Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday requested lyricist Vairamuthu to pen the biography of former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in verse in the same manner as he had written the biography of national poet Bharathiar with the title Kavirajan Kavithai.
Releasing Maha Kavithai, a poetry collection on five elements, the Chief Minister said Kalaignar (M. Karunanidhi) deserved a biography in verse in the language of Vairamuthu. “I make it a request as a fan. I take liberty with you and order you to write it,” he said in the presence of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, MNM founder Kamal Haasan and noted aerospace scientist Mayilsamy Annadurai in Chennai.
Mr. Vairamuthu also agreed to take up the task of writing the biography in verse quipping, “a poor person can not change the order issued by the Chief Minister.”
