A great Singer - MS Subbulakshmi
Madurai Shanmugavadivu Subbulakshmi, or MS There is a furor these days over Rashmika Mandanna bringing this yesteryear Carnatic singer to the big screen. WhatsApp forwards fly back and forth; some think the portrayal might be interesting, while others are upset that Vidya Balan isn't playing the role. Several Tamil mamis are furious that a Kannadiga hudgi has been cast, muttering that she doesn't look or dress like MS—not wearing 'dimon' ear studs or the double nose studs. They also complain that the song played at the release program was a Purandara Dasa song in Kannada, not Tamil, and so on. You see, so many people have taken her to heart and grown up with her presence on the airwaves and at concerts all their lives that they believe the pristine image in their minds and hearts ought not to be tarnished or even slightly altered. That was MS's allure. MS features in my earliest memories. We had a wind-up 'record player,' and our waking hours were filled...
