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{{short description|Indian singer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nagapattinam Chandrashekharan Vasanthakokilam
| image = NCVasanthakokilam.jpg
| imagesize = 175px
| caption = Vasanthakokilam in the 1950 film ''[[Krishna Vijayam]]''
| birth_date = 1919
| birth_place = [[Irinjalakuda]], [[Cochin State]], British India
| birth_name = Kamakshi
| death_date = 7 November 1951 (aged 32)
| death_place = [[Gopalapuram, Chennai|Gopalapuram]], [[Madras State]], India
| othername =
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}}

'''Nagapattinam Chandrashekharan Vasanthakokilam''' (1919 – 7 November 1951) was a [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] singer and actress. Her work included the performances of [[kriti]]s by [[Tyagaraja]] and [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]] and in the years after [[Partition of India|Indian independence]], she helped popularise the famous mystic poet of Tamil Nadu, Kavi Yogi Maharishi Dr. [[Shuddhananda Bharati]]'s songs. She died of tuberculosis in 1951.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |date= 8 November 1951 |title= Death of Srimathi N.C. Vasanthakokilam}}</ref>

==Early life==

NCV was born as Kamakshi in [[Irinjalakkuda]], [[Cochin State]] of [[British India]], the present [[Kerala]]. Her family then shifted to [[Nagapattinam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/050118/from-meenakshi-in-nagai-to-vasanthakokilam-in-madras.html|title=From Meenakshi in Nagai to Vasanthakokilam in Madras|last=Guy|first=Randor|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=5 January 2018|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205182903/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/050118/from-meenakshi-in-nagai-to-vasanthakokilam-in-madras.html|archive-date=5 February 2018}}</ref> Her father, Chandrashekhara Iyer sent her under the tutelage of Nagapattinam 'Jalra' Gopala Iyer, an accompanist in Harikatha performances. In 1936, the family moved to Madras, where she started giving concerts. She won the first prize in vocal music at the [[Madras Music Academy]] annual conference of 1938, which was presided over by [[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]] and declared open by the Yuvaraja of Mysore.

==Her Music==

Her voice was melodious with perfect intonation, sruti, emotion, high-pitched and clear pronunciation of words. Her rendering of higher octaves and sruti were remarkably with effortless ease to bring off brigas. She sang plenty of Tamil songs. She was a regular performer at the festivals of the [[Tamil Isai Sangam]] in Madras and Nellai Sangeetha Sabha in [[Thirunelveli]].

She also performed for the Tyagaraja Aradhana each year between 1942 and 1951. NCV ranked among the top performers of the classical singer of that time and many records were released containing her classical and semi-classical songs. The famous [[Carnatic music]] vocalist [[Tiger Varadachariar]] had bestowed upon her the title "Madhurageetha Vani".

Some of her famous songs are:

* yen paLLi koNdeer ayyaa
* thanthai thaai irundhaal umakkindha
* nitiraiyil vandhu nenjil idam
* mahalakshmi jaganmatha
* aanandha nadanam aadinAL
* aasai koNdEn vaNdE
* thithikkum senthamizhaal dEsaabhimaanam enum
* andha naaL ini varumO
* varuvaanO vanakkuyilE
* aadu raattE
* saarasa dala nayana
* indha varam tharuvaan
* needayarada

