Yuvan - Live in Concert
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Yuvan - Live in Concert is a concert by India
n musician Yuvan Shankar Raja
. The concert, Yuvan's second in his career, took place on Pongal
, 16 January 2011 at the YMCA Grounds, Nandanam
, Chennai
. Following the announcement, popular Tamil television STAR Vijay
agreed to collaborate, sponsoring, organising and marketing the concert, while airing a special television series about Yuvan Shankar Raja, with family members and prominent celebrities closely associated to him participating, besides producing a promotional music video, titled "I'll be there for you". The five-hour show, which was attended by 20,000 people, including several noted film personalities, was received very positively and considered a highly successful event. The concert was aired on 11th and 12th February, Friday and Saturday at 2000 hrs on Vijay TV.
. The show was aired on weekdays at 8pm from 27 December 2010 to 14 January 2011.
The following celebrities participated in chronological order:
Furthermore, the episodes in the third season of Vijay TV's reality-based
singing competition
Airtel Super Singer
during the second January week in 2011, was made a Yuvan Shankar Raja special episode, with every song suny by the contestants during the episodes being Yuvan Shankar songs.
, which, according to him, would talk about "the relationship the music director and his fans shared". The video was shot in three consecutive nights at the Prasad Studios on sets created by art director Santhanam, with Vishnuvardhan
directed the video, Kalyan doing the choreography and Nirav Shah
handling the cinematography, who used a Red Camera for the shoot. The music video was released on 29 January 2010 at Sathyam Cinemas, with directors Venkat Prabhu, Lingusamy and Ameer attending, and was first telecasted on television on the same day.
Other prominent attendees:
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n musician Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
. The concert, Yuvan's second in his career, took place on Pongal
Pongal
Thai Ponggal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry and in Sri Lanka. Pongal coincides with the festival Makara Sankranthi celebrated throughout India. Pongal in Tamil means "boiling over" or "spill over". The boiling...
, 16 January 2011 at the YMCA Grounds, Nandanam
Nandanam
Nandanam is a neighborhood in Chennai, India. It is a busy location and is home to many commercial institutions. This locality also offers a calm residential location...
, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
. Following the announcement, popular Tamil television STAR Vijay
STAR Vijay
STAR Vijay is a popular Indian entertainment channel broadcasting in Tamil. The channel is also available in several other nations as well. The channel is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
agreed to collaborate, sponsoring, organising and marketing the concert, while airing a special television series about Yuvan Shankar Raja, with family members and prominent celebrities closely associated to him participating, besides producing a promotional music video, titled "I'll be there for you". The five-hour show, which was attended by 20,000 people, including several noted film personalities, was received very positively and considered a highly successful event. The concert was aired on 11th and 12th February, Friday and Saturday at 2000 hrs on Vijay TV.
Yuvan Isai Raja
As a run up to the concert, STAR Vijay telecasted a 3 week, 14-part series, where several noted celebrities, film directors, actors, friends, who worked with him, and his family members participated and talked about Yuvan Shankar Raja and his music. Yuvan himself participated in two episodes of the show, which was hosted by film actor and RJ ShivaShiva (actor)
Shiva is an Indian film actor, starring in Tamil films, and a radio jockey with the radio station Radio Mirchi. Acting mainly as a comedian, he rose to fame following his performances in the Venkat Prabhu directorials Chennai 600028 and Saroja....
. The show was aired on weekdays at 8pm from 27 December 2010 to 14 January 2011.
The following celebrities participated in chronological order:
- BhavathariniBhavathariniBhavatharani is an Indian Tamil singer and music director. She is the daughter of film composer Ilaiyaraaja and her brothers are the noted film composers Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja and has mostly sung songs under her father and her brothers' direction...
, Premji Amaran, Vasuki BhaskarVasuki BhaskarVasuki Bhaskar is an Indian fashion and costume designer, working in the Tamil film industry. She is the daughter of film producer R.D. Bhaskar and has worked in his cousin Venkat Prabhu's films.-career:...
