Mellisai Mannar M.S. Viswanathan Passes Away

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Mellisai Mannar M.S. Viswanathan Passes Away

Famous music composer M.S. Viswanathan had passed away at a private hospital in Chennai this morning, aged 87.

He is fondly known as MSV by the members of the Tamil film industry and has earned the status as the King of Light Music or Mellisai Mannar.

He has composed songs for more than 1,200 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.
MSV had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for old-age related problem and breathing difficulties.

We would like to send our condolences to M.S. Viswanathan’s family and friends during this difficult time.

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Tamil film industry mourns MSV’s demise-no shoot today

In order to pay respect to the late legendary music composer MS Viswanathan, Film Employees’ Federation of South India (FEFSI) has cancelled all the shooting which were supposed to happen today (July 15).

MS Viswanathan’s funeral will be held today morning at his residence on Santhome High Road in Chennai.

Yesterday (July14), many Tamil film celebrities including Ilaiyaraaja, Yesudas, Rajinikanth, Sivakumar, Vijayakanth, Sarath kumar, Vijay, Harris Jayaraj, Vishal, Vadivelu, Vivekh and many others paid their homage to the veteran composer.

Other important celebrities including Kamal Haasan, SPB and AR Rahman have officially sent their condolence message to the bereaved family of MS Viswanathan.

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Ilayaraja’s tribute to MS Viswanathan

Maestro Ilayaraja is a big fan of late music composer MS Viswanathan and in fact, the duo have worked together in films including Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu and Vishwa Thulasi.

In order to pay a tribute to MS Viswanathan, now Ilayaraja is planning to organize an exclusive concert in which he will be playing the compositions of the late music composer.

The concert will be happening on July 27th at Kamarajar Arangam, Chennai. Ilaiyaraaja says “MS Viswanathan’s musical expertise and command are well known but no one would have got the nuances of his compositions. I’m going to tell people about how MSV had composed most difficult numbers with so much ease”.

The music concert has been named as Ennule and it will be organized through Jeeva Ilaiyaraaja’s educational trust.