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D. K. Pattammal

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Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal (19 March 1919 – 16 July 2009) was an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in Tamil. [1]

69 relations: A. R. Rahman, All India Radio, Brahmin, Carnatic music, Caste, Chennai, Chittor V. Nagaiah, D. K. Jayaraman, Daily News and Analysis, Deccan Chronicle, Frontline (magazine), Government of India, Hey Ram, Ilaiyaraaja, India, Jana Gana Mana Video, Jeevitham (1950 film), Kalki Krishnamurthy, Kamal Haasan, Kanchipuram, Kothamangalam Subbu, Kriti, Kumari Kamala, Lalitha Sivakumar, Lavanya (1951 film), Lavanya Sundararaman, M. L. Vasanthakumari, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Madras Presidency, Mahatma Gandhi, Miss Malini, Muthuswami Dikshitar, N. Ravikiran, Naam Iruvar, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Pallavi, Papanasam Sivan, Pizhaikkum Vazhi, Playback singer, Raga, Ragam Thanam Pallavi, Ram Rajya, Routledge, S. Rajeswara Rao, S. V. Venkatraman, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Sangeetha Kalasikhamani, ..., Sanskrit, Sri Lanka, Subramania Bharati, Switzerland, Tala (music), Tamil language, Tamil Nadu, Telugu language, Tevaram, The Hindu, The Hindu Group, Thiruppugazh, Thyagabhoomi, Tiger Varadachariar, Tyagaraja, Tyagayya (1946 film), Vaazhkai (1949 film), Vedhala Ulagam, Vyjayanthimala. Expand index (19 more) »

A. R. Rahman

Allahrakka Rahman (born A. S. Dileep Kumar, best known as A. R. Rahman, is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer. A. R. Rahman's works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements. Among his awards are six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Government of India. In 2009, Rahman was included on the ''Time'' 100 list of the world's most influential people. The UK-based world-music magazine Songlines named him one of "Tomorrow's World Music Icons" in August 2011. South Indian fans of Rahman refer him with the nickname of "The Mozart of Madras", and "Isai Puyal" (the Musical Storm). With an in-house studio (Panchathan Record Inn in Chennai), Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. Working in India's film industries, international cinema, and theatre, Rahman is one of the best-selling recording artists, with an estimated 200million units sold. In a notable two-decade career, he has been acclaimed for redefining contemporary Indian film music and contributing to the success of several films. Rahman has also become a notable humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising money for a number of causes and charities. In 2017, Rahman made his debut as a director and writer for the film Le Musk.

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All India Radio

All India Radio (AIR), officially known since 1956 as Ākāshvāṇī ("Voice from the Sky") is the national public radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati.

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Brahmin

Brahmin (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण) is a varna (class) in Hinduism specialising as priests, teachers (acharya) and protectors of sacred learning across generations.

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Carnatic music

Carnatic music, Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam is a system of music commonly associated with southern India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, as well as Sri Lanka.

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Caste

Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, customary social interaction, and exclusion.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Chittor V. Nagaiah

Chittoor V. Nagaiah (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagaiah) was a multilingual Indian film actor, thespian, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer from Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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D. K. Jayaraman

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Daily News and Analysis

Daily News and Analysis (DNA) is an Indian broadsheet newspaper launched in 2005 and published in English from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Indore in India. It is the first English broadsheet daily in India to introduce an all-colour page format. It targets a young readership and is owned and managed by Diligent Media Corporation.

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Deccan Chronicle

Deccan Chronicle is an Indian English-language daily newspaper.

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Frontline (magazine)

Frontline is a fortnightly English language magazine published by The Hindu Group of publications from Chennai, India.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic.

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Hey Ram

Hey Ram (translation: Oh Ram! or Oh God!) is a 2000 Indian historical fiction-political thriller film simultaneously made in Tamil and Hindi languages.

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Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja (born 2 June 1943 as Gnanathesikan) is an Indian film composer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, orchestrator, conductor-arranger and lyricist who works in the Indian Film Industry, predominantly in Tamil.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jana Gana Mana Video

The Jana Gana Mana - Indian National Anthem Video is a 2000 Indian music video, featuring a number of prominent Indian musicians and singers performing the Indian national anthem "Jana Gana Mana." The video was released on January 26, 2000 to mark the 50th year of the Constitution of India and the Republic Day.

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Jeevitham (1950 film)

Jeevitham (జీవితం; Life) is a 1950 Black-and-white Telugu social guidance film produced and directed by A.V. Meiyappan with his company AVM Productions.

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Kalki Krishnamurthy

Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy (9 September 1899 – 5 December 1954), better known by his pen name Kalki, was a Tamil writer, journalist, poet, critic and Indian independence activist.

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Kamal Haasan

Parathasarathi Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), professionally known as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian politician, film actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer and lyricist who works primarily in Tamil cinema.

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Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram also known as Kānchi is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu.

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Kothamangalam Subbu

Kothamangalam Subbu (born Kothamangalam Subramanian, 10 November 1910 – 15 February 1974) was an Indian poet, lyricist, author, actor and film director based in Tamil Nadu.

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Kriti

Kriti (Sanskrit: कृति, krti) is a format of musical composition typical to Carnatic music.

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Kumari Kamala

Kumari Kamala (born 16 June 1934) is an Indian dancer and actress (also known as Kamala Laxman).

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Lalitha Sivakumar

Lalitha Sivakumar is a prominent Carnatic music teacher and composer.

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Lavanya (1951 film)

Lavanya is a 1951 Indian, Tamil language film directed by G. R. Lakshmanan.

