Saturday, February 8, 2014

P.Susheela's songs during 90's

                                                                           
                   
                                        In 2007,  our melody queen P.susheela rendered a solo, “Pottu vaitha mugathai” in the movie ”Sila nerangalil” (Md: Srikanth deva). “P.Susheela renders a song in a film after 13 years”, this was the caption in some magazines. A senior singer thinking this to be true started issuing statements whenever possible in the media like “I have been singing for many years, not a year has gone without me recording a song in films”. Anyway is it true that PS didn’t sing for that long? Let’s have a look in this article. This article makes us peek into  PS’s  song list beginning  in  the 90’s-present . PS has rendered a song almost every year in any one of the  four major South Indian languages. She has lent her voice  for MD’s who approached her irrespective of whether they were beginners or not so well known persons in the film industry.
    Apart from film songs, she has recorded the maximum number of devotionals in various languages likeTamil,Telugu, Malayalam, kannada, Sanskrit etc during this period(90’s). She could have approximately rendered around 3000 devotionals. Perhaps there could be some more too…………….. Around 80% of these numbers belong to the 1990’s. She also engaged herself  in giving concerts  all around the world during this time.
                        Please find links to Tamil devotionals ( Link), Telugu devotionals (Link).


      Considering the Tamil Film Industry, Many new faces were introduced as MD’s during the 90’s. some of them who became popular are S.A.Rajkumar, Sirpi, Vidyasagar, A.R.Rahman and Karthik Raja. PS has delivered some good numbers under  all these MD’s. Songs like “Paatu onnu naan”,”Idhu mudhal mudhala”,”Or iravil kaatru”, “Aagaya thotill katti” became hits under MD S.A.Rajkumar. “Sevvanthi pooveduthen”, “yelelaniliye ennai” became popular under MD Sirpi. She also sang a song “Pudhu uravu” for vidyasagar’s debutant film “Nila penne”. She has also sang  a few songs for him in telugu too. She also rendered a song “Aathu metu thopukkulla” for Deva’s first film as MD. One more good number includes “koonda vittu oru parava” from kattabomman for him.  PS-A.R.Rahman combination include hits like “Kannuku mai azhagu” from Pudhiya mugam, “kappaleri poyachu” from Indian,” mettu podu” from Duet  and in telugu she rendered the telugu version “Kannulaku choopandham “ from pudhiya mugam. One of her interesting songs under karthik raja is “Unnakenna raasa naan thaane” for his debutant movie Manikkam. Her voice was also heard in the song “aagayamkondadum boopalame” for new composer Illaya gangai . She not only worked with newcomers but also with established directors like Illayaraja, Shankar Ganesh ,Chandra bose, M.S. viswanathan, Shyam,J.Devarajan, chakravarthi, satyam, etc. in all south indian languages.

                       She  was also heard in songs like “Karpoora bommai ondru”,Muthumani maalai”, “Poonkaaviyam pesum oviyam”,”Kaathirundha mali mali”, “Inge eraivan enum kalaignan “, “arumbuarumbha saram thodutha”, “nattu vecha rosa chedi” for music director Illayaraja during this time. For the movie ”Thalattu ketkudhamma” she sang “Sonna pecchai ketka” along with Ilayaraja’s children.


SL.NO Year Lang Movie Songs Music
1 1990 Tamil gnayangal jeyikaatum aanai kaati poradikkum M.S. Viswanathan
2 1990 Tamil idhaya thaamrai unnai yEn sandithEn oomai naan Shankar Ganesh
3 1990 Tamil keladi kanmani karpoora bommai ontru Ilayaraja
4 1990 Tamil mallu veti minor kaaathiruntha malli malli Ilayaraja
5 1990 Tamil manam maaratha malligai poonthenral kaatraaga Ramanujam
6 1990 Tamil naadodi kadhal maane maane anatntha poonthene ?
