MusicSince the 80s, Chithra has been omnipresent in the world of Malayalam film music. Her entry was perfectly timed — she came at a time when the old guard of singers had mostly left the film music scene and a new generation of musicians had emerged.Ks Chithra / Facebook‘Angopangam’, the semi classical song in the hugely popular film Devasuram (1993) is a favourite among the fans of Ks Chithra, often called the Vanampadi (nightingale) of Malayalam music. But the song has a backstory that many don't know — music director Mg Radhakrishnan had initially hired another singer for it. But when it turned out that the singer didn't possess the skills to pull off such a complex composition, Chithra was brought in, and the song was recorded in a single take. “She was flawless, a singing monster if one may call her that,” recalled singer Mg Sreekumar, who is also the late composer's brother.
- 8/19/2023
- by MariaR
- The News Minute
ReviewTovino plays the protagonist writer with nuance and restraint, while Rima is charming as Bhargavi. The actors, however, struggle to deliver their lines from a 60-year-old script in a manner that suits modern sensibilities.There is a scene about halfway through Aashiq Abu’s Neelavelicham. The film’s unnamed writer protagonist (Tovino Thomas) is walking towards his rented bungalow, only to suddenly stop in his tracks, his eyes wide, staring spellbound at the vision in front of him. Bathed in a magical blue glow, the house, famously inhabited by a forlorn ghost, is beckoning him to come in and finish writing her story. As he enters the house in awe, transcendent blue hues enveloping him, he thanks his dear ghost, Bhargavi, for giving him this ‘neela velicham’ (blue radiance). It is at this point that Aashiq’s vision as a filmmaker, to remake A Vincent’s 1964 classic Bhargavi Nilayam, truly comes alive.
- 4/20/2023
- by LakshmiP
- The News Minute
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (Ians) M.M. Keeravani today is being hailed as one of the greatest music composers of Tollywood, but he earned his early spurs in K. Balachander’s 1991 Tamil movie, ‘Azhagan’ (Handsome), starring Mammootty and Bhanupriya. In the credit lines, he was known as Maragathamani.
In the same year, Keeravani, using the same identity, composed the music for celebrated filmmaker I.V. Sasi’s hit movie ‘Neelagiri’, also starring Mammooty. And in the year that followed, he gave the music for ‘Soorya Manasam’, the Sowcar Janaki-Mammootty film where the latter plays a mentally challenged man.
In the meantime, he continued with Telugu and Tamil films, venturing onto Kannada, where he did not change his name, as he did yet again, this time to M.M. Kreem, when he scored the music for ‘Criminal’, Mahesh Bhatt’s 1995 Telugu-Hindi bilingual thriller based on ‘The Fugitive’ and starring Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna and Manisha Koirala.
In the same year, Keeravani, using the same identity, composed the music for celebrated filmmaker I.V. Sasi’s hit movie ‘Neelagiri’, also starring Mammooty. And in the year that followed, he gave the music for ‘Soorya Manasam’, the Sowcar Janaki-Mammootty film where the latter plays a mentally challenged man.
In the meantime, he continued with Telugu and Tamil films, venturing onto Kannada, where he did not change his name, as he did yet again, this time to M.M. Kreem, when he scored the music for ‘Criminal’, Mahesh Bhatt’s 1995 Telugu-Hindi bilingual thriller based on ‘The Fugitive’ and starring Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna and Manisha Koirala.
- 3/13/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
CinemaThe 67th Filmfare Awards South, which was held in Bengaluru on October 9, saw the attendance of stars from Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu film industries. Tnm StaffFacebookThe 67th Filmfare Awards South was held on Sunday, October 9, at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre. The awards ceremony was attended by stars from Tollywood, Kollywood, Mollywood and Sandalwood. The 2022 edition of the awards function was hosted by Kannada actors Diganth and Ramesh Aravind. It also featured dance performances by several popular actors including Pooja Hegde who was recently seen in Kollywood film Beast, Sitha Ramam fame Mrunal Thakur, Krithi Shetty, and Saniya Iyappan among others. First introduced in 1954, the Filmfare Awards ceremony is one of the oldest film events in India. The awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the film industry. Suriya and Aparna Balamurali starrer Soorarai Pottru (Tamil), Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna’s...