, Venkat PrabhuVenkat PrabhuVenkat Kumar Gangai Amaren , better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry... - VishnuvardhanVishnuvardhanSampath Kumar , popularly known as Vishnuvardhan , was a prominent Indian film actor. He has acted in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in over 220 movies in total that includes 200 Kannada movies, 5 Hindi movies, 5 Telugu movies, 3 Malayalam movies and 6 Tamil movies...
- A. R. MurugadossA. R. MurugadossA. R. Murugadoss is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:A. R. Murugadoss was born in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu. He studied B.A. in Bishop Heber College, Trichy. In the College he had the great affinity towards Tamil films and friends...
- N. LinguswamyN. LinguswamyN. Linguswamy is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer, working primarily in Tamil cinema based in Chennai. He made his directorial debut with the family-drama Aanandham in 2001 and followed it up with the highly successful action films Run , Sandakozhi , Bheema and Paiyaa...
and Na. MuthukumarNa. MuthukumarNa. Muthukumar is a Tamil poet and lyricist, who writes lyrics for Tamil film songs.-Career:Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai,... - SelvaraghavanSelvaraghavan-Personal life:Selvaraghavan is the son of film director Kasthuri Raja, elder brother of actor Dhanush and has two sisters, who are both doctors. On 15 December 2006, he married actress Sonia Agarwal, with whom he had previously worked with on three films...
- Faisal, Bhagavathy and Brucelee (first part), Vaibhav ReddyVaibhav ReddyVaibhav Reddy is an Indian film actor and model. Son of noted Telugu film director A. Kodandarami Reddy, he made his feature film debut with the 2007 Telugu film Godava under his father's direction...
, Premji Amaran (second time), Aravind AkashAravind AkashAravind Akash is an Indian actor who has acted in TV shows as well as Tamil and Malayalam films.-Career:...
, Vijay VasanthVijay VasanthVijay Vasanth is an Tamil film actor and model. He is the son of entrepreneur H. Vasanthakumar.-Filmography:-External links:...
and Saravanarajan (second part) - Ameer SultanAmeer SultanAmeer Sultan ; born 5 December 1966) is an Indian film director, producer and actor, working in the Tamil film industry. He has directed three films and has gained notable critical praise for two of them, the mystery thriller Raam and the drama Paruthiveeran...
- Silambarasan Rajendar
- Tanvi ShahTanvi ShahTanvi Shah is a popular playback singer for films in India. She is the first Indian woman to win the Grammy Awards for the lyrics of "jai ho". She has a versatile voice and can sing in Arabic, Latin, Spanish and sings a wide range of music with her band, Zahrra...
, Harish RaghavendraHarish RaghavendraHarish Raghavendra is an Indian vocalist and actor from Chennai, India. His real name is Harish Ram Srinivas & son to a photographer P.V Raghavendran...
, Madhumitha, MukeshMukeshMukesh Chand Mathur was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He, alongside Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar, left such an impact on the Hindi film industry that they are still remembered to date....
, PriyadarshiniPriyadarshiniPriyadarshini is an Indian Tamil actress and TV anchor. She has appeared in a few Kollywood films, but her main priority is in television serials and anchoring shows.... - KarthikKarthik (singer)Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers...
, Vijay YesudasVijay YesudasVijay Yesudas Kattassery , commonly credited as Vijay Yesudas, is an Indian playback singer, who has sung songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu and Telugu.-Early life:...
, HaricharanHaricharanHaricharan Seshadri, simply known and creditted as Haricharan, is a Carnatic Musician and an Indian Playback singer. He recorded his first Tamil film song for the film Kaadhal, in Joshua Sridhar's music when he was 17, and went on to record 3 songs in his debut movie...
, SathyanSathyan (singer)Sathyan Mahalingam, simply known and creditted as Sathyan is an Indian playback singer and composer, best known for performing the hit numbers "Kalakkapovathu Yaaru" , "Sil Sil" and the title track from Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-External links:Discographies* *...
, RoshiniRoshiniRoshini is an Indian playback singer who originally hails from Tamil Nadu. She was brought up in Trichy and Chennai and she is very famous for her playback singing in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam[1] [2].-Early life:...
