Mrs. Revathi Sankaran- Great talent and versatility

Recently I had a chance to go thorough video link of possibly some Tamil serial where in one of the scenes Mrs. Revathi Sankaran portrays a super duper performance of how Twinkle Twinkle songs can be sung in various Desi lstyles like classic Carnatic, Telugu, Malayalam , Punjabi etc and this is brilliant stuff and must see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmdAF4ihedM&NR=1


Thanks to a close Friend, I had the chance to meet her earlier on one or two occasions and was amazed at her versatility whether it be all forms of music, Carnatic, folk, light or other activities like cooking, health tips, literature, public speech, classical dances, dramas, movies, journalism, women's forums, leadership, Tamil proverbs, riddles, etc and the list is endless. But again she was so humble and pleasant and when somebody wanted to her to sing an old classic in a small informal gathering she sang a Banumathi classic in the same style without inhibition or even thinking for a minute.

Beyond all that I also came to know about the various charity activities in which she is actively contributing without any show of publicity or hype. Just to give an example she makes it a point to visit some of the old age homes without fail every month and the abandoned or orphaned elders consider the time spent with her as the most precious in that one month cycle. There was also a real life incident where due to her other commitments she missed one visit to one of these homes for a month and one of the old inmates who was disappointed with her absence that month unfortunately passed away before next month she kept on repeating Ms. Revathi's name in her final moments.


It's a pity that her great talent and versatility has not been fully utilized either by the big cinema or televesion channels or magazines except for few performances here and there, but she is very contended with life and continues to make people around her happy and joyous.


RK