Piraisoodan


Piraisoodan is a Tamil poet and lyricist who writes song lyrics for films.
He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his songs in movies like Thayagam, En Rasavin Manasile and Neeyum Naanum in 1996,1991 and 2010 respectively. He wrote ‘Jagam Pughazum’, a Carnatic song that sums up the life of Thyagaraja.
He was conferred the title "Kavi Nyaani" by the late music director M.S.Viswanathan. He is notable for his eloquent literary speeches and for his ability to complete a song in few minutes. In a television reality program called "Vanampadi" he explained the meaning and intricate nuances of various Tamil film songs that won him accolades and place him as the best analyser and critic for Tamil film songs.
He was conferred a Doctorate in literature by the University Of Jerusalem. He was one of the chief guests along with Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti, director S. P. Muthuraman and Shyam Joseph for the music programme, a tribute to M.S. Viswanathan on his birthday conducted by MSVTimes.com June 20 at Smt. Sivagami Pethachi auditorium, Luz.

Personal life

Piraisoodan was born and brought up in Nannilam, a small panchayat town in Tamil Nadu. Piraisoodan has ten siblings - five elder and two younger brothers and two sisters. One of them is R. Madhi, a cinematographer who also works in the Tamil film industry. Piraisoodan has a daughter and son K. R. Kawin Siva, a music director who also works in the film industry. He made his debut as lyricist with Sirai.

Partial filmography

Lyricist

Film

Television

;Dialogue writer
;Actor