Legendary composer MS Viswanathan, who scored music for over 1,000 films in of multiple languages, passed away in Tamil Nadu.
Affectionately called by the acronym “MSV,” Viswanathan was a household name in Tamil Nadu.
His death was condoled by the Tamil film fraternity and political leaders. Expressing grief, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said he remained a legend in Tamil cinema.
Born in Palakkad in Kerala on June 24, 1928, he scored music for about 1,200 films in languages, including Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada, many of them in a brilliant partnership spanning over a decade with his associate TK Ramamurthy.
“He brought about several changes in music composition and successfully integrated elements and traditions of folk, rock, jazz, carnatic, western and western classical in film music,” film music researcher D Thiagarajan said.”There is no genre of music untouched by him,” he added.