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{{Short description|Tamil poet and lyricist (1945–2022)}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name = Srinivasan
| birth_date = 1945
| birth_place = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| death_date = {{Death date|2022|1|6|df=y}}
| occupation = Poet, lyricist
| years_active = 1980–2022
}}

'''Srinivasan''' (1945–2022) known professionally as '''Kamakodiyan''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ɑː|m|ə|ˈ|k|oʊ|d|i|j|ə|n}}) was an Indian poet and lyricist who worked mainly in [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2022 |title=கலைமாமணி விருது பெற்ற கவிஞர் காமகோடியன் காலமானார் |url=https://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/CinemaThuligal/2022/01/06233816/Kalaimamani-Award-winning-poet-Kamakodiyan-has-passed.vpf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304185454/https://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/CinemaThuligal/2022/01/06233816/Kalaimamani-Award-winning-poet-Kamakodiyan-has-passed.vpf |archive-date=4 March 2024 |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=[[Dina Thanthi]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2018 |title=ஆனந்தத் தேன்காற்று தாலாட்டுதே - 59: பட்டுக்கோட்டையார் போல் எழுதியவர்! |url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2018/jul/01/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87---59-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-2950553.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016082152/https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2018/jul/01/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87---59-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-2950553.html |archive-date=16 October 2022 |access-date=20 March 2024 |website=[[Dinamani]] |language=ta}}</ref>

== Life ==
Kamakodiyan, born Srinivasan, was a native of [[Madurai]]. He later left for Madras (now [[Chennai]]) and stayed with his cousin K. S. Madhangan, then an aspiring film director. At that time, Srinivasan wrote poems for magazines, catching Madhangan's attention. He gave him the [[pen name]] Kamakodiyan, derived from the saint [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]]. Madhangan eventually made his directorial debut with ''[[Ponnagaram]]'' (1980), and Kamakodiyan debuted in the same film with the music composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]]. He went on to write lyrics for numerous films with music by [[M. S. Viswanathan]], [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2023 |title=காமகோடியன்: பூஞ்சிட்டுக் குருவிகளின் காதலன்! |url=https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/cinema/kamakodian-lover-of-the-sparrows |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304053953/https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/cinema/kamakodian-lover-of-the-sparrows |archive-date=4 March 2024 |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=[[Kamadenu (magazine)|Kamadenu]] |language=ta}}</ref> He wrote a book called ''Mellisai Mannar MSV um Naanum''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2020 |title=கவிஞர் காமகோடியனின் நூல் எம்எஸ்வி உடனான அன்பின் பொக்கிஷம் வெளியீட்டு விழாவில் தொழிலதிபர் நல்லி குப்புசாமி புகழாரம் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/tamilnadu/543246-businessman-nally-kupusamy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528031047/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/tamilnadu/543246-businessman-nally-kupusamy.html |archive-date=28 May 2024 |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=Ta}}</ref> He was awarded [[Kalaimamani]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2021 |title=TN govt releases Kalaimamani awardees list |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2021/Feb/20/tn-govt-releases-kalaimamani-awardees-list-2266396.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418014301/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2021/Feb/20/tn-govt-releases-kalaimamani-awardees-list-2266396.html |archive-date=18 April 2024 |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

== Style ==
Kamakodiyan would write lyrics as the tune was being composed, and would work in tandem with the composer. He lamented changes in the 21st century, where lyricists receive the complete recorded tune via cassette and are asked to write lyrics, but do not work closely with the composer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2015 |title=மூன்று தலைமுறை கவிஞன் நான்! - காமகோடியன் |url=http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/32275/cinema/Kollywood/I-am-trigeneration-lyricist--:-Kamakodiyan.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925104820/http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/32275/cinema/Kollywood/I-am-trigeneration-lyricist--:-Kamakodiyan.htm |archive-date=25 September 2017 |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref>

== Death ==
Kamakodiyan died on 6 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2022 |title=Three-time State Government Award-winning lyricist Kamakodeyen passes away |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2022/jan/06/three-time-state-government-award-winning-lyricist-kamakodeyen-passes-away-28847.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119220945/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2022/jan/06/three-time-state-government-award-winning-lyricist-kamakodeyen-passes-away-28847.html |archive-date=19 January 2022 |access-date=20 March 2024 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Lyrics ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Songs
|-
|1980
|''[[Ponnagaram]]''
|3 songs
|-
|1987
|''[[Ninaikka Therintha Maname]]''
|all songs
|-
|1987
|''[[Poovizhi Vasalile]]''
|"Aattam Inge", "Paattu Enge"
|-
|1990
|''[[Vaazhkai Chakkaram]]''
|"Thookkanam Kuruvi", "Aathangarai Oram"
|-
|1990
|''[[En Veedu En Kanavar]]''
|"My Dear My Dear"
|-
|1991
|''[[Jaitra Yatra|Pongada Neengalum Unga Arasiyalum]]''
|all songs
|-
|1995
|''[[Chandralekha (1995 film)|Chandralekha]]''
|"Adikkadi Thudikkum", "Anal Thanil"
|-
|1996
|''[[Vetri Vinayagar]]''
|all songs
|-
|1997
|''[[Dhinamum Ennai Gavani]]''
|"Sevvanthi Thottathile"
|-
|1999
|''[[Annan (film)|Annan]]''
|"Kanmanikku Vaazhthu"
|-
|2000
|''[[Koodi Vazhnthal Kodi Nanmai (2000 film)|Koodi Vazhnthal Kodi Nanmai]]''
|"Enga Veettu Kalyanam"
|-
|2001
|''[[En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri]]''
|"Chithiraye", "Vennila"
|-
|2002
|''[[Padai Veetu Amman]]''
|"Paambe Adi"
|-
|2002
|''[[Mounam Pesiyadhe]]''
|"En Anbe"
|-
|2015
|''[[Thiruttu Rail]]''
|
|}

=== Dialogue writer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Notes
|-
|1991||''Pongada Neengalum Unga Arasiyalum''||Tamil dubbed version of Telugu film ''[[Jaitra Yatra]]''
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb person}}

[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
[[Category:Poets from Tamil Nadu]]

Kamakodiyan - Revision history

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