Playback singer Madhushree enthralls music lovers in Chennai with Tamil hits

[ad_1] Madhushree breaks into a jig | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Tamil Cultural Academy celebrated its 23rd anniversary with Kodai Isai Vizha Season 3 – a musical soiree featuring well-known playback singer Madhushree Bhattacharya. The singer, acclaimed for hits like ‘Vaaji Vaaji’, ‘Mayilrage’ and ‘Eppo Nee ’, performed in Chennai for the first time […]

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Singer Jonita Gandhi on her fascination for Tamil, teaming up with Anirudh

[ad_1] Singer Jonita Gandhi during a recent concert at Phoenix Marketcity in Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jonita Gandhi’s debut playback track had a Chennai link; it featured in the 2013 Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chennai Express. Today, Jonita is a much sought-after singer in Tamil cinema, having forged successful collaborations with music composers AR […]

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Music is communication: Shankar Mahadevan on Tamil independent track ‘Rasathi’

[ad_1] Singer Shankar Mahadevan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Going by the visuals of ‘Rasathi’, Shankar Mahadevan is having a lot of fun. In his latest Tamil independent folk track put out by MM originals, the popular singer — accompanied by Anthony Daasan and JK Iyenar — shakes a leg and croons quirky lyrics. “The […]

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How Tamil cinema used songs to create political awareness

[ad_1]  A video series of Tamil film music highlights a time when lyrics pushed back against the establishment   A video series of Tamil film music highlights a time when lyrics pushed back against the establishment  When the matinee idol MG Ramachandran sang ‘Yemmattraathe’ song in Adimai Penn (1969), it was not construed as a harmless […]

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