7 1990 Tamil neela mala Paatu paada Bala bharathi
8 1990 Tamil nila penne pudhu uravu pudhu varavu vidyasagar
9 1990 Tamil paadi vaa thendrale ye kaadhale S.A. Rajkumar
10 1990 Tamil paalam chinna chinna pengaLukku t. srinivasan
11 1990 Tamil paalam inthakkanneer engal t. srinivasan
12 1990 Tamil pengal veetin kangal pengal vetin kangal antha  Shankar Ganesh
13 1990 Tamil pengal veetin kangal salayila rendu maaddu Shankar Ganesh
14 1990 Tamil periya idathup pillai manasula enna nenache Chandrabose
15 1990 Tamil pudhu vasantham Aaadaludan paadalai kettu S.A. Rajkumar
16 1990 Tamil pudhu vasantham muthan mudala oru paattu S.A. Rajkumar
17 1990 Tamil pudhu vasantham Paatu onnu naan paadattuma S.A. Rajkumar
18 1990 Tamil puriyaadha pudhir or iravil kaatru vandhadhu S.A. Rajkumar
19 1990 Tamil sakthi parasakthi naavinil irukka vachaan Shankar Ganesh
20 1990 Tamil sakthi parasakthi sakthi parasakthi Shankar Ganesh
21 1990 Tamil sathiyam sivam sundharam kanne un ithazh kungumam shankar ganesh
22 1990 Tamil sathiyam sivam sundharam kuppam huppam nochikkuppam shankar ganesh
23 1990 Tamil sivappu nirathil oru chinnapoo kannin manigal irandum vada jayasekar
24 1990 Tamil thaayaa thaaramaa aagaayam engengum Shankar Ganesh
25 1990 Tamil thaayaa thaaramaa adi aathAdi pudhtr povoda Shankar Ganesh
26 1990 Tamil ulavum thenrdal  aadai katti vandha (remix)  
27 1990 Telugu   ankitham O sande ante shallumana Yuvaraj
28 1990 Telugu   ankitham O sari ante sarigamalai Yuvaraj
29 1990 Telugu   dharmapeetam dhadharilindhi bommalanti muddugumma J.V. Raghavulu
30 1990 Telugu   dharmapeetam dhadharilindhi nee chirunavvula J.V. Raghavulu
31 1990 Telugu   dharmapeetam dhadharilindhi sitakalam sayamkaalam J.V. Raghavulu
32 1990 Telugu   Film star madhu malaro Chakravarthy
33 1990 Telugu   Film star madhurasame Shankar Ganesh
34 1990 Telugu   Golmal govindam yendhi bullemmo Chakravarthy
35 1990 Telugu   jayamu nischayamura abhimathamo abhinayamo ee raj koti
36 1990 Telugu   jayasimha-new priya priya idi yeragamo Chakravarthy
37 1990 Telugu   justice rudramma devi sriramunni kannanadu Raj koti
38 1990 Telugu   kalikadevi kallu therichindi ? Chakravarthy
39 1990 Telugu   kaliyuga raavanasurudu  Premante Edhenemo ellage Raj Koti
40 1990 Telugu   kaliyuga rudrudu bhoomata niduroye chandrabose
41 1990 Telugu   malupu o thalape ywlaveyana S.A. Rajkumar
42 1990 Telugu   mama alludu gundelalo gusagusalu Saloori Vasurao
43 1990 Telugu   Missiamma brundavanamadi -revival S. Rajeshwara rao
44 1990 Telugu   mouna hrudayam enneno raagale shankar ganesh
45 1990 Telugu   nagastram bahipapa nashaka chakravarthy
46 1990 Telugu   neti rakshasulu siggulu viresenule bhagyaraju
47 1990 Telugu   neti rakshusulu ye maava siggula maava bhagyaraju
48 1990 Telugu   Nindu Manasulu Sreesaila sunikethana divya  T.V. Raju
49 1990 Telugu   o paapa laali Karpoora bommavu Ilayaraja
50 1990 Telugu   padmavati kalyanam padmavati kalyanamu Chakravarthy
51 1990 Telugu   pillalu kadu pidugu baba saibaba Arif
52 1990 Telugu   pillalu kadu pidugu tholi choopu Arif
53 1990 Telugu   pranayam pralayam naa priya teulpani Anand Milind
54 1990 Telugu   raajaa vikramarka Aanati nunchi eenati Raj Koti
55 1990 Telugu   Rakshasa Rajyam chilaka chikala gorinka Chakravarthy
56 1990 Telugu   Rakshasa Rajyam ee kondalaku Chakravarthy
57 1990 Telugu   rambha rambabu koora koora gongoora Madhavapeddhi Suresh
58 1990 Telugu   rambha rambabu priyathama piluvakumaa Madhavapeddhi Suresh
59 1990 Telugu   rowdy mogudu adigithe vijayanand
60 1990 Telugu   rowdy mogudu naa kallalo vijayanand
61 1990 Telugu   sankaramam meluko meluko S. Rajeshwara rao
