MusicSince the 80s, Chithra has been omnipresent in the world of Malayalam film music. Her entry was perfectly timed — she came at a time when the old guard of singers had mostly left the film music scene and a new generation of musicians had emerged.Ks Chithra / Facebook‘Angopangam’, the semi classical song in the hugely popular film Devasuram (1993) is a favourite among the fans of Ks Chithra, often called the Vanampadi (nightingale) of Malayalam music. But the song has a backstory that many don't know — music director Mg Radhakrishnan had initially hired another singer for it. But when it turned out that the singer didn't possess the skills to pull off such a complex composition, Chithra was brought in, and the song was recorded in a single take. “She was flawless, a singing monster if one may call her that,” recalled singer Mg Sreekumar, who is also the late composer's brother.
- 8/19/2023
- by MariaR
- The News Minute
Veteran playback singer Vani Jayaram, 78, who was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, was cremated on Sunday with full state honours at the Besant Nagar electric crematorium. The singer, who has won three National awards and state awards from four state governments, passed away on Saturday at her residence in Haddows Road, Chennai.
Earlier on Sunday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M K Stalin reached her residence and paid tributes to the deceased singer.
Stalin was accompanied by the State Health Minister, Ma Subramanian.
A wreath was laid on behalf of the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by Kerala government official in-charge of Non-Resident Kerala Affairs in Chennai.
Jairam has sung more than 10,000 songs in 19 different languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Odiya, Hariyanvi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati and several other languages.
She won state government awards for the best singer from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odissa and Gujarat.
Her husband T...
Earlier on Sunday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M K Stalin reached her residence and paid tributes to the deceased singer.
Stalin was accompanied by the State Health Minister, Ma Subramanian.
A wreath was laid on behalf of the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by Kerala government official in-charge of Non-Resident Kerala Affairs in Chennai.
Jairam has sung more than 10,000 songs in 19 different languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Odiya, Hariyanvi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati and several other languages.
She won state government awards for the best singer from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odissa and Gujarat.
Her husband T...
- 2/5/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Chennai, Feb 5 (Ians) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin paid his last respects to departed playback singer, Padma Bhushan Vani Jayaram at her residence near Haddows Road on Sunday. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was accompanied by state health minister, Ma Subramanian and other officials.
Stalin told media persons that he was sad at the passing away of the great singer who had brought several laurels to the state. He also expressed his condolences to the family members of Vani Jayaram.
The chief minister also said that Vani Jayaram departing without receiving the Padma Bhushan award bestowed upon her was very painful. He said that Vani Jayaram will be remembered for the numerous songs that she had rendered during her life period across several languages.
The Chief Minister also placed a wreath on the departed singer’s body.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Police after receiving the post-mortem report said...
Stalin told media persons that he was sad at the passing away of the great singer who had brought several laurels to the state. He also expressed his condolences to the family members of Vani Jayaram.
The chief minister also said that Vani Jayaram departing without receiving the Padma Bhushan award bestowed upon her was very painful. He said that Vani Jayaram will be remembered for the numerous songs that she had rendered during her life period across several languages.
The Chief Minister also placed a wreath on the departed singer’s body.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Police after receiving the post-mortem report said...
- 2/5/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Chennai, Feb 5 (Ians) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin paid his last respects to departed playback singer, Padma Bhushan Vani Jayaram at her residence near Haddows Road on Sunday. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was accompanied by state health minister, Ma Subramanian and other officials.
Stalin told media persons that he was sad at the passing away of the great singer who had brought several laurels to the state. He also expressed his condolences to the family members of Vani Jayaram.
The chief minister also said that Vani Jayaram departing without receiving the Padma Bhushan award bestowed upon her was very painful. He said that Vani Jayaram will be remembered for the numerous songs that she had rendered during her life period across several languages.
The Chief Minister also placed a wreath on the departed singer’s body.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Police after receiving the post-mortem report said...
