Vellaisamy Thevar, known professionally as Madhurakavi Bhaskara Das, (1892–1952) was a popular Tamil film lyricist. In 1931 he wrote lyrics for H. M. Reddy's Kalidas movie. He was the first lyricist in the Tamil film industry.

Filmography Das wrote the lyrics for the music in the following films. Kalidas - 1931 Valli Thirumanam - 1933 Bojarajan - 1935 Chandragasan - 1936 Raja Thesinggu - 1936 Usa Kalyanam - 1936 Dhevadas - 1937 Sathi Agaliya - 1937 Rajasegaran - 1937 Kodaiyn Kadal - 1941 Navena Thennairaman - 1941

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