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The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear........ SAJU

K J Yesudas is India's foremost exponents of classical, carnatic, vocal music and leading playback singer. Kattassery Joseph Yesudas was born on January 10, 1940 in Fort Cochin. His teacher was his own father, Mr. Augustine Joseph who was a classical music singer himself and a stage actor.
Over the years, he learned from many teachers in Cochin and through his discipline and dedication, emerged as one of the best Singer in Malayalam. His first movie playback song was for the movie Kalpadukal, in 1961. He was conferred with the Padmashree in 1973 and Padmabhushan Award from the president of Indiain 2002. He has sung more than 40,000 songs in various languages and is a recipient of numerous awards nationally. His second son Vijay Yesudas, is an upcoming musician himself following the tradition of his father.
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A R Rahman
http://www.arrahman.com/ (his official link by sony)





















Since Roja hit movie screens in South India in 1992, A.R. Rahman has been redefining the country's widely popular film music. Generally regarded as the finest Indian film composer of his time (and certainly the most commercially successful), Rahman produced music for nearly 35 wide-screen releases during his first five years in the industry.
S P Balasubramaniam
A gifted singer, he is highly regarded for his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style, technique and control. These qualities allowed him expression across various genres of Indian music, and he has been highly sought after by many of India's film music composers. His approach to singing is methodical; he perseveres to understand the full meaning of the songs that he sings (many of which are very poetic) and the settings in which these songs are couched in order to most effectively match their requirements with his vocal delivery.S.P.B., though was very young, started singing for many different language films. As he became very busy, at times he used to sing even 17 songs in 12 hours at the recording theatre. He has also sung in Sanskrit and some regard his pronunciation of this language to be very good.
Ilayaraja
Illaiyaraja's notable Malayalam Films are Olangal, Oomakkuyil, My Dear Kuttichathan, Onnanu Nammal, Poomughappadiyil Ninneyum Kaathu, Anashwaram, Jackpot, Ente Sooryaputhrikku, Pappayude Swantham Appoos, Kaliyoonjaal, Guru, Kaalapaani, Season, Manasinakkarae, Ponmudippuzhayoram, Oru Yathramozhi and Achuvinte Amma. His yet to release ventures in Malayalam are Pazhashi Raja, SMS and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.