Stalin told media persons that he was sad at the passing away of the great singer who had brought several laurels to the state. He also expressed his condolences to the family members of Vani Jayaram.
The chief minister also said that Vani Jayaram departing without receiving the Padma Bhushan award bestowed upon her was very painful. He said that Vani Jayaram will be remembered for the numerous songs that she had rendered during her life period across several languages.
The Chief Minister also placed a wreath on the departed singer’s body.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Police after receiving the post-mortem report said...
- 2/5/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Tamil Nadu Police have registered a case under suspicious death over the passing away of noted playback singer, Vani Jayaram after she was found dead in the house on Saturday. Vani Jayaram, after the passing away of her husband Jayaram in 2018, was living alone in her residence at Haddows road in Chennai.
A maidservant Malarkodi, who used to do daily chores at her residence, arrived at the home at 11 a.m. and even after the repeated ringing of the bell, there was no response from inside.
She immediately alerted Vani Jayaram’s sister Uma and both of them entered the house with duplicate keys and found her dead on the floor of her bedroom. She had bruise marks on her forehead. Police were informed and her body was taken to Kilpauk hospital, Chennai for postmortem.
However, a forensic team of Tamil Nadu police is conducting an inspection at the residence of Vani Jayaram.
A maidservant Malarkodi, who used to do daily chores at her residence, arrived at the home at 11 a.m. and even after the repeated ringing of the bell, there was no response from inside.
She immediately alerted Vani Jayaram’s sister Uma and both of them entered the house with duplicate keys and found her dead on the floor of her bedroom. She had bruise marks on her forehead. Police were informed and her body was taken to Kilpauk hospital, Chennai for postmortem.
However, a forensic team of Tamil Nadu police is conducting an inspection at the residence of Vani Jayaram.
- 2/5/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Days after her fans celebrated the President conferring the Padma Bhushan on noted singer Vani Jayaram, she passed away at her home in Chennai. She was 78 years old. The cause of her death is not yet known.
One of the immortal voices of the South Indian film industry, Vani Jayaram rendered songs in 19 languages. She was living at her Haddows Road home in Chennai. Her husband Jayaram passed away in 2018. Since then, she had been living alone.
Vani Jayaram won three National Awards and sang more than 10,000 songs in 19 languages, including in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Gujarati, Odia, Marathi, Haryanvi, Assamese, Tulu and Bengali. She had won state government awards from Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh.
Born at Kalaivani in Vellore to a traditional Tamil Iyengar family of classical musicians, Jayaram was initiated into the world of music by Ranga Ramanuja Iyengar and later, Kadalur Srinivasa Iyengar,...
One of the immortal voices of the South Indian film industry, Vani Jayaram rendered songs in 19 languages. She was living at her Haddows Road home in Chennai. Her husband Jayaram passed away in 2018. Since then, she had been living alone.
Vani Jayaram won three National Awards and sang more than 10,000 songs in 19 languages, including in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Gujarati, Odia, Marathi, Haryanvi, Assamese, Tulu and Bengali. She had won state government awards from Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh.
Born at Kalaivani in Vellore to a traditional Tamil Iyengar family of classical musicians, Jayaram was initiated into the world of music by Ranga Ramanuja Iyengar and later, Kadalur Srinivasa Iyengar,...
- 2/4/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Actress Raveena Tandon, and singers Vani Jairam and Suman Kalyanpur were among those conferred Padma Awards on the occasion of Republic Day 2023. Among the nine Padma Bhushan winners were Vani Jairam and Suman Kalyanpur.
The 91 Padma Shri awardees include M M Keeravaani, composer of “Rrr” song “Natu Natu”, which is in contention for the Best Original Song in this year’s Oscars, and Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon.
The awards recognise outstanding contributions are various disciplines/fields of activities – art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
Announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year, the awards are conferred by the President at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, usually around March/ April every year.
The 91 Padma Shri awardees include M M Keeravaani, composer of “Rrr” song “Natu Natu”, which is in contention for the Best Original Song in this year’s Oscars, and Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon.
