The Madras Song

"The Madras Song"
Single by Shakthisree Gopalan
Released	18 August 2020
Recorded	2014
Length	4:18
Composer(s)	Vijay Prabakaran
Lyricist(s)	Subu
Producer(s)	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 (now known as Chennai). "The Madras Song" was launched to commemorate the 375th anniversary of the founding of Madras, 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 evening of the 377th anniversary celebrations of Madras Day. ^[7]

Storyline

The official video of the song follows a female protagonist, Ruchi Kumar, who misses her flight home and finds herself stranded in Madras. With three days at her disposal, she uses social media for guidance in exploring the city.

The video features actor/model Yasmin Ponnappa ^[8] as Ruchi Kumar. The video also features appearances by 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

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. Archived from the original on 5 September 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. "'Shooting The Madras Song was a fantastic experience'". The Hindu . 21 August 2014.

External links

• "The Madras Song" official video on YouTube