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Wishing SHARADA (born 12 June 1945) three-time National Award winning Indian Actress

Wishing SHARADA (born 12 June 1945) three-time National Award winning Indian Actress

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Wishing SHARADA (born 12 June 1945) three-time National Award winning Indian Actress and Indian Parliament member, famous for her role in Samaj ko Badal Dalo (1970), on her Birthday today.


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Published on Mar 23, 2012
Ntv News: South Indian actress Sharada got NTR Film Award - Sharada Special Interview



She originally hails from Andhra Pradesh. She has achieved success through Malayalam movies. Initially she did many supporting roles in Telugu films and later on moved to Malayalam film industry and gained success there. She is also known as Urvasi Sharada because earlier the National Film Award for Best Actress was officially designated the Urvasi Award. Sharada has been selected for the prestigious NTR National Award instituted by the Andhra Pradesh state government for the year 2010.


Sharada was born Saraswati Devi in Tenali, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her parents Venkateswar Rao and Satyavathi Devi belonged to a family of agriculturalists. She has a brother, named Mohan Rao. Sharada was sent to Madras in her childhood to live with her grandmother Kanakamma. Sharada describes her grandmother as a strict disciplinarian who in the later days wouldn’t even let the heroes touch her and allowed rehearsals only on Sundays.

Sharada started to learn dance when she was six. She used to perform during Dasara and other temple festivals. It was because of her mother's desire that she learned dance. Her mother wanted her to become a big star in cine field. Though Sharada's father was not too interested in the idea, he didn't stop her.


Sharada married Chalam, a famous Telugu hero, producer and comedian. He was her co-star in her debut film Tandrulu Kodukulu. They divorced later on.


When she grew up, she started acting in theatre, under the supervision of her grandmother. In Indian theatre and cinema, the female lead stars used to leave the field as soon as they are married. So, most of the female lead stars were very young compared to the male leads. Sharada remembers in one of the plays she acted as the wife of a person 30 years older than she was when she was just 13. Her debut in films was with a minor role in the Telugu film Kanyasulkam. However, she returned to theatre after it and did a major role in the Telugu version of Rakta Kanneeru, a Tamil drama. The play went to get staged over 100 times in Tamil Nadu.


In 1959, she began her career as Sharada. The change in name was attributed to the presence of a few other actors in the industry with the name Saraswati. She came under contract to L.V. Prasad, a Telugu producer. Though she didn't get to act in any of his films, she got her formal training in acting under him, including the Navarasa lessons. She largely attributes her performances and growth in the field to this training. Her first break came with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao starrer Iddaru Mitrulu, which was a major hit. Noted for the role in the film, she got chances from Tamil and Malayalam films as well.


The year 1965 changed her career as Sharada carved her niche for herself in the Malayalam film industry with her performances in Shakuntala, Murappennu, Udhyogastha by P. Venu, Kattu Thulasi and Inapravukal. After that, she focused in Malayalam films, acting only a few roles in other languages.

Recognition came in 1967 in the form of a national honorary award for her performances in various films of 1966 including Iruttinte Athmavu. The award was the predecessor to the National Film Award for Best Actress, which was instituted in 1968. In 1969, she won her first National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in Thulabharam. She went on to win the award 2 more times, for Swayamvaram (1972, Malayalam) and Nimajjanam (1978, Telugu). She also won the Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actress one time.


Later she saw success in Telugu films in protagonist roles. She was so popular that she did lead roles in films starring most of the successful heroes of Telugu film industry. Post 1993, she became choosy and did only a few films. Her major films off late were Mazhathullikkilukkam (2002, Malayalam), Rappakal (2005, Malayalam), Nayika (2011, Malayalam) and Stalin (2006, Telugu).


She owns a chocolate factory named Lotus Chocolates. She was elected as Member of Parliament on Telugu Desam Party ticket from her native town of Tenali.


