Tamil News
Another recognition for K.Balachander
Some nostalgic moments from a great lyric writer filled with respect and a musical feast of some of the most memorable songs in the Tamil film Industry's history made the function at the Kamaraj Arangam more memorable for the audience who had come there to…
Venkat Prabhu's child becomes singer
Music must be in her genes. Shivani Venkat, 5 years old child of director Venkat Prabhu, has sung a song in an album on Pondichery Mother. The song is a sort of remix of yesteryear's popular song 'Ammavum Neeye', from 'Kalathur Kannamma', sung by L.R.…
Rahmans magical spell in the capital
The music wizard A.R. Rahman was at his magical best. His first ever live concert held in the capital city on last Saturday (November 17), was a grand success in terms of its mesmerizing effect on the audiences.Music maestro A.R. Rahman cast a magical…
VCD on Lord Venkateswara
Viswaroopa Dharisanam, a VCD on Lord Venkateswara, was released by veteran music director M S Viswanathan in Chennai.The first copy of the CD was received by noted dansuese Padma Subramaniam. Produced by Sri Media, the disc contains clippings of various rituals being performed at…
Rahman Lights up Sivaji Fire in Chicago
For the first time in Chicago, the grand maestro and musical prodigy AR Rahman kicked off his three dimensional tour in North America to a jam packed audience over 8000 people of Indian Origin from the Midwest at the Sears Center in Chicago. The concert…
Happy B'day Ilayaraja - Part II
A complete music director who does everything-composing, orchestration, arrangement of instruments, writing notations, conducting and even sound recording and balancing of tracks, Ilayaraja is a one-man band of harmony and rhythms. Ilayaraja has been so acclaimed because his film numbers run the entire gamut ----folk,…
Chennai 600028 musical roller coaster with Yuvan
Chennai 600028 has a record nine songs of entirely different genres such as RnB, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Country, Rock, Indian Folk, Gaana, Reggae, Trance and House.Yuvan Shankar Raja spent 11 months perfecting each and every song. SP Balasubramanyam, Shankar Mahadevan, Chitra, Anoushka, Vijay…
The muhurat of 'Dhanam'
The muhurat of Dhanam, the new movie starring Sangeetha, Prakashraj, Vivek, Prem, Ramesh Khanna, Ilavarasu, M. S Baskar, Manobala, Chitra Lakshmanan, Ashok Rajan and Mayilsamy, took place at Prasad Recording Studio this morning.The auspicious occasion was marked by the lighting of kuthuvilakku by Isaignani…
A R Rahman, Manirathnam do it again for Guru
When A R Rahman and Manirathnam combine, they simply break all records in audio sales.Ever since Roja, the two had come together on several occasions. All their songs have topped the audio charts and the cassettes always made roaring sales. They have re-created their…
Namitha with Vijay in Azhagiya Thamizh Magan
Namitha's desire to act opposite Vijay is now fulfilled. The buxom actress will act opposite Vijay in Azhagiya Thamizh Magan.The movie to be produced by Swarga Chitra Films Appachan would have Vijay and Shreya in the lead roles. Namitha would play the second fiddle…