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Sri Ranjani
Sriranjani is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a hexatonic scale (''shadava'' rāgam, which means "of six"). It is a derived scale (''janya'' rāgam), as it does not have all the seven ''swaras'' (musical notes). It is also written as Shri ranjani or Shree Ranjani. It also exist in Hindustani music, with a different scale. Aroh: Sa, komal Ga, Ma, Dha, komal Ni, Sa; Avroh: Sa, komal Ni, Dha, Ma, komal Ga, Ré, Sa. Structure and Lakshana ''Shree ranjani'' is a symmetric scale that does not contain ''panchamam''. It is called a ''shadava-shadava'' rāgam,''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras in Carnatic music classification (as it has six notes in both ascending and descending scales). Its ' structure is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * : * : This scale use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raga
A ''raga'' or ''raag'' (; also ''raaga'' or ''ragam''; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. The ''rāga'' is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradition, and as a result has no direct translation to concepts in classical European music. Each ''rāga'' is an array of melodic structures with musical motifs, considered in the Indian tradition to have the ability to "colour the mind" and affect the emotions of the audience. Each ''rāga'' provides the musician with a musical framework within which to improvise. Improvisation by the musician involves creating sequences of notes allowed by the ''rāga'' in keeping with rules specific to the ''rāga''. ''Rāga''s range from small ''rāga''s like Bahar (raga), Bahar and Shahana that are not much more than songs to big ''rāga''s like Malkauns, Darbari and Yaman (raga), Yaman, which have great scope for improvisation and for which performances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manachanallur Giridharan
Manachanallur Giridharan (born 15 April 1964) is a South Indian music director, lyricist, singer, and also an educationist. He is also the founder of '' EdServ Softsystems Limited''. He has founded his own music production house called ''Gaananjali Recordings'' in 2011 and has been producing non-film albums. Giridharan also founded EdServ in the year 2001 as an Education and Training company. His music works are largely in Tamil language. Early life Manachanallur S. Giridharan hails from the town Manachanallur in Tiruchirappalli district. After completing Engineering graduation from ''PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore,'' in 1984 he was part of films assisting in song compositions, orchestrating the background score between 1986 and 1992 including ''Jenma Natchathram'', Witness (1995 film), Puthiya Aatchi and ''Adhisaya Manithan''. He became an assistant musician to the ace director K. Bhagyaraj in his film ''Sundara Kandam'' and even sang the title song 'EDHU PALLIKOODA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharma Pathini (1986 Film)
''Dharma Pathini'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film, directed by Ameerjan, starring Karthik and Jeevitha. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Dharmapatni'' and in Hindi as ''Jawab Hum Denge''. Plot Prem Kumar is an honest police inspector who comes in conflict with a dangerous thug named DJ. He falls in love with Vidhya who joins as Sub-Inspector of Police in his station. They get married. Situations take a turn when Vidhya's brother-in-law is framed in a murder case. The rest of the story is how Prem Kumar and Vidhya tackle the case and reveal the true murderers. Cast * Karthik as Inspector Prem Kumar * Jeevitha as Vidhya * Goundamani "Podhuppani" Ponnusaami * Radha Ravi as D. Janardhanan aka DJ * Poornam Viswanathan as Kamalanathan, Retd. IG * Chandrasekhar as Prabhakar * Charle as MLA Palayam * Senthil as Ponnusaami's sidekick * Visu as Lawyer "Vicks" Vardarajan * Kishmu as Public Prosecutor Dakshinamoorthy * Ilaiyaraaja in a special appearance for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilipetchu Ketkava
''Kilipetchu Ketkava'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by Fazil, starring Mammootty and Kanaka. It was released on 13 November 1993. Plot Chidambaram (Mammootty), a poor and newly appointed school teacher, demanded to stay in an allegedly haunted palace and work as a night watchman there apart from being a teacher in the day time. To support his mother, he agreed to this. He stayed in the palace alone. At first, he was scared because of the presence of the ghost. It was Sivagami (Kanaga), the heir of the palace, acted as a ghost to get back the palace that was illegally taken over by their rival family when her grandfather (Vijayakumar) was four years old. The duo, grandfather and granddaughter, made up a story of haunted palace to avoid selling the property. Chidambaram came to an agreement living with the ghost of the house, Shivakami, who actually pretends as a ghost to him. The relationship built on and both end up in love. To get ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raaja Raajathan
''Raaja Raajathan'' is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language film directed by E. Ramdoss, starring Ramarajan and Gautami. It was released on 11 August 1989. Plot Cast *Ramarajan *Gautami *Goundamani * Senthil * Kitty * Manorama *Srividya *Kovai Sarala *Vennira Aadai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ... Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. References External links * {{IMDb title 1980 films 1980s Tamil-language films 1989 films Films directed by E. Ramdoss Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mano (singer)
Nagoor Babu, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor and composer. He is a recipient of several awards such as the Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. Mano has recorded more than 1,000 songs for film and private various Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya and Hindi films. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents. Notably, he has recorded 500 songs for music director Ilayaraja. Mano is also recognized for being as the full-fledged dubbing artist for Rajanikanth in Telugu from ''Muthu'' (1995) onwards. Early life and background Mano was born as Nagoor Babu in Tenali, Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. His father Rasool, was a musician in the All India Radio, Vijayawada division and his mother Shaheeda, was a popular Stage actress. Inspired heavily by his mother, Mano joined the stage the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinna Jameen