Awards:
National Film Awards:
1968 Best Actress Thulabharam Malayalam
1972 Best Actress Swayamvaram Malayalam
1977 Best Actress Nimajjanam Telugu

Nandi Awards:
1984 -Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress - Bobbili Brahmanna
Kerala State Film Awards:
1979 – Best Actress Thriveni and Thara
NTR National Award – 2010
Sathyan memorial award - 2013
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
1970 – BFJA Award for Best Actress (Hindi) – Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1970)
Filmfare Awards South
1997 – Lifetime Achievement Award – South




Sources:
http://www.in.com/sharada-actress/biography-252781.html

Venkata Raman G
 
Tributes to Palghat T S MANI IYER (12 June 1912–1981) one of the leading Mridangists

Tributes to Palghat T S MANI IYER (12 June 1912–1981) one of the leading Mridangists



Tributes to Palghat T S MANI IYER (12 June 1912–1981) one of the leading Mridangists in the field of Carnatic Music, on his Birth Anniversary today. and the first mridangist to win the Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Padmabhushan Awards of the Government of India.


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He was born and raised in the old Kalpathy village of Palakkad, Kerala. He first studied with Palghat Subba Iyer, Kalpathy Viswanatha Iyer and later with Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer. Mani Iyer came into prominence after accompanying Chembai Vaidanatha Bagavathar in a music concert at Madras (now called Chennai).


Mani Iyer accompanied all the leading vocal artists of his era. He was also the guru for later mridangam players such as Late Palghat R. Raghu, Late Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Kamalakar Rao, Palghat Suresh, and Anand Subramaniam. He also taught mridangam to children at the Rishi Valley School started by Jiddu Krishnamurti.


Before Mani Iyer’s arrival in the music scene, the two mridangists Alaganambi Pillai and Dakshinamurthy Pillai (who played the kanjira also), dominated the art of percussion playing.

The innovations of Mani Iyer changed the style of mridangam playing from just keeping beat for the main artist's music to being an instrument in its own right. A comment from Y. G. Doraisamy: "It was Mani Iyer who started the now prevalent trend of the mridangam, not just keeping the time with tekkas and moras, but actively accompanying the musical phrasing, so as to be a rhythmic running commentary, reproducing on the drum all the subtleties and rhythmic complexities of the musical composition."


Palghat R. Raghu, a disciple of Mani Iyer, describes his guru as a genius in that he showed music followers the manner of blending with the music of the main artist in handling the kritis of every conceivable mood and tempo. By his consistent excellence he could raise the concert to thrilling heights. He also took his arangetram at age of 8
He was the father of the noted carnatic musician Mrs Lalitha Sivakumar and was the grandfather of the noted singer Nithyasree Mahadevan.


Sources: Venkata Raman G

Read More at:
1. Sruti Magazine: January 2012

http://srutimag.blogspot.in/2012/01/palghat-ts-mani-iyer-centenary.html

2. Greatest Mridangist of all time.:




http://www.palghatmaniiyer.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palghat_Mani_Iyer
 
Tributes to SEETHALAKSHMI VENKATESAN

Tributes to SEETHALAKSHMI VENKATESAN


Tributes to SEETHALAKSHMI VENKATESAN (Born 12 June 1926-Died 18 November 2012) Carnatic Vocalist and Teacher on her Birth Anniversary today. She had over 70 years of music to her credit – singing, performing and teaching. She had a resonant voice with a majestic metallic timbre to it. Her concerts are frequently aired on All India Radio and Doordarshan.

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Ksheera Saagara - Seethalakshmi Venkatesan


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Listen to the Chintayami song by Seethalakshmi Venkatesan
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https://www.dhvaniohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/seethalakshmi-venkatesan.pdf
https://www.dhvaniohio.org/sruthi-articles/seethalakshmi-venkatesan/
 
Wishing G V PRAKASH KUMAR - Happy Birthday

Wishing G V PRAKASH KUMAR Indian Film Score and Soundtrack Composer and Singer who mainly scored music for Tamil Films, on his birthday today. ( 13 June 1987) He composed the background score of the Hindi crime film Gangs of Wasseypur.

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Prakash Kumar is the son of G. Venkatesh and playback singer, A. R. Reihana, who is the elder sister of music director A. R. Rahman. Prakash is married to Carnatic Music & Playback singer, Saindhavi.


