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Viji Subramaniam is an Indian film producer and distributor who has worked in the Tamil film industry. She is the daughter of the late film producer and distributor, K. Subramaniam. She is the managing director of the production and distribution company, Sri Thenandal Films.
Viji Subramaniam was born on 15 August, 1952 in Chennai, India. She completed her schooling from the prestigious Stella Maris College in Chennai. She then went on to pursue a degree in commerce from the University of Madras.
Viji Subramaniam has been involved in the Tamil film industry since the early 1980s. She has produced and distributed several successful films, including the blockbuster Mersal (2017). She has also been involved in the production of several other Tamil films, including the critically acclaimed Visaranai (2016).
Viji Subramaniam is currently married to film producer and distributor, S. Thanu. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter.
As of 2021, Viji Subramaniam's net worth is estimated to be around $20 million.
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Singer, composer |
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43 years old |
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Leo |
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15 August 1952 |
Birthday |
15 August |
Birthplace |
Madras, India |
Date of death |
February 9, 1995, |
Died Place |
Los Angeles, United States |
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India |
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Viji Subramaniam Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Viji Subramaniam's Husband?
Her husband is L. Subramaniam (m. ?–1995)
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L. Subramaniam (m. ?–1995) |
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Gingger Shankar, Bindu Subramaniam, Ambi Subramaniam, Dr Narayana Subramaniam |
Viji Subramaniam Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Viji Subramaniam worth at the age of 43 years old? Viji Subramaniam’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from India. We have estimated
Viji Subramaniam's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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With Subramaniam, Viji developed the idea of Global Music, which aims to reduce the dominance of Western music and bring out the importance of other music systems of the world – including Irish, Swedish, Danish, Chinese, African, Japanese and Iranian. It is written for a 100-piece orchestra.
She moved to Los Angeles after giving up her career to be a mother and wife. She died in February 1995 after long suffering from cancer. Part of one of her vocal performances appears in Violin from the Heart, a 2006 documentary film on L. Subramaniam by French director Jean Henri Meunier. She is survived by her four children: Gingger Shankar, Bindu Subramaniam, Dr.Narayana Subramaniam and Ambi Subramaniam. A Los Angeles-based violinist and composer of film soundtracks, Gingger has credited Viji's influence in providing her with a diverse musical background, saying: "We'd go to classical concerts and listen to rock music on the way back home. She was a very open-minded person and because of that I was able to soak up so much." Also musicians, Bindu and Ambi were among the featured performers at the 22nd staging of LGMF, held as a six-city Indian tour over December 2013 and January 2014.
In 1992 Vijayashree and Subramaniam launched the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival (LGMF) in memory of her father-in-law. Now an annual feature and held in various cities around the world, this festival brings together eminent Indian and international artists on the same stage. Among those who have performed at LGMF are Yehudi Menuhin, Bismillah Khan, Allah Rakha, Kishan Maharaj, Arve Tellefsen, Malavika Sarukkai and Christian Eggen, in addition to other musicians from countries including India, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the United States, China, Japan, Cuba, Senegal, Iran and Baluchistan.
Viji composed and sang on the soundtracks for two acclaimed films by Indian director Mira Nair: Salaam Bombay! (1988; winner of both the Cannes Film Festival Audience Award and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) and Mississippi Masala (1991), starring Sarita Choudhary and Denzel Washington.
Viji received a master's degree in music from the California Institute of the Arts. She met her husband, the noted Indian classical violinist L. Subramaniam, in London in 1974 while they were both participating in the Music Festival from India. The couple married in 1976, at a three-day ceremony held in Bombay.
Born Vijayashree Shankar in Madras, south India, Viji grew up in Bombay. A singer from an early age, she regularly accompanied her mother in concert, often playing tambura also. Among the prizes she received for her performances as a singer on radio and television, Viji won the All India Radio "President of India" medal in 1972. In his 1997 autobiography, Raga Mala, Shankar describes her voice as "sweet and lovely".
In addition to performing internationally with Lakshmi, she played tambura at some of Shankar's sitar recitals with tablist Alla Rakha during the early 1970s. In 1974, together with her aunt Kamala Chakravarty and Lakshmi, Viji joined Shankar's Music Festival from India, a revue sponsored by George Harrison. She also sang on the studio album Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India (1976), produced by Harrison and recorded at his English estate, Friar Park. Following the Music Festival's European concerts in September–October 1974, Viji was among the musicians and singers on Shankar's North American tour with Harrison at the end of that year.
Viji Subramaniam, also known as Viji Shankar, (15 August 1952 – 10 February 1995) was the daughter of noted North Indian singer Lakshmi Shankar and Rajendra Shankar, elder brother of sitarist Ravi Shankar. Like her mother and uncle, Viji was a musician and well-trained in both of the Indian classical systems.