, Priya HimeshPriya HimeshPriya Himesh is an Indian multilingual Playback Singer for the feature films. She sings predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language movies. She is also the recipient of Filmfare Awards South for her Telugu song Ringa Ringa in the film Aarya 2...
, Suvi SureshSuvi SureshSuvi Suresh born as Swetha Suresh on 26 September is an Indian singer. She was a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. She shot to fame with the song "Kodana Kodi" from Saroja, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. She is now member of a second band called Soulsonic.-Biography:Swetha...
, AjeeshAjeeshAjeesh is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. He was the winner of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer. The winner was to be given a chance to sing a song for music director Yuvan Shankar Raja... - Jeeva
- Karthik RajaKarthik RajaKarthik Raja is a Tamil musician from Chennai, India. He made his debut as music composer in the Tamil film Alexander.-Personal life:Karthik Raja is the eldest son of musician Ilaiyaraaja and Jeeva. His brother Yuvan Shankar Raja and sister Bhavatharini, who are also Kollywood music directors and...
Furthermore, the episodes in the third season of Vijay TV's reality-based
Reality
In philosophy, reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible...
singing competition
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Airtel Super Singer
Airtel Super Singer
Airtel Super Singer is a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that aired on STAR Vijay. The program seeks to discover the best singing talent in Tamil Nadu through a series of statewide auditions. The show is sponsored by the mobile service provider, Airtel. The show debuted...
during the second January week in 2011, was made a Yuvan Shankar Raja special episode, with every song suny by the contestants during the episodes being Yuvan Shankar songs.
I'll Be There For You
A promotional music video for the concert, titled "I’ll Be There for You", was also made, composed and performed by Yuvan Shankar Raja himself, who also appears in the video. Pradeep Milroy Peter, programming head of Vijay TV said, "When we asked Yuvan whether we could do a music video to promote the event, he immediately accepted it", further noting that the whole process, "right from penning lyrics, to scoring music," was completed in a week. The lyrics of the song was written by Na. MuthukumarNa. Muthukumar
Na. Muthukumar is a Tamil poet and lyricist, who writes lyrics for Tamil film songs.-Career:Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai,...
, which, according to him, would talk about "the relationship the music director and his fans shared". The video was shot in three consecutive nights at the Prasad Studios on sets created by art director Santhanam, with Vishnuvardhan
Vishnuvardhan
Sampath Kumar , popularly known as Vishnuvardhan , was a prominent Indian film actor. He has acted in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in over 220 movies in total that includes 200 Kannada movies, 5 Hindi movies, 5 Telugu movies, 3 Malayalam movies and 6 Tamil movies...
directed the video, Kalyan doing the choreography and Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah is an acclaimed Indian cinematographer. He has worked on a number of major box office hits in Hindi and Tamil since his debut with the 2004 Hindi film Paisa Vasool.-Career:...
handling the cinematography, who used a Red Camera for the shoot. The music video was released on 29 January 2010 at Sathyam Cinemas, with directors Venkat Prabhu, Lingusamy and Ameer attending, and was first telecasted on television on the same day.
Setlist
- I'll Be There for You - Yuvan Shankar RajaYuvan Shankar RajaYuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
- Neethane (SarvamSarvamSarvam is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic thriller film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan, who has earlier directed highly successful Tamil films like Arinthum Ariyamalum , Pattiyal and Billa . Starring Arya and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles while J. D...
) - Yuvan Shankar Raja - Nimirndhu Nil (Saroja) - Shankar MahadevanShankar MahadevanShankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...
- Pul Pesum (PudhupettaiPudhupettaiPudhupettai is a 2006 Indian Tamil gangster film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring his brother Dhanush in the lead, whilst Sneha and Sonia Agarwal enact the lead female character roles...
) - Vijay YesudasVijay YesudasVijay Yesudas Kattassery , commonly credited as Vijay Yesudas, is an Indian playback singer, who has sung songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu and Telugu.-Early life:...
