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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram
| image = File:PattuKalayn.jpg
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| birth_name = Kalyanasundaram
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|04|13}}
| birth_place = [[Thamarankottai]], [[Pattukkottai]], [[Thanjavur District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1959|10|08|1930|04|14}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[poet]], [[lyricist]]
| alma_mater =
| period = 1930–1959
| subject =
| movement = Communist
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| spouse = Gowrawammal
| children = Kumaravelu
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'''Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram''' (13 April 1930 – 8 October 1959) also known as '''Pattukottai Kalyanasundaranar''',<ref>{{cite news |title=Pattukottaiyar, Muthukumar, passed away too early |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-new-indian-express/20160815/281676844309969 |access-date=24 September 2018 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=15 August 2016}}</ref> was an Indian poet and lyricist. Considered to be the most popular Tamil lyricist of the 1950s, he is particularly remembered for the philosophy-tinged lyrics he penned for [[M. G. Ramachandran]]’s movies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sangam.org/2010/04/Kalyanasundaram.php| title=Poet Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram; 80th Birthday Remembrance|website=www.sangam.org|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>He was born on 13 April 1930 in an agricultural family at [[Sengapaduthankadu]] in [[Thamarankottai]] a village near the town of [[Pattukkottai]].

== Early life ==
He was born on 13 April 1930 in an agricultural family at [[Sengapaduthankadu]] in [[Thamarankottai]] village, a village near the town of [[Pattukkottai]]. His parents were Arunachalam Pillai and Visalakshi Ammal. Arunachalam Pillai was a Tamil scholar and a folk poet.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.frontline.in/arts-and-culture/cinema/songs-of-the-soil/article6100786.ece#test|title=Songs of the soil|last=Ilangovan|first=BY R.|date=2014-06-11|newspaper=Frontline|access-date=2016-12-06}}</ref> PKS had an elder brother, Ganapathisundaram, and a sister, Vedhanayaki. PKS never went to school, but had an in-born talent for poetry.

== Career ==
PKS worked for ''Kuyil'', a magazine run by Bharathidasan. His first opportunity to write lyrics for a Tamil movie was for ''[[Paditha Penn]]''. However, he achieved success as lyricist even before the release of ''Paditha Penn'' (which was released on 20 April 1956) when ''[[Maheswari (film)|Maheswari]]'', a film for which he penned five song lyrics, was released ahead on 13 November 1955. The music director for this movie was [[G. Ramanathan]]; [[C. V. Sridhar]] wrote the script and dialogue. The Kalyanasundaram–Sridhar combination proved to be successful again with the movie [[Kalyana Parisu]]. As detailed by director Sridhar's reminiscences, PKS wrote eight lyrics for this love triangle plot, all of which were successful.

PKS was very active and successful in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film industry]] during the years 1954–1959 and wrote around 250 songs during this period, including several songs for two leading Tamil [[movie star]]s of that period – MGR and Sivaji Ganesan. List of movies, which feature PKS lyrics for the two actors:

[[MGR]]: 7 movies; [[Chakravarthi Thirumagal]] (1957), [[Mahadhevi]] (1957), [[Nadodi Mannan]] (1958), [[Arasilangkumari]] (1961), [[Thirudadhe]] (1961), [[Vikramaadhithan]] (1962) and [[Kalai Arasi]] (1963).

[[Sivaji Ganesan]]: 11 movies; [[Rangoon Radha]] (1956), [[Ambikapathy (1957 film)|Ambikapathi]] (1957), [[Pudhaiyal]] (1957), [[Makkalai Petra Magarasi]] (1957), [[Uthama Puthiran (1958 film)|Uthama Puthiran]] (1958), [[Padhi Bhakti]] (1958), Aval Yar ? (1959), [[Bhaaga Pirivinai]] (1959), [[Thanga Padhumai]] (1959), [[Irumbu Thirai]] (1960), Punar Jenmam (1961).

