5 | | This context, and her unique ability to function simultaneously in the reformist-social and the traditional mythological genres, was later used to remarkable effect in [[Nallathambi]], the seminal [[DMK Film]], and in the Gemini trilingual adventure drama, [[Apoorva Sahodarargal-Apoorva Sahodarulu-Nishan|Apoorva Sahodarargal]]. Her incarnation of ‘tradition’, exemplified and stressed by her music, was later put to ideological use in the genre still most closely associated with her: ‘damsel-in-distress’ performances in [[MGR]]’s Robin Hood-derived vigilante films ([[Malaikallan]], [[Alibabavum Narpatha Thirudargalum]], [[Madurai Veeran]]). Her music drew on [[C. Ramchandra]], Arabian folk (Swargaseema, [[Laila Majnu]]) and even Pat Boone, but she is best remembered for her versions of Thyagaraja’s kirtis and Purandaradasa’s bhajans, which led to her being nominated Principal of the Government College of Music in Madras in the mid-80s. Her songs and dances are featured in the compilation film, Chitramala (1985). Wrote her autobiography Naalo Neno (1993). |
| 5 | This context, and her unique ability to function simultaneously in the reformist-social and the traditional mythological genres, was later used to remarkable effect in [[Nallathambi]], the seminal [[DMK Film]], and in the Gemini trilingual adventure drama, [[Apoorva Sahodarargal-Apoorva Sahodarulu-Nishan|Apoorva Sahodarargal]]. Her incarnation of ‘tradition’, exemplified and stressed by her music, was later put to ideological use in the genre still most closely associated with her: ‘damsel-in-distress’ performances in [[MGR]]’s Robin Hood-derived vigilante films ([[Malaikallan]], [[Alibabavum Narpatha Thirudargalum]], [[Madurai Veeran]]). Her music drew on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Ramchandra|C. Ramchandra]], Arabian folk (Swargaseema, [[Laila Majnu]]) and even Pat Boone, but she is best remembered for her versions of Thyagaraja’s kirtis and Purandaradasa’s bhajans, which led to her being nominated Principal of the Government College of Music in Madras in the mid-80s. Her songs and dances are featured in the compilation film, Chitramala (1985). Wrote her autobiography Naalo Neno (1993). |