62 1990 Telugu   sila shasanam bangaru pichi gochi Raj koti
63 1990 Telugu   vishnu nuvva avunanna kadanna vidyasagar
64 1990 Telugu   yama dharma raju ammadi pandu Raj koti
65 1990 Telugu   yama dharma raju gadabida gadabida Raj koti
66 1990 Telugu   yama dharma raju kondantha devudivi Raj koti
67 1990 Telugu   yeravai satapdham ammanu minchi daivam  J.V.Raghavulu
68 1990 Telugu   yeravai satapdham Naa prema nava parijatham J.V.Raghavulu
69 1990 Malayalam aanachandam sree krishna kshethrathin vidhyadharan
70 1990 Malayalam apsarassu theyyaram theyyaram S.P,venkatesh
71 1990 Malayalam kuruppinte kanakkupusthakam  pularivannu pookalam balachandra menon
72 1990 Malayalam medakkaatu sankha naada shanthamaaya vidhyadharan
73 1990 Malayalam oliyambukal vishukkili vilichathenthinenne M.S. viswanathan
74 1990 Malayalam Rendam varavu en neelakasam thedi Shyam
75 1990 Kannada agni divya prema balige shyam
76 1990 Kannada maheswara eke kopa nannolave Vijay Anand
77 1990 Kannada Shabarimale swamy ayyappa poornachandra K.V. Mahadevan
78 1991 Tamil alibabavum 40 thirudargalum azhagana ponnu thaan (resung) S. Dakshina murthy
79 1991 Tamil eashwari Anjaneyane Shankar Ganesh
80 1991 Tamil gnanaparavai neeyum naanuma achi M.S. Viswanathan
81 1991 Tamil ini oru vasantham kannan engal pillai msv raja
82 1991 Tamil kannukkoru vannakili thuli thuli mazhaya Ilayaraja
83 1991 Tamil karpoora mullai poonkaviyam, pesum oviyam Ilayaraja
84 1991 Tamil karpoora mullai poonkaviyam pesum (solo) Ilayaraja
85 1991 Tamil m.g.r.nagaril engE endhan pillai S. Balakrishnan
86 1991 Tamil moondrezhuththil en moochirukkum aagaayam kondaadum boopalame Ilaya Gangai
87 1991 Tamil paasathai thirudathe chittana rani Ilayaraja
88 1991 Tamil paasathai thirudathe ennai pudichukku Ilayaraja
89 1991 Tamil paasathai thirudathe idhu pudhumayana aatam Ilayaraja
90 1991 Tamil paasathai thirudathe sondham adhu enge Ilayaraja
91 1991 Tamil pondati sonna ketutanum ponne poovamma sogham enamma Chandrabose
92 1991 Tamil pondati sonnaketukanum vanthaale thekku seemayile Chandrabose
93 1991 Tamil sir i love you Inge iraivan Ilayaraja
94 1991 Tamil thaalattu ketkuthamma sonna pecahi keatka maatom Ilayaraja
95 1991 Tamil uthavikkarangal uyir paadum paate Jayaraaja
96 1991 Tamil vairamalai koovamal koovum (resung) MSV-TKR
97 1991 Tamil valayatha kodugal Anjathe ini kenjathe Upendra kumar
98 1991 Tamil vedha vaakku karpooram narumo R.Ramanujam
99 1991 Tamil vedha vaakku kalaiyatha kalaiselvam R.Ramanujam
100 1991 Tamil vedha vaakku urakkam marantha R.Ramanujam
101 1991 Tamil vedha vaakku thogai mayil R.Ramanujam
102 1991 Tamil vedha vaakku thillana-vedhavakku R.Ramanujam
103 1991 Tamil vedha vaakku kunitha puruvamum R.Ramanujam
104 1991 Tamil vedha vaakku paramanin tholil R.Ramanujam
105 1991 Tamil vedha vaakku ethanai pavam R.Ramanujam
106 1991 Telugu   abhisaarika aadali tholi eedu vasu rao
107 1991 Telugu   abhisaarika theeyana maanana vasu rao
108 1991 Telugu   anubhandalu pachani pandirilona Ilayaraja
109 1991 Telugu   bhadradri sree rama pattabhishekam valape viresenule manoj-kyan
110 1991 Telugu   brahma rishi viswamitra ee chinnadhi mudula ravindra jain
111 1991 Telugu   brahma rishi viswamitra endaro olipinchana ravindra jain
112 1991 Telugu   brahma rishi viswamitra nidura lechindira ravindra jain
113 1991 Telugu   brahma rishi viswamitra Priya cheliya Ravindra Jain
114 1991 Telugu   Chengalva poodanda sengalla chinagaddi L.Vydyanathan
115 1991 Telugu   coolie no1 Kalaya nijama Ilayaraja
116 1991 Telugu   dalapathi Aadajanmaku yenni sokhalo Ilayaraja
117 1991 Telugu   deepalakshmi oka jyothi manayinta ?
