<P> Muthuvel Karunanidhi ( 3 June 1924 -- 7 August 2018 ) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011 . He was a long - standing leader of the Dravidian movement and ten - time president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party . Before entering politics he worked in the Tamil film industry as a screenwriter . He has also made contributions to Tamil literature , having written stories , plays , novels , and a multiple - volume memoir . He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar , meaning artist in Tamil . </P>
<P> Muthuvel Karunanidhi ( 3 June 1924 -- 7 August 2018 ) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011 . He was a long - standing leader of the Dravidian movement and ten - time president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party . Before entering politics he worked in the Tamil film industry as a screenwriter . He has also made contributions to Tamil literature , having written stories , plays , novels , and a multiple - volume memoir . He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar , meaning artist in Tamil . </P>
this person was a long-standing leader of the dravidian movement
this person was a long-standing leader of the dravidian movement
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
Muthuvel Karunanidhi