The Madras Song

"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 (currently known as Chennai). 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]}

"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

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

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. "Madras in four minutes". The Hindu. 25 August 2014.
9. "'Shooting The Madras Song was a fantastic experience'". The Hindu. 21 August 2014.

External links

• "The Madras Song" official video on Youtube