118 1991 Telugu   dharma rakshana vuribayatta vulli Chakravarthy
119 1991 Telugu   dongadu  vedi vedi asalu Chakravarthy
120 1991 Telugu   Eswar oppantu thappantu K. Bhagyaraj
121 1991 Telugu   gaana gana sundara sri venugopala unknown
122 1991 Telugu   iddaru pellala muddula polisu ammana kokokaro J.V. Raghavulu
123 1991 Telugu   jonnalagadda preyasi manohari Ghantasala
124 1991 Telugu   mamasri aada pillalam sree
125 1991 Telugu   manjeera nadham kalavari koothuru K.V. Mahadevan
126 1991 Telugu   manjeera nadham matrudesamunaku K.V. Mahadevan
127 1991 Telugu   muddula bidda telukuttindoi babu telukuttindoi unknown
128 1991 Telugu   niyantha pedhalu vippi S.A. Rajkumar
129 1991 Telugu   palletoori pellam chemma chekka Keeravani
130 1991 Telugu   parishkaram illantha uyyalavayya Vidyasagar
131 1991 Telugu   pelli pustakam Haayi haayi sri ranga K.V. Mahadevan
132 1991 Telugu   pelli pustakam Ammu kutty ammukutty K.V. Mahadevan
133 1991 Telugu   pelli pustakam Srirastu subhamasthu K.V. Mahadevan
134 1991 Telugu   pelli pustakam srikaram chutukundi K.V. Mahadevan
135 1991 Telugu   police bharya kaarteeka maasana kalige unknown
136 1991 Telugu   prathidwani kanalennu choopinchara Chakravarthy
137 1991 Telugu   prathidwani ochesukko pothe Chakravarthy
138 1991 Telugu   prathidwani yemma ikkada evundamma Chakravarthy
139 1991 Telugu   prema khaidhi I love for U annadhi prema Rajan Nagendra
140 1991 Telugu   prema khaidhi Nee kallalo snehamu Rajan Nagendra
141 1991 Telugu   prema khaidhi Antakshari song Rajan Nagendra
142 1991 Telugu   prema khaidhi om namaha okate Rajan Nagendra
143 1991 Telugu   prema khaidi tittiba gattiga ottura Rajan nagendra
144 1991 Telugu   sahasa gattam bangaru kala voosulaade manoj-kyan
145 1991 Telugu   sahasa gattam idhiye tholi valapaa manoj-kyan
146 1991 Telugu   sahasa gattam paalavelli jabilochene manoj-kyan
147 1991 Telugu   sahasa gattam siri siri muvva manoj-kyan
148 1991 Telugu   sarpayagam ABCD gundelona Vidyasagar
149 1991 Telugu   sarpayagam chubram cheyna vidyasagar
150 1991 Telugu   Sasirekha sapadham aakasamlo bhukampam Chakravarthy
151 1991 Telugu   Sasirekha sapadham aakasamlo bhukampam Chakravarthy
152 1991 Telugu   Stuartpuram dongalu ninnu kanna naa janma Raj Koti
153 1991 Telugu   suvaartha ghantalau christaian devotioanal Ch.Moses
154 1991 Telugu   toli poddu navvula chanduruda sivareddy
155 1991 Telugu   toli poddu nestama laanchala sivareddy
156 1991 Malayalam Ente Surya puthrikku aalapanam paadum thai manam Ilayaraja
157 1991 Malayalam Ente Surya puthrikku poonthennalo kanneer thumbiyo Ilayaraja
158 1991 Malayalam thirichadi vella thamara -resung R. Sudarsanam
159 1992 Tamil amma vanthachu idhu unakkaaga paadum raagam Deva
160 1992 Tamil chinna gowndar Muthu mani maalai Ilayaraja
161 1992 Tamil chinna marumagal Mangala Melangal Chandrabose
162 1992 Tamil chinna thayi arumbarumba saram thodutha Ilayaraja
163 1992 Tamil deiva kuzhanthai per ulagam Shankar Ganesh
164 1992 Tamil idhu thanda sattam azhagana poonthottam sangeetha rajan
165 1992 Tamil kaaval nilayam  singakutty neeye  Shankar Ganesh
166 1992 Tamil lord amman amma nageswari K.V. Mahadevan
167 1992 Tamil mahamayee amma nagamma K.V. Mahadevan
168 1992 Tamil naadodi pattukkaran Vanamellam shenpagapoo Ilayaraja
169 1992 Tamil nila choru ulagaalum kaamatchi Chandrabose
