Tamil movie songs have a separate fan base. Statistics and trends reportedly prove that even if the movie is not a successful hit, the songs from the film keep things lively and give the movie a boost ...

The great music composer MS Viswanathan called him “thenisai thendral”, or the breeze of sweet music. The 1990s belonged as much to Deva as it did to Rahman. In 1996, Deva composed tunes for 36 movies ...

The streets of the Tamil Nadu province in South India are filled with song. Popular radio shows spotlight ordinary people singing the latest film music live on air and miniature recording studios ...