Tamil director Balachander's favourite raga is Sahana. He loves it, probably because it merges well with the serial stories and is full of emotions and feelings.

The first on the list is from Rayil Sneham
Balachander's rayil sneham
( Try this with evening chai...The experience is beaaaauuuutiful).
The title song of serial "Sahana" also is set in the same raga. It can be found here
Tamil serial songs

A Thyagarajar song set in sahana is...

This mesmerizing Evening raga has lovely compositions in the form of following songs.
The song Pavana Guru in the movie Mouna Ragam

Vedam Anuvilum from Salangai Oli is next on thsi list.

The movie thanga Magan has this song, Rathiriyil

Known as Sohini in hindi, here is a a very old song. Do read the small explanation given beneath. I loved "Kuhu kuhu" the best. The song starts with Sohini and changes raga. Same song was sung in Sa re Ga ma 2007...

In the same year 2005, another cute little bloke called Vinit also made it to the dais of Sa re ga Ma Pa. Here are some of his collections from youtube. See the punch and life in voice. Vinit, Karunya, Debojeet and Hemachandra were in a single set.

Tum Mile

One of his critically acclaimed performance was this
Sandese Aate hain
And this was attended by Kapil Dev. I feel like singing along. This song is loong, but he has felt it form the heart of numerous soldiers...

In 2005, a young man from Hyderabad made it to Sa re Ga MA pa challenge. 19 years age, handsome and gifted with enormous talent, he sung many popular numbers on this Zee TVs Sa Re Ga MA Pa challenge. Calm and composed, he was an ideal material to be molded into a star. He made many hearts fall for him. You might have recognized him by now.
Hemachandra was this chap's name. Here are his youtube collections.

Yeh Kya Hua
Please look at his parents whistling and clapping....