170 1992 Tamil perumpulli aanum pennum onnum  S.A. Rajkumar
171 1992 Tamil perumpulli aaghaya thottil katti anbe nee S.A. Rajkumar
172 1992 Tamil ponnukketha purushan sarangathara sangeethahara Ilayaraja
173 1992 Tamil suyamariyadhai ragam bhavam sivaji raja
174 1992 Telugu   naani maa kallalo brundavanam Chakravarthy
175 1992 Telugu   nagamma sapatham a song for shobana KVM
176 1992 Telugu   nani maa kallalo brundavanam Chakravarthy
177 1992 Telugu   pedalakanna pedhavallu allari bullodu Chakravarthy
178 1992 Telugu   pedalakanna pedhavallu naa peru polleramma Chakravarthy
179 1992 Telugu   pellante noorella panta anunante pichnikku Satyam
180 1992 Telugu   pellante noorella panta eeroju nee puttina Satyam
181 1992 Telugu   pellante noorella panta aalaap Satyam
182 1992 Telugu   prathignya chakkanaivaada chikkaka ?
183 1992 Telugu   prathignya neekunde mohaninthi ?
184 1992 Telugu   raakasi kona aha adavi Shankar Ganesh
185 1992 Telugu   raakasi kona oore ore Shankar Ganesh
186 1992 Telugu   seetharatnamgariabbayi Naa mogude bhramachari  Raj Koti
187 1992 Telugu   surigaadu oopedhi evvaraina Saloori vasurao
188 1992 Telugu   vadhina maata koluvundaraa J.V. Raghavulu
189 1992 Telugu   vadhina maata vache vachenamma J.V. Raghavulu
190 1992 Telugu   vadhina maata karthika masana J.V. Raghavulu
191 1992 Telugu   yamude naa mogudu kannesthe thakadimidha Chandra bose
192 1992 Telugu   yamude naa mogudu papalu edisthe Chandra bose
193 1992 Malayalam aanantham anjaatham vedhana vedhana
194 1992 Malayalam Ezhaamedam chella cherukatte  nawas Rahman
195 1992 Malayalam Naruveena meera bhaktha Rajan karivelloor
196 1992 Malayalam Oru dhivasam Pandora dhivasam marakkumo enne marakkumo G.Devarajan
197 1992 Malayalam oru jaathi oru matham oru deivam oru jaathi oru matham
198 1992 Kannada kaala chakra boothayi malagayithu
199 1992 Kannada kaala chakra Prema Latheyu M. Rangarao
200 1993 Tamil aranmanai kili nattu vacha rosa chedi mama Ilayaraja
201 1993 Tamil aval oru kavariman poonthendral kaatraada poonjolai Ramanujam
202 1993 Tamil gokulam Sevvanthi pooveduthan Sirpi
203 1993 Tamil iniya raja vaa mazhai magame-solo V.S. Narasimman
204 1993 Tamil iniya raja iravum pagalum thazhuvum V.S. Narasimman
205 1993 Tamil kattabomman koondavittu oru  Deva
206 1993 Tamil naan pesa ninaippatellam Elalankiliye ennai thaalaattum sirpi
207 1993 Tamil paarambariyam chinna chinna maharasa shankar ganesh
208 1993 Tamil pudhiya mugham kannukku mai azhagu A.R. Rahman
209 1993 Telugu   agraham janaki ramula Satyam
210 1993 Telugu   bhagwan sri saibaba deepavali jyothulu upendrakumar
211 1993 Telugu   bhagwan Sri Saibaba vinayaka nee murthi hamsalekha
212 1993 Telugu   inspector jhansi Inthiki chemanthiki seemantham Raj Koti
213 1993 Telugu   kaala chakram  ? Saluri Vasurao
214 1993 Telugu   kunthiputrudu gummaalu thommidi -sad Ilayaraja
215 1993 Telugu   kunthiputrudu Gummalu thommidhi Ilayaraja
216 1993 Telugu   ladies special Ada jeevitham S. Vasu Rao
217 1993 Telugu   padmavyuham kannulaku choopandham A.R. Rahman
218 1993 Telugu   pellikani illalu nudutana diddina Raj koti
219 1993 Telugu   prema pusthakam sri krishna tulasiki Devendran
220 1993 Telugu   repati rowdy yannatido bhandhamuraa ilayaraja
221 1993 Telugu   shiridi sai bhajans -2 gajananam J. Purushothama sai
