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Udumalai Narayana Kavi
Udumalai Narayana Kavi (25 September 1899 – 23 May 1981) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his work in Tamil films.
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Early life
Udumalai Narayana was born on 25 September 1899 in Poolavadi, a small village in Udumalaipettai taluk, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu, India. His parents died at a very young age and poverty deprived him of school.
With the help of his brother, he made a small living selling matchboxes to the nearby villages. Even when young he had a keen interest in play and music. He initially started off acting in plays at the local temple and then got connected with some leading play groups in Tamil Nadu.
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Today's Kollywood is an amalgamation of several of those play groups.
Songwriting
He is best known for writing several lyrics that were used in the freedom movement in his early days and between 1950 and 1972.
He wrote lyrics for several Tamil movies.[1] Many movies that Narayana Kavi wrote lyrics for in 1940s and 1