Classical Musicians (Instrumentalists) in Film Music
I had long ago posted on this topic on the newsgroup rec.music.indian.misc (rmim) but I don't find it there now. So I thought I will write on this again. I have chosen to highlight a few classical instrumentalists who had played for Tamil film songs. The association of classical musicians with movies is an old one. Randor Guy had written some excellent articles about Musicians in Movies for sangeetham.com. (Hope there is some way to access their archive. Those articles were very informative). He writes mostly about the vocalists and composers including Papanasam Sivan, Maharajapuraman Vishwanatha Iyer, GNB etc. Let us start with the best of them first. Karukuruchi Arunachalam, the master musician, playing the nadaswaram for 'Sringara Velane Deva'. What an Abheri this is !!! Karukurichi's control over the instrument, the superb tonal quality and his effortless playing leave an indelible mark in your consciousness. Full credit to Janaki as well for matching up to the mast...