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Artist
Kalyani Menon
12+ albums
tamilindian classicalkollywood
about
Kalyani Menon learned classical music from the famed guru ‘Sangeethabhooshanam’ M.R. Sivaraman Nair. She soon made a mark as a classical vocalist of merit and then gradually branched out into singing for films as well. ‘kanneerin mazhayathum’, the song that Kalyani sang for the legendary composer M.S.Baburaj in Ramu Kariat’s 1977 film Dweep, is a tender, tremulous song, punctuated by moments of moving poignancy. She made her debut in Madras in 1977, through the famed Dhananjayan’s Malayalam dance drama ‘Magdalana Mariyam’ that was choreographed for Madras DD as part of the Vallathol Centenary celebrations. Kalyani sang Vallathol Narayana Menon’s lines that were set to tune by the Dhananjayans. Kalyani’s first film song in Tamil was under IR’s baton, and the song ‘sevvaanamE ponmEgamE’, which she sang along with JC, T.L.Maharajan & B.S.Sasirekha in K.Balaji’s Nallathoru Kudumbam (1979), did find frequent airtime. And Balaji continued to ensure that Kalyani sang in some of his films in the early 80s- ‘nee varuvaaiyena’ (Sujatha/ 1980/ MSV), the hilarious ‘Devadas’ dance drama (‘thaNNiya pOtta sandhOsham piRakkum’) that she sang along with Kamal (Savaal/1981/MSV), the breezy duet with SPB- ‘aei rajavE un rajathi’ (Vaazhve Mayam/1982/GA) and the reflective ‘vidhi varaindha paadhai vazhiyE’ (Vidhi/1984/S-G). Kalyani also sang a memorable duet with KJY for S-G – ‘naan iravil ezhuthum kavithai muzhuthum’ (Suba Muhoortham/1983). Another song that stays on in memory, thanks to Radio