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M. S. Subbulakshmi
Madurai, Madras Presidency, India
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded t…
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Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize, in 1974 with the citation reading "Exacting purists acknowledge Srimati M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the carnatic tradition of South India. She was the First Indian who performed in United Nations General Assembly in 1966."
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2013
An American in Madras
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Forever A Legend
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1997
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1997
Boat Song
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1947
1000 Thalaivangi Apoorva Chinthamani
Movie Self - Dancer
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1945
Meera
Movie Meera
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1940
Sakuntalai
Movie Sakuntalai
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1938
Sevasadanam
Movie Sumathi
