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{{Infobox person
|name = Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
|image = Thanjai Ramaiahdas.jpg
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|birth_name = Narayanasamy Ramaiah Dass
|birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1914|6|5}}
|birth_place = Manampoochavadi, Thanjavur
|death_date = {{death date and age|1965|1|16|1914|6|5}}
|death_place = Chennai
|residence =
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
|other_names =
|known_for = Poet, Writer
|education =
| occupation = Poet
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| spouse= Thaayaarammal<br />Ranganayagi
|children= Vijayarani<br />Ravindran
|parents= Narayanasamy<br />Pappu
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'''Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass''' is an Indian poet and script writer who wrote mainly in the [[Tamil language]]. He has written more than 500 lyrics for Tamil films.

==Early life==
Born to Narayanasamy and Pappu at Manampoochavadi in Thanjavur district, he had his primary and secondary education at St. Peters Higher Secondary school in Thanjavur. Then he graduated as a ''Pulavar'' from Karanthai Thamizh Sangam. He was trained as a teacher.<ref name=dinamani>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/tamilmani/2011/jun/19/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D-367330.html|title=Thirai Paadalgalin Vaathiyar Thanjai Ramaiah Dass|trans-title=Thanjai Ramaiah Dass, the teacher of Tamil Film songs|language=Tamil|publisher=[[Dinamani]]|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170502054700/http://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/tamilmani/2011/jun/19/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D-367330.html|archivedate=2 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Career==
He started his career as a teacher in a primary school in Thanjavur. While he was working as a teacher, he became interested in stage plays. Soon he joined a drama troupe ''Sudharsana Ghana Sabha'' founded by Jagannatha Naidu, as a writer. Then he created his own drama troupe ''Jayalakshmi Ghana Sabha'' and produced plays like Macharegai, Dhuruvan, Kambhar, Vidhiyin Pokku, Valli Thirumanam, Alli Arjuna, Pavalakodi and Pahadai Pannirendu. He staged these plays in several towns in [[Tamil Nadu]]. Actor and Film Producer [[T. R. Mahalingam (actor)|T. R. Mahalingam]] once watched one of his plays and produced it as a film with the same title [[Macha Regai]] in 1950. Though the film failed in box office, it opened the way to Ramaiah Dass to settle in Chennai and work in Tamil films.<ref name=dinamani />

[[Vijaya Vauhini Studios|Vijaya Productions]] was one of the leading film makers who made Tamil and Telugu films. Ramaiah Dass became a permanent writer in this film company from 1950 till 1960. He wrote screenplay, dialogues and lyrics to almost all the Tamil films produced by this company during this period. His songs in films like [[Pathala Bhairavi]], [[Missiamma]], [[Mayabazar]] became hits.

He was famous for coining words to suit the tune but without any meaning. They were called ''Jigina'' words and he was nicknamed as ''Dappanguthu Paadalaasiriyar'' (means one who writes lyrics to the beats on a tin box). However, those songs became hits. A case in point is the song "Jaalilo Jimkhaanaa, Dolilo Kumkaanaa" from the film [[Amara Deepam (1956 film)|Amara Deepam]]. None of the words had any meaning but the song was a hit.<ref name=thanjavure>{{Cite web|url=http://thanjavure.blogspot.in/2008/04/thanjai-ramaiyadoss.html|title=Thanjai Ramaiahdoss|language=Tamil|date=7 April 2008|accessdate=3 May 2017}}</ref>

In all he wrote 532 lyrics in 83 films, wrote screenplay and dialogues for 25 films and wrote story for 10 films between 1950 and 1963.<ref name=dinamani />

==Producer==
He produced a film titled "Lalithangi" with [[M. G. Ramachandran]] in the lead role. As per the story the main character is a religiously devoted young man. He created a scene with a song praising God. But M. G. R. who was a front-line member in [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] that had atheist policy, refused to act in the scene. 10 thousand feet of the film had already been shot. Anyway, Ramaiah Dass stopped the production and produced the same story with the title [[Rani Lalithangi]] with [[Sivaji Ganesan]] in the lead role. MGR challenged him in judicial courts but Ramaiah Dass was unperturbed. He won the case. However, MGR continued to be in good terms with him.

His daughter said by producing films he lost what he earned as a writer.<ref name=thanjavure />

==Writer==
He wrote a book titled ''Thirukural Isai Amudham'' in 1962. The book was released by [[M. G. Ramachandran]] who was the President of the ''South Indian Artistes Society'' at that time.

The [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] paid ₹600,000 to his family and made his works as public property.<ref name=dinamani />

==Guru==
In 1952, a young man, Jesudoss was introduced to Ramaiah Dass. He made the young man as his assistant and christened him as [[Aaroor Dass|Aroordas]]. (Jesudoss was from [[Thiruvarur]].) Aroordas later turned out to be a most popular writer in Tamil films.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/star-wordsmith/article2923705.ece | title="Star" Wordsmith | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=23 February 2012 | accessdate=3 May 2017 | author=Suganthy Krishnamachari | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141120101726/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/star-wordsmith/article2923705.ece | archivedate=20 November 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Family==
Ramaiah Dass had two wives - Thaayaarammal and Ranganayagi. He had a daughter, Vijayarani and a son, Ravindran from each wife. Ravindran is an Editor in [[Prasad Studios|Prasad Lab]] while Vijayarani is a housewife.

==Death==
Ramaiah Dass died on 16 January 1965.<ref name=thanjavure />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.indian-heritage.org/flmmusic/ramiahdas.html Thanjai Ramaiah Dass Lyrics]
*[http://tnramaiahdoss.blogspot.in/ T. N. Ramaiah Dass]

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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1965 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Thanjavur district]]
[[Category:Tamil screenwriters]]
[[Category:Tamil film poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian screenwriters]]

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