Na. Muthukumar was born on July 12, 1975, and died on August 14, 2016.
He was an Indian poet, lyricist, and author.
Na was Best known for his Tamil language film songs, he received the most number of Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist in Tamil and was a two-time recipient of the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for his works in Thanga Meenkal (2013) and Saivam (2014).
Muthukumar started his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years.
Later, he was offered to write lyrics in the film Veera Nadai, directed by Seeman.
Muthukumar has been credited as a dialogue writer in a few films, including Kireedam (2007) and Vaaranam Aayiram (2008).
He was married to Jeevalakshmi in Vadapalani, Chennai, together they had two children, a son named Nagarajan and a daughter named Yogalakshmi.
He died due to high fever after suffering from jaundice.
Na. Muthukumar passed away 41 years old.