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Gems of K S Chitra

Topic started by AVR (@ 143.127.3.10) on Mon Jun 10 09:36:14 EDT 2002.
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Off late, K S Chitra has become one of my hot favourites amongst female singers. Her voice has a unique and rich timbre which I really enjoy. lets take this opportunity to discuss songs by her in Tamil and various other languages - Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu. Her songs sung under the tutelage of Ilayaraja, AR Rehman, Ravindran et al are really excellent, moreover she has a delightful classical touch as is seen in her rendition of "alaipayuthe" and the Sindhubhairavi songs. She has done a great deal of Hindu and Christian devotional albums in Southern languages...lets discuss those. My favourite Chitra song so far remains "gopika vasantham" and her duet with SPB in the Telugu
movie Swathikiranam. What a voice and that sharpness!

So please, lets discuss her songs!! :-)
(If this topic has been discussed in full detail - similar to the Vani Jairam thread - please post a link to it). Otherwise lets make this an encyclopedia of KSC songs.

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• From: Deepa Ramachandran (@ ) on: Mon Sep 16 14:30:53 EDT 2002
  
  I forget all worries when I hear Cchitra's songs.
  
  
• From: Deepa Ramachandran (@ 202.9.167.25) on: Mon Sep 16 14:32:24 EDT 2002
  
  I forget all worries when I hear Chitra's songs.
  
  
• From: Lord LabakuDas (@ 12.162.224.6) on: Thu Sep 19 16:34:48 EDT 2002
  
  Deepa,
  Do u forget the spelling also when u hear 'Cchitra's' songs? :-)
  
  
• From: avr (@ ) on: Sun Dec 8 00:40:34 EST 2002
  
  MS:
  
  Thanks again for those links u had given so long ago. I have had found time just today to listen to some of those. I was mesmerized by the album Sargam with music by Ravi (of Mumbai).
  
  http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/VV000I0G
  
  The shree saraswathy bit by Chithra hold you mesmerized. her speed, fluency are superlative. And the "aandholanam..." song by KJY, KSC is also mesmerizing. This is probably one of the last few good songs by KJY, before his voice has reached where it is today. But he sounds heavenly in this one.
  
  Thanks to you again and again!
  
  
  
• From: avr (@ ) on: Sun Dec 22 18:29:29 EST 2002
  
  http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030602/?0
  
  Here's another Chitra gem----devikenoopuram.
  
  
• From: aruvi (@ 24.156.189.42) on: Wed Dec 25 22:10:09 EST 2002
  
  Chithra just became a mother of a baby girl. Best wishes to the happy mother!
  
  
• From: av (@ ) on: Tue Feb 18 12:45:35 EST 2003
  
  Chitra fans, where are you? Kaumudi, please post a link to the Devadaasi song. I have been loking for it, and so far I have heard only a 90 second clip!
  
  
  
• From: av (@ ) on: Tue Feb 18 12:45:47 EST 2003
  
  Chitra fans, where are you? Kaumudi, please post a link to the Devadaasi song. I have been loking for it, and so far I have heard only a 90 second clip!
  
  
  
• From: s0 (@ 139.95.250.2) on: Tue Feb 18 15:21:59 EST 2003
  
  this thread needs a good participation by people like the participants of the VJ thread who are doing an unbelievable job there. maybe someone can do a chronological enumeration of KSC hits. For all her success in TFM, KSC seems to be quite "unsung" in this forum. when will she get her due?
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.250) on: Wed Feb 19 11:28:55 EST 2003
  
  AV and s0
  Thanks for reviving this thread!! Guess what, I finally found a link to the song I have been talking about for so long. Here it is: http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/VV00030T
  
  It was very recently added to musicindiaonline. Look for Yamuna song by chitra. Share your comments here. I just think she was THE singer for that song. What a beautiful rendition.
  
  Also listen to Diva swapnam by Unnikrishnan. One can understand how complex Sharath's compostions can sometimes be.
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.250) on: Wed Feb 19 17:55:48 EST 2003
  
  Another lovely song which was made to sound excellent by Chithra (alongwith Hariharan) is the telugu song "Kannullo nee roopame" from the movie Ninne pelladuthaa. Just take a listen at the song - a breezy, soft melody with amazing interludes and carnatic music undertones. What tops it all off is the vocals by Chithra and HH. Oh, what lovely improvisations by chithra which her strong carnatic base. She delicately touches the notes in the gamakam with a mesmerizing voice. And of course, Hariharan needs no special mention either. This is one of my favorites of chithra. It is a song which brought out the calibre that she has, atleast that is what I think. Come to think of it, I don't think any other singer here would have done full justice to this song. Just a superb mellifluous composition by Sandeep chowtha. Here is the link:
  http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/XY00000D01
  
  
• From: av (@ 132.206.52.70) on: Wed Feb 19 18:01:25 EST 2003
  
  Kaumudi:
  
  Thanks for these links! Will give them a listen!
  
  The site http://www.chithra.com has been updated and contains a small discography of hers.
  
  
• From: av (@ 132.206.52.76) on: Wed Feb 19 23:51:55 EST 2003
  
  Kaumudi:
  
  A few posts above I have spoken of "shree saraswathy namostuthe" by K S Chitra. A 2 minute song that leaves you craving and craving and craving for more. A breathless and breath-taking act by her! Music is by veteran Hindi (and Malayalam) film music director "Ravi". The whole album "sargham" is excellent of course!
  
  
• From: s0 (@ 139.95.250.2) on: Thu Feb 20 01:49:24 EST 2003
  
  kaumudi: thanks for the links. heard the "Kannulo" song. sounds great. The Greeku Veerudu song was more popular with my friends :-)
  anyway, gotta listen to the KSC songs again..
  