, Premji Amaran, Tanvi ShahTanvi ShahTanvi Shah is a popular playback singer for films in India. She is the first Indian woman to win the Grammy Awards for the lyrics of "jai ho". She has a versatile voice and can sing in Arabic, Latin, Spanish and sings a wide range of music with her band, Zahrra... - Thakkuthey (Baana Kaathadi) - Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Thee Pidikka (Arinthum AriyamalumArinthum AriyamalumArinthum Ariyamalum is a 2005 Indian Tamil film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan that stars Prakash Raj along with newcomers Arya, Navdeep and Samiksha in lead and Adithya and Krishna in supporting roles. The film's music is composed by top director, Yuvan Shankar Raja...
) - Premji Amaran, RoshiniRoshiniRoshini is an Indian playback singer who originally hails from Tamil Nadu. She was brought up in Trichy and Chennai and she is very famous for her playback singing in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam[1] [2].-Early life:... - Siragugal (SarvamSarvamSarvam is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic thriller film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan, who has earlier directed highly successful Tamil films like Arinthum Ariyamalum , Pattiyal and Billa . Starring Arya and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles while J. D...
) - Javed AliJaved AliJaved Ali is an Indian playback singer. He has been singing in Hindi movies from 2000 but shot to fame in 2007 when he sang the song "Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein" from the movie Naqaab and thereafter another big hit "Jashn-e-Bahaaraan" from the movie Jodhaa Akbar . He is currently one of the leading...
, Madhumitha - Ezhezhu Thalaimurai (GoaGoa (soundtrack)Goa is the soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja to the 2010 romantic comedy film Goa, directed by Venkat Prabhu that stars Jai, Vaibhav, Premji Amaran, Sneha, Piaa Bajpai and Melanie Marie Jobstreibitzer and is produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth's Ocher Studios...
) - Yuvan Shankar Raja, Venkat PrabhuVenkat PrabhuVenkat Kumar Gangai Amaren , better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry...
, Karthik RajaKarthik RajaKarthik Raja is a Tamil musician from Chennai, India. He made his debut as music composer in the Tamil film Alexander.-Personal life:Karthik Raja is the eldest son of musician Ilaiyaraaja and Jeeva. His brother Yuvan Shankar Raja and sister Bhavatharini, who are also Kollywood music directors and...
, BhavathariniBhavathariniBhavatharani is an Indian Tamil singer and music director. She is the daughter of film composer Ilaiyaraaja and her brothers are the noted film composers Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja and has mostly sung songs under her father and her brothers' direction...
, Premji Amaran - Kodana Kodi (Saroja) - Suvi Suresh, Premji Amaran
- Idhu kadhala (Thulluvadho IlamaiThulluvadho IlamaiThulluvadho Ilamai is a 2002 Indian Tamil film, directed by Kasthuri Raja, written by his son Selvaraghavan and introducing his second son Dhanush as an actor, who enacted the lead role character...
) - Rinaldo (contest winner) - Ayyayo (ParuthiveeranParuthiveeranParuthiveeran is a 2007 Indian Tamil film written and directed by Ameer Sultan. The film stars Karthi in his feature film debut as the titular character, with Priyamani as the female lead and Ponvannan, Saravanan and Ganja Karuppu and Sujatha essaying supporting roles...
) - Shreya Ghoshal, SathyanSathyan (singer)Sathyan Mahalingam, simply known and creditted as Sathyan is an Indian playback singer and composer, best known for performing the hit numbers "Kalakkapovathu Yaaru" , "Sil Sil" and the title track from Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-External links:Discographies* *...
, MukeshMukeshMukesh Chand Mathur was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He, alongside Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar, left such an impact on the Hindi film industry that they are still remembered to date.... - Irava Pagala (Poovellam KettupparPoovellam KettupparPoovellam Kettuppar is a 1999 Tamil film written and directed by Vasanth, which stars Surya Sivakumar and Jyothika in leading roles. The film, starring Vijayakumar, Nassar, Vadivelu, Ambika, Manorama in pivotal roles, was released on 6 August 1999...