He first appeared as a vocalist on the soundtrack of director S. Shankar's Tamil film Gentleman, composed by his maternal uncle, A. R. Rahman. He has also contributed to some of Rahman's other projects. He had also worked with Harris Jayaraj and sang two songs in Anniyan and Unnale Unnale.
GV Prakash's introduction as a film composer was in the critically acclaimed Tamil film Veyil, directed by Vasantha Balan and produced by the director S. Shankar. His music in the film Madrasapattinam directed by A. L. Vijay was appreciated mainly for his song "Pookal Pookum Tharunam".


In 2013, Prakash Kumar launched his own production house under the name "GV Prakash Kumar Productions". His first film, Madha Yaanai Koottam was directed by Vikram Sugumaran a former assistant of Balu Mahendra.

Venkata Raman. G




Please read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._V._Prakash_Kumar
http://www.cinecoffee.com/celebrity/g-v-prakash-kumar/
http://www.mtv.com/artists/gv-prakash-kumar/biography/
 
Mysore Manjunath - Shanmukhapriya raga

Mysore Manjunath - Shanmukhapriya raga

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Dr. Mysore M. Manjunath playing raga Shanmukhapriya. Accompanying Dr. Manjunath on mridangam, Thiruvarur Baktavatasalam, H. Sivaramakrishnan on ghatam, and Arun Ramamurthy on violin.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYlK66jJRc&list=RDujYlK66jJRc#t=2


Published on Sep 28, 2013
Bengaluru International Arts Festival - 2013 (in association with Bangalore Literature Festival)

September 27, 2013 - at Crowne Plaza Hotel Lawns
Karnatak Classical Violin Duet by Mysore Nagraj & Dr. Manjunath
K U Jayachandra Rao - Mridangam
Bangalore Amrit - Khanjira
Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
 
Tributes to Sikkil KUNJUMANI (Born on June 15, 1930-Died 13 November 2010)

Tributes to Sikkil KUNJUMANI (Born on June 15, 1930-Died 13 November 2010)


Tributes to Sikkil KUNJUMANI (Born on June 15, 1930-Died 13 November 2010), the elder of the Sikkil Sisters and an exponent of the FLUTE, on her Birth Anniversary


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Published on Sep 8, 2014
Watch the Brochevarevarura song on flute by Sikkil Sisters.


Sikkil Kunjumani, the elder of the sisters, was born on June 15, 1930 and Sikkil Neela, the younger was born on September 6, 1940. Together they are more famously known as the Sikkil Sisters. Their father Azhiyur Natesa Iyer was a mridangist. Kunjumani started learning music from her father initially and then learnt flute from her maternal uncle Azhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer. Neela learnt flute from her sister Kunjamani. Kunjamani, began giving concerts from the age of nine and Neela from the age of seven. Sikkil Sisters have been giving concerts together since 1962. They are top artistes of the All India Radio and they have been giving hundreds of performances at all the sabhas, television and elsewhere, both within India and abroad. The sisters blend the tone and play on their flutes and the merger is total and the effect remarkable. They are known for the chaste, orthodox style in rendering raga, kriti and swara.


Sikkil Kunjumani died on November 13, 2010, in Chennai, aged 83 and her sister is alive. Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar, the daughter of Sikkil Neela is following her mother's footprints as flautist.



Honors and Awards







Venkata Raman.G
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkil_Sisters_–_Kunjumani_&_Neela
 
Tributes to Alangudi RAMACHANDRAN (22 June 1912-15 June 1975)

Tributes to Alangudi RAMACHANDRAN (22 June 1912-15 June 1975)

Tributes to Alangudi RAMACHANDRAN (22 June 1912-15 June 1975) exponent of GHATAM, the Carnatic Classical Music percussion instrument, on his Death Anniversary today.

