Sunday
Chinmayi WoW glistens with mesmeric music
World of women glistens with mesmeric music
The Hindu Captivating: Singer Andrea Jeremiah at 'Divas Live' in Chennai on Tuesday. Photo: R. Ravindran.
Six leading vocalists specialising in different genres of the art form present memorable performances
When the spirit of Subramanya Bharathi's ‘Kannamma' enveloped The Music Academy auditorium in vocalist Bombay Jayashri's voice, members of the audience knew what was in store – a very engaging evening filled with music.
Organised as part of ‘The Hindu World of Women' events, in connection with International Women's Day, ‘Divas Live' was a medley of performances by six leading vocalists specialising in different genres of the art form. ‘The Hindu World of Women' was presented by Chennai Silks, powered by Tata Nano, and co-sponsored by Univercell and Sowbhagya.
Bombay Jayashri's performance, along with her team, was a presentation of select verses of Bharathiyar, which speak of the power intrinsic to every woman.
Her melody-intense rendition of the verses, including ‘Ninnai charan adainden', seemed an attempt to consciously highlight the beauty and profundity of the lyrics. The subtle vocal and instrumental harmonising enriched the performance.
The classical idiom was followed by singer Chinmayi's presentation of folk music of the Punjab and Marwar regions. Eloquently capturing the mood of the compositions in her short introductions to each of the pieces, she said the songs were largely about the young woman pining for the man or the Lord. The vibrant performance by Chinmayi left the audience wanting for more.
Film music, which has given some of the finest singers to the world of music, came to the fore in the performances of singer Srilekha Parthasarathy and Swetha Mohan. Nothing like legendary singer Asha Bhosle's 'Dum maro dum' to enliven any auditorium. Srilekha's rendition of the song had listeners clapping along and tapping their feet.
Swetha, who presented a collection of songs by five veteran singers — P. Susheela, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Vani Jairam and S. Janaki — was a huge hit with the audience.
Whether it was the vintage ‘Athan ennathan', or the lilting ‘Oh, butterfly' or the scintillating ‘Kannan vandu', her treatment of songs showed how much she loved and enjoyed singing them. The shades of Dwijavanthi raga that she impressively brought out in the old Hindi gem ‘Man Mohana' was truly a treat.
The two singers who followed took the show through the western genres through their admirable performances. Andrea Jeremiah's powerful singing and Tanvi Shah's electrifying performance, which had compositions not heard too frequently in this part of the world, added novelty to the event. The ease and energy with which Tanvi performed had the audience engrossed till the very last minute of the show. Tanvi, being the seasoned live performer she is, called the other playback singers to join her on stage for the award-winning, super-hit number ‘Jai Ho', which proved an apt finale.
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Chinmayi-Stranger sends story to Singer
Singer Chinmayi is one of the Top Singers in South Indian Film Industry. She even dubbed for few Heroines. Now the latest news is that, a Stranger sent her a file it seems. It is heard that he written a letter to Chinmayi saying that "Keeping you in mind written this story. Say your opinion". Sources saying that Writer might have plans to show Chinmayi as Heroine it seems. However Chinmayi rejected the offer and said him to come up with Lyrics so that she will sing for him it seems.
Debut at Global Mentorship Programme in US
CHENNAI: Singer and entrepreneur Chinmayi Sripada is the first representative from Tamil Nadu to be nominated to attend the Fortune/US State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership to be held between May 2 and 25 this year. She is part of the 35-member group chosen from across the globe to take part in the sixth edition.
As part of the partnership, Chinmayi will be paired with two mentors holding senior positions with American Express, who will share their experiences and discuss future leadership opportunities with her.
Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Chinmayi said she had received the nomination for her role as an entrepreneur of Blue Elephant, a language services company which offers services indocument translation, proof reading and interpretation for several languages.
“This has nothing to do with my career as a musician,” she said, adding that she received a nomination by the US Embassy after receiving the Woman Entrepreneur of Excellence Award by the SAARC Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs Council.