) - Pogathey (Deepavali) - Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Chinnan Sirusu (Kunguma Poovum Konjum PuravumKunguma Poovum Konjum PuravumKunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum is a 2009 Indian Tamil drama film, directed by debutante Rajamohan, who earlier worked under renowned directors like A. Venkatesh and S. D. Vijay Milton, which stars newcomers Ramakrishnan and Thananya in lead roles. It is produced by SPB Charan under his banner...
) - Javed Ali, Bela ShendeBela ShendeBela Shende is an Indian playback singer. She performed several songs in Bollywood and regional films. 'Su Che' from the film What's Your Raashee?, 'Aata Wajle Ki Baara' and 'Apsara Aali' from Natarang are some of her hits.... - Loosu Penne (VallavanVallavanVallavan is a 2006Tamil film written and directed by T. R. Silambarasan, starring himself in the title role along with Nayantara, Reema Sen and Sandhya whilst Santhanam, Premji Amaren, Sathyan and S. Ve. Shekhar play supporting roles. The dialogues are written by noted writer Balakumaran, whilst...
) - Yuvan Shankar RajaYuvan Shankar RajaYuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan... - Loosu Penne (VallavanVallavanVallavan is a 2006Tamil film written and directed by T. R. Silambarasan, starring himself in the title role along with Nayantara, Reema Sen and Sandhya whilst Santhanam, Premji Amaren, Sathyan and S. Ve. Shekhar play supporting roles. The dialogues are written by noted writer Balakumaran, whilst...
) - Silambarasan Rajendar - Evandi Unna Pethan (VaanamVaanamVaanam is an Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Krish. A remake of his 2010 Telugu film Vedam, the film features an ensemble cast of Silambarasan, Bharath, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj and Saranya...
) - Silambarasan, Yuvan Shankar Raja - Kanpesum Varthaigal (7G Rainbow Colony7G Rainbow Colony7G Rainbow Colony is a 2004 Tamil drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring Ravi Krishna, who debuted in this film, and Sonia Agarwal in lead roles, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Arvind Krishna. The film, released on 15 October 2004, met with...
) - Karthik - Thuli ThuliThuli Thuli"Thuli Thuli" is a song from the 2010 Tamil feature film Paiyaa, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The song, with lyrics by Na. Muthukumar and performed by Haricharan and Tanvi Shah, was released as part of the soundtrack album of the film on 22 November 2009.Lyrically, the song tells the feelings of...
(PaiyaaPaiyaa (soundtrack)Paiyaa is the soundtrack to the 2010 Tamil romantic-action film, Paiyaa, directed by N. Linguswamy and starring Karthi and Tamannaah Bhatia. The soundtrack album originally includes five and an additional track composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and was released on November 22, 2010 by Think Music...
) - HaricharanHaricharanHaricharan Seshadri, simply known and creditted as Haricharan, is a Carnatic Musician and an Indian Playback singer. He recorded his first Tamil film song for the film Kaadhal, in Joshua Sridhar's music when he was 17, and went on to record 3 songs in his debut movie...
, Tanvi Shah - Oru Kal Oru KannadiOru Kal Oru Kannadi-Production:On 26th April some scenes were filmed in Tidel Park Bridge, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Arya's scene is said to appear near the climax scene in a marriage hall. Director Rajesh celebrated his birthday on the sets of the film. A two minute teaser trailer,introducing the main characters of the...
(Siva Manasula SakthiSiva Manasula SakthiSiva Manasula Sakthi is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante Rajesh. It stars Jeeva and newcomer Anuya Bhagvath, a student of Pune Film Institute, in the lead roles, with Santhanam, Urvashi and Sathyan appearing in supporting and Arya appearing in a cameo role...
) - Yuvan Shankar Raja - Oru Paarvaiyil (Siva Manasula SakthiSiva Manasula SakthiSiva Manasula Sakthi is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante Rajesh. It stars Jeeva and newcomer Anuya Bhagvath, a student of Pune Film Institute, in the lead roles, with Santhanam, Urvashi and Sathyan appearing in supporting and Arya appearing in a cameo role...