If today, ‘Vikku’ Vinayakram is synonymous with the ghatam, there was a time such giants as Tiruvilvamalai Vilvadri Iyer and Umayalpuram Kodandarama Iyer added lustre to the magic mudpot of Carnatic music. Alangudi Ramachandran was one such exponent of the ghatam, someone who made significant changes to its practice. K Ramachandran was born on 22 June 1912 at Koduntarapalli, Kerala and passed away on 15 June 1975. Learning the art of percussion and ghatam playing from Kuttalam Kuppuswami Pillai, Kuttalam Sivavadivelu Pillai and Needamangalam Meenakshisundaram Pillai, Ramachandran first ascended the performance stage as an accompanist of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar. Even as a child, Ramachandran had unusual interest in music, percussion in particular, and after his father Krishna Iyer settled down at Alangudi, often walked a few miles to listen to radio concerts at Terezhundur town. Fascinated by the tavil prowess of Meenakshisundaram Pillai, he took up a job in a restaurant at Needamangalam to facilitate his joining him as a student. It was Pillai who persuaded him to take to the ghatam. Ramachandran later took lessons from mridanga vidwan Mayavaram Kuppuswami Pillai.


Big-made Ramachandran had the right physique, potbelly and all, for the effective demonstrative style of ghatam playing. Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar was very fond of him; he would not hesitate to add him as an unscheduled second ghatam artiste to his cutcheri ensemble. A believer in meaningful collaboration on stage, he underplayed his role if he thought it necessary for the success of a concert. Known for his precision fingering, “the sound of his fingers would resemble hitting with steel, that too on a Manamadurai ghatam” (Centenarians 2012, Chennai Fine Arts). Eventhough he used a very heavy ghatam, he invariably tossed it up for dramatic effect in concerts and composed special korvais for the act, according to mridanga vidwan TV Gopalakrishnan, a friend, colleague and admirer.


Among Ramachandran’s happy accomplishments was his longish stint as an accompanist of MS Subbulakshmi and popular musicians KB Sundarambal and MK Tyagaraja Bhagavatar. He had the rare blessing of dying in harness, immediately after his tani avartanam for a DK Jayaraman concert at Shanmukhananda Sabha, Bombay.



Venkata Raman.G
http://srutimag.blogspot.in/2013/04/whos-who-in-indian-classical-music.html
http://mio.to/show/Ghatam+Player/Alangudi+Ramachandran
 
Wishing KAMALA LAKSHMAN or Kumari Kamala (born 16 June 1934) Indian Dancer

Wishing KAMALA LAKSHMAN or Kumari Kamala (born 16 June 1934) Indian Dancer and Actress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfLf9NbIWJM



(Published on Jan 6, 2013

A highly talented dancer . Kamala Laxman entered films at a very young age of four . She danced her way from Tamil movies into Hindi films . Her style was near perfect , something rare in films and footwork and speed incomparable . But her histrionics were limited . That's why her presence got limited to dance numbers . Her three numbers in the film Konjum Salangai ,left an undeliable effect on the audience . It was pure dance and the adavus in every number were unique and unrepetitive .)
Wishing KAMALA LAKSHMAN or Kumari Kamala (born 16 June 1934) Indian Dancer and Actress, on her Birthday today. Initially featured as a child dancer, Kamala appeared in almost 100 Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films throughout her career. In the 1970s, she became a teacher of the Vazhuvoor style of dance in which she specialises.



She was born into a Brahmin family in Mayuram, India. Her sisters Radha and Vasanti are also dancers. At an early age Kamala began taking lessons in the Kathak dance style from Lachhu Maharaj in Bombay.

She also took lessons in Hindustani classical music from Shankar Rao Vyas. She was discovered at age four by Tamil film director A.N. Kalyanasundaram Iyer when he attended a dance recital. He cast her in small roles in his films Valibar Sangam (1938) and Ramanama Mahimai (1939) where she was billed as Baby Kamala. Her dancing was noticed by other Filmmakers and she moved to Hindi films with Kismet and Ram Rajya in 1943.

Kamala's mother moved to Madras so her daughter could train under the Bharatanatyam teachers Kattumannarkoil Muthukumara Pillai and Vazhavoor Ramiah Pillai. Kamala's first role in a successful Tamil film came in 1944 with Jagathalaprathapan where she performed the Paampu attam. Kamala played a double role in her next film Sri Valli (1945) and also played Krishna in the film Meera. However, it was her film Nam Iruvar that would make an impact on Tamil cinema. Nam Iruvar was full of patriotism and Gandhian songs, and its dances helped to revitalize and legitimize Bharatanatyam. The film is credited with sparking a "cultural revolution" throughout the Tamil speaking areas of India.


