Tamizhi is a proud declaration of what it truly means to be Tamil, and the beautiful intimacy shared with one of the oldest known languages. It is a global sound that fuses the foreign culture of Hip-Hop with that which is inherently considered Tamilian. The song is performed by ofRo, who has been a force to be reckoned with in the Tamil hip-hop scene. Along with ofRo is Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, who is often credited as the main reason behind Tamil folk music’s mainstream popularity. The duo were joined by Ricardo on the trumpet and Charu Hariharan on the Kanjira and a Spanish handheld percussive instrument. The Kanjira is traditionally a folk instrument and was used as in bhajans for centuries.
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CREDITS
Coke Studio Tamil Season 1
Curated by Sean Roldan & Arivu
Project Managed and Produced by Open X & Motion Content Group
Song Curation: Sean Roldan
Song Narrative: Sean Roldan
Written By: Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, ofRo, Vishnu Edavan, Urban Thozha, Ashwin Samynathan
Composed By: Sean Roldan, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, ofRo
Music Arranged & Produced by: Sean Roldan
Mixed by: Toby Joseph at TobsGarage
Mastered by: Randy Merrill
ARTISTS
Vocals: Pushpavanam Kuppusamy , ofRo
Trumpet: Ricardo Daniel Jimenez
Kanjira & Pandero quadrado: Charu Hariharan
Keyboard: Shyam Benjamin
Bass Guitar: Laxman Arvind K
Lead Guitar 1: Vijay Ganesan
Drums: David Devaprashanth Joseph
Chorus: The Indian Choral Ensemble
Vocal Arrangement: Kalyani Nair
Sopranos: Kalyani Nair, Padmaja Sreenivasan, Samanvitha Sasidaran, Meha
Altos: Sushmita Narasimhan, Fathima Henna,
Tenors: Manoj Krishna, Pranjal Thakore, Manikandan Chembai
Project Head: Zaarra Khader (Motion Content Group)
Music Narrative (Season) – Krithika Nelson
Creative Head (Music): Krithika Nelson
Project Coordinator: Vinayak Manoj (Motion Content Group)
SOUND SQUAD
Chief Sound Engineer: Toby Joseph
Senior Recording Engineer: Riyasdeen Riyan
Assisted by: Aravind Crescendo, R.Elumalai Ebinazer, Samivel Mohan
Sound Vendor: Prithvi’s Sound and Lights, Chennai
Studio Recording Engineer – Aswin George John at Sounds Right, Chennai
Mixed by Toby Joseph at TobsGarage
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound
TALENT MANAGEMENT
Vidya Venugopal (Atti Culture) for ofRo
Vijay MP (Silver Tree Talent Management) for Sean Roldan
Band and Musician Coordination: Neeraj V (Silver Tree Talent Management)
Krithika Nelson
Vinayak Manoj
Zaarra Khader
VIDEO PRODUCTION
Director: Amith Krishnan
Producer: Manojkumar
Video Production Company: Studio MO.C.A
Cinematographer: Balaji Subramanyam
Production Designer: A. Amaran
Editor: Hashim Zain
Creative Directors: Vandana Surya & Vishal Ravichandran
Executive Producer: Suresh P
Line Producers: Nagoor Meeran & Amirthavershini
Designer & Stylist (ofRo) – Kiiran Valentine
Wardrobe & Styling: Themis Vanessa
Assistant Directors: R.Vignesh, Ba. Muralikrishnan, Manieesha Sambandam, Shivaani Shashi
Cinematographers Team: M. Adhiran, Parthiban J & Rajasekar
Operations Manager: Mohan Raj (Studio MO.C.A)
Wardrobe supervisor: Rakshitha Manivannan
Wardrobe assistants: Prasanna Rajagopal, Umayal Muthiah
Make up(Sean Roldan) – Kabooki & team
Dressmen: Nandhakumar, Ramakrishnan, Jayakumar, Jayaram
Art Assistants: Thamarai, P.Muthumani, Senthil & Ranjith
Set Team: Vasu, S.Sarathkumar, R.Abhishek
Hair & Make up: Vinoth Sugumaran & Team
Hair & Make up: Kabooki & Team (Ofro & Charu)
Colorist: G Balaji (GB Colors)
VFX: Baskar D (ARC VFX STUDIO)
Illustration Artist: Medha Srivastava
LED Motion graphics – Muthu Bharathi
BTS Director: Deepthi Govindarajan
BTS DOP: Abishek Chandrasekar
BTS Videography: One Club Entertainment
BTS Photography: Ranjith
Office Assistant: Pandiya Rajan (Studio MO.C.A)
Lights & Grips: T. Gopalkrishna (Lights On Enterprises)
Light Technicians: Munusamy
Transport: Saravanan
Catering: Dakshnamoorthy
Subtitles by : Sajid Ali
Song Translation by: Krithika Nelson & Deepthi Govindarajan
CONTENT MARKETING STRATEGY + AUDIO DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING
UNIVERSAL MUSIC INDIA AND UMG FOR BRANDS
Devraj Sanyal
Preeti Nayyar
Navneet Sodhi
Yash Nangare
Saumitra Gupta
AUDIO STREAMING SUPPORT, UMG, INDIA
Shantanu Gangane
Rahul Shrivastava
AUDIO DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING LEGAL SUPPORT UMG, INDIA
Priti Deshpande
Krupa Thakkar
AUDIO DISTRIBUTION & FINANCE SUPPORT UMG, INDIA
Alok Gupta
Raj Chettiar
Sumit Raturi