) - Sathyan - Merke Merke (Kanda Naal MudhalKanda Naal MudhalKanda Naal Mudhal is a 2005 Indian Tamil romance film written and directed by newcomer V. Priya, who had earlier assisted Mani Ratnam. Produced by Prakash Raj under the Duet Films banner, the film stars Prasanna, Laila and Karthik Kumar in the lead roles and Revathi Menon, and Lakshmi all play in...
) - Shankar Mahadevan, Bela Shende - Idhu VaraiIdhu VaraiIdhu Varai is a song from the 2010 Tamil feature film Goa, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and performed by Andrea Jeremiah and Ajeesh, the winner of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer. The song, with lyrics by Gangai Amaran, was released as part of the...
(GoaGoa (soundtrack)Goa is the soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja to the 2010 romantic comedy film Goa, directed by Venkat Prabhu that stars Jai, Vaibhav, Premji Amaran, Sneha, Piaa Bajpai and Melanie Marie Jobstreibitzer and is produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth's Ocher Studios...
) - Andrea JeremiahAndrea JeremiahAndrea Jeremiah is an Tamil playback singer, voice actor and a film and theatre actress. Beginning her career singing playback, Andrea has gone on to appear in critically acclaimed films such as Pachaikili Muthucharam and Aayirathil Oruvan, winning praise for her portrayals.-Career:Andrea was born...
, AjeeshAjeeshAjeesh is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. He was the winner of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer. The winner was to be given a chance to sing a song for music director Yuvan Shankar Raja... - Kadhal Endral (GoaGoa (soundtrack)Goa is the soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja to the 2010 romantic comedy film Goa, directed by Venkat Prabhu that stars Jai, Vaibhav, Premji Amaran, Sneha, Piaa Bajpai and Melanie Marie Jobstreibitzer and is produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth's Ocher Studios...
) - Yuvan Shankar Raja - Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthal (7G Rainbow Colony7G Rainbow Colony7G Rainbow Colony is a 2004 Tamil drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring Ravi Krishna, who debuted in this film, and Sonia Agarwal in lead roles, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Arvind Krishna. The film, released on 15 October 2004, met with...
) - Shreya Ghoshal - Devathayai Kanden (Kaadhal Kondein) - Harish RaghavendraHarish RaghavendraHarish Raghavendra is an Indian vocalist and actor from Chennai, India. His real name is Harish Ram Srinivas & son to a photographer P.V Raghavendran...
- Iragai PoleIragai PoleIragai Pole is a song from the 2010 Tamil feature film Naan Mahaan Alla, composed and performed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The song, with lyrics by Yugabharathy, was released as part of the soundtrack album of the film on 16 July 2010...
(Naan Mahaan Alla) - Yuvan Shankar Raja - Thathi Thaavum Paper Naan (Boss Engira BhaskaranBoss Engira BhaskaranFollowing the success of Siva Manasula Sakthi, Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the musical score and soundtrack of Boss Engira Bhaskaran, too. The soundtrack album, which was released on 27 August 2010 at Sathyam Cinemas, contains 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Na...
) - KarthikKarthik (singer)Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers... - Vethalaya Potendi (BillaBilla (2007 film)Billa is a 2007 Tamil gangster-thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. Based on the 1980 Tamil film of the same name and the 2006 Hindi film, Don: The Chase Begins Again, it was adapted by the director, who rewrote portions of the film from the original...
) - Shankar Mahadevan - Jalsa Pannungada (Chennai 600028Chennai 600028Chennai 600028 is a 2007 Tamil sports comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, making his directorial debut. The film stars Shiva, Jai, Premji Amaran, Aravind Akash, Nithin Sathya and newcomers Ajay Raj, Ranjith, Vijay Vasanth, Prasanna, Karthik and Arun in the lead along with...
) - Rahul NambiarRahul NambiarRahul Nambiar is an Indian playback singer and live performer. A MBA and M.Com-graduate, he won the Swapthaswarangal show in 2001 and began singing live...
, Haricharan, Premji Amaran, Venkat Prabhu, Karthik - Oru Naalil (PudhupettaiPudhupettaiPudhupettai is a 2006 Indian Tamil gangster film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring his brother Dhanush in the lead, whilst Sneha and Sonia Agarwal enact the lead female character roles...