In 1953, Kamala was invited to perform for Queen Elizabeth II during her coronation festivities. In the late 1950s she toured internationally, performing in China and Japan. In 1970, the government of India awarded her the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award. She also taught dance for two terms at Colgate University after being awarded its Branta Professorship in 1975. In 1980, Kamala moved to New York permanently and began teaching classical dance. She established a dance school in Long Island, Shri Bharatha Kamalalaya. In 2010 she received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her contributions to the arts.


She was married to cartoonist R. K. Laxman, but the marriage ended in a divorce in 1960. Her second husband, T. V. Lakshminarayanan, died in 1983. She has one son from her second marriage, Jainand Narayan, an officer in the United States Army.

Awards:

1967 - Kalaimamani
1968 - Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
1970 - Padma Bhushan
1975 - Branta Professorship from Colgate University
1989 - E. Krishna Iyer Medal from the Sruti Foundation
1993 - Sangeeta Ratnakara at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana
2002 - Platinum Jubilee award from Madras Music Academy
2010 - National Heritage Fellowship




Sources:

Venkata Raman.G


http://www.veethi.com/india-people/kumari_kamala-profile-4119-14.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumari_Kamala
http://howold.co/kumari-kamala
 
Tributes to RAMNAD V RAGHAVAN (June 19, 1927 - November 21, 2009)

Tributes to RAMNAD V RAGHAVAN (June 19, 1927 - November 21, 2009)


Tributes to RAMNAD V RAGHAVAN (June 19, 1927 - November 21, 2009) South Indian player of the Mridangam, on his Birth Anniversary today. He was born in Madurai to P. Vaidyanatha Ayyar & Brhannayaki of Kooniyur, Tirunelveli District.



Beginning in 1970, he taught for many years at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, United States. He was also a key initiator for the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana. He retired and moved to Chennai, India. He died on November 21, 2009 at the age of 82 in Chennai. His students have included Glen Velez, Jamey Haddad, David Nelson, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Frank Bennett, and Joseph M. Getter.


Ramnad V. Raghavan comes from a distinguished family of musicians that has produced, among others, his brother Ramnad V. Krishnan (1918-1973) and internationally known violinists L. Subramaniam and L. Shankar. Sri Raghavan learned Mridangam from his brother Ramnad Easwaran, a student of C.S. Sankarasivam. He served as Artist in Residence in Music at Wesleyan University from 1970-1975, and again from 1988-2000, following the death of T. Ranganathan.


Beginning in 1970, he taught for many years at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, United States. He was also a key initiator for the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana. He retired and moved to Chennai, India. He died on November 21, 2009 at the age of 82 in Chennai. His students have included Glen Velez, Jamey Haddad, David Nelson, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Frank Bennett, and Joseph M.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H46Abat5bjc



Venkata Raman .G


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramnad_Raghavan
 
Harivarasanam award for Balu

Harivarasanam award for Balu


April 17, 2015

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Singer S.P. Balasubramaniam has been selected for this year’s Harivarasanam Award instituted by the Kerala government. Minister for Health and Devaswoms V.S. Sivakumar said in a statement here on Thursday that Mr. Balasubramaniam was selected for the award considering his invaluable contribution to propagate the spirit of secularism, equanimity, and universal brotherhood of Sabarimala through the songs he rendered in different languages in the past five decades. He was selected by a jury headed by Sabarimala high-power committee chairman K. Jayakumar


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rE4Z3-WOJY

Published on Mar 6, 2015
Harivarasanam the well known song used to be sung everyday in Sabaraimalai before closure of Sannidhanam sung by S.P.B



http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/harivarasanam-award-for-balu/article7111141.ece
 
Tributes to R K SHEKHAR, (21 June 1933 - 30 September 1976)

Tributes to R K SHEKHAR, full name Rajagopala Kula Shekhara (21 June 1933 - 30 September 1976)


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Indian Music Composer, who worked mainly for Malayalam Movies, on his Birth Anniversary today.. He composed music for 52 films (23 in Malayalam with 127 songs), and was the Music Conductor for more than 100 films. He is best known as the father of music composer A. R. Rahman.


