Quiz this week #7 -Who is this ?
1. She released her first recording at the age of 10.
2. She was awarded many prestigious awards by the government like Bharath Ratna, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.
3. You know her well through recitals of Vishnu Sahsranamam, Venkatesha Suprabhatam and Maithreem Bhajatha
4. Madurai is where she grew up and her mother taught her music. Music was all the wealth they had.
5. She acted in movie called "Sevasadanam", "Shankunthalai" and "Savithri" all of which were box office hit in the early 1990s.
Comment here if you get the answer. I am sure point 1 and 3 help you as major clues
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2. She was awarded many prestigious awards by the government like Bharath Ratna, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.
3. You know her well through recitals of Vishnu Sahsranamam, Venkatesha Suprabhatam and Maithreem Bhajatha
4. Madurai is where she grew up and her mother taught her music. Music was all the wealth they had.
5. She acted in movie called "Sevasadanam", "Shankunthalai" and "Savithri" all of which were box office hit in the early 1990s.
Comment here if you get the answer. I am sure point 1 and 3 help you as major clues
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 | The Nightingale. A personality whom eveyone has only good things to say about ! That smile, eyes and grace nobody can forget. Her charity, being humble are qualities everyone knows about her. I normally donot respond to your other quiz, but this is someone I am very sentimental about. |
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| |  She touched our hearts Gayu. A true "Tapaswini" as Latha Mangeshkar ji called her. Who can ever forget "Kurai Onrum Illai" and the numerous Annamacharya Krithis she sung ? |
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| | One of my most favourite is the way she rendered, "Dasa meera, laal giridhar" in "Hari tuma haro" .. I love that bhavam, her expression, the sangadhis, the way she holds her hand then and the tears too ! Touchy.. I learnt that song just by listening to her. |
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| |  Meenloch, whoelse otherthan the one and only legend...known by the initials. Helen Keller described her as a great singer. She kept her fingers in her neck and felt the vibrations of her vocal cord. |
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| |  I got it ! I got it!!   MSS is the answer and your 3rd clue confirmed my thought! Keep the quizzes coming!! |
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| | Congrats RN...I was lookinh at some of her images through google. She looks so beautiful...Divine face ! |
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| |  Dear meena, Got this but it was tooooooooooo easy. Give us something difficult. PS: kindly ask the members not to give the answers in the open forum so that we can have the suspense till the end. |
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| |  Dear Meenloch, Got it ! And I owe her a lot. She brings divinity to my house everyday. A must in my house every morning! A beautiful lady with a mesmerising voice Love, Devika |
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| |  Dear Meenloch I too got it........................ will wai for u to put up the answer |
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| |  Hi Meenloch, My fav singer who sings Suprabhatham and Sahasranamam in my house everyday till today.. :) There is no substitute for her. |
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| | Lalitha, Sometimes SS leaves a cryptic message and it's fun to compare our answers with that. Sometimes people add to the information as you can see in these comments. I ll ask our friends here to do that here onwards. Suspense and tougher questions will make it more interesting as you say. Congrats on getting it right... |
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| | Devika, Her voice in morning makes a home well "a home". When I play her CDs in here in US, I feel so much being in my house in chennai. Her voice was an integral part of our life.. Congrats on getting this right.. Watch this space for more quizzes. Did I say the profile picture looks very cute. I assume she is your daughter. Am I right ? |
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| | Yes Meenloch. thats my daughter Neiv. |
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| | Aruna and Sudha, A high five on getting this right. Indeed there is no substitute . Aruna, I ll put in here tomorrow. Giving two days time |
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| | Dean Meenloch, Katradhu kaimmannalavu; kalladhadhu ulagalavu(the translation for those who doesn't know Tamil is 'what we have learnt is a handful but what we haven't is about the size of the world')... I had a lesson in my college days about her. Just used that here. I've seen some IL'ites addressing you as Vidhya. Are you? |
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| | Oviya, Well, I am...Meenloch is pen name I use in IL. Would like to know your name too, but when you are comfortable... And when did I become dean ?Just having some fun in IL..Hope you don't mind. |
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| | Hi Meenloch, Got this one too; very easy! Nothing can beat her 'குறையொன்றுமில்லை'.... Cheers! |
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| | Yes nothin can vase...Cheers on breaking this quiz too. |
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| |  Got it!!! would love to hear her suprabhatam and vishnu Sahasranamam , very sweet voice... |
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