Biography

M.S.Vishwanathan has composed music in Hindi for films like Barah Ghante (1975),Bachche Mere Sathi (1972),Pyaara Tarana (1982).Many of the Tamil movies were also dubbed into Hindi and for the dubbed versions he was the music composer.But unlike the kind of numero uno position he enjoyed in South India from 1959-1996, he did very less work in Hindi and though songs were melodious, media attention and publicity for those songs was negligible as those Hindi films for which he composed music flopped. The songs like Aandhi Ke Sang Toofan sung by Ambar Kumar,Jaaneman Tujhpe Hai Aaya Dil sung by Krishna Kalle,Loot Le Le Tu sung by Chetan and Pushpa Pagdhare are some of the songs composed by him which became famous at the time of its release.The duets of Vani Jayram-SPB like Meri Akhiyan Me and Dil Mein Dard were also popular.

Viswanathan introduced Jayachandran, the Malayalam singer to the Tamil films in Manippayal(1973) with the song Thanga-chimizhpol and used him for many more films in the 70s.

He mainly teamed up with the well-known Tamil poet and lyricist Kannadasan in the 1960s and 1970s and also with Vaali from late 1960's. Viswanathan continued to belt out hit songs from 1965 till 1996.

The duo Vishwanathan and Ramamoorthy considered C.R.Subbaraman as their mentor and have said their other inspirations include music of T.R.Papa and S.V.Venkatraman. The Duo composed for over 100 films from 1952-1965.

M.S.Viswanathan has also scored music for many non-film albums and for political campaigns.