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Vanakkam Chennai is the soundtrack album to the 2013 film of the same name directed by Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi and starred Shiva and Priya Anand.The film's musical score is composed by Anirudh Ravichander in his third Tamil film after 3 (2012) and Ethir Neechal, and featured seven songs written by Na. Muthukumar, Madhan Karky, Vignesh Shivan, Hiphop Tamizha and Arjun that featured prominent singers.
Best known for his work in Tamil films and other South Indian language films, Unnikrishnan has recorded over 40000 songs. He has also recorded songs for many non-film albums, tele-series, devotionals and classical collaborations. [2] Unnikrishnan shot to fame with his debut film song "Ennavale" composed by A. R. Rahman for the film Kadhalan (1994
Tirumurai (Tamil: திருமுறை, meaning Holy Order) is a twelve-volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century CE by various poets in Tamil Nadu. Nambiyandar Nambi compiled the first seven volumes by Appar, Sambandar, and Sundarar as Tevaram during the 12th century.
Thiruvasagam (Tamil: திருவாசகம், romanized: tiruvācakam, lit. 'sacred sayings') is a volume of Tamil hymns composed by the ninth century Shaivite bhakti poet Manikkavasagar. It contains 51 compositions and constitutes the eighth volume of the Tirumurai, the sacred anthology of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta.
The pavai songs are part of an ancient tradition amongst unmarried young girls, where they would light lamps in the early mornings of Margali, and sing songs in praise of Shiva. The 20 stanzas are sung, one on every day and then followed by the 10 songs of the Tirupalliyeluchi. It is believed that such rituals would bring prosperity and a ...
The following is the list of songs recorded by the popular carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. Jayashri has sung several film songs for movies under music directors like M. S. Viswanathan, Ilayaraja, A. R. Rahman, Yuvan shankar raja, Harris Jayaraj, Dhina, M. M. Keeravani, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, R. P. Patnaik, Hariharan – Lesle Lewis, D ...
The soundtrack for the Tamil version of the film was intended to be launched on 31 March 2011, [5] but instead the album was released on the occasion of Tamil New Year (14 April 2011) at Sathyam Cinemas, with director Mani Ratnam, cinematographer P. C. Sreeram, actors Arya, Jayam Ravi and Shiva and the film crew felicitating the event. [6]
The majority of the songs are sung to Murugan, but there are also a few songs that sing of deeds of Shiva or the avatars of Vishnu, and of the power of Parvati. Almost all songs end addressing Murugan as Perumal, a term that traditionally had strong associations with Tamil Vaishnavism. However the literal meaning in Tamil of the word Perumal is ...