===Film Songs===

She also sang the following songs for the Tamil film industry, which became very popular. The Tamil film songs are :
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Song
! Music
! Production Company
|-
| 1940
| [[Chandraguptha Chanakya]]
|
| [[Papanasam Sivan]]
| Trinity Theatres
|-
| 1940
| Venuganan
| 1. Punniya Dhinamindre Sri Kannan Pirandha Punniya Dhinam 2. Eppo Varuvaaro Endhan Kali Theera 3. Inbam Inbam Jagamengum
| [[G. Govindarajulu Naidu]]
| Jewel Pictures
|-
| 1942
| [[Gangavathar]]
| 1. Paanganacholai Alangkaaram 2. Kalaivaani AruL Purivaai 3. Aanandham ALavillaa Miga Anandham 4. Idhuvenna Vedhanai 5. Jaya Jaya Buvanapathe Paalaya Jaya Karunajalathe (See External links) 6.Aanandha Maaya Vaanulagidhe 7. Kaavin Manohara Kaatchiyin Maanbe
|
| Sundaram Sound Studios
|-
| 1944
| [[Haridas (1944 film)|Haridas]]
| 1. Kadhiravan Udhayam Kandu KamalangaL Mugam Malarum 2. Kannaa Vaa Mani Vannaa Vaa 3. Enadhu Manam Thulli ViLayaadudhe 4. Enadhu Uyir Naadhan Hrudhayam Nondhe Ennai Pirindhaan 5. Thottadharkkellaam Thappedutthaal (with [[M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar]])
| [[G. Ramanathan]]
| Royal Talkie Distributors
|-
| 1946
| [[Valmiki (1946 film)|Valmiki]]
| 1. Sundaraanandha Vaikundhaa Hare Mukundhaa 2. Puvi Meedhu Thava Gnaniye Uyar Pugazh Mevum Periyor Thanpaal 3. Poithavazhum Maayappuvi Vaazhvu
| [[Papanasam Sivan]]
| Central Studios
|-
| 1947
| Kundalakesi
|
| [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]] & [[G. Ramanathan]]
| KSS Pictures
|-
| 1950
| [[Krishna Vijayam]]
| 1. Navaneedha Kannane Radhaamoha 2. Karunanidhe Maadhava Nithya Kalyaana Guna Maadhava 3. Porumai Kadalaagiya Boomadhevi
| [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]] & [[C. S. Jayaraman]]
| Jupiter Pictures
|-
|}

* pozhudhu pularnthadhu yAm seidha thavathAl
* kuzhalOsai kEtkudhammA gOplakrishnan
* thanthai thaai irundhaal umakkindha
* nitthiraiyil vandhu nenjil idam

==Acting career==

Besides being a singer par excellence, NCV acted in movies. She started with [[Chandraguptha Chanakya]] (1940) playing the role of the princess Chaaya directed by C. K. Saachi in 1940. Followed by Venuganan (1940), [[Gangavathar]] (1942), [[Haridas (1944 film)|Haridas]] (1944), [[Valmiki (1946 film)|Valmiki]] (1946), Kundalakesi (1946) and [[Krishna Vijayam]] (1950). Today, not many of her [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] renditions are available as CDs or audio recordings and those which are available contain both cinema and Carnatic compositions, mostly from various concerts she had given in the past.

==Personal life==

Her personal life was an unhappy one. Her marriage had been a failure as her husband was not inclined to encourage her music pursuits.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |date= 8 November 1951 |title= Death of Srimathi N.C. Vasanthakokilam}}</ref> In later years, she found a life-partner in a lawyer turned film-maker, C. K. Sathasivan (known as C. K. Saachi) till her last days. She fell victim to a severe attack of [[tuberculosis]], and died in 1951 at her residence in [[Gopalapuram, Chennai|Gopalapuram]], Madras. She was only thirty-two years old at the time of her death and the classical music world lost a singer with a dulcet voice.

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite news|title=Flight of a Nightingale|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2008/11/28/stories/2008112850600300.htm|date=28 November 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=Sriram Venkatakrishnan}}
* {{cite news|title=Gangavathar 1942|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3387440.ece|date=5 May 2012|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=Randor Guy|author-link=Randor Guy}}
* [http://hamletram.blogspot.sg/2014/02/a-spring-in-memorythe-vasanthakokilam.html A SPRING IN MEMORY:THE VASANTHAKOKILAM CONNECTION Monday, 3 February 2014]

==External links==
* {{youtube|PhRwcbdjj2w|Jaya Jaya Bhuvanapathe}} - Song by NCV in the film [[Gangavathar]]

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