His debut song as a Music Director was "Chotta Muthal Chudala Vare" ("from cradle to grave") which was a big hit in Kerala. This was composed for the film Pazhassi Raja (1964).


He was born to Rajagopala Bhagavathar, a harikatha exponent, in a Sengunthar family in Tiruvallur. His entry into film music was opened through his extra ordinary performances on harmonium for Theatre Plays. He started his career in film industry as an assistant to music director M. B. Sreenivasan. Later on he conducted, arranged music for famous Malayalam Music directors G. Devarajan, M.K. Arjunan and V. Dakshinamoorthy. He was so much fascinated by the tunes created by these legends, that he would work very hard single-handedly to create the BGM of the songs they tuned to match its purity and standard thus making the song evergreen on par.Their association lasted till his death.


His career as an independent music composer started with the 1964 film Pazhassi Raja of which the philosophical song Chotta muthal chudala vare became a big hit. After his next work in Aisha, he turned back to arranging and conducting for other composers.


After a gap of 7 years, he returned to music composing through the film Anaathashilpangal in 1971. He composed music for Taxi Car by P. Venu in 1972. Then he went on to compose music for about 20 films. Due to the failure of these films in the box office, his songs went unnoticed and he lacked to get more opportunities for composing. His close friend in the industry was composer M. K. Arjunan. Starting from Arjunan master's first film, Shekhar assisted him in all his films till his death. Continuous hard work made Shekhars health condition worst. In all these days, Arjunan master was the care taker of him and his family.


He composed tunes for his last film, Chottanikkara Amma when he was on bed for treatment and he died leaving the project incomplete. Later on M.K.Arjunan completed the project by arranging and recording the songs that Shekhar composed.


R. K. Shekhar was married to Kasthuri (Known as Kareema Begum after conversion to Islam). Their marriage took place in the most prominent shrine in India, the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple located in Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh in Southern India. Shekhar & Kasthuri had four children, A. R. Reihana, A. R. Rahman, Fathima Rafiq and Ishrath Qadri. Shekhar died at the age of 43.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALUuCAxnDKE&list=PLD8J0-dKvBienGOYLjFgWvwq3FxliWH6y

R K SHEKHAR Hits

Published on Jan 10, 2014

sources:

Venkata Raman.G

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._K._Shekhar
 
Tributes to Chittoor SUBRAMANIAM PILLAI (22 June 1898 – 1975)

Tributes to Chittoor SUBRAMANIAM PILLAI (22 June 1898 – 1975) eminent Carnatic Music Vocalist



Tributes to Chittoor SUBRAMANIAM PILLAI (22 June 1898 – 1975) eminent Carnatic Music Vocalist on his Birth Anniversary today.


Chittoor Subramanyam was born to Perayya and Mogilamma, on 22 June 1898 in a village near Punganur in Palamaner taluk, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. His parents first taught him carnatic music and he later became disciple of Nayana Pillai of Kancheepuram. Under Nayana Pillai's tutelage, Subramanyam learnt and honed his skills by doing Gurukula seva to his Guru (teacher/master) for more than two decades.



From the age of five, Subramnayam was performing Harikathas (musical renditions of mythology) and music performances. He completed his training with Pillai when he was aged 20 and at that time began his major performances.


Chittoor Subramanyam settled in Madras but performed throughout India during a career lasting over 50 years.


He was well known for his repertoire of Thyagaraja Keerthanas (compositions) and mastery of Laya (rhythm). He had his own style called 'Kancheepuram School'. He was popular in Swaraprasthanam and Kalapramanam, noted for singing very rare keerthanas of Thyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar and other composers.


At a time when recording technology was in its infancy, his two discs for Columbia Records, which contained his own compositions such as Madhura nagarilo Challanamma bonu, Kulamulona golladana and Mavallagadamma - demonstrated his originality as a composer and lyricist.


