Charulatha Mani

At a function on 16 th   July at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, singer Charulatha Mani’s latest albums produced by Rhythm Music - “ Sankirtanam – Popular Telugu Kritis ”, and “ Isai Payanam – Live in UK ” were released. The chief guests of the evening were Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. N. Ramani, renowned flute maestro and Sri. S. Ve. Shekher MLA, and Theatre Personality. Sri Ramani said that Smt Charulatha Mani’s voice has a divine charm and that she has sung the Telugu songs with the correct pronunciation and devotional fervour. He blessed her for all her future endeavours. Sri S. Ve. Shekher spoke on the album contents and praised the artiste's effort in presenting such an album to the rasikas of music. He also complimented the recording quality and said that the “Isai Payanam – Live in UK” is a treat to Classical music and film music lovers. Smt R. Amaravathy, Proprietrix, Rhythm Audio too spoke on the occasion and expressed her gratitude to the artiste and the guests. The funct...

I was very happy to be the recipient of the "Kannadasan Award" for Best Playback Singer. Kannadasan is one of the most celebrated Tamil Film lyricists and his songs reflected simplicity and beauty coupled with intelligent usages of the language. He is hailed as " Kaviarasu " the king among poets. The songs of his tuned by M. S. Viswanathan and Ramamurthy are evergreen super-hits that always linger in the hearts of music lovers. I am a great fan of his songs and was thrilled to receive an award in his name, and that too from the veteran singer Sri P. B. Sreenivos! His " Kalangalil Aval Vasantham " still lingers in my mind. It was a nice evening at Rama Rao Kala Mantap, T. Nagar, and was covered by the Mega TV and organised by Ajanta Fine Arts.

Veluthu Kattu Music Directors: Bharani, Sukumar Actors: Arundhathee, Kathir Director: Senapadimagan Producer: Chandrasekaran SA " Singampatti " Singers: Charulatha Mani,  Shankar Mahadevan  Lyricist: Kabilan Listen at musicindiaonline.com Listen at emusic.com  

The Carnatic Music Society and Indian Embassy at Abu Dhabi jointly hosted my Isai Payanam concert there. Warm audience, plenty of life and enthusiasm in them... I presented certain Dasar padas, Thyagaraja and Dikshitar kritis, Bhajans and Abhangs in addition to Tamil favourites since the audience there is a mix of Tamil speaking population and Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. Mr Ganesh, a music lover and organiser from Abu Dhabi took the initiative to bring me to UAE after listening to my live concert here in Chennai. Very meticulous organiser and nice person. He and his wife Chandrika took great care of me, took me around after the concert, and we had lots of fun. The visit to the Grand Mosque was unforgettable. Awe-inspiring architecture, marbled surfaces, hand painted windows, carpet, high ceilings, massive open-to-sky area...an experience to cherish. Wearing the burkha was a novel experience... I respect all religions and felt very calm and took in the spiritual vibrations. Th...

Sankirtanam - Popular Telugu Kritis Sriman Narayana - Bowli - Annamacharya MP3 clip Slokam & Garudagamana - Hindolam - Annamacharya   MP3 clip Brahmakadigina - Mukhari - Annamacharya   MP3 clip Bhavamulona - Suddhadhanyasi - Annamacharya   MP3 clip Sri Rama Padama - Amritavahini - Thyagaraja   MP3 clip Entha Muddo - Bindumalini - Thyagaraja   MP3 clip Rama Daya Judave - Dhanyasi - Bhadrachala Ramadas   MP3 clip Marugelara - Jayantasri - Thyagaraja   MP3 clip Nada Thanumanisam - Thyagaraja   MP3 clip Muddugare Yasoda - Kurinji - Annamacharya   MP3 clip Bhavayami Gopalam - Yamuna Kalyani - Annamacharya   MP3 clip Ksheera Sagara - Anandabhairavi - Thyagaraja   MP3 clip Uyyala Luguma - Yamuna Kalyani - Sai Yachendra   MP3 clip Brahmam Okate - Bowli - Thyagaraja   MP3 clip Isai Payanam - Live Concert, UK 2009 Raga Nattai Raga Ratipatipriya Raga Hindolam Raga Valaji Raga Anandabhairavi Raga Desh Raga Hamsanadam Raga Kapi Ragamalika - Srichakraraja Ragamalika - Chinanchir...

Dear friends, It was a lovely day, a little rain, sunshine, and single digit temperatures at Melbourne, Australia. My Isai Payanam concert started at 4:30 pm at the Performing Arts Centre, Rowville. The hall is a beauty, with fine sound, good acoustic design and panelling. The hall was filled to its capacity of 500, and there were standees too. This was a fund raiser for the Vakrathunda Vinayagar Temple, Basin. Responsive, alert audience they were, with a huge appetite for music. Several ragas were lapped up, Classical pieces, devotionals, film songs etc. were sung by me, and I was enjoying myself too. Accompanying me on stage were Nagaraj Iyer on the Violin, and Yogaraja Kandasamy, a leading mridangist in Australia, and a very talented young keyboardist, and morsing player, as well as Kannan on the tabla. The Indian Arts Association had arranged me a series of radio and TV interviews, promos, and had printed lovely brochures indicating program sequence, profiles of artistes etc. taste...