Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan
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The Times of India, Jul 14, 2015
The Times of India, Jul 15 2015, Avijit Ghosh
Southern music composer M.S. Viswanathan has over 750 films to his credit
He gave score for NTR's Hindi debut
Masterclass music director M S Viswanathan was one of the three composers of Naya Aadmi (1956), NT Rama Rao's debut venture in Hindi cinema. He also gave music to several southern films dubbed in Hindi such as Bache Mere Saathi.
The musical journey of humble, modest and religious Viswanathan began with the musical troupe of C R Subbaraman when he was 13 years old.
In the company of T K Ramamurthy, MSV, as he is fondly known as, also scored compositions for the incomplete films of Subbaraman, including "Devadas," "Sandirani" and "Manmagal," following the demise of the ace musician.
In his impressive career spread over five decades, the legendary musician had over 1,200 films to his credit, including in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and several other languages.
After making his debut in "Jenova," MSV went on to create history in the company of his friend, Ramamurthy. The duo enthralled the audience with their magical tunes in over 700 films, from "Panam" to M G Ramachandran's runaway hit "Ayirathil Oruvan."
The multi-talented Viswanathan mastered in handling instruments like the harmonium, the piano and the keyboard.
Viswanathan won several awards, including Tamil Isai Sangam's Isai Perarignar award (2003), Filmfare's Life time achievement award and Kerala government's Best musician award.
The then CM Jayalalithaa honoured him with Thirai Isai Chakravorthy (King of Film Music) in 2012. Legendary music composer M S Viswanathan passes away at 87 in July 2015.
