Lyricist Annamalai passes away

Tamil lyricist N. Annamalai who had penned the lyrics for films like Vettaikaran, Velayudham, Naan and Uthamaputhiran died after a heart attack on Tuesday night. He was 49 years old and is survived by his wife and four-year-old daughter.

Many super hit songs written by him have featured in films such as Velayudham, Vettaikaran, Haridas, and Salim etc. He was known to have been a close associate of composer/actor Vijay Antony and had also written songs for his upcoming film Yeman.

Vijay Antony tweeted to express his grief, “My dear friend Lyric Writer Annamalai passed away now I am not able to imagine my future without you Annamalai...RIP sir”. It has to be recalled that only recently, Kollywood lost a prolific lyricist Na Muthukumar to jaundice. Nowrunning conveys its condolences to Annamalai’s family and prays for the departed soul to rest in peace.