Tharangini Records

Tharangini Records
Tharangni
Company typePrivate
IndustryMusic
GenreVarious
Founded1980[1]
FounderK. J. Yesudas[2]
Headquarters
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
,
India
Key people
K. J. Yesudas (director)
Prabha Yesudas (director)
Vijay Yesudas (director)
Vinod Yesudas (director)
Vishal Yesudas (director)
ServicesMusic record label
YouTube information
Channel
Genres
Websitetharangni.com

Tharangini Records (currently Tharangni) is the music company founded by noted Indian Playback singer K. J. Yesudas in 1980 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[1] It was the first recording and distributing music label in Kerala from where Malayalam film songs on audio cassettes came out.[3] Other than Malayalam, Tharangni also released songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, English, Malay, Arabic, Russian and Latin.[4][5][6] Tharangni release albums under various labels, Tharangni (film songs), Tharangni or Ayaan (album/devotional songs), Bharath Sangeeth (Classical songs and Hindi albums), 9th Angel Records (Christian devotional songs), Diva Records, V Records & Entertainment, Amplify More, all licensed or incorporated under Dr. K. J. Yesudass Audio and Visuals Corporation Limited and Yesudass Media Private Limited.

Tharangini cassettes popularise light music and mappila songs among the audiences. Light music albums like Vasantha Geethangal, Raaga Tharangini, Madhura Geethangal etc. which also includes festival albums like Ulsava Ganangal series, Ponnona Tharangini series and mappila songs' albums like Mylanchi Pattukal series, Jannatul Firdaus were huge popular.[7] Shyama dharaniyil from the 1981 Malayalam movie Sanchari was the first recorded song in Tharangini studio, which was composed and sung by Yesudas.[8] In December 1981, Tharangini released its first audio cassette, Classical Music Vol-1.[9] The first filmi songs' audio cassette released by Tharangini was from the movie Chillu.[10]

  1. ^ a b Nagarajan, Saraswathy; M., Athira; Pradeep, K. (10 January 2020). "KJ Yesudas: A name that spells melody". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Tharangni - Facebook About". Facebook. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Dr. K. J. Yesudas - world renowned singer". Department of Tourism (Kerala). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ^ Kumar, Ashwani (14 April 2018). "He finds music in every instrument". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. ^ Mathew, Shajan C. (10 January 2020). "ദേവരാജൻ മാസ്റ്റർ വേണ്ടെന്നു പറഞ്ഞു, പക്ഷേ യേശുദാസ് അതു ചെയ്തു!". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Yesudas 60 Years". Asianet News (in Malayalam). 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ Mathew, Shajan C. (10 January 2020). "തരംഗമായിരുന്ന തരംഗിണി". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  8. ^ Mathew, Shajan C. (7 November 2019). "ഒരു പിണക്കം സമ്മാനിച്ച സംഗീത സംവിധായകൻ". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  9. ^ S, Nandakumar (21 June 2021). "Classical Music Vol 1 Cassette Cover". Internet Archive.
  10. ^ S, Nandakumar (5 January 2021). "Chillu Cassette Cover". Internet Archive.