''Chinna Jameen'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Raj Kapoor, starring Karthik and Sukanya. The film introduced former actress Vineetha in her Tamil and acting debut. It was released on 13 November 1993. Plot Rasaiya is brought up as an innocent man who suffers torture in the hands of his cruel uncle Rathnavel to get hold of his property for which Rasaiya is considered as legal heir. He falls in love with Jothi; however, Rathnavel sets his henchman to molest and kill her. Sathya, who joins the village as a village administrative officer, turns out to be Jothi's sister who has arrived to avenge her sister's death. With the help of Rasaiya's friends, she transforms Rasaiya into a normal and strong person. In the end, Rasaiya kills Rathnavel and his henchmen and becomes a new heir to the palace. Cast * Karthik as Rasaiya/Chinna Jameendar *Sukanya as Sathya *Vineetha as Jothi *Rajesh as Rajamanickam *R. P. Viswam as Rathnavel * UdayaPrakash as Sedhup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren
''Unnai Vaazhthi Paadukiren'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Shridev. The film stars Parthiban, Suman Ranganathan and Mohini. The film, produced by T. P. Kovai Thampi, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 7 February 1992. Plot Ravi (Parthiban), a poor mechanic who works in the garage of and lives with his mother. He is deeply in love with Priya (Suman Ranganathan), a rich girl. Priya hates him and flashback reveals that Ravi and Priya are married and had marital breakdown because he lied to her that his mother is dead. Priya stays with her parents who resent that she is staying with them instead of taking responsibility of her love marriage. In the meantime, Asha (Mohini), another rich girl, falls in love with Ravi and she proposes to him. Ravi tells her that he is, in fact, Priya's husband and is working to convince Priya to live with him. The rest of the story is what happens to Ravi, Priya and Asha. Cast *Parthiban as Ravi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopura Vasalile
''Gopura Vasalile'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film directed by Priyadarshan, starring Karthik and Bhanupriya. It relies on various subplots from the Malayalam film ''Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran'' (1990) and the Hindi film '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). The film was released on 22 March 1991. Plot Cast * Karthik as Manohar * Bhanupriya as Kalyani * Suchitra as Kasthuri * Nassar as Manohar's friend * Janagaraj as Pethaperumal * Charle as Manohar's friend * Junior Balaiah as Manohar's friend * V. K. Ramasamy as Kalyani's father * Nagesh * Sukumari as Manohar's mother * Poornam Viswanathan * Mohanlal as the accordionist in the song "Keladi En" (Cameo appearance) Production Malayalam director Priyadarshan was to have made his Tamil debut with the film ''Chinnamanikkuyile'', which never saw a theatrical release. As a result, ''Gopura Vasalile'' became his Tamil debut. It is also the first appearance of Malayalam actor Mohanlal in a Tamil film. Soundtrack The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of the most prolific Indian composers, in a career spanning over forty-five years, he has composed over 7,000 songs and provided film scores for over 1,000 films, apart from performing in over 20,000 concerts. Ilaiyaraaja received several awards for his works throughout his career. In 2012, for his creative and experimental works in the field of music, he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition given to people in the field of performing arts. In 2010, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in India; and was conferred the Padma Vibhushan in 2018, the second-highest civilian award by the government of India. He is a nominated Member of Parliament in the Indian upper house, Rajy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara Sangamam
''Sagara Sangamam'' () is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language dance film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jaya Prada, Sarath Babu, S. P. Sailaja and Chakri Toleti. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and became a box office hit. The film has received two National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze). The film is listed among CNN-IBN's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time. The film was dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam and released as ''Salangai Oli'' and ''Sagara Sangamam'' respectively. Kamal Haasan had lent his voice for all three versions. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India in 1984, retrospective in 2011 and ''Celebrating Dance in Indian cinema'' section in 2014. The film was dubbed into Russian, and was screened at the Moscow International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Film Festival and AISFM Film Festival. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vani Jairam
Vani Jairam (born as Kalaivani on 30 November 1945), also credited as Vani Jayaram, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in South Indian cinema. Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over five decades. She has done playback for over one thousand Indian movies recording over 10,000 songs. In addition, she has recorded thousands of devotionals and private albums and also participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad. Renowned for her vocal range and easy adaptability to any difficult composition, Vani has often been the choice for several composers across India through the 1970s until the late 1990s. She has sung in several Indian languages, such as Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Assameese, and Bengali languages. Vani won the National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer three times and also has won State Government awards from the states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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