Manayangth Subramanian Viswanathan
Born – 24 June 1928
Died – 14 July 2015 (aged 87)
Occupation – Film score composer; actor; singer, music director
Viswanathan had always wanted to be an actor and singer, but was not successful. In 1940s he had done small roles in stage dramas. The composer and violinist T. R. Papa met Viswanathan and arranged job for him in S. V. Venkatraman’s musical troupe. In that company of musicians, Viswanathan realised that he had potential for composing music. He thereafter joined S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. He then joined C. R. Subburaman‘s musical troupe as a harmonium player. There, he met T. K. Ramamoorthy and T. G. Lingappa, the two leading violinists at that time. In 1950s T. G. Lingappa also became a renowned music composer on his own.
He then became an independent music director at 1965–2015. He won many awards. In July 2015, Mr.M.S Viswanathan was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulty. He died at 4.15 on 14th of July 2015 from a kidney cancer at Chennai.
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