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Thursday, January 11, 2024 10:59 AM IST,
Chola tours would be held on regular basis
Journey with Vandhiya Devan would be launched on January 16 at 6 a.m. from Chennai and return to Chennai the same night. For example, the 7th century Devaram songs of Paadal Petra Sthalams like Takkolam, Thirumalpuram and Thiruvallam, with special emphasis in Brahmadesam, would be highlighted during these tours, and stories about the Chola inscriptions would be provided by eminent Epigraphist Dr. S. Rajavelu, former Epigraphist of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
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Wednesday, June 02, 2021 07:28 PM IST,
Chennai
Kavignar Suradha -- The King of Similes – will people celebrate his Centenary? (Nov 23, 1921-- June 20, 2006). He wrote over 3,000 poems including over 50 songs for Tamil films. His famous songs were Aadi Adangum Vazhkkaiyadaa, Amuthum Thaenum Edharku, Vinnukku Maelaadai, Kannil Vandhu Minnalpol
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Friday, November 13, 2020 09:16 PM IST,
Chennai
'Malayalam' Dakshinamoorthy, as was called the famous music director, had composed for over 125 films including 13 in Tamil, and had groomed Ilayaraja, Yesudas, NC Vasanthakokilam, P Leela, P Susheela, Kalyani Menon and Bhavatharini among many other singers and music directors. Yet his birth centenary last year was totally ignored by the film industry in Chennai
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Saturday, October 24, 2020 04:04 PM IST,
Chennai
Is a statue for a living person unlucky? Does it bring in bad luck, bad days for such a person? Did it happen in the case of singer SPB who ordered a statue for himself? In a world full of superstitions even in the 21st century, such questions do crop up.
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Thursday, October 15, 2020 04:52 PM IST,
Chennai
Chennai 2000 Plus Trust brings you verses from Thiruppugazh by saint Arunagirinathar in the 15th century. These verses (two in this the first report) refer to Mayilapur Kapaleeswarar temple at least two centuries before the British came to Chennai
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Sunday, October 04, 2020 12:53 AM IST,
Chennai
P K Muthusamy died at the age of 100 as a poor man, living all alone at his village near Rasipuram. He wrote about 60 Tamil film songs but also created a sensation by making a plagiarism charge against his former chief minister and film-world colleague M Karunanidhi
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Saturday, September 26, 2020 10:05 PM IST,
Chennai
Those were the days when Ilayaraja and his brothers struggled for even one square meal in two days. They would conduct music for Bharatiraja's plays and occasionally get a chance to play the guitar for a film recording. Bharatiraja requested SPB, then an up-and-coming singer to engage them in his orchestra which used to perform light music programmes in Chennai. SPB took them on board. Later, Ilayaraja rose to such dizzy heights as a music composer that SPB wondered where that talent came from.
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Monday, August 24, 2020 08:11 PM IST,
Chennai
Ku Ma Ba, as he was later known, was actually proficient in writing chaste and classical Tamil and went on write over 600 film songs for leading music directors like G Ramanathan, KV Mahadevan, TG Lingappa, Sudarsanam, Salil Chowdhury and so on, in films starring MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, SS Rajendran, Vijayakanth among others. Born on May 13, 1920, at Velukkudi village in undivided Thanjavur district, in an agricultural family, his centenary too has been ignored
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Monday, July 06, 2020 01:41 PM IST,
Chennai
கர்னாடக இசை உலகின் ஜாம்பவானாகத் திகழ்ந்த எம்.பாலமுரளி கிருஷ்ணா, 1930-ம் ஆண்டு ஆந்திர மாநிலம் கிழக்கு கோதாவரி மாவட்டத்தில் சங்கரகுப்தம் என்ற ஊரில் பிறந்தவர் (ஜூலை 6). தனது 6-வது வயதிலேயே இசைப் பயணத்தை தொடங்கியவர்.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020 08:43 PM IST,
Chennai
Today, is the birth anniverary of one of the best composers India has ever seen, Madan Mohan. Awards never came his way, but it was probably better that way, we can console ourselves to say, as his music remained unspoiled and untainted by power, pelf or prestige.
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Monday, June 22, 2020 01:59 PM IST,
Chennai
When the song PombaLai Oruthi IrundhALAm broke out in the hit film AdhE KangaL with music by Vedha, there were a few words that sounded like gibberish. They were not gibberish, but were Sourashtrian words used by Raghavan and TMS, both Sourashtrians
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:59 AM IST,
Chennai
Noted singer K J Yesudas has recorded a song for a Tamil film after a long gap. He has now sung a song for the film Tamilarasan with maestro Ilayaraja scoring the music.
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Saturday, July 07, 2018 11:23 AM IST,
Chennai
Naadabrahmam and Chennai 2000 Plus Trust organised a music and dance festival in Chennai from December 28 to 30, 2015, at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Hr Secondary School (South),
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Thursday, July 05, 2018 10:40 AM IST,
Chennai
Eminent Carnatic vocalist R.Suryaprakash rendered an excellent Carnatic vocal concert on the occasion of Maasa Shivrathri at Besant Nagar
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 12:23 PM IST,
Chennai
Actress Iniya of Vaagai Soodavaa fame has produced a motivational, music video titled Mia. It is an eight-minute music video that describes the struggles and aspirations of a dancer.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 03:57 PM IST,
Chennai
Ace Director Mani Ratnam's single track from his forthcoming release, Kaatru Veliyidai, with music composed by A R Rahman, is all set to release on February 2.
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Saturday, January 28, 2017 02:39 PM IST,
New York
India's ace music director A R Rahman failed to make it to the final nomination list of the 89th Academy Awards. His name did not figure in the final nomination list released on January 24.
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Sunday, August 14, 2016 11:58 AM IST,
Chennai
The Tamil film industry was shocked as noted film lyricist Na Muthukumar passed away in Chennai today, following illness. He
was 41, and was reportedly suffering from jaundice.
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Sunday, July 31, 2016 07:19 PM IST,
Chennai
Nanmangalam Sisters Tmt Meena and Tmt Karpagam rendered a Classical music concert on Anjanaeya and Rama at Nanganallur Anjaneyar temple on March 31, 2016. The music concert, organised by Chennai 2000 Plus Trust, was held under the title of Jay Hanuman.
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Sunday, June 12, 2016 11:13 AM IST,
Chennai
The Kabali audio launch was a soft affair. Super Star Rajinikanth was absent, and his daughter Soundarya did the honours at a simple
event. However, the audio launch went viral soon after. conquering air and digital space.
