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Susheela. The very name would evoke memories of many
a number rendered in her rich, reverberating and
resonant voice to the fans of South Indian movies,
be it Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada or even
Sinhalese. With her mellifluous voice she has
breathed life into thousands of lyrics, bringing out
the right emotion lying under each word and making
the song waft straight into the listener's heart.
A point to be noted here is the care with which she
pronounced the words, though she sang in different
languages. That is something we are not able to see
in most of our present day singers. Words are the
victims of rather constricted rhythms and contorted
beats, compacted and deformed between the tongue and
the teeth. But it was Susheela's school to render
them with effortless ease, as they are pronounced by
the people speaking each individual language in
which the lyrics are written.
Susheela started way back in 1952. She
was the recipient of the national award for
best singer in the years 1969, 1971, 1977,
1982 and 1983. At the state level, both
Tamil Nadu and Kerala have honoured her with
several awards. The Tamil Nadu Government
recognised her genius in the years 1968,
1980, 1981, 1989 and 1991 with various
titles, prizes and awards.
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