He realised the need to spread the art and taught disciples through the Gurukulam tradition. Many of Chittoor Subramanyam's disciples became well-known carnatic musicians. These include Madurai Somasundaram, Bombay S Ramachandran, Chittoor Ramachandran, T. T. Seetha, Tadepalli Lokanatha Sarma and Revathy Ratnaswamy. He started the Saint Thyagaraja Utsavam in Tirupathi and awarded the title of Sapthagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani to deserving exponents of carnatic music.


While in Tirupathi, he composed music for a number of kirthanas of Saint Annamacharya. Noted among them are – 'Ithadokade', 'Narayanathe'


Recognised as an ambassador for Carnatic music, he died in 1975. To commemorate his Birth Centenary, the annual Subramanya Sangeetha Kalakshetra was established and a three day festival of music was held at Hyderabad.


He was Head of the Music Department at Annamalai University and was connected with the music boards and committees of various other universities in South India as well as state and central government bodies.

Among his official positions were


Principal, Sri Venkatesware College of Music and Dance, Tirupathi;

Professor of Music, The Central College of Music, Madras;

Principal, The Raja's College of Music, Thiruvayar;

Principal, The Ramanathan Music Academy, Jaffna, Ceylon (1967 - 1971)

Awards:

Sangeetha Kalanidhi, in 1954, by Music Academy, Madras.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award,in 1964 by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.

Sangeetha Kalasikhamani Award, in 1964 by The Indian Fine Arts Society, Madras

Gana Kala Prapoorna, by A.P. Sangeetha Nataka Academy
Swara Chakravarthi,
Laya Brahma,
Isai Perarignar, by Tamil Isai Sangam, Madras.

Sapthagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani, by Thyagarja Utsavam Committee, Tirupathi
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Venkata Raman.G
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittoor_Subramaniam_Pillai
 
Wishing DEVAYANI (Born 22 June 1974) Indian Actress on her Birthday today.

Wishing DEVAYANI (Born 22 June 1974) Indian Actress on her Birthday today.


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Wishing DEVAYANI (Born 22 June 1974) Indian Actress on her Birthday today. She has predominantly starred in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, along with a few Hindi and Bengali films. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for her performances in the films Kadhal Kottai, Surya Vamsam and Bharathi. She has also appeared in other commercially successful films, including Aanandham and Friends as well as in the Sun TV series Kolangal and Muthaaram.


Devayani was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a Konkani family, to Jayadev and Lakshmi. She has two brothers, Nakul and Mayur. The former is working as an actor and singer in the Tamil film industry, while the latter would also make his acting debut in an upcoming film. She dated director Rajakumaran with whom she had worked on a couple films for several years. Both their parents did not approve of their relationship, which led to the couple elope and marry privately at a temple on 9 April 2001. They have two daughters Iniya and Priyanka. Currently she is teaching at Church Park School at Anna Salai,Chennai for class four students.


Devayani began her career as Sushma in the Hindi film Koyal, which was later cancelled during its production stage. She appeared in a Bengali film Shaat Ponchomi. She also acted in a Marathi film before debuting and rising to fame in Tamil cinema. Her earliest films were released in the early and middle 90's including Kadhal Kottai.


From 1996 to 2000 Devyani acted as heroine in over 35 films and acted alongside all the top actors like Kamal Hassan (Thenali, Panchathantiram), Prashanth (Appu), Ajith (Kadhal Kottai), Vijay (Friends), Vikram (Vinnukkum Mannukkum), Sarath Kumar (Suryavamsam), Parthiban (Azhagi). She moved into supporting roles in Thenali though she still acted commercially until 2004–2005.


Devayani began acting in the teleserial Kolangal as Abinaya which has had over 1500 episodes on Sun Television.It was later dubbed into Malayalam also in the same name on Surya TV. She completed Teacher Training course and now a teacher in Church park convent- chennai.




