Tharangini Records (currently Tharangni) is the music company founded by noted Indian Playback singer K. J. Yesudas in 1980 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
[3] Other than Malayalam, Tharangni also released songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, English, Malay, Arabic, Russian and Latin.
[7] Shyama dharaniyil from the 1981 Malayalam movie Sanchari was the first recorded song in Tharangini studio, which was composed and sung by Yesudas.
[5] In 1992 the office and studio were moved to Abhiramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu due to labor strike.
[13] Primarily established as the first recording and distributing music label in Kerala for Malayalam films, it has in its credit number of audio albums mainly associated with K. J. Yesudas.
[14] Composer Alleppey Ranganath joined Tharangini as staff music director and script scrutinising officer in 1981.
Now it continues to produce and present events of K. J. Yesudas both for film and Indian classical music concerts throughout the world.
Ennum chirikkunna, from the album composed by Raveendran, remains one of the greatest light songs of all time in Malayalam.
'Ganolsavam' contained Shraavana chandrika, penned by O. N. V. Kurup,[26] composed by Jerry Amaldev and rendered by Yesudas, "is one of the finest songs in Malayalam on night and its irresistible beauty".
[20] Composer Sharreth recalls his memories, “Growing up in Kollam, I used to wait impatiently for the latest Onam cassette from Tharangini.
Uthradapoonilave vaa, Ennum chirikkunna sooryante, Paayippaattaattil vallamkali and Oru nullu kaakkapoo were immortal songs in this collection.
[32][33][34] In 2023 Sreekumaran Thampi penned another song for Tharangini after long 31 years for Ponnona Thalam, an Onam single, composed by Salgin Kalappura and sung by Yesudas and Shweta Mohan.
[38][39] Mappila songs, including folk and devotional, were confined to certain Muslim pockets in the Malabar region, but with the arrival of V. M. Kutty and his female singing partner Valsala, these songs gained popularity, especially after Yesudas sung one of his numbers Samkritha Pamagari for the album 'Mylanchi Pattukal Vol.
Yahoodiyayile Oru Gramathil, written and composed by A. J. Joseph and sung by Yesudas remains one of the most popular Christian devotional songs.