Renowned Tamil Muslim devotional singer EM Hanifa passed away on 8 April 2015 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

He is known for his number of devotional songs and was a leading propagandist of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) Party.

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• About Nagore Esmail Mohammed Hanifa:
  •  He died on 8th April 2015.
  •  He died at the age of 89.
  • He was Known as “Isai Murasu”.
  • His song Iraivanidam Kaiyenthungal is very famous among all the Tamils.
  • Apart from lending his voice for religious songs he was also well-known singer for popularizing the Dravidian ideals.
  • In 2002, he had contested as a DMK Candidate from Vaniyambadi but was not able to win.
  • He was a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council (now defunct) in the early 1970s.