Two-time national award lyricist Na Muthukumar passes away

Chennai, Aug 14 (ANI): Ending his painful battle with jaundice, two-time national award winning lyricist Na Muthukumar passed away at his residence in Chennai on Sunday morning. The 41-year-old lyricist, Muthukumar, came to Chennai to become a director and started his career as an assistant to Balu Mahendra. Later, he turned a lyricist in Seeman's 'Veera Nadai'. From then on, there was no looking back for this talented writer, who went on to pen lyrics for over 1,000 films. He won two national awards for the songs 'Ananda Yazhai Meetukiral' in 'Thanga Meengal', and 'Azhage Azhage' in 'Saivam'.