Ganga Sitharasu

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Ganga Sitharasu is an Indian playback singer who has worked in the Indian film industry. Ganga worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the late 1990s and early 2000s, while also regularly collaborating with M. M. Keeravani. The child of professors A. Krishnan and Vatsala Krishnan, Ganga learnt carnatic music as a child and became interested in singing with the encouragement of her guru Sri Haripad K. P. N. Pillai and Lakshmi, a music teacher at her school. After winning several inter-school competitions for carnatic and light music, Ganga was encouraged by her friends to try her luck in the film industry as a playback singer. In June 1992, she went to Chennai with her father and met composer M. M. Keeravani, who gave her the first opportunity to make a voice recording, while dubbing a movie titled Aanenna Pennenna from Telugu to Tamil. In the year 1993, she completed her graduation in B. A. English Literature and then also achieved a Diploma in Carnatic Music, Sangeetha Ratna, from the Music Academy in 1995. Later she joined A. R. Rahman’s chorus and initially worked in a group singing harmonies, before being given individual tracks. She worked as a part of several of Rahman's films in the chorus from Pudhiya Mannargal (1993) to Lagaan (2001). Her first lead song was released in 1994 which was in Malayalam movie, Pakshe, where she had sung a duet with K. J. Yesudas with music composed by Johnson. Her first Tamil solo song was in 1997 for the film, Ponmanam with music by S. A. Rajkumar. In 2001, she got her first Telugu opportunity again from Keeravani and sung four songs in the movie Akasa Veedhilo. He also later introduced her to the Kannada field in the film, Deepavali. For her work, she has been awarded as the best female singer by Tamilnadu Cinema Kalai Manram twice; first in 2002 for the film Samuthiram and then in 2005 for the film Devathaiyai Kanden. She later also received acclaim for her work with Mani Sharma, and notably sang the "Mambalam" song from Pokkiri (2007). Ganga is married to V. Sitharasu, a leading photographer in the Tamil film industry. She is blessed with two male children

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Sandakozhi
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Balu, on a visit to his friend's hometown, falls for the latter's sister, Hema. When he learns that this area is ruled by a local goon, Kaasi, Balu teaches him a lesson. Now, Kaasi is seeking revenge.
Perazhagan
Playback Singer
A hunchbacked phone booth operator loves a blind street dancer and wants to help her regain her sight. His lookalike is a constable in love with the commissioner's daughter.
Kadhalar Dhinam
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Two college students, the slum child Raja and the dean's daughter Roja, chat with each other over the Internet and fall in love. However, Roja is engaged and Raja cannot bear to disrespect her father, to whom he owes his livelihood.
춤추는 무뚜
Playback Singer
무뚜(라지니 칸트)는 인도 타미르나드주의 대지주 라자의 시종으로, 주인과 하인 모두의 정신적 지주이자 해결사이다. 주인인 라자는 삼촌과 어머니로부터 삼촌의 딸과 결혼을 강요받지만, 썩 마음이 내키지 않는다. 라자는 공연 관람이 취미인데, 어느날 공연장에서 본 배우 랑가에 반한다. 랑가를 신부감으로 찍은 라자는 그날 공연장에서 일어난 싸움에 개입하고, 무뚜는 랑가를 구해 라자의 집으로 간다. 가는 도중에 랑가와 무뚜는 사랑에 빠지게 되어 결혼을 약속한다. 무뚜가 랑가를 데리고 집으로 오고 라자는 랑가가 자신의 감정을 무뚜에게서 전해듣고 결혼하려고 온 줄로만 안다. 삼촌의 딸은 딸대로 속이 타고, 라자의 재산을 가로채려던 삼촌이 음모를 꾸며 무뚜를 내쫓는데, 라자의 어머니가 모든 걸 밝히게 되고
Thiruda Thiruda
Playback Singer
An Inspector is assigned to track down a large sum of stolen money. His investigations lead him to a couple of small time crooks, a village belle, a murder, an absconding suspect, and an international drug dealer.