Already a reputed identify within the Singapore music circuit, Suthasini Rajenderan added one other feather to her cap by turning into the primary feminine artist to compose Medicacorp’s official Deepavali music: Vanthuruchu Deepavali, which premiered at Amarkala Deepavali 2024 occasion, the Singapore-based firm’s Diwali countdown present.
For 13 years, the official Deepavali soundtrack for Mediacorp was composed by a few of Singapore’s best male composers. On the 14th yr, it broke the development and created a milestone, paving manner for a feminine to paved the way!
Suthasini, who first gained nationwide recognition by profitable Vasantham Star — a singing competitors hosted by Mediacorp — in 2011, teamed up together with her husband Vishnu Balaji and budding artistes Darshna Mahadevan, Pallavi Jyothish and Soorya Anand for the peppy monitor.
The multi-talented artist spoke completely to Connected to India forward of Diwali, which is widely known broadly in Singapore, with a number of areas within the city-state present process a change to go well with the festive temper.
Asked why it took so lengthy for a gender-equal nation like Singapore to have a girl compose the Diwali monitor, Suthasini says, “I would say we are almost gender equal because we are getting there. (It is) definitely way better than (it was) 10 years or 15 years ago… but it takes a lot of time for a woman to gain the trust, because it’s like many years, decades of male dominated industry.”
“Females are slowly catching up,” she provides.
“It takes a while for them to gain the trust… or rather give them the assurance, that I’m able to pull it off, because I have been doing our singles for many years, actually. So yeah, I think it took time,” she provides.
Talking in regards to the singers, Suthasini says she wished a mixture of mature and recent voices and therefore veteran Vishnu Balaji and the three newcomers had been most well-liked.
Talking about his journey, Soorya Anand, who was the runners up at Yaar Antha Star 2024, says he wasn’t anticipating to be part of the lineup, however grabbed the prospect when the composer texted him.
Watch the Spotlight interview under.
(The article is revealed below a mutual content material partnership association between The Free Press Journal and Connected To India)