) - Yuvan Shankar Raja - English song - Ilayaraaja, Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Ariyadha Vayasu (ParuthiveeranParuthiveeranParuthiveeran is a 2007 Indian Tamil film written and directed by Ameer Sultan. The film stars Karthi in his feature film debut as the titular character, with Priyamani as the female lead and Ponvannan, Saravanan and Ganja Karuppu and Sujatha essaying supporting roles...
) - Ilayaraaja - Where Is the Party (Silambattam) - Mukesh, Priyadarshini
Attendees, speeches and performances
Speeches by:- film director VishnuvardhanVishnuvardhanSampath Kumar , popularly known as Vishnuvardhan , was a prominent Indian film actor. He has acted in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in over 220 movies in total that includes 200 Kannada movies, 5 Hindi movies, 5 Telugu movies, 3 Malayalam movies and 6 Tamil movies...
- film director Ameer SultanAmeer SultanAmeer Sultan ; born 5 December 1966) is an Indian film director, producer and actor, working in the Tamil film industry. He has directed three films and has gained notable critical praise for two of them, the mystery thriller Raam and the drama Paruthiveeran...
- film director Linguswamy
- film director Gautham MenonGautham MenonGautham Vasudev Menon is an Indian film director and producer. Mainly working in Tamil cinema, he has also directed Hindi and Telugu films which are remakes of his Tamil films...
- lyricist Na. MuthukumarNa. MuthukumarNa. Muthukumar is a Tamil poet and lyricist, who writes lyrics for Tamil film songs.-Career:Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai,...
- actor AryaArya (actor)Arya is an Indian film actor who mainly appears in Tamil films. He is best known for his roles in the films Pattiyal , Naan Kadavul , Madrasapattinam , and Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-Personal life:...
- actor Jeeva
- actor JaiJai (actor)Jai is a Tamil film actor. He is best known for his performances and appearances in the films Chennai 600028, Subramaniapuram and Engeyum Eppodhum. He is the nephew of music director Deva. Srikanth Deva is his cousin....
- film producer T. SivaT. SivaT. Siva is an Indian film producer and distributor in Chennai, India. He has produced 15 films including Saroja and Kanimozhi. He owns the production company, Amma Creations . - Filmography :-External links:...
- actor Rajinikanth (pre-recorded message)
- actor Surya Sivakumar (pre-recorded message)
Other prominent attendees:
- SelvaraghavanSelvaraghavan-Personal life:Selvaraghavan is the son of film director Kasthuri Raja, elder brother of actor Dhanush and has two sisters, who are both doctors. On 15 December 2006, he married actress Sonia Agarwal, with whom he had previously worked with on three films...
and his fiance Gitanjali - Raadhika SarathkumarRaadhika SarathkumarRadhika Sarathkumar is a Tamil television and film actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu . She is currently acting in the serial Chellamay for Sun TV...
and her daughter Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Naresh IyerNaresh IyerNaresh Iyer is a playback singer from Chennai, India. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won...
- Dayanidhi Azhagiri
- Vaibhav ReddyVaibhav ReddyVaibhav Reddy is an Indian film actor and model. Son of noted Telugu film director A. Kodandarami Reddy, he made his feature film debut with the 2007 Telugu film Godava under his father's direction...
- KrishnaKrishna (actor)Warning: It is not an impartial presentation and it seems to be written by an Aficionado without any citations. Superfluous and presumptious.Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna , commonly referred to as Krishna, is a Telugu film actor...
- Arvind Akash
- Mahat RaghavendraMahat RaghavendraMahat Raghavendra is an Tamil film actor, who is best known for his role in Venkat Prabhu's action thriller, Mankatha.-Career:...
- James VasanthanJames VasanthanJames Vasanthan is a popular Indian television anchor and a film music composer. For more than a decade, he worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV, Vijay TV and Makkal TV before turning into a film music composer in the Tamil Film Industry.-Biography:James...
- SPB Charan
- Subbu Panju Arnachalam