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Lavanya Sundararaman

Lavanya Sundararaman is a Carnatic musician.

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M. L. Vasanthakumari

Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari (popularly referred to as MLV) (3 July 1928 – 31 October 1990) was a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages.

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M. S. Subbulakshmi

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (also known as M.S.; September 16, 1916 – December 11, 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

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Madras Presidency

The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.

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Miss Malini

Miss Malini is a 1947 Indian Tamil-language satirical film directed by Kothamangalam Subbu, written by R. K. Narayan and produced by K. Ramnoth for Gemini Studios.

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Muthuswami Dikshitar

Muthuswami HARSH (muddusvami dikshita in Telugu and Kannada) (March 24, 1775 – October 21, 1835) was a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music.

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N. Ravikiran

Chitravina N. Ravikiran (born 12 February 1967) is an Indian musician, hailed as a prodigy turned musical genius.

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Naam Iruvar

Nam Iruvar (italic) is a 1947 Indian Tamil film directed and produced by A. V. Meiyappan.

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Nithyasree Mahadevan

Nithyasree Mahadevan (born 25 August 1973), also referred to as S. Nithyashri, is an eminent Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages.

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Padma Bhushan

The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri.

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Padma Vibhushan

The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India; Bharat Ratna is the highest, Padma Bhushan third-ranking.

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Pallavi

A pallavi is the thematic line of a song in carnatic music.

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Papanasam Sivan

Papanasam Ramayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer.

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Pizhaikkum Vazhi

Pizhaikkum Vazhi (Way of Living) is an Indian Tamil language film released in 1948 with T. S. Durairaj and T. A. Jayalakshmi in the lead roles.

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Playback singer

A playback singer is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in movies.

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Raga

A raga or raaga (IAST: rāga; also raag or ragam; literally "coloring, tingeing, dyeing") is a melodic framework for improvisation akin to a melodic mode in Indian classical music.

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Ragam Thanam Pallavi

Ragam Tanam Pallavi is a form of singing in Carnatic music which allows the musicians to improvise to a great extent.

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Ram Rajya

Ram Rajya (Hindi: राम राज्य) is a 1943 Hindi historical film, directed by Vijay Bhatt, with Prem Adib and Shobhna Samarth in the lead roles of Rama And Sita.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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S. Rajeswara Rao

Salur Rajeswara Rao (11 October 1922 – 25 October 1999) was an Indian composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, music producer, and musician known for his works predominantly in South Indian cinema.

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S. V. Venkatraman

Please see note on Talk page Sozhavanthan Varadharajan (S.V.) Venkatraman (Tamil: சோழவந்தான் வரதராஜன் வெங்கட்ராமன்) (25 April 1911 – 7 April 1998), also known as SVV, was an actor, singer, and music director, who was active in the Indian film industry from 1938 to the 1970s.

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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Award) (IPA:Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra) is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.

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Sangeetha Kalanidhi

Sangeetha Kalanidhi or Sangita Kalanidhi (Sanskrit) (sangeetha.

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Sangeetha Kalasikhamani

Sangeetha Kalasikhamani or Sangita Kalasikhamani (Sanskrit: saṅgītakalāśikhāmaṇi) (sangeetha.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Subramania Bharati

Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati, also known as Bharathiyar (11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and a social reformer from Tamil Nadu.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Tala (music)

A Tala (IAST tāla), sometimes spelled Taal or Tal, literally means a "clap, tapping one's hand on one's arm, a musical measure".

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Telugu language

Telugu (తెలుగు) is a South-central Dravidian language native to India.

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Tevaram

The Tevaram (தேவாரம்) denotes the first seven volumes of the Tirumurai, the twelve-volume collection of Śaiva devotional poetry.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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The Hindu Group

The Hindu Group is a publishing company located in Chennai.

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Thiruppugazh

Thiruppugazh (Tamil: திருப்புகழ்,, IPA/Tamil:, meaning "Holy Praise" or "Divine Glory") is a 15th-century anthology of Tamil religious songs dedicated to Lord Murugan, the son of Lord Shivan, written by the poet-saint Arunagirinaadhar (Tamil: அருணகிரிநாதர்). The anthology is considered one of the central works of medieval Tamil literature, both for its poetical and musical qualities, and for its religious, moral and philosophical content.

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Thyagabhoomi

Thyagabhoomi (English: Land of Sacrifice) is a 1939 film directed and produced by famous film director K. Subramanyam.

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Tiger Varadachariar

Tiger Varadachariar (1876–1950) was a Carnatic music vocalist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Tyagaraja

Kakarla Tyagabrahmam (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847) or Saint Tyagaraja, also known as Tyāgayya in Telugu, was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music.

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Tyagayya (1946 film)

Tyagayya (Telugu: త్యాగయ్య) is a 1946 film considered as masterpiece produced and directed by Chittor V. Nagaiah It is a soul stirring film about the truly extraordinary life of Saint Thyagaraja.

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Vaazhkai (1949 film)

Vaazhkai (Life) is a 1949 Indian Tamil-language social guidance film produced and directed by A.V. Meiyappan through AVM Productions.

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Vedhala Ulagam

Vedhala Ulagam (தமிழ்: வேதாள உலகம், English: Demon Land Or Demon World) is a 1948 Indian Tamil fantasy film directed and produced by A. V. Meiyappan of AVM Productions.

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Vyjayanthimala

Vyjayanthimala (Vyjayanthimala Bali, born 13 August 1936) is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, Carnatic singer, dance choreographer and parliamentarian.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._K._Pattammal

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