  
• From: av (@ 132.206.72.59) on: Thu Feb 20 22:29:02 EST 2003
  
  Kaumudi:
  
  Thanks and thanks again! Those songs just show what all Chitra is capable of. Whether it be Ilayaraaja or Raveendran, Ravi or Sarat, or A R Rahman, Chitra's classical training, her immense vocal range, her breath control, her ability to convey emotion and the sheer melody are crystal clear. I have never heard such complex songs in my whole life! The changes in pitch, rhythm are all too obvious and so many! But the fact is that she makes it all seem so easy and beautiful.
  
  Even the sargams at the speed of light she has sung in Ilayaraaja's "paadariyaen" bowl me over completely each time I hear them. Thats one song I can listen to a 100 times over without getting tired!
  
  In Malayalam, Chitra had released a private album called "Ragostavam". Has anyone heard it?
  
  
• From: av (@ 132.206.72.59) on: Thu Feb 20 22:32:29 EST 2003
  
  Referring to a song posted by MS, "chaliye kunjanamo" from Swathi Thirunal! A Hindi song from a Malayalam film, composed by M B Srinivasan. It reminds me of a very nice melody by Naushad - "saawan aaye ya na aaye" (AB+MR)). The song has an excellent tune and Chitra has done full justice to the lyrics and the song and carried it to mesmerizing heights.
  
  
  
• From: ph (@ 202.142.68.94) on: Thu Feb 20 22:51:12 EST 2003
  
  chitra, is the Top singer in Kannada Film muisc.
  She has renderes so manys ongs in KFm . Most of all of her songs are famous and are SUper Hits.
  Her Gems include:
  1. Kelisade kallukallinali
  2. Tunturu Alli Neera Haadu(Amruthavarshini)
  3. All songs from Nammora Mandara Hoove
  4. Hani Habni seri(Ninagagi)
  5. All songs from Kanasugara
  6. Kanninalli Kannaninttu (NInagagai)
  7. Gaganadalli Maleya DIna(Sri Ramchandra)
  8. Jogappa Jangama, Sri Manjunathas charithe from Sri Manjunatha
  9. Prema Kashmira(Shabdavedi)
  10. Om Shakti , and one more song from Durgashakti
  11. Kogile Kogile, Navileno Kunibeku from Gattimela.
  the list ends here. some more lists tomorrow
  
  
• From: pj (@ 202.142.68.94) on: Fri Feb 21 02:47:21 EST 2003
  
  hi
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.250) on: Fri Feb 21 10:41:18 EST 2003
  
  Av
  You are most welcome. You know, I didn't really know that Chitra was one of my favorite singers until recently, when her numbers are so few and far between. Now when I go back and listen to some of her numbers again, I realize that she was so superior in her renditions compared to some of the present-day singers. As you said, she is so crystal clear in singing some of those gamakams and sangathis. Mallu land has made perfect (and the most) use of her talents, I would say. Lovely singer. I am glad she is still quite regular in telugu.
  
  
• From: s0 (@ 63.246.174.232) on: Sun Feb 23 13:53:18 EST 2003
  
  just browsing thru the various song links given in this page. The "devikenoopuram" song is awesome. The gamakams that she sings are unbelievable. She just passes through them with very little effort and we are left breathless.
  
  The sri saraswati song is a genuine agmark carnatic composition by Muthuswamy Dikshithar. The prelude to this is a part of Sadhinchane - one of the Pancharatna Kritis of Thyagaaja. Both of them are in Arabhi. So, interesting mix there by Bombay Ravi. pity there are not as many classical albums in TFM as there are in MFM.
  
  Are there any other carnatic albums by KSC other than the sampler in musicindionline?
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.250) on: Thu Feb 27 11:53:13 EST 2003
  
  Junta
  A couple of telugu songs of Chitra that I would like to introduce to you (if you don't already know, that is) are "Muddula jaanaki pelliki" (Peddarikam), "Venuvai vacchaanu" (Maathrudevobhava) and "Poosindi poosindi" & "Kaliki chilakala koliki" (Seetharaamayyagari manavaraalu). The links in order are below.
  
  http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/XY00000F18
  http://www.telugubiz.net/songs/search.php?do=list.tracks&col=al_id&val=484&sort=al
  http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/XY00000I02
  
  These songs are representative of her amazing voice and are part of my KSC favorites. Just take a listen at these songs and share your comments if you wish and can.
  
  
• From: Jyothi (@ 213.2.111.98) on: Thu Feb 27 12:28:24 EST 2003
  
  Anbae anbae niyam pillai..duet with Hariharan,,this simply fabulous.
  
  
• From: mythila (@ 137.237.13.20) on: Thu Feb 27 13:31:25 EST 2003
  
  Chitra's soulful rendering in the film Aruvadai naal
  'Devanin koil moodiya neram'
  'Ethedo ennam valarthen'.
  Some of her memorable duets 1. un paarvaiyil oor ayiram - film Amman koil kizhakkale
  2. Aalappol velappol- film Ejaman
  Her exuberance in songs like
  1.poojaikketha poovidhu (film ???)
  2. Chinna kuyil paadum
  are unforgettable.
  
  
• From: s0 (@ 139.95.250.2) on: Thu Feb 27 16:47:35 EST 2003
  
  yesterday I was listening to "Madhuram Gaayathi" by KSC. A mind-bloginglygligly tough song. should have carried a disclaimer "The song you are about to hear is performed by a professional and ought not be tried at home" or "In case of vocal medical complications after attempt at singing along, call 911".
  I tried singing along (with my rudimentary bathroom & car-driving singing skills and could get beyond "Madhu..". but I was kinda put off by the commonplace synth beats used in this classical song. sounded like a remix.
  
  

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