- 10/10/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
RecognitionA prolific musician, Ilaiyaraaja has composed more than 7,000 songs in over 1,400 movies, primarily in Tamil.Tnm StaffIlaiyaraaja/ FacebookVeteran music composer from Tamil Nadu Ilaiyaraaja, who is fondly known as Maestro and Isaignaani by fans, has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President. The announcement was made on Wednesday, July 6 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who took to social media to share a photo with the music composer. The Pm spoke about the latter’s contribution to film music. “The creative genius of @ilaiyaraaja Ji has enthralled people across generations. His works beautifully reflect many emotions. What is equally inspiring is his life journey- he rose from a humble background and achieved so much. Glad that he has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha,” the tweet read. Twelve members are nominated by the President for a term of six years. These nominees, selected on the advice of the Prime Minister,...
- 7/6/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
The British Film Institute is celebrating Mani Ratnam’s Love Stories in December as part of their season titled ‘Love: Films to Fall in Love With Films to Break Your Heart’. They are featuring three of his films (Dil Se, Bombay, O Kadhal Kanmani) and all have incredible music by the maestro Ar Rahman. Popular BBC Asian Radio Host Ashanti Omkar is very excited about the Mani Ratnam and Ar Rahman weekend at the illustrious temple of cinema, the British Film Institute, London, and reminisces about the films and their music:
My Chicago based friend Meera and I, went to see Bombay at Wimbledon Odeon in London in 1995, at it’s UK premiere of sorts, and started around 11pm, to a full house. We came out weeping, yet totally enthralled by the cinematic brilliance, teamed with a score that hit deep into our hearts. The entire cinema audience seemed to echo this sentiment,...
My Chicago based friend Meera and I, went to see Bombay at Wimbledon Odeon in London in 1995, at it’s UK premiere of sorts, and started around 11pm, to a full house. We came out weeping, yet totally enthralled by the cinematic brilliance, teamed with a score that hit deep into our hearts. The entire cinema audience seemed to echo this sentiment,...
- 11/13/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The recently released Ganesh Acharya movie Hey Bro has definitely been appreciated for its music by the audience. The songs ‘Mera Gaana Baja De DJ’, ‘Birju’ and ‘Bulbul’ are climbing their way up the charts as we speak. The song video for ‘Birju’ features many Bollywood greats such as Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and Ranveer Singh. BollySpice brings you an exclusive interview with the Music Directors of Hey Bro ‘Nitz n Sony’ aka Nitin Arora and Sony Chandy. Read on to find out how they conceived the music of the film and learn about their ‘fairly’ unusual background before they became Music Directors in the Bollywood industry!
Congratulations on the success of the music of Hey Bro! Please share with us your journey so far in the Bollywood music industry.
Both: Both of us are self taught (and still learning!) musicians with no formal training or family background in music.
Congratulations on the success of the music of Hey Bro! Please share with us your journey so far in the Bollywood music industry.
Both: Both of us are self taught (and still learning!) musicians with no formal training or family background in music.
- 3/20/2015
- by Jem Raj
- Bollyspice
Honouring the talent in Indian music and those who have created music with the power to touch millions of lives, the Global Indian Music Academy Awards has become a highly coveted award for the music makers and singers of Indian music, not only Hindi films but in all its forms. GiMA is the only music awards platform with a voting process based on peer-to-peer recognition. Nominees are selected by a Jury of over 30 eminent members from the music & film industry and later presented to the GiMA Academy for the final voting. The Academy’s votes are then tabulated and the winner’s declared at a fabulous ceremony. This year, hosted by the ever fabulous Ranveer Singh and with show stopping performances the winner’s were announced. The ceremony will televise on February 9th.
Best Playback Singer Male – Arijit Singh for ‘Tum Hi Ho’ (Aashiqui 2 )
Best Playback Singer Female – Shreya Ghoshal...
Best Playback Singer Male – Arijit Singh for ‘Tum Hi Ho’ (Aashiqui 2 )
Best Playback Singer Female – Shreya Ghoshal...
