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Once, we even went to Singapore to perform folk music,” she beams, reminiscing the sunnier days of her life.įor decades, folk artistes have been waiting to get their due. He did too! I was 16 when I got married to him and then started a long journey - of building a music troupe together, touring cities and performing.

I fell in love with the experience, and the man who opened my eyes to these new possibilities. I was hardly 14-15 years old when I first sang on stage.

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“He took me under his wings, mentored me, taught me the nuances of singing, introduced me to concepts like ragam and thalam and made me a professional folk singer. But, a believer of destiny, her prayers were answered when news of her interest and talent in singing reached the ears of Kottachami, the owner of a folk arts troupe, she says. However, with no financial back-up or support in the field, to climb up a stage and claim a place for herself always seemed like an intangible, far-fetched dream for a young Mariyammal. I knew that this was my path,” opens up the artiste. I observed them and slowly trained myself to sing. They used to sing these songs even while taking a bath in the kolam (pond) and while driving animals to the shed. I grew up listening to men and women singing gramiya naatupura padalgal in the fields about kinship, dowry, freedom, brotherhood, nature, marriage and whatnots. “Ours is a very small town and my exposure to music, singing and arts was through street plays and the Olichitram that used to be played through the kuzha speakers in our village. However, when encouraged by her father to sing, she found her calling in the arts. Born in a low-income agrarian family, Mariyammal never dared to dream in her formative years. I dedicate the praises that I have been receiving to him and to the many folk artistes who have come and gone,” she says, almost tearing up. During his lifetime, he didn’t receive due recognition. I wanted to start talking about my journey only after remembering him and seeking his blessings. “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. Forty- two years later, the name and the fruity voice has transcended the meadows and ponds of her town and travelled to places far and wide. Weaving words to describe the picturesque views around her with a folksy tune, unaware where life was going to lead her, she playfully sang: “Kidakuzhi yen ooru, Mariyammal yen peru…”. ஆடி மாதம் அம்மன் பாடலை கேளுங்கள் | Aadi Maadham Amman Padalai Kelungal | Tamil Devotional Song | HDĥ.CHENNAI: In 1978, sitting amid lush green fields in Kidakuzhi - a quaint village in Sivaganga district and munching on freshlyharvested sugarcane, an eight-year-old girl was suddenly creatively inspired.