Tharangini Records
Tharangini Records (currently Tharangni) is the music company founded by noted Indian Playback singer K. J. Yesudas in 1980 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was the first recording and distributing music label in Kerala from where Malayalam film songs on audio cassettes came out. Other than Malayalam, Tharangni also released songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, English, Malay, Arabic, Russian and Latin. Tharangni release albums under various labels, Tharangni (film songs), Tharangni or Ayaan (album/devotional songs), Bharath Sangeeth (Classical songs and Hindi albums), 9th Angel Records (Christian devotional songs), Diva Records, V Records & Entertainment, Amplify More, all licensed or incorporated under Dr. K. J. Yesudass Audio and Visuals Corporation Limited and Yesudass Media Private Limited.
| Tharangni | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Music |
| Genre | Various |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | K. J. Yesudas |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | K. J. Yesudas (director) Prabha Yesudas (director) Vijay Yesudas (director) Vinod Yesudas (director) Vishal Yesudas (director) |
| Services | Music record label |
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| Website | tharangni |
Tharangini cassettes popularise light music and mappila songs among the audiences. Light music albums like Vasantha Geethangal, Raaga Tharangini, Madhura Geethangal etc. which also includes festival albums like Ulsava Ganangal series, Ponnona Tharangini series and mappila songs' albums like Mylanchi Pattukal series, Jannatul Firdaus were huge popular. Shyama dharaniyil from the 1981 Malayalam movie Sanchari was the first recorded song in Tharangini studio, which was composed and sung by Yesudas. In December 1981, Tharangini released its first audio cassette, Classical Music Vol-1. The first filmi songs' audio cassette released by Tharangini was from the movie Chillu.