- 1/21/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 6: Singers K.S. Chitra and Vijay Yesudas were among those honoured at the Cera Big Malayalam Music Awards.
To salute the legends of Malayalam music industry and encourage gen-next, the first edition of the award, which is an initiative of 92.7 Big FM radio network, took place Saturday.
Chitra was honoured for completing three decades in in the industry and she also won the best female singer of the year trophy for her songs "Ilaveyil Viralukal" from "Artist" and "Ponnodu Poovayi" from "Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty".
Vijay Yesudas won the best male singer award for the song "Mazha kondu mathram" from "Spirit".
"Nilaamalare", a track from the movie "Diamond Necklace", won the best melody.
To salute the legends of Malayalam music industry and encourage gen-next, the first edition of the award, which is an initiative of 92.7 Big FM radio network, took place Saturday.
Chitra was honoured for completing three decades in in the industry and she also won the best female singer of the year trophy for her songs "Ilaveyil Viralukal" from "Artist" and "Ponnodu Poovayi" from "Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty".
Vijay Yesudas won the best male singer award for the song "Mazha kondu mathram" from "Spirit".
"Nilaamalare", a track from the movie "Diamond Necklace", won the best melody.
- 1/6/2014
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
W hite Sun is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013.
Deepak Rauniyar
Project description. Language.
White Sun is a dark comedy about life in a Nepali village in the wake of the decade-long conflict that ended in 2006. Little Pooja lives with her mother Durga and grandfather Chitra in a remote mountain village. She has never met her father, Agni, who joined the Maoist guerrillas and left their village years ago to fight the government. The devastating war is over, and Agni’s rebel Maoist party now heads the government.
Agni returns to the village for the first time in 10 years for Chitra’s funeral. Pooja watches her father and mother readjust to each other’s presence and her father fight with the family’s closest friend, Suraj – who fought on the government side during the war. When Suraj leaves, Agni cannot find...
Deepak Rauniyar
Project description. Language.
White Sun is a dark comedy about life in a Nepali village in the wake of the decade-long conflict that ended in 2006. Little Pooja lives with her mother Durga and grandfather Chitra in a remote mountain village. She has never met her father, Agni, who joined the Maoist guerrillas and left their village years ago to fight the government. The devastating war is over, and Agni’s rebel Maoist party now heads the government.
Agni returns to the village for the first time in 10 years for Chitra’s funeral. Pooja watches her father and mother readjust to each other’s presence and her father fight with the family’s closest friend, Suraj – who fought on the government side during the war. When Suraj leaves, Agni cannot find...
- 11/19/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Statement given by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan with regard to the interview published in the newspapers where Chitra Subramanian –Duello spoke to former Swedish Police Head Mr. Sten Lindstrom who was investigating the Bofors – India Gun deal.
“My family and I are happy to note the statement made by Former Swedish Police Head investigating the Bofors – India Gun deal. Mr Lindstorm has stated that we were innocent and that there was never ever any evidence to indicate our involvement. The int ...
“My family and I are happy to note the statement made by Former Swedish Police Head investigating the Bofors – India Gun deal. Mr Lindstorm has stated that we were innocent and that there was never ever any evidence to indicate our involvement. The int ...
- 4/26/2012
- Bollywood Chaska
Mumbai, Oct 11: Family members, the music fraternity and fans bid a tearful farewell to ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh at his funeral here Tuesday.
Jagjit Singh's brother Kartar Singh along with his grandsons Armaan and Umer Chowdhary conducted his last rites. Jagjit Singh had lost his only son in a car accident in 1990 and considered Kartar's family and children as his own.
Jagjit Singh, 70, died here Monday in suburban Bandra's Lilavati Hospital where he was admitted Sep 23 after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Chitra.
His mortal remains were brought to his Pedder Road residence.
Jagjit Singh's brother Kartar Singh along with his grandsons Armaan and Umer Chowdhary conducted his last rites. Jagjit Singh had lost his only son in a car accident in 1990 and considered Kartar's family and children as his own.
