Dhwanii
to Dhwanii
The
following puzzle provides clues to the names of various
music personalities in the Indian (north and south) music
industry. The names thus derived actually form a chain
(end letters of each word providing the beginning for
the next) between Dhwanii to Dhwanii.
That
is Dhwanii________ ________________ ___________ _________
_______ Dhwanii
This
puzzle may be tough to both north and south Indians who
are not aware of the celebrities in each other's industries
but none the less provides a good enlightener not to mention
entertainment. Appropriate clues have been given to help
even the most ignorant!
1.
If I say "Mani" I would be jumbling the name
of this tamil music director! (4)
Clue : This guy was also AR Rahman's assistant
2.
The tamil film (named after the Moghul queen Mumtaz's
husband) made this music director famous in the tamil
film industry (10)
Clue : This chap is actually the Tollywood's No.1
Music director
3.
Rightly claimed as a Carnatic genius (9)
Clue : The same surname of a Bollywood-Kollywood
singer who is also making waves as a part of a music composing
trio.
4.
Granddaughter of a legend and a carnatic legend herself
(11)
Clue
: Very obvious to southies though northies will be
stumped!
5.
I Swear (Anagram) (7)
Clue : A famous Tamil singer of yesteryears.
6.
This music director has two Princes and one Princess,
yet no descendants (9)
Clue : He was also known as 'Music Genius' and
is famous for his songs in the Hindi hit 'Sadma' starring
Kamalhassan and Sridevi.
7.
Sita is also referred to as ______ (6)
Clue : A famous Tamil singer. Another name for
Sita.
8.
Neighbour (Padosan) from the east, sang in the west, but
within India. (7,5)
Clue
: A legend of yesteryears but today the young singer
KK only shares the same initials, not the voice!
9.
Started off with a classic, but ended up composing just
one other tune! (8)
Clue : A tamil music director famous for recycling
one standard tune of his in all his films. His name also
means 'prince' both in hindi and tamil!
10.
United they stood but divided he fell (10)
Clue : One of the famous Tamil composing duo from
yesteryears...shares the same name as a Chess Grandmaster
from Chennai.
11.
Dad's favourite, but now, producers' hot bet. (5)
Clue : The young son of the Music Genius in the
Tamil film world. This young music whizz is now hot music
property in Kollywood.
12.
Anup's mother…she is? (7)
Clue : The above trick question has to be interpreted/translated
literally. But this singer is famous for her soprano style
singing for AR Rahman's "Chandralekha" number
for Maniratnam's "Thiruda Thiruda" (Chor Chor
in Hindi).
13.
Honey is not only her voice, but her name too (10)
Clue : Her name is also uttered in AR Rahman's
Hey Rabba song from the film Jeans.
14.
He has been spotted singing in Singapore (6)
Clue
: A famous Tamil singer who is married to another
famous singer, Harini.
15.
He was breathless after singing it! (7)
Clue
: I think this needs no further elaboration!
16.
"Slightly Open" ... jumble this and u end up
with a singer! (4)
Clue : This word also means 'king' in both hindi
and tamil.
17.
"Lift karna mushkil hai!" (5)
Clue
: Hindi for "Very tough to lift" - a poke
at this singer's weight!. This singer had also sung this
famous song with the word 'lift'!
18.
Radha, the MD = _______, the singer (8)
Clue : She's a star singer in Kollywood and has
sung many hit Bollywood numbers too eg. "Dole"
for Kareena Kapoor's first film with Jeetendra's son Tushar
- Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai. Recently, she and her husband
had composed music for a Tamil film too.
19.
Came in as a lightning, with the help of a Music Storm
(6)
Clue : This guy was also the Music Director for
'Rehna hai Tere Dil me' starring Madhavan and Diya Mirza.
The name of his first film - the songs were a massive
hit - means "lightning" in tamil and was remade
into the Madhavan-Diya Mirza starrer mentioned above.
20.
Dyeing was his job originally, but he was dying to sing.
(8)
Clue : This singer was originally a chemical engineer
who apart from his fantastic Tamil numbers sang the haunting
"Kaise yeh rut" number for Shankar-Ehsan-Loy's
"Dil Chahtha Hai" album.
21.
He was wrongly credited with "Vetri Kodi Kattu"
for the Rajnikanth starrer "Padayappa" (9)
Clue : His name is another name for Lord Krishna.
22.
Famous Bollywood music director of yesteryears (7)
Clue
: The first syllable of his name means "abhi"
in hindi
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