222 1993 Telugu   shiridi sia bhajans alla sai J. Purushothama sai
223 1993 Telugu   sreenadha kavi hara vilasam K.V. Mahadevan
224 1993 Telugu   sreenadha kavi Nala Damayanthi story K.V. Mahadevan
225 1993 Kannada bhagwan sri saibaba deepavali jyothi Upendrakumar
226 1993 Kannada bhagwan sri saibaba vinayaka ninna padake hamsalekha
227 1994 Tamil duet Mettu podu, mettu podu A.R. Rahman
228 1994 Tamil ezhavathu kadhal penn pierutho Balaji
229 1994 Tamil sa ri ga ma pa odum nadhigalil adum  srikumar
230 1994 Telugu   bangaru papa Tara tara madhyalo Ilayaraja
231 1994 Telugu   bangaru papa Tara tara madhyalo-bit Ilayaraja
232 1994 Telugu   jantar mantar o indiraja sai shankar
233 1994 Telugu   jantar mantar o swargama sai shankar
234 1994 Telugu   jantar mantar kanula sri chengavala sai shankar
235 1994 Telugu   prema vasantham pagaala chilaka S.A. Rajkumar
236 1994 Malayalam kudumba vishesham kollamkottu thookkam nernna  johnson
237 1995 Tamil indian Kappaleri Poyachu A.R. Rahman
238 1995 Telugu   maatho pettukoku ammante elelo Madhavapeddi Suresh
239 1995 Telugu   pallettoori pellam karunichchavamam M.M. Keeravai
240 1995 Telugu   pallettori pellam yenaatiki repani M.M. Keeravani
241 1995 Telugu   Premaku Padhi Soothralu saranko saranko saranga chakravarthy
242 1995 Telugu   sree sreesaila bhramambika kataksham bhale bhale bhale vijaya krishnamurthy
243 1995 Telugu   sree sreesaila bhramambika kataksham bramarambika vijaya krishnamurthy
244 1995 Telugu   sree sreesaila bhramambika kataksham navamohini nene raa vijaya krishnamurthy
245 1995 Telugu   sree sreesaila bhramambika kataksham raja rani vijaya krishnamurthy
246 1995 Telugu   sree sreesaila bhramambika kataksham sreesaila sikharala vijaya krishnamurthy
247 1995 Telugu   sree sreesaila bhramambika kataksham valapula chilaka vijaya krishnamurthy
248 1995 Telugu   vadina gari gajulu kannayya poogene chakravarthy
249 1995 Malayalam kathorthu Ninnappol aashakal viriyunnoru
250 1995 Malayalam Samudayam manavaatti manavaati G.Devarajan
251 1995 Malayalam unknown oru mutham mani mutham
252 1995 Malayalam unknown ennudal oru ragamalika V.Dakshinamurthy
253 1995 Kannada karunisu sri raghavendra bhakthara hrudaya K.M. Venkatraman
254 1996 Tamil gangai aval kannukkul kalyaana melathaalangal Shankar Ganesh
255 1996 Tamil gangai aval kannukkul kattippidi kadhal kodi Shankar Ganesh
256 1996 Tamil maanikkam Unakkenna raasa naan thaanE karthik raja
257 1996 Tamil paadum paadal unakkaga vaa vaa vennila-sad maharaja
258 1996 Tamil pookkale unakkaaga malaikaatha maariyamma S.A. Rajkumar
259 1996 Telugu   puttinti gowravam pudamilo tholi valapu madhavapeddi suresh
260 1996 Telugu   puttinti gowravam kovelalo koluvunna devudu madhavapeddi suresh
261 1997 Tamil siva shakthi pillaiyare ramanujam
262 1997 Tamil siva shakthi varungale Ramanujam
263 1998 Telugu   Comrade jumbiti jumbiri J.V. Raghavulu
264 1998 Telugu   Comrade srimalli poovanti J.V. Raghavulu
265 1998 Kannada karpoora deepa mojo andare naane nodu G.K. Venkatesh
266 1999 Tamil paartha paarvayil oor uranga nee uranga  
267 1999 Telugu   Andhra vaibhavam pala naadu unknown
268 1999 Telugu   venkateswara padamulu manjutarakunjatala K.V. Mahadevan
269 2000 Tamil naagalingam pudhu nilave tharum ithazhe Adityan
270 2001 Telugu   kanipaka vinayaka theppalina vinayaka unknown
