Music directors like began experimenting with Western instruments—the drum kit, the bass guitar, and the Moog synthesizer—blending them with traditional Carnatic rhythms. The result was a unique "Tamil Disco" sound. Suddenly, village melodramas were replaced by nightclub settings. The heroine was no longer just a chaste, flower-wielding village girl; she was a modern woman in a sequined sari or a