Venkata Raman.G


Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devayani_(actress)
 
Tributes to RAMANARAYANAN (3 April 1949 – 22 June 2014) Indian Film Director and Pro

Tributes to RAMANARAYANAN (3 April 1949 – 22 June 2014) Indian Film Director and Producer


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Tributes to RAMANARAYANAN (3 April 1949 – 22 June 2014) Indian Film Director and Producer, on his First Death Anniversary today. In the 1980s, he was known as a Director who specialised in shooting commercial films in which animals played vital roles, while in the 1990s, several of his films were based on Hindu devotional subjects. He has also headed the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) for three consecutive elections, before resigning in 2011. Rama Narayanan has also a record of movies in 9 languages. They are Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Oriya and Malay. He died on 22 June 2014 at a Singapore Hospital due to kidney related ailments.



Rama Narayanan came to Chennai intending to become a songwriter, but he became a dialogue writer for films. He and his friend M. A. Khaja started to write dialogues together under the pen name Ram-Rahim.



In 1976, Rama Narayanan wrote his first story, screenplay and dialogue for the film Aasai Arubadhu Naal. He produced his first film Meenakshi Kungumam in 1977 and directed his first film Sumai in 1981. He also wrote the script for Chiranjeevi's film Punnami Naagu. His 50th film was Veeran Veluthambi, for which M. Karunanidhi wrote the story and dialogue. His 100th film was Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa.
Rama Narayanan was an MLA from the Karaikudi constituency in 1989 and the chairman of Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram in 1996. He has received the Kalaimamani award of the State Government.

Sources:

Venkata Raman.G
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_Narayanan
http://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Ram-Rahim
 
Tributes Kannadasan and MSV

Tributes Kannadasan and MSV



1. Tributes to KANNADASAN (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) Tamil Poet and Lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important writers in the Tamil language, on his Birth Anniversary today. Frequently called Kaviarasu (King of Poets), Kannadasan was most familiar for his song lyrics in Tamil films and contributed around 5000 lyrics apart from 6000 poems and 232 books, including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious essay on Hinduism, captioned Arthamulla Indhumatham (Meaningful Hindu Religion). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga.



2. Tributes to M S VISWANATHN (Born 24 June 1928), full name Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan, also known as M.S.V. Music Director and Composer from South India, on his Birthday today.. He is popularly known as Mellisai Mannar (Tamil for "The King of Light Music"). He has composed songs in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu for over 1200 films. His major works over the past five decades have been in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He has also acted and sung in a few Tamil films. The Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa conferred the Thirai Isai Chakravarthy (Tamil for "The Emperor of Cine Music") title on him in August 2012 and presented him with 60 gold coins and a new car. Viswanathan composed film music together with composer and violinist T. K. Ramamoorthy in the 1950s and early 1960s, as Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and since then he has worked independently as a composer.




Kannadasan Hits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2uTvseL6Rw&list=RDu2uTvseL6Rw#t=0



MSV Hits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmA9DQjY_U&list=PLTSryO1RoZQXqXkWdZWDczZapDhET-bGT

Ever Green Song MSV Kannadasan Combination

Pullaguzal Kodutha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAN5bNPzOdY





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Wishing MADHU BALAKRISHNAN (Born 24 June 1974)

Wishing MADHU BALAKRISHNAN (Born 24 June 1974)





Wishing MADHU BALAKRISHNAN (Born 24 June 1974) Indian playback singer who sings in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages, on his Birthday today..

Balakrishnan is from Tripunithura, Cochin, Kerala in India. He is a graded artist for All India Radio and Doordarshan. He has performed with major playback singers such as K.J. Yesudas, Asha Bhosle, Jayachandran, M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chitra, Sujatha Mohan, Madhuri and P. Susheela.

He is a life member of the Malayalam Cine Technicians Association (MACTA). He performs regularly in the "Swaralaya Dance & Music Festival" held in Palakkad and the "Chembai Sangeethootsavam" in Guruvayur and also appears in popular television programs on south Indian Television channels such as Doordarshan, Kairali TV, Asianet and Amrita TV. He has also performed overseas in countries such as UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia, Canada and Singapore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lOqGsb0PX0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu_Balakrishnan
http://www.cinecoffee.com/celebrity/madhu-balakrishnan/

Venkata Raman G
 
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