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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 and En Rasavin Manasile in 1996 and 1991 respectively. He wrote ‘Jagam Pughazum’, a Carnatic song which aptly sums up the life of Thyagaraja. 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.