Jagjit Singh, 70, died here Monday in suburban Bandra's Lilavati Hospital where he was admitted Sep 23 after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Chitra.
His mortal remains were brought to his Pedder Road residence.
- 10/11/2011
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Family members, the music fraternity and fans bid a tearful farewell to ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh at his funeral here Tuesday.Jagjit Singh.s brother Kartar Singh along with his grandsons Armaan and Umer Chowdhary conducted his last rites. Jagjit Singh had lost his only son in a car accident in 1990 and considered Kartar.s family and children as his own.Jagjit Singh, 70, died here Monday in suburban Bandra.s Lilavati Hospital where he was admitted Sep 23 after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Chitra.His mortal remains were brought to his Pedder Road residence in south Mumbai Tuesday morning, where many celebrities, friends and fans paid their final tributes to the soulful singer.The mortal remains where then taken to Chandanwadi crematorium in Marine Lines in south Mumbai.Prominent names in the music industry like renowned classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj, lyricist-composer Gulzar, Javed Akthar,...
- 10/11/2011
- Filmicafe
Singer Chitra, who made every heart croon with her soulful rendition of 'Payali Chunmun Chunmun' from the smash hit Virasat and many other hit songs Reports have it that, when Chitra was in Sharjah to perform at Ar Rahman's concert when she got news that Nandana fell into the swimming pool while playing and drowned and was pronounced dead when rushed to the hospital. The family returned to Chennai on Friday morning and the funeral took place last evening. Nandana was special child and was born to Chitra after 15 years of marriage. Chitra named her as 'Nandana', after she sung a devotional song in the movie 'Nandanam'. Bollywood Hungama offers condolence to Chitra and her family.
- 4/16/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
The South Indian movie music world shared the grief of noted playback singer K.S. Chitra, who lost her eight-year-old daughter in a swimming pool accident in Dubai Thursday..The family came back from Dubai this (Friday) morning and the funeral was held in the evening,. Chitra.s manager Krishna Kutty Menon told us.A person in Chitra.s household told us that the entire household was in tears.Chitra had been to Dubai alongwith her family to perform in A.R. Rahman.s music show and was staying in a villa there when the accident happened.Nadana, a differently-abled child, fell into the pool while playing.She was born to Chitra and Vijayashankar in 2002, 15 years after their marriage.A devotee of Hindu god Krishna, Chitra had named her daughter after she got an award from the Kerala government for her song in the Malayalam movie .Nandanam...It is very sad to hear.
- 4/15/2011
- Filmicafe
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 28 – K.S. Chitra, popularly known as South Indian Nightingale, has completed three decades as a playback singer with more than 15,000 songs to her credit. Now she wants to focus on classical music.
The 47-year-old has sung for films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi languages.
Speaking to Ians, her husband Vijaya Shankar, an.
The 47-year-old has sung for films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi languages.
Speaking to Ians, her husband Vijaya Shankar, an.
- 1/28/2011
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Amar Chitra Katha comics, which have entertained generations with interesting historical tales, epics and fables, is all set to come alive on television through Cartoon Network. The 26-episode series, starting on March 28, will see some of the stories from the books like Kumbhakarna, Mahiravana, Tales of Arjuna, Tales of Vishnu, Abhimanyu, Drona, Tales of Shivaji and Ghatotkacha to name a few. The producers say they have tried their best to do justice to the series. "We have worked for over a year to develop the series in a way that remains true to the Amar Chitra Katha story telling tradiiton and does ...
- 3/18/2010
- Hindustan Times - TV
Singer Chitra Singh’s daughter Monica Chaudhry committed suicide at her Bandra residence. She hanged herself from a ceiling fan. Disturbed family life is believed to be the main cause of her death. Monica 49 was Chitra’s daughter from her first husband. Later Chitra married to famous Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh. Monica married twice but she failed to get happiness from either of her marriage. First she was married to Jahangir Chaudhury and had two sons from him, Armaan and Umer. After being separated from Jahangir, she was married to a British national called Mark Atkins. Even with her second husband she was unhappy and filed a ...
- 5/30/2009
- Bollywoodmantra.com
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