Vairamuthu

January 9, 2024
Poet

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Vairamuthu
Full Name Vairamuthu
Occupation Poet
Date Of Birth Jul 13, 1953(1953-07-13)
Age 71
Birthplace Madurai
Country India
Birth City Tamil Nadu
Horoscope Cancer

Vairamuthu Biography

Name Vairamuthu
Birthday Jul 13
Birth Year 1953
Place Of Birth Madurai
Home Town Tamil Nadu
Birth Country India
Birth Sign Cancer
Spouse Ponmani Vairamuthu
Children(s) Madhan Karky, Kabilan Vairamuthu

Vairamuthu is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on July 13, 1953 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Vairamuthu was born on July 13, 1953 to Ramasamy and his wife Angammal, who were agriculturalists based in the village of Mettoor, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. In 1957, his family was forced to move to Vadugapatti, another village in the Theni district, due to the construction of Vaigai Dam across the river Vaigai, which led to evacuation of 14 villages (including Mettur). In his new surroundings, he also took up agriculture in addition to his academics.

Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian poet, lyricist and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master’s graduate from the Pachaiyappa’s College in Chennai, he first worked as a translator, while also being a published poet. He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 1980, with the film Nizhalgal, an Ilaiyaraaja musical, directed by P. Bharathiraja. During the course of his 40-year film career, he has written over 7,500 songs and poems which have won him seven National Awards, the most for any Indian lyricist. He has also been honored with a Padma Shri, a Padma Bhushan and a Sahitya Akademi Award, for his abundant literary output.

Vairamuthu Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Poet
House Living in own house.

Vairamuthu is one of the richest Poet from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vairamuthu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kallikkattu Ithikasam depicts the story of the people of a village who have turned refugees in independent India. In the 1950s, when Vaigai dam was constructed in Madurai District, 14 villages were vacated for creating the water catchment area. This novel narrates the tearful story of those refugees who lost their land under the water. The author is a child born to one such family and had lived through the misery of this migration in his childhood. The story portrays the tears, blood and pain of the villagers whose families were crushed as a result of modernization. The soul of the novel echoes the truth behind the values of agrarian India and the virtues of farmers which are eternal. This saga won Vairamuthu the Sahitya Akademi Award for the Best Literary Work in the year 2003, and has been translated into 22 languages.

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Who is Vairamuthu Dating?

According to our records, Vairamuthu married to Ponmani Vairamuthu. As of December 1, 2023, Vairamuthu’s is not dating anyone.

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After K. Balachander’s Punnagai Mannan (1986), Vairamuthu and Ilaiyaraaja parted ways. After their split, Vairamuthu’s career stalled for the next five years, when he worked largely on lyrics for other language films that were dubbed in Tamil. His association with director Bharathiraja remained intact, as the duo worked together in the late 1980s on films such as Vedham Pudhithu (composed by Devendran) and Kodi Parakuthu (composed by Hamsalekha). He also worked with Bollywood composers such as R. D. Burman in the film Ulagam Pirandhadhu Enakkaga and the duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal on Uyire Unakkaga.

Facts & Trivia

Valeri Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Vairamuthu celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.

Vairamuthu has written 37 books which include collections of poetry as well as novels in the Tamil language. Several of them have been translated into English, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Russian and Norwegian. He introduced the work of foreign poets to Tamil readers in his Ella Nadhiyilum En Odam. Over 2.6 million copies of his works have been sold. In 1991, four of his books were released on the same day in a grand manner in Madurai by the ex-Chief Minister Karunanidhi.

Who is vairamuthu wife?

Ponmani Vairamuthu

How old is vairamuthu?

68 years (July 13, 1953)

Who is Vairamuthu son?

Sons

Where Vairamuthu born?

Vadugapatti, India

What is the fight between Ilayaraja and Vairamuthu?

It’s said that Ilaiyaraaja trashed Vairamuthu’s songs saying that the entire lyrics are not worthwhile working on the movie, Muthal Mariyadhai. After K Balachander’s Punnagai Mannan, Vairamuthu and Ilaiyaraaja parted ways. After their split, Vairamuthu was not in the music scene for about five years.

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