271 2002 Telugu   hrudayanjali hrudayanjalilo L.Vaidhyanathan
272 2003 Telugu   kabirdas nenu varana K.V. Mahadevan
273 2004 Malayalam ammakkilikkoodu hrudaya geethamai kelku raveendran
274 2005 Tamil kadhal nilave mannava undhan eashwaran
275 2005 Tamil kadhal nilave ponnila mella mella eashwaran
276 2006 Tamil kannamma en kadhali thennamara thoppukkulla vara  
277 2006 Malayalam Chilar  kadalin aazham Sachin Kaidharan
278 2007 Tamil sila nerangalil pottu vaitha mugathathi Srikanth Deva
279 2008 Tamil vaaliban sutrum ulagam thaattu poottu thanjavooru M.S. Viswanathan
280 2009 Telugu   neramu siksha ee poodula eragani koti
281 2010 Tamil idhayathil oruvan azhagil pooththa chandirane M. Blasubramani
282 2011 Tamil nilavil mazhai pudhiya karam kondu surendar
283 2013 Telugu   saibaba saibaba title song unknown
                  









                      The above list has songs for almost all the years . Apart from this every year she was recording lots of devotional songs. She also recorded special songs like "senthamizh manattu paadal" 2011) in A.R.Rahman's music also the latest "Jana gana mana (2012)". In the year of 2013, She has recorded two movie songs on saibaba, each one in hindi and Tamil .
                           During this period some not so good (bitter)experiences occurred in PS’s career.PS had recorded  a number with a well known Music Director and then left abroad for a concert. In the meanwhile, a change in the lyric was done and the MD  replaced her with another singer . Could this type of disrespect happen in case the singer was Lata or Asha?
                           Similarly one more MD replaced PS after recording the song with her  with another famous playback singer.This MD  made statements  in the media  like “PS’s voice is very melodious and sweet” etc.
                          In” Kappaleri poyacchu” song in Indian, PS had sung the full song  but only a charanam was heard and the rest was trimmed. This type of incidents made PS make statements that she was quitting the industry during her golden jubilee felicitation . However, she keeps singing once in a while for the sake of her fans.
                          Telugu film industry also had some new composers like Keeravani, Madhavapeddi suresh, vidyasagar,S.A.Rajkumar, etc being introduced during this time period. A very rare combination of PS-Keeravani songs can be heard from the movie “Palletoori pellam”. She rendered “Chikkanayya chakkanayyajanta” along with SPB for the movie “Dharma Teja ( remake of poonthota kavalkaran and telugu version of “Sindhiya venmani”) and “ABCD gundelo yedho” for actress Roja in  the movie “Sarpayagam”. Madhavapeddi made her sing a few numbers like “ammante ilalo” etc. She also sang a few numbers for the duo Raj –Koti.
                            Smt.P.Susheela shared a duet, “Kalaya nijama” with MD Illayaraja in the movie “Coolie no 1”. She also rendered the telugu version “Aadajanmaku” (china thayaval – tamil) for the movie “Dalapathi and a philosophical number with Yesudas “Gummalu thommidi” for the movie “Kuntiputhrudu” under Illayaraja.Among telugu film directors, Dasari Narayana Rao and Padmalaya studios (Director-actor Krishna and vijayanirmala)  offered songs to PS in almost all their movies.
