The Madras Song

"The Madras Song" produced by the Murugappa Group is a tribute to the city of Madras and was launched in commemoration of its 375th year which was celebrated in August 2014 .[1][2][3][4][5][6]

"The Madras Song"
Single by Shakthisree Gopalan
Released18 August 2014
Recorded2014
Length4:18
Composer(s)Vijay Prabakaran
Lyricist(s)Subu
Producer(s)Murugappa Group

There was a sequel to this song by Opus g7 for The Hindu group called Madras Beats in 2016 launched on the eve of 377th birthday celebrations of the Madras Day.[7]

The 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 umpteen other stars from different walks of life like Viswanathan Anand, Gautham Menon, Sudha Raghunathan, Naresh Iyer, Aalap Raju, Haricharan, Priyadarshini Govind, RJ Balaji, “Crazy" Mohan and "Maadhu" Balaji.

The 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

References
  1. "Celebrating Chennai at 375 with The Madras Song". The Hindu Business Line. 18 August 2014.
  2. "Around the City in Four Minutes". The New Indian Express. 18 August 2014.
  3. "Celebrating a city". Business Standard. 23 August 2014.
  4. "Resonating with the spirit of the metropolis". The Hindu. 19 August 2014.
  5. "Madras by day, by night and by song". The Hindu. 20 August 2014.
  6. "Word play in namma Madras". The Hindu. 22 August 2014.
  7. "Beat Of the City". Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. "Madras in four minutes". The Hindu. 25 August 2014.
  9. "'Shooting The Madras Song was a fantastic experience'". The Hindu. 21 August 2014.


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