The awards recognise outstanding contributions are various disciplines/fields of activities – art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
Announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year, the awards are conferred by the President at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, usually around March/ April every year.
- 1/25/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were conferred the Padma Vibhushan on the occasion of Republic Day 2023.
Other recipients of the country’s second highest civilian award are eminent architect Balkrishna Doshi – who just passed away on Tuesday, Doctor Dilip Mahalanabis, who pioneered the wide use of Ors (Oral Rehydration Solution) that is estimated to have saved over 5 crore lives globally, and Indian American mathematician S R Srinivas Varadhan.
This year, 106 Padma Awards, including to 3 duos (where the award is counted as one), have been conferred. Apart from the 6 Padma Vibhushans, including three posthumous, there are 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri awardees. These include 19 women and two foreigners/Nri/Pio/OCIs. Four other Padma Bhushan/Padma Shri awardees are posthumous.
Among the Padma Bhushan winners are businessman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Kannada writer S L Bhyrappa, singers Vani Jairam and Suman Kalyanpur,...
Other recipients of the country’s second highest civilian award are eminent architect Balkrishna Doshi – who just passed away on Tuesday, Doctor Dilip Mahalanabis, who pioneered the wide use of Ors (Oral Rehydration Solution) that is estimated to have saved over 5 crore lives globally, and Indian American mathematician S R Srinivas Varadhan.
This year, 106 Padma Awards, including to 3 duos (where the award is counted as one), have been conferred. Apart from the 6 Padma Vibhushans, including three posthumous, there are 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri awardees. These include 19 women and two foreigners/Nri/Pio/OCIs. Four other Padma Bhushan/Padma Shri awardees are posthumous.
Among the Padma Bhushan winners are businessman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Kannada writer S L Bhyrappa, singers Vani Jairam and Suman Kalyanpur,...
- 1/25/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Hyderabad, Sep 26: Renowned singer-composer M.S. Vishwanathan and singer Vani Jairam will be honoured with PBS Puraskar here Sep 29 in fond memory of the late singer P.B. Srinivas, who passed away in April 2013.
The award is being presented by Aruna Nithya Gopal Foundation, an eye care institution.
"M.S. Vishwanathan and Vani Jairam will be bestowed upon with the PBS Puraskar on Sep 29 at Ravindra Bharati. Visionary producer D. Ramanaidu will be the chief guest of the event," said a statement.
Percussionist Sivamani will perform at the event, which will also be graced by several other key members of the industry.
Ians...
The award is being presented by Aruna Nithya Gopal Foundation, an eye care institution.
"M.S. Vishwanathan and Vani Jairam will be bestowed upon with the PBS Puraskar on Sep 29 at Ravindra Bharati. Visionary producer D. Ramanaidu will be the chief guest of the event," said a statement.
Percussionist Sivamani will perform at the event, which will also be graced by several other key members of the industry.
Ians...
- 9/26/2013
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
Agra, Jan 11: Director Suman Ganguli is all set to shoot Gracy Singh-starrer 'Blue Mountain', which is reportedly inspired by singer Vani Jayaram who once alleged that none other than Lata Mangeshkar had nipped her Bollywood career in the bud.
When asked about the subject of the film, the director said: 'I do not wish to raise unnecessary controversy but if viewers see some reflections of some popular singer's life in the movie, they wouldn't be too far off the mark.'
Ganguli was in the Taj city to finalise locations for the shooting of 'Blue Mountain'.
Vani, a national award winning singer, who has reportedly sung.
When asked about the subject of the film, the director said: 'I do not wish to raise unnecessary controversy but if viewers see some reflections of some popular singer's life in the movie, they wouldn't be too far off the mark.'
Ganguli was in the Taj city to finalise locations for the shooting of 'Blue Mountain'.
Vani, a national award winning singer, who has reportedly sung.
- 1/11/2012
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
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