“My late husband a farmer and folk artiste wrote this song. The bright red tassels that lace her parrot-green drape sway as she moves, and as the song reaches a crescendo, her honeyed voice almost quivers. Mariyammal lets out a stifled laugh and breaks into a ‘gramiya padal’ (folk song) about the plight of farmers, tapping her hands on the floor for rhythm. ‘Summa adhirichu’! I even accompanied her to the shoot. On the day of the lyric video’s release, we streamed it at a music studio here. The singer’s 11-yearold grandson looks at her lovingly and smiles. I feel alive now,” smiles Mariyammal, seated in her house in Taramani. However, this song has changed my state of mind and my life. Hope has been an elusive concept in my life. “Ennale nambave mudiyale (I am in disbelief). Since its release, the song on YouTube, under Think Music India’s channel, has received over 7.7 million views. Little did the singer know that it would make her an overnight sensation. On February 18, the makers of Dhanush-starrer ‘Karnan’ released the movie’s first single Kandaa Vara Sollunga - an intense, high-octane folk song penned by director Mari Selvaraj, composed by Santhosh Narayanan, and featuring 50-year-old Mariyammal along with the stirring beats by parai artistes.
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