== Later life ==
He married Gowravammal from [[Athikkottai]] (a village near Pattukkottai). His mentor [[Bharathidasan]] presided over the nuptials on 11 September 1957 at Madras.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} In 1959, the couple gave birth to their only child, whom they named Kumaravelu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pattukkottaiyar.com/site/?page_id=100|title=» BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE|website=www.pattukkottaiyar.com|access-date=2016-12-06}}</ref> After suffering severe [[migraine]] attacks, Kalyanasundaram underwent surgery to his nose in September 1959. A few days after surgery, he died of [[Cerebral Haemorrhage|cereberal haemorrhage]] on 8 October 1959.<ref name="auto" />

== List of films for which PKS wrote lyrics ==

#''[[Maheswari (film)|Maheswari (1955)]]''
#''[[Paditha Penn]] (1956)''
#''[[Marma Veeran]] (1956)''
#''[[Kula Deivam (1956 film)|Kula Dheivam (1956)]]''
#''[[Paasavalai]] (1956)''
#''[[Rangoon Radha]] (1956)''
#''[[Chakravarthi Thirumagal]] (1957)''
#''[[Makkalai Petra Magarasi]] (1957)''
#''[[Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam|Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum (1957)]]''
#''[[Karpukkarasi]] (1957)''
#''[[Soubhagyavathi|Sowbagyawathi (1957)]]''
#''[[Aaravalli]] (1957)''
#''[[Ambikapathy (1957 film)|Ambikapathy (1957)]]''
#''[[Mahadhevi]] (1957)''
#''[[Pudhaiyal]] (1957)''
#''[[Kanniyin Sabatham]] (1958)''
#''[[Uthama Puthiran (1958 film)|Uthama Puthiran (1958)]]''
#''[[Pillai Kaniyamudhu]] (1958)''
#''[[Petra Maganai Vitra Annai]] (1958)''
#''[[Thedi Vandha Selvam]] (1958)''
#''[[Thirumanam]] (1958)''
#''[[Nadodi Mannan]] (1958)''
#''[[Naan Valartha Thangai]] (1958)''
#''[[Anbu Engey]] (1958)''
#''[[Pathi Bakthi]] (1958)''
#''[[Thanga Padhumai]] (1959)''
#''[[Pandithevan]] (1959)''
#''[[Nalla Theerpu]] (1959)''
#''[[Kalyana Parisu]] (1959)''
#''[[Kalyanikku Kalyanam]] (1959)''
#''[[Pudhumai Penn (1959 film)|Pudhumai Penn (1959)]]''
#''[[Vaazha Vaitha Deivam]] (1959)''
#''Ulagam Sirikirathu (1959)''
#''[[Aval Yaar]] (1959)''
#''[[Bhaaga Pirivinai]] (1959)''
#''[[Kan Thiranthathu]] (1959)''
#''[[Amudhavalli]]'' (1959)
#''[[Thalai Koduthaan Thambi]] (1959)''
#''Ponn Vilaiyum Boomi (1959)''
#''[[Kalaivaanan]] (1959)''
#''[[Irumbu Thirai]] (1960)''
#''Rathinapuri Ilavarasi (1960)''
#''Mahalakshmi (1960)''
#''Sangili Devan (1960)''
#''[[Ellorum Innaattu Mannar]] (1960)''
#''[[Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu]] (1960)''
#''[[Aalukkoru Veedu]] (1960)''
#''[[Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar]] (1960)''
#''[[Veerakkanal (1960 film)|Veerakkanal]] (1960'')
#''[[Arasilangkumari]] (1961)''
#''[[Punar Jenmam]] (1961)''
#''[[Thirudadhe]] (1961)''
#''[[Kumara Raja (1961 film)|Kumara Raja]] (1961)''
#''[[Vikramaadhithan]] (1962)''
#''[[Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam]] (1962)''
#''[[Kalai Arasi]] (1963)''
#''[[Maganey Kel]] (1965)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pattukkottaiyar.com/site/?p=744|title=» Blog Archive » பாடல் வெளியான படங்கள்|website=www.pattukkottaiyar.com|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
The first compilation of Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram's songs appeared in 1965 in print form. Comparative studies and criticism have also been published in the form of books by several authors, like Paa. Udayakumar, Ki. Sembiyan, [[Solomon Pappaiah]], Irakuladasan, M. P. Manivel, Pandian, Paa. Veeramani and others.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

Tamil Nadu Murpokku Ezhuthalar Sangam, Pattukkottai, brought out souvenirs on Pattukkottaiyaar's 50th, 56th and 60th birthdays. A bronze statue was unveiled at a busy junction in Pattukkottai town and a special souvenir was released on the statue unveiling ceremony in 1995.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}.

Government Of India brought out a souvenir on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of India's Independence recognising Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathi, Pavendhar Bharathidasan and Makkal Kavignar Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram as the three foremost poets of the 20th century in Tamil.

In 1981, the Chief Minister of the state, M. G. Ramachandran conferred posthumously the prestigious Bharathidasan Award to Pattukkottaiyaar.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} Later in 1993,the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram declared nationalization of Pattukkottaiyaar's literary works.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}In 2000,a memorial structure, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram Manimandapam, was erected in Pattukkottai and was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

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