Virtue in Philosophical Songs of Kannadasan

Abstract

Virtue promotes human beings intellectual and moral capabilities and shows how one should behave in society. Virtue can be defined as a set of behaviors accepted by a society. Virtues are not the same in all societies and it varies with time, belief and culture. So long virtue has long been explored from a religious perspective. Thiruvalluvar said that the books of virtue arose to talk about virtue. If we use the virtues in an orderly manner, we can become a better person in the society. Many books, articles, stories and theories have been written and published based on morality. In today's era, there is no human being who hates music. Various messages are conveyed to people through music and virtue is one among them. In society we can find many scholars like film lyricists and poets. Kannadasan is a very famous writer and he has written more than four thousand poems, more than five thousand film songs and many articles. He explained many philosophical ideas to the people through film songs. It seems that the philosophical thoughts of Karaimuthu poet have got a stable place among the people. Thus, the article explores the virtues in philosophical songs of Kannadasan.