Lyricist and poet Na Muthukumar's death has come as a big shock to the Tamil film industry. He passed away at the age of 41 due to jaundice. In his career, he penned over 1500 songs for Tamil films and was known as 'Kavi Ilavarasan' in Kollywood. Apart from penning a novel called "Silk City," he also published many collections of poems.
Na Muthukumar, who hailed from Kancheepuram, and was a son of a school teacher, had good grip over the Tamil language since his childhood, but his first passion was to become a filmmaker. To learn the nuances of filmmaking, he worked under legendary filmmaker Balu Mahendra. But again it was his control over the language that got him a break as a song writer. He wrote his first track for the film Seeman's "Veeranadai."
His song writings got noticed soon by many filmmakers and he went on to work with top directors like AR Murugadoss, Selvaraghavan, Bala, Dharani, Bala, Lingusamy, Gautham Menon and many others. He graduated into dialogues writing with AL Vijay's "Kireedam."
"Aanandha Yazhai Meetugiraai" song in "Thanga Meengal" and "Azhage Azhage Ethuvum Azhage" track in "Saivam" won him National Awards. Some of the popular films that he worked were "Kaadhal Kondein," "Ghilli," "Chandramukhi," "Vaaranam Aayiram" and "Theri." He rose to stardom in a short time and won the hearts of millions with his beautiful lyrics.
Celebrities have said that it is an irreparable loss to the industry. Many of them took Twitter to express their condolence messages. Find their tweets below:
Prasanna: Shocked n saddened to know the untimely demise of lyricist Na.Muthukumar. He will be missed. RIP
Tamannaah Bhatia: U will be missed !!! RIP to this great soul, my prayers with his family #Namuthukumar . Just can't believe this .
Kamal Haasan: Na Muthukumar died at 41. An important Tamil poet who also wrote for cinema. If he lived a little he'd have made the above intro redundant. Miss you my friend. Thanks for the words you left behind in print. Hope you enjoyed life half as much as we are going to enjoy your poems
ArunVijay: Saddening to hear the demise of Poet Na.Muthukumar sir.. May his soul rest in peace & his words live with us forever.. #RIP
Devi Sri Prasad OMG!Shocked by d sudden demise of Dear Na.Muthukumar..1 of d Most Amazing Lyricists of our times!! R.I.P Sir He gav Beautiful lyrics 4 many of my Tamil Songs! Cant believe this news! May God giv Strength to his family!:(( When I sing a tune, he used 2 spontaneously giv me d lyrics on spot!! A great Talent!!A deep loss 4 Tamil Films!!
Dhanush: Rest in peace na.muthukumar. Very shocked and saddened. Strength to the family.
Prem Kumar: Really shocking! National award winning lyricist #NaMuthukumar passed away. Too young to go. My deepest condolences to his family.
Siddharth: I cannot believe Na Muthukumar is no more. Too young to die. God give his family strength. What a loss! Sad sad day.
Kamal Haasan: Na Muthukumar died at 41. An important Tamil poet who also wrote for cinema. If he lived a little he'd have made the above intro redundant. Miss you my friend. Thanks for the words you left behind in print. Hope you enjoyed life half as much as we are going to enjoy your poems
R Sarath Kumar: It sure is shocking to hear the demise of national award winning lyricist Na Muthukumar. We have lost another good soul
Samantha Ruth Prabhu: A terrible loss . Gone too soon . RIP Na Muthukumar
Celebrities like Ilayathalapathy Vijay, Sivakarthikeyan, Jayam Ravi and many bigwigs have paid their homage to Na Muthukumar. Below, find the photos and video of them paying their last respect:
