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Chitra is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of K J Yesudas. Those roots explain a lot about how Chitra arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Karthik, Shankar Mahadevan, Naresh Iyer, Haricharan and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lata Mangeshkar, Herbie Hancock and Asha Bhosle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Chitra, reaching back through K J Yesudas and forward to Lata Mangeshkar. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning around five decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various Indian languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Awadhi, Marathi, Tulu, Badaga, Braj, Banjara, Urdu, Assamese, Gujarati, Manipuri and Sanskrit, as well as foreign languages such as Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, English and French.
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Chitra connections
Chitra grew out of K J Yesudas, shares an orbit with Karthik, Shankar Mahadevan, Naresh Iyer and Haricharan, went on to shape Lata Mangeshkar, Herbie Hancock and Asha Bhosle. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Artists similar to Chitra
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Chitra.
- Karthikartist
- Shankar Mahadevanartist
- Naresh Iyerartist
- Haricharanartist
- S.P. Balasubrahmanyamartist
- Srinivasartist
- Vijay Prakashartist
- Shreya Ghoshalartist
- S. Janakiartist
- Sadhana Sargamartist
- Javed Aliartist
- Kailash Kherartist
- Harish Raghavendraartist
- Shaanartist
- Sukhwinder Singhartist
- Kunal Ganjawalaartist
- Lata Mangeshkarartist
- Alka Yagnikartist
- Asha Bhosleartist
- Sunidhi Chauhanartist
- Mohit Chauhanartist
- Kumar Sanuartist
- Roop Kumar Rathodartist
- Kishore Kumarartist
- Mohammed Rafiartist
- Shilpa Raoartist
- Rashid Aliartist
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