                                  In Malayalam, she rendered songs for MD’s like S.P.Venkatesh, Raveendran, Shyam etc and in kannada for MD’s like M.RangaRao, Hamsalekha, Upendrakumar etc. 
                                There is a general opinion that film artistes from the  South are not being given proper recognition and respect when compared to their fellow artistes from the North. The awards  are given after a prolonged period  even to the most distinguished. The fault partly lies with the selection committee members who are representing south Indian film industry . The eligible artistes are not being brought into limelight by this team who lack proper awareness of the achievement of these great and veteran talented artistes. The probability of these artistes  being known in the north is less because of the difference in language and culture . So if dedicated, impartial and experienced selection committee members are chosen there could be a solution.  While the ghatam and kanjira artistes are recognized in other fields like classical music (with due respect to them) ,  giants like MSV etc  are ignored due to neglect of the committee. MSV should have been awarded the “Padma ………..” title a long time ago for his outstanding contribution to the South Indian film industry. PS was awarded “PadmaBhusan” very late  in her career!
                                 If we have a look at Malayalam film industry, there is always unity among them and their artistes are promoted to the maximum and hence all the well- known artistes have been noticed and awarded by the government at the proper time .That’s not the case with tamil film industry which is more ridden with favoritism and politics. This situation wouldn’t arise if the artistes were treated with more dignity and respect from the committee members who represent the tamil film industry in Delhi. More artistes from Tamilnadu would have been recognized at the right time!!
If we consider PS, she is an example of an outstanding dedicated musician who has served the south Indian film industry for 50+ years!!  Her voice is ever fresh, youthful , full of expressions and her rendition of songs be it  any language will be filled with purity, clarity with  a balanced outpour of emotions and vigor depending upon the situation of the song.
                                      We can actually test this statement by comparing her songs with that of any other artiste! At any point in time, we cannot find mimicry or gimmicks in her songs and one can find almost all songs being rendered with a strong sense of dedication and not overdone at any point ! Why is a great and talented singer like PS not recognized properly inspite of such commitment  ? The defect lies  with  our own people who lack respect towards our own artistes. If  a  Bollywood artiste like Asha bhosle is treated with so much respect, pomp and show  (with due respect again, the question is why are our own singers neglected?) and made to sing in Rajanikanth’s film  and showered so many praises (how many songs did she she actually sing in tamil? ). But Asha Bhosle  praised  PS during the film’s audio function stating that she was her favorite singer  and sang “Athan ennathan” in honor of PS !! But was PS even called for the function? Such is the respect shown to our artistes!
                                   If Asha or Latha are  respected so much and made to sing even  now, why not PS? Why are young MD’s not giving chances to PS? It is because we have treated our own artistes with step -motherly attitude and carelessness. We have to understand that time is precious and we should atleast try to make amends now.
                                    At the time of TMS’s death, Bharathiraja made a statement  that he should have made TMS sing in his films and he didn’t make use of that great opportunity. Such mistakes should be avoided.
                                     PS’s proficiency and prowess in rendering   any type of film music be it classical , Hindustani, western, folk is unmatched by any other singer from the north. For instance, PS has rendered Hindustani ragas( the movie “Karna” is enough to write pages about her) in films with utmost ease and clarity, whereas can we even spot one  Carnatic based song ever rendered by a north Indian musician? The answer is absolutely not!
                                    Our database shows that PS has rendered 200 film songs, 2000 + devotional songs in the 90’s. Even though she started her singing career in 1952,  she became popular from 1955 and from that time until the 2000’s she has been striving hard to give us quality numbers. In the 62 years of her career, almost 45 + years she worked hard in the music industry with dedication and determination. But the recognition  that she so duly deserves hasn’t been that much. One can comment – “why should she be recognized? After all hasn’t she taken money to render songs? Well ,  did Abdul kalaam or Latha mangeshkar do their work for free?  It is  because  their hard work and dedication has been recognized and respected  by the society. As PS fans let’s wish that our PS madam’s hard work and dedication be given due recognition   before it is too late.
                                 To conclude, among the South Indian artistes, MSV and PS  are rare gems in the film industry and it is our duty to cherish and honor these treasures while they are still there with us. Let’s try to do our best before it is too late!

Courtesy : Srividya, United States.

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