108 Cine Ragams: Carnatic Music in Tamil Films (CD-Rom Inside)

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Carnatic music offers a beautiful option to enjoy life. The enjoyment is very pure, sometimes exhilarating and sometimes soothing and contemplative. One hears a new nuance every time one listens to the music. It is a heady mixture and you will become increasingly aware of its positive effects once you start listening to Carnatic music. 108 Cine ragams, a book on Carnatic music in Tamil films is aimed at persons who listen to Tamil film songs but have a little or no knowledge about Carnatic music. It comprises of 8 chapters and the title of each is that of a path-breaking movie. Kalidas introduces you to the various aspects of Carnatic music in Tamil films. Ambikapathi takes you on a voyage into the world of 108 Ragams selected by the author out of which 72 are discussed in detail. Nandanar takes you to meet 27 music directors who have used Carnatic ragams in films. Meera deals with 18 singing stars. Avvaiyar introduces you to 36 playback singers in Tamil films. Tillana Mohanambal is about 18 lyricists in Tamil films. Salangai Oli is a medley of Cryptic crossword clues, Cryptograms, jumbles and anecdotes about Carnatic music in Tamil films. Sindhubhairavi is an introduction to the important aspects of Carnatic music. The article ‘Book-marking memory with songs’ written in 2002 is at the end of the book. The multimedia CD-ROM given with the book is a veritable treasure-house of Carnatic music in Tamil films.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. Parthasarathy

S. Parthasarathy is an officer of Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) and is currently Financial Adivser and Chief Accounts Officer (FA & CAO) of Southern Railway. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from Madras University and joined the Railways in 1970. He has worked in various capacities in Indian Railways. Some of these are as Divisional/Senior Accounts Officer in Solapurs, Vijayawada, Secunderabad and Kota, Electronic Data Processing Manager in Chittaranjan; Professor/Railway Staff College in Vadodara; Divisional Railway Manager in Tinsukia; FA & CAO on Western Railway & Central Railway in Mumbai and FA & CAO, ICF in Chennai. He has also served outside the Railways on deputation as Internal Financial Adviser & Head Accounts Division of BARC and as Member, Finance of KVIC, both in Mumbai. Shri Parthasarathy has traveled widely in India as well as Europe where he had gone on training a number of times. Shri Parthasarathy is a self-confessed addict of Carnatic music, Cryptic Crosswords and Computers.