Sam:

Chitra is a zombie huh? Tell me what do you mean by that? She is a singer of superlative calibre and great commitment. A person who values music will find her voice and her singing style/ presentation to be quite literally miraculous, emotion-filled and unchallenged in its own right. In thread after thread, you keep insulting talented and legendary artists . We all know you hate all these singers, and since you have voiced your opinion, please stop it, will you? Allow people who enjoy and value Chitra's calibre to discuss her music.

I wouldnt mind if you were to be objective in your criticism of her singing, but you are not. You are just posting to irritate others and insult great artists!

Chitra is my favourite singer and I believe no one can replace her.I firmly believe CHITRA IS THE BEST.Its true that she is not getting so many songs,may be 'coz she is busy with her kid.All other reasons are non-sense.She is a very talented person and can sing any type of songs.She is still the no:1.

I like many of Chitra's songs under IR's baton...of ARR's I like 'hoo lalaalaa'. 'Kannaalane' is good but boring...

She has sung one good song in Vidyasagar's 'Dhill' .,

But she is finding less no. of songs, thats very true http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/icon_sad.gif(

KJY, IR, SPB, Now KSCyaa ?
(Ayyo adikka varaatheenga ....... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...icon_smile.gif

NagaS

Congrats on KSChitra's new daughter.

g. raghavan: saNdai Arambam http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...icon_smile.gif)) chithrA is vj no.2? no way (please dont insult ksc http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...icon_smile.gif ). she is ps no.2 http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...icon_smile.gif) talking about spb and tms, even spb's voice sounds (to me) feminine when compared to tms's. i was listening to avaL paRandhu pOnALE this morning; pbs who starts the song beautiful starts appearing to be a wimp once tms enters! vidu joot http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...icon_smile.gif)))))

One more comparison on VJ and KSC.
VJ got national award (in MSV's music) for KB's classical based movie Apoorva Raagangkal.
KSC got national award (in IR's music) for KB's classical based movie Sindthu Bairavi.

Chitra....the P.Suseela...number2 is busy in malayalam and kannada films .Till recently she was busy in Telugu but no longer....In tamil she records maximum 10 songs a year...Avale Solrale...Enakkaga TFM il MDS wait pannina kalam malai yeripochunnu....
By the way she sang one good number with Mano ...BRAMMA..BRAMMA...in Ninaikkadha Nalillai...Which confirms once again she is next only to Suseela...TNS

I don't agree that Chitra sounds bad at high pitch. Listen to "madhuram gaayathi" from Chaithra Geetangal. RajaG, where are you? Can you upload this song for everyone again?

Chitra is excellent in semiclassical songs. I always used to feel that VJ was the best in semiclassical songs in SIFM, until I heard Chitra. And how it has changed my life! The songs she has sung for M B Srinivasan, Raveendran, Bombay Ravi et al in Malayalam are superlative instances of voice control, pitch variation and have a complexity that is perhaps unmatched even by the songs of KVM, MSV for VJ. In particular, Chitra's songs for Sharath are "deliciously complex".

Chitra's voice today is the best. IMO, she is the finest voice in India as of today. VJ is very much around but there is a slight quiver and change in tenor in her voice with age. Chitra's voice is much fresher (she being younger).

dorai: compare shreya's songs from julie ganapathy to the any chitra songs. u can feel life and expression in shreyas songs but all u feel is flatness in chitra's songs. if u deny that u r being biased coz every one will agree wid me.

okey av. you have voiced ur praise. u stop the repeated praise i stop the repeated criticism. deal?

Sad to hear that. Has she been totally side-lined? Please do not tell me that her replacement is Sadhana Sargam.

I also think that these singers being given less opportunities is due to a lot of things:

1. trend of present day songs - more of pop, less classical, melody-oriented songs..

(when is the last time an album like Sindhubairavi was released in the last 10 years?? no music based films, plain insipid love stories coming out one after another with no scope for good music..)

2. ARR the trendsetter, introducing dime-a-dozen singers and all of them vanishing after 1 or 2 songs? Caroline, Anupama, Febi, clinton, noel, and countless others..I feel that ARR does this for 2 reasons..one to have HIS stamp firmly on his songs and not let someone like SPB overshadow with his sheer singing abilities and secondly its a cheap "gimmick"..like how people fell for Suckwindher Singh in salaam gulaamu..

and others are just follwing suit..

kschitra is a major zombie. no life in her songs. bwood couldn't wait to show her the door. sumbody feed her b4 she goes into recording studio next time. LOL!

K.S.CHitra is the number one singer in Kannada Film INdustry, Almost in every album yuou can find her name. She is the top female singer in KFM. Top male siger is SPB.
But still Chitra struggles to match high notes.
She has a good voice.

Sam,
Shut-up. Do you know what play back singing is all about ?. Please listen to her songs before making any wild statements like this.

1. Kannallanee... (Bombay)
2. Uyireee.... (Bombay)
3. Enesai Padivaram (Tullatha Manmum Tullum).
4. Ethetho Ennam Vallarthen...

Please listen to these songs before making your judgement.

typo : with the bhaava she has imparted.

MS,
I fully agree with you.You are absolutely right and made the point. Chithra is a great singer and sincere music lovers are all proud to have a singer of her calibre in our music scene.

hihi - chandaiyellam onnum illai. I tried to map the popularity of singers of different period. that is all.

PS was with MSV from the first.
SJ was with IR from the first.
TMS was with MSV from the first.
SPB was with IR from the first.
PBS was with MSV from the first.
KJY was with IR from the first.
LRE was introduced by KVM and well utilized by MSV.
Swarnalatha was introduced by MSV and well utilized by IR.
VJ was introduced by MSV when he was in peak. VJ was used by IR also and her popularity (market popularity and not talent. replace popularity wherever used) went down with MSV.
KSC was introduced by IR when he was in peak. KSC was used by ARR also and her popularity went down with IR.
This is the comparision. Not their voice quality or modulations or some other thing.

It happened for many right from P Leela, Jikki, Jamuna RaNi, L R Eswari....P. Susheela... Vani Jayaram... S.Janaki. How about the downfall of TMS and even KJY and these days for SPB. We all can say that they are legends and no one can replace them. Fully agree with this that no one's voice can replace the history creators like the above mentioned singers. But we need to accept that young talents are to be encouraged and new voices to be in the rise. Obviously the old will slowly vanish and new comes in.. It so happened in PS, SJ and KJY that they played very long innings than any other artists. But now, their span is just 10 - 12 years, which may even reduce as the time goes. So, instead of cribbing that the legends are not being given songs, let us be happy with listening to their good old melodies besides cheering the young artists.

Hope I have not hurt anyone's feelings http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...icon_smile.gif

Chitra has been away from TFM for the past year due to her new born 'Nandana' as the baby is called.. She will soon be back in al her glory