Monday, January 24, 2011

Sirivennela Sitaramasastri




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Profile:

Full name : Chembolu Seetharama Shastry

Born : 20 May 1955

Origin : Anakapalli

Years active: 1986–present

--> His first work in films were the songs for K. Viswanath's Sirivennela. The songs in the movie were so phenomenally popular that the name of this movie got tagged to his given name.

--> Although he is more popular for his film songs, he has also written devotional and patriotic songs.

--> Some of his patriotic songs inspired movies like Gayam directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Another director Krishna Vamsi formulated a story and made a movie Chakram based on 'Jagamanta kutumbam' song written by Sirivennela.

Links:

Wikipage of Sirivennela gaaru

Website on Sirivennela Seetharama Shastry Poetry Analysis



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Friday, January 21, 2011

P Susheela



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Profile:

Full name : Pulapaka Susheela పి.సుశీల

Born : November 13, 193

Origin : Vizianagaram

Years active: 1951–present

--> She completed her graduation at Maharaja Music College in Vizianagaram, sang her first song in 1951 for Tamil movie Petra Thaai (Kanna Thalli in Telugu) for music director Pendyala Nageswara Rao.

--> She rendered memorable songs in various south Indian languages under the musical direction of K. V. Mahadevan, M. S. Viswanathan and Saluri Rajeswara Rao. She won the first National Film Award ever awarded in the Best Female Playback Singer category in 1969.

Links:

Wikipage of P Susheela gaaru



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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Malavika - Singer




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Profile:

Full name : Malavika

Born : 6 th July 1988

Origin : Vizag

Years active: 2001 - Present

Links:

Wikipage of Malavika



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Hemachandra - Singer



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Profile:

Full name : Hema Chandra హేమచంద్ర

Born : 02 Jun 1988

Origin : Hyderabad

Years active: 2000 - Present

Links:

Filmography of Hemachandra



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Vennelakanti - Lyricist






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Profile:

Full name :

Born :

Origin :

Years active: 1969 - Present

Links:

Filmography of Vennelakanti



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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Krishna Kumar Kunnath



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Profile:

Full name : Krishnakumar Kunnath

Born : August 23, 1970 (1970-08-23)

Origin : Thrissur, Kerala, India

Years active: 1996–present

-> Till now, KK has sung more than 500 songs in Hindi and more than 200 songs in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages in a short span. Down South, he has worked with well-known music composers such as 'Maestro' Ilayaraja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Deva, Vidyasagar and Mani Sharma.

-> KK appeared on television too. He was invited as jury member for a talent hunt show Fame Gurukul, but he is clear that he would not like to return to television as the medium restricts him. Unlike many composers and singers, who feel reality shows have made it easier for budding artists to enter Bollywood, KK feels every one still has to struggle to mark one's presence in the film world.


-> KK has performed live concerts for Corporate giants like Hero Honda, Toyota, Glaxo, Seagram’s, IBM, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft,Infosys(Mysore), Nokia, Fidelity, Citibank, INFLS, LG, Sony Eriksson, Air Sahara, Ultra Tech Cement, JP Cement, Maruti Udyog, Logica and many more. He has also performed for schools, colleges and other educational institutes like IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, IIM Lucknow, NITK Surathkal, Ansal Institute of Technology, Dr. B.C.Roy Engineering College, Durgapur and BITS Pilani.

More links:

Wiki Page on KK



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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

K. S. Chitra



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Profile:

Full name: Chithra Krishnan Nair
Born : July 27, 1963 (1963-07-27)

Origin: Trivandrum, Kerala

Years active: 1982–present

-> Chithra received her extensive training in Carnatic music from Dr. K. Omanakutty, and did post-graduation in music in the University of Kerala.

-> She recorded many hit songs for Ilaiyaraaja in Tamil. She has been acredited as the only female singer to have sung the maximum number of songs for the Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman for his Tamil and Telugu film songs.

-> She also sang for veteran composers such as G. Devarajan, M. S. Viswanathan, K. V. Mahadevan, Ouseppachan, Deva, Vidyasagar, Bharadhwaj, Chakravarthy, M. Jayachandran, M. M. Keeravani, Hamsalekha, Sharreth, Raj-Koti, Rajan-Nagendra, S. A. Rajkumar, Mani Sharma , Harris Jayaraj, Devisri Prasad and many other south Indian music directors.

More links:

Wiki Page on chitra


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