Evergreen Super Voices of Tamilnadu
Ever since Cinema began to talk , Tamil cinema had the possession of several unique voices. Some melodious,some majestic , some melancholic and some mellifluous. Each of them enchanting in every way with perfect intonation, Shruthi, emotions and pitch . In the higher Octaves they were simply remarkable with effortless ease to bring off the Bruggaas. My, what a range and what a variety..From Classical.. to Folk.. to Western to..Rap..to gaana… the male and female singers excelled in all the genres.
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Ever since Cinema began to talk , Tamil cinema had the possession of several unique voices. Some melodious,some majestic , some melancholic and some mellifluous. Each of them enchanting in every way with perfect intonation, Shruthi, emotions and pitch . In the higher Octaves they were simply remarkable with effortless ease to bring off the Bruggaas. My, what a range and what a variety..From Classical.. to Folk.. to Western to..Rap..to gaana… the male and female singers excelled in all the genres.
Leading from front was the legendary M.K.Thiagaraja
Bhagawathar (Tamil Cinemas’s first Superstar ). Going abreast with him were PU.
Chinnappa,S.G.Kittappa, Honappa Bhagawathar and Dhandapani Desigar to be
followed later on by the one and only the most manly and majestic
T.M.Soundarrajan. Around the same time
the Tamil Cinema Industry had at its service several talented singers like
Nadipisai pulavar K.R.Ramasami ( the first actor to spread the Dravidian
movement far and wide), C.S.Jayaraman, T.R. Mahlingam.M.K.Radha, Trichy
Loganathan, Sirkazhi S. Govindarajan,the classical exponent BalamuraliKrishna,
A.M. Raja, P.B.Srinivas,A.L. Raghavan,Dharapuram Sundarajan, S.c Krishnan and
Ponnusami.