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Subbiah Muthulingam (Tamil:முத்துலிங்கம்) (born 20 March 1942) is an Indian songwriter. He wrote over 1,500 Tamil film songs, and was the winner of Kalaimamani, Pavender Bharathidasan Award, Best Songwriter Award, Artist Award. Muthulingam was appointed as the Tamil Nadu poet laureate in 1980s by the then Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran and was also a Member of Legislative Council (MLC), before it was abolished.
Early life
Muthulingam was born in 1942 in Kadambangudi, Sivagangai district . Self-employment, agriculture . Educated till the final class of school. He wrote his first poem when he was 15 years old.
Career
Muthulingam made his debut as lyricist with the song "Thanjavoor Seemaiyile" for the film Ponnukku Thanga Manasu.
Awards
Kapilar Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu for the year 2013
Bavender Bharathidasan Award
Kalaithurai Vidhdhakar Award
Kalaimamani Award - 1981
Filmography
= Lyricist
=1970's
1980s
1984 – Madras Vathiyar
1982 -Thooral Ninnu Pochu
= Actor
=Maya Kannadi (2007) - struggling actor