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''' Padma Shri Na Muthuswamy''' (1936 – 24 October 2018) was the art director of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] folk theatre group [[Koothu-P-Pattarai]], which is based in [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu in [[South India]].<br />
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Muthuswamy has been described by ''[[The Hindu]]'' as "the master of the avant-garde".<ref name="master">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/28/stories/2008112850610300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202034312/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/28/stories/2008112850610300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2008|title=Master of avant-garde theatre|last=Santhanam|first=Kausalya|date=28 November 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref> Muthusamy also made his first film appearance in ''[[Vaazhthugal]]'' (2008).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/01082007-1.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811005409/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/01082007-1.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2007|title=Koothu-P-Pattarai's Na Muthusamy in Seeman's film|last=Toto|date=26 September 2016|website=Cinesouth|access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Muthuswamy first achieved prominence as a result of the play "Kalam Kalamaga", which has been described as the "first modern play in Tamil".<ref name="master"/><br/>He won the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] from the [[Government of India]] for year 1999. He was awarded as [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India in 2012.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
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He died on 24 October 2018 at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/renowned-playwright-and-theatre-artist-na-muthuswamy-koothu-p-pattarai-fame-no-more-90487|title=Renowned playwright and theatre artist Na Muthuswamy of Koothu-p-pattarai fame no more|last=Staff|date=24 October 2018|work=[[The News Minute]]|access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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