The Nightingale - K.S.Chitra

The nightingale of Kerala,and beyond doubt deserves to be called the nightingale of the south as well.She was someone that i have been listening to since i was 5 , and because of this i took her class for granted.But it was yesterday that , after a long time happened to chance upon her number from Ada , called "Tu Mera Hai".There are lines in this song that usually transcend the vocal range of many singers, and those that transcend the ability of the left over ones to enhance such high octaves with their singing prowess.Chitra ji seemed to have thrived on it.She seems to be capable of creating moods out of pitches that usually only are an "endpoint" or a "threshold" that most singers seem to just achieve.If anyone does come close to her in such skills,it can only be Janaki amma and well to some extent Sunidhi Chauhan.Chitra reigns there.She undoubtedly is the most suave and the most skilled, with absolutely airs about it. Bollywood, you miss her big time.

It has been a long and harrowing year for her because of the loss of her daughter.Hoping that god will be kind to her soon.