Mu. Metha

Muhammed Metha (born 5 September 1945) is an Indian poet and songwriter. He was born in Theni in 1945. He popularised modern poetry (Pudukavithai) in the 1970s and has written more than 30 books, including novels, short stories and essays. His awards include the Bharathidasan Award from the state government of Tamil Nadu. He is also credited with 400 songs for films. He received M. A. in Tamil literature. Poet Mu.Metha participated in the "vanampaadi" literary movement. That movement aimed at writing poems in the view of Marxism and world wide vision. Metha was a professor of tamil for 35 years at Presidency College, Chennai. He was a Member of legislative assembly in 1967 under C.N. Annadurai leadership from periyakulam constituency. His debut film as lyricist was Agaya Gangai.