lost his memory. Though the hospital said in a statement last Monday that he was on the road to recovery, his situation took a turn for the worse a couple of days ago.
M S Viswanathan, famous music composer, dies aged 87 - The Times of India
 
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Veteran music composer 'Mellisai Mannar' M S Viswanathan passed away this morning (14thJuly) at a private hospital in Chennai at around 4.15 AM. He was 87 and is survived by four sons and three daughters. MSV as he was fondly called, was not keeping well for a while and was undergoing treatment for age related issues. He had in fact showed signs of recovery a few days back but his condition deteriorated.

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MSV has composed music for more than thousand films across the South Indian languages. He started his film musical career in the 1952 film Panam starring Sivaji Ganesan. His collaboration with fellow composer Ramamurthy has resulted in numerous memorable tracks.



Some of his best works include Enga Veettu Pillai, Paasa Malar and Sumaithangi. MSV and legendary filmmaker K. Balachander’s combination has produced several evergreen classics. Viswanathan is also a recipient of the Kalaimamani and several other awards. MSV’s demise has left a huge irreplaceable void in the music industry.


Music director M S Viswanathan passes away


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In 1940, at the age of 12, he went on to work as an office boy at Jupiter films, before landing a job as a harmonium player in music director C.R. Subburaman’s troupe. It was there that he met T.S. Ramamurthy, a violinist.
When Subburaman passed away, Viswanathan and Ramamurthy decided to step in and compose music for the films that he was working on, including Devdas and Kaathal. Their first official film together was the Sivaji Ganesan starrer Panam in 1952. MSV was 24 at the time. The duo went on to compose music for many films, before they moved apart and started doing individual compositions. They reunited in 1995 after 30 years forEngirundho Vandhaan, which was a box office failure.
Over a career spanning almost six decades, MSV, popularly calledMellissai Mannar (king of light music), composed the music for around 1,700 films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
Viswanathan worked with three Tamil Nadu chief ministers, M.G. Ramachandran (MGR), M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa, and collaborated with both A.R. Rahman and Ilayaraja.
In 2012, Viswanathan, along with his friend and former team member T.S. Ramamurthy was awarded the title Thirai Isai Chakravarthy (emperors of cine music) and presented with 60 gold coins and a car by Jayalalithaa.
M.S. Viswanathan, king of light music - Livemint
 
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