The Madras Song Explained

The Madras Song
Type:	single
Artist:	Shakthisree Gopalan
Released:	18 August 2014
Recorded:	2014
Composer:	Vijay Prabakaran
Lyricist:	Subu
Producer:	Murugappa Group

"The Madras Song" is a song by Indian vocalist Shakthisree Gopalan and produced by the Murugappa Group as a tribute to the city of Madras. It was launched in commemoration of the 375th anniversary of the founding of Madras, which was celebrated in August 2014.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

A sequel to this song by Opus G7 for The Hindu group called Madras Beats was launched in 2016 on the eve of 377th anniversary celebrations of Madras Day.^[7]

Storyline

The story^[8] is of a female protagonist, Ruchi Kumar, who misses her flight back home and is stuck in Madras. With three days in hand, she turns to social media to help her discover the city of Madras.

The song features actor/model Yasmin Ponnappa,^[9] as the protagonist Ruchi Kumar, apart from the many other stars from different walks of life like Viswanathan Anand, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sudha Raghunathan, Naresh Iyer, Aalap Raju, Haricharan, Priyadarshini Govind, RJ Balaji, “Crazy" Mohan and "Maadhu" Balaji.

Team

• Writer / director: Vijay Prabakaran
• Music director: Vishal Chandrashekhar
• Lyricist: Subu
• Singer: Shakthisree Gopalan
• Cinematographers: GVS Raju & Imran Ahmedh KR
• Lead actress: Yasmin Ponnappa
• Executive producer: Krishna Ramkumar
• Associate director: Swathi Raghuraaman
• Assistant directors: Meera.Karthik, Keerthi Raju
• Production assistant:RM Ramesh kumar
• Camera assistant: Baskar
• Stylist: Yasmin Ponnappa
• Post-production: Red Studio
• Editor: Vijay Prabakaran
• Colorist: Madan
• Logo design: Hakuhodo Percept, Chennai
• Produced by the Murugappa Group
• Radio partner: 92.7 BigFM

External links

• "The Madras Song" official video on Youtube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Celebrating Chennai at 375 with The Madras Song . . 2014-08-18.
2. Web site: Around the City in Four Minutes . https://web.archive.org/web/20140905021855/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Around-the-City-in-Four-Minutes/2014/08/19/article2386219.ece . dead . 5 September 2014 . . 2014-08-18.
3. Web site: Celebrating a city . Business Standard . 2014-08-23.
4. Web site: Resonating with the spirit of the metropolis . . 2014-08-19.
5. Web site: Madras by day, by night and by song . . 2014-08-20.
6. Web site: Word play in namma Madras . . 2014-08-22.
7. News: Beat Of the City. 23 August 2016.
8. Web site: Madras in four minutes . . 2014-08-25.
9. Web site: 'Shooting The Madras Song was a fantastic experience' . . 2014-08-21.