karunanidhi

Kalaignar" redirects here. For the television channel, see Kalaignar TV. In this Indian name, the name Muthuvel is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Karunanidhi Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He was a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement and ten-time president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party. Before entering politics he worked in the Tamil film industry as a screenwriter. He has also made contributions to Tamil literature, having written stories, plays, novels, and a multiple-volume memoir. He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar or the artist.[2][3] Karunanidhi died on 7 August 2018 at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai after prolonged, age-related illness. Born in Thirukkuvalai village in Nagapattinam district, he was born as a son of Mu