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Dappankuthu (or simply Kuthu; / d ə p ɑː ŋ k u θ u /) is a folk dance and music genre, that is typically danced to the Gaana music genre or Kuthu Beats with an emphasis on percussion performed in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Kummi is a folk dance, popular in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India, danced mostly by South Indian women in circle. Dancing may be different. In some places, it is very simple, with rhythmic clapping or beating of the drums. In other places dancers imitate various harvesting activities. Kummi often accompany by songs, called "Kummi songs". [1]
To my love, Kanmani) is a song from the Tamil film Gunaa (1991) composed by Ilaiyaraaja, written by Vaali and sung by Kamal Haasan and S. Janaki. [2] The song was noticed for having dialogues interspersed between the lines, [ 3 ] and it was notably one of the few conversational songs in Tamil cinema.
A Malaysian Tamil telefilm titled Kanmani Anbodu Kadhalan was released in 2020 on Astro Vaanavil. [ 55 ] The 2024 Malayalam film Manjummel Boys set in Kodaikanal pays tribute to Gunaa by using the song "Kanmani Anbodu" in the starting credits and at several points in the film.
Kolattam is an ancient folk dance usually performed by women with Kol meaning "stick" in Tamil. [58] [59] [60] The dance uses two small sticks, one in each hand. [61] The dancers generally stand in a circular formation and beat the sticks to make specific rhythms while singing songs.
The song was regarded as the best dance sequence in Indian cinema. [7] Along with the song, the catch line used by actor P.S. Veerappa, "Shabhash, sariyana potti!" which means "Bravo, an excellent competition!" during Vyjayanthimala's introduction also became famous and still used by the people of Tamil Nadu. [3]
She has sung more than 300 songs for Ilaiyaraaja and more than 100 songs for Vandemataram Srinivas. [citation needed] This is only a partial list. Swarnalatha has sung over 10,000 songs in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Badaga.
Kalyan is an Indian choreographer who has primarily worked on Tamil and Telugu language films as well as Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. After beginning his career as a dancer and actor, he has gone on to choreograph songs in over two hundred films as a popular choreographer.