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Villu Paatu (English: Bow Song, Tamil: வில்லுப்பாட்டு), also known as Villadichampaatu and Villisai, is an ancient form of musical story ...
Performing. Poongani (Tamil: பூங்கனி, also known as Poongani Ammal, Poongani Amma) (1934, Saravanan Theri – 2 November 2018, Kottaram, Tamil Nadu) was an Indian performer of Villu Paatu, a musical story-telling tradition in southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
As an exponent of the traditional folk form of narrating stories in Tamil Nadu, the Villu Pattu, Kothamangalam Subbu popularised the lives of many Indian luminaries using the Villu Paatu. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Subbu's wife, Sundari Bai , was a popular actor, known for her versatility in playing character roles in movies such as Kannamma En Kadhali ...
Bow Song (Villu Paatu) is an ancient form of musical - story - telling art of southern Tamil Nadu. Villu Paatu has been especially popular in Thovalai (famous for fresh flowers like jasmine) and neighbouring areas of the district. Cashew factories and brick stone factories are found across the village in vast numbers.
In this tradition, travellers narrate stories while beating the drum. In Tamil Nadu, folk narratives are known as Villu Paatu (bow songs); the stories are told accompanied by a stringed instrument resembling a bow. The stories are heroic ballads, and the medium is used to propagate social-welfare programmes such as AIDS awareness, family ...
Villu Pattukaran (pronounced [ʋillu paːʈʈukaːɾan] transl. The Villu Paatu singer ) is a 1992 Indian Tamil -language drama film written and directed by Gangai Amaran . The film stars Ramarajan , Rani and Chandrasekhar .
[119] [120] Villu Paatu is an ancient form of musical story-telling method where narration is interspersed with music played from a string bow and accompanying instruments. [121] [122] Gaana, a combination of various folk musics is sung mainly in Chennai. [123]
Arumugam performed Villu Paatu professionally for about 40 years from the 1930s up to the 1950s in various temples, schools, colleges, factories, corporate offices and media broadcasts. [2] Arumugam was awarded the Kalaimamani title in 1975 by the Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram for excellence in the field of art and literature.