South Indian Music Galaxy

Edited by anjkhoney - 13 years ago

Edited by anjkhoney - 13 years ago

Wow, thanks for this wonderful thread Anjali... 😊 Coming from a super musically inclined family, my life revolves around music, music and only music..! 😃 I have an eclectic taste though.. I listen to anything and everything ranging from Carnatic to folk to western. Being a singer myself, I have an innumerable number of favorites, for both singers and songs 😆 and I think everybody has their own strengths, weaknesses and niche areas.. So its really hard to dislike someone but I shall try my best to name a few of my most favs here..

1. Singer
Carnatic - Bharat Ratna winner MS Subbalakshmi (omg her voice is divine..) Balamuralikrishna, TM Krishna, GN Balasubramanian, Semmangudi, KJY, Sudha Ragunathan, Sowmya, Nithyasree, Bombay Jayashri, Unnikrishnan and alot more..

Playback - TL Maharajan, TMS, KJY, Hariharan, Karthik, Chitra, Shreya Ghoshal, Janaki ma, Susheela ma, Bombay Jayashri, Unnikrishnan, Chinmayi, Haricharan, Benny Dayal, Krish and many more..

All of them are technically impeccable, some delve in the intricacies of the song or the alaap, some are soulful.. evoking so much feelings etc.
Karthik's voice just makes me melt everytime i listen to it.. i swear!! Just listen to his enakkoru girlfren rendition in the following link... omg im meltingggg!!! 😆😆
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_8BqVtjAv4[/YOUTUBE]
2. Music director
The one and only ARR, of course IR, Yuvan and Harris, GV Prakash (omg his many of his songs are gahhhh.. ARR blood naa summava?? 😉😛)

Am a huge, crazy, mad, diehard fan of ARR.. 😉 A rahmaniac but not fanatic.. Of course IR as well.. he's no inferior in anyway.. Many of his songs have stood the test of time.. just that I grew up listening to ARR songs so relate to them better.. 😊

3. Song (Be it Filmi or Non Filmi Tracks)
Oh dear, really have loads loads loads of favs.. it keeps changing almost everyday.. all ARR and IR songs are my favs.. My current fav is Iragai pole from Naan Mahaan Alla.. Since I just watched the movie, the song remains fresh in my memory and I think Yuvan's voice is sooo stylish and unique, just like ARR's.. 😊

4. Lyricist (Without them songs seem incomplete)
Dun really look at lyrics that much but love the great Kannadasan, Vaali, Vairamuthu to name a few.. I love people who write meaningful lines without double/triple meaning stuff.. and of course their command of the Thamizh language is amazing..

5. Anything about South Indian Music (Tamil,Telugu,Kannada,Malayalam)
Just some info I know about Carnatic music.. Its one of the oldest and the most complex form of music comprising 175 taalas (this component is not present in any other kinds of music, which makes carnatic music really special..), 72 main raagas called the melakarthas, out of which other raagas branch out yielding thousands of raagas.. Takes years of consistent effort to master since it involves squeezing your creative juices with the manodharmam.. having an alaap (the aa aaa that they do), neraval, swaram, taanam etc.. Have a trinity of composers (the main 3) who are Saint Thygaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Sastri.. most of their compositions are in Telugu and Sanskrit, but there are also many others in Kannada and Tamil..

Ok I dun wanna elaborate further.. romba bore adichiteno?? 😆
Edited by khpriya - 13 years ago

Thank you so much Priya😊 ..Awesome post👏

Please continue sharing with us more about music😳.. Trust me, It will never never be Boring.


I love listening and singing songs and my Fav Carnatic Music Female Artists are
MS Subhalakshmi, Sudha Raghunathan ..I can keep on listening to their songs..

Thanks daa Anj and Priya for the wonderful posts on music 👏👏👏👏 Will go through each of the vidoes and post mine soon ...

Thank You Aishuma🤗..
Hope you'll enjoy the songs as much as I did while hearing it for the first time😳

@ Priya, I'm happy to note that our current fav remains the same (Iragai Pole)😊..I too love the song for the same reasons,except for the fact that I couldn't watch the movie yet.. YSR rocks in this song...

One of my  All time Favorites😳..I just remember seeing this song once in Sun Music and went crazy for it.

I still remember bugging my sweet friends from IF😆 asking about this song without even knowing the Music Director, Movie Name or anything..

All I knew was its Murali Sir who was shown in that song singing with a Guitar😳.



Edited by anjkhoney - 13 years ago

Recently came across this song and loved it.Heard that this movie VAANA is a remake of a Kanna movie.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwvynZRlys[/YOUTUBE]

Such a beautiful song from movie Antham.Reminds me of my school days

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_VTaPOCVDU[/YOUTUBE]

Yet to come across a person who actually doesn't like this song.So romantic

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEtTjFlGbAE[/YOUTUBE]

I love this music bit from Bommarillu very much.
Music : Devi sri Prasad.
Singer: Sumangali
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViFn0_Xz_sA[/YOUTUBE]

and the song...
Singers: Sumangali, Sagar
 Lyricist:  Sirivennela
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_iwAboQIFI[/YOUTUBE]
Edited by NiHa24 - 13 years ago

Wow...Superb Thread Anjali...Thanks!!👏👏

My fav Music Directors are ARR, Harris Jeyaraj and Yuvan!!
I love Yuvans Love Songs..They are sooo great!!

My fav Singer is KARTHICK...Just love his Voice!! OMG..He is fantastic..!!
Female Singer is Shreya Ghoshal!!..!!

I like her "Munbe Vaa" Song a lot....Karthick i love al his Songs!!

Recent-ahh i love "Yaar Intha Penn" Song...!!
Great song sung by Haricharan and composed by Yuvan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKFA5CZ8AzM