Popular Tamil lyricist and author Vairamuthu on Monday (June 9) criticised Tamil filmmakers for using verses from his songs as titles of their movies without looking for permission from him.
Taking to his official X deal with, the lyricist claimed that these filmmakers neither sought permission nor knowledgeable him about the identical. “It’s not just one or two. ‘Ponmaalai Pozhudhu,’ ‘Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum,’ ‘Ilaya Nila,’ ‘Oorai Therinjikitten,’ ‘Panivizhum Malarvanam,’ ‘Vellaipura Ondru,’ ‘Poove Poochooda Vaa,’ ‘Eeramana Rojave,’ ‘Antha Nilava Thaan Kaiyila Pidichen,’ ‘Mouna Raagam,’ ‘Minsara Kanna’, ‘Kannalane,’ ‘Ennavale,’ ‘Uyire,’ ‘Sandakozhi’, ‘Poovellam Kettuppar,’ ‘Thenmerku Paruvakaatru,’ ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa,’ ‘Neethaane En Ponvasantham,’ ‘Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal,’ ‘Thangamagan’…the list goes on.”
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The lyricist added that even at occasions when he got here throughout the mentioned filmmakers, he neither scolded them nor questioned them for doing so. “Because it gave me joy that in a society where wealth isn’t a common property, at least knowledge is becoming common,” he added.
“To ask, ‘Why didn’t you ask me before doing this?’ would not be civilised of me. But then, would it not be uncivilised of them to not ask me even a single word before doing it?” wrote Vairamuthu.
The tweet drew fairly a couple of reactions from the netizens, certainly one of whom questioned if this was a good ask from the lyricist. “If you look at it that way, no one can use anything. The words in your lyrics may have appeared in a book, a novel, a short story, or even a poem before. So what if those writers claim ownership of the said verses? You can state this if an entire song was misused,” learn the publish.
Published – June 09, 2025 12:08 pm IST
