Gowry Lekshmi in ‘Suttum vizhi’, the first song from ‘Rathnamala’ series
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She talks about her new Carnatic series, ‘Rathnamala’, producing music in the midst of the pandemic and going candid about mental health
Gowry Lekshmi has been charting her own way in music. The playback singer-indie musician is now on a rewind mode, going back to where her music journey began: Carnatic. She has launched
Rathnamala, a Carnatic music series with ‘Suttum vizhi’, a poem by Subramania Bharati in praise of Kannamma, his beloved. “There has been several versions of the song and I have taken [singer] Bombay Jayashri’s. It is set in ambient pop genre, which has a peaceful and calming feel to it,” says Gowry.