Only 35 representatives from across the world were chosen for this mentorship programme in which every one of them would get to be mentored during the internship period by one of the Fortune’s Most Powerful Woman Leaders, said Anand Krishna, Information Officer, Public Affairs Section of the American Consulate.
Other Indians to be participating in the programme include an entrepreneur each from New Delhi and Mumbai. The programme, which is in its sixth year, will begin with an orientation in Washington DC after which the one-on-one knowledge sharing sessions with top business leaders will be held in different US cities.
Rana-First press meet
It was the time when Rana team met the press for the first at a five star hotel in Chennai on April 29 evening. The press conference was held to give some brief details about the film and also to introduce Deepika Padukone.
On speaking about the film Director KS Ravikumar said: The very thing I want to convey is Rana is an all new film and it has nothing to do with Sultan. When Rajini described the script of Rana, I got stucked to it and understood that it has all ingredients in a perfect ratio for a mass movie."
He added that “Rana is a absolutely a periodic film set in the 17th century. The shoot of Rana will start with a duet song on the lead pair on the huge set erected at AVM Studios”. The duet song sung by Chinmayi and Sreenivas has the music by AR Rahman.
Gorgeous Deepika Padukone said “I am really happy to be a part of Rana and it is a dream come true for me to pair opposite Rajini sir. Opportunities like this come only once in a lifetime."
Meanwhile, director Ravi Kumar is canning few scenes on Deepika Padukone as Rajini was advised to take rest for a week days as he is not doing well.
Saturday
Nanban Music Track
Though this summer is one of the hottest in many years it continues to offer some really cool flicks for movie lovers this season. Kollywood is continuously churning out good films back-to-back with the most-wanted heroes of today in Tamil. Here is some good news for all you ‘Ilayathalapathy’ fans out there.
On one side, director Shankar is shooting ‘Nanban’ at a brisk pace. The film is a multi-starrer with Vijay playing the lead. On the other end, the music director Harris Jayaraj is contributing the tunes for this film. From what close associates to the crew reveal, it looks like the music album of ‘Nanban’ will have four songs. The lyrics, for all the songs, have been penned by Madhan Karky.
‘Nanban’ has retained the refrain ‘All is well’ in its Tamil remake too. This number has been belted out by Vijay Prakash and it looks like this song will showcase the young and energetic phase of college life. This might be the opening track in the album. Another number is on friendship and goes ‘Nee Yen Nanban…’ This song is said to have been rendered by Benny Dayal and Blaaze.
The next number looks like a romantic one and begins with ‘Uyire Engai…’ this song has been crooned by Hariharan and Chinmayi. Looks like this might strike a chord with the audience. Another track goes ‘Killi Killi…’
We’ve given you the latest updates on ‘Nanban’s music tracks, however we will know things for sure only when the album hits the stands! A tentative date has not been zeroed in yet for the music launch but be sure that we will let you know well in advance about the big event. Comeback for more updates right here on IndiaGlitz.com!
On one side, director Shankar is shooting ‘Nanban’ at a brisk pace. The film is a multi-starrer with Vijay playing the lead. On the other end, the music director Harris Jayaraj is contributing the tunes for this film. From what close associates to the crew reveal, it looks like the music album of ‘Nanban’ will have four songs. The lyrics, for all the songs, have been penned by Madhan Karky.
‘Nanban’ has retained the refrain ‘All is well’ in its Tamil remake too. This number has been belted out by Vijay Prakash and it looks like this song will showcase the young and energetic phase of college life. This might be the opening track in the album. Another number is on friendship and goes ‘Nee Yen Nanban…’ This song is said to have been rendered by Benny Dayal and Blaaze.
The next number looks like a romantic one and begins with ‘Uyire Engai…’ this song has been crooned by Hariharan and Chinmayi. Looks like this might strike a chord with the audience. Another track goes ‘Killi Killi…’
We’ve given you the latest updates on ‘Nanban’s music tracks, however we will know things for sure only when the album hits the stands! A tentative date has not been zeroed in yet for the music launch but be sure that we will let you know well in advance about the big event. Comeback for more updates right here on IndiaGlitz.com!
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