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.