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Soora Samhaaram (transl. Slaying of the demon) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Chitra Lakshmanan and co-written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. The film stars Kamal Haasan in the role of police officer, ACP Athi Veerapandiyan. [ 1 ]
In some parts of Tamil Nadu, devotees observe a six-day fast, which they break at the end of the Surasamharam. In Palani , a procession of Murugan (locally called the Dandayuddhapani ) is taken down from the Palani Murugan Temple and led through the main thoroughfares of the town before the Surasamharam.
There after, she recorded many hundreds of songs for composers such as Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman, Mani Sharma, Koti, Deva, Vidyasagar, Hamsalekha and others. She received the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Poraale Ponnuthayi" from the film Karuthamma (1994).
She has recorded songs for film music and albums in all the four South Indian languages namely, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada along with the Hindi language and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema. Some of her inspirations are Sujatha Mohan (her mother), Shreya Ghoshal, Alka Yagnik and K.S. Chitra [1]
Shreya Ghoshal on the set of Indian Idol Junior. Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian playback singer.She sings in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Punjabi and Tulu languages.
During Sura Samharam festival according to traditional ritual where the Sengunthar Kaikolar dress as the Navaveerargal lieutenants of Murugan and re-enact the killing of the demon Suran. The statues of Lord Subramanya Swamy and Valli in the sanctum sanctorum are carved into the same statue. The Lord is thus called Lord Swamy Nimala.
Year Song Film / Album Language Director/Non-Filmy Album Description Ragam Ref 1984 Yerigindra Dheepam Pudhumai Penn: Tamil: Bharathiraja 1986 Aarum Athu Aazham Illai
Born in Soolamangalam, a village with musical heritage in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, of Karnam Ramaswami Ayyar and Janaki Ammal, the sisters had their training in music from K. G. Murthi of Soolamangalam, Pathamadai S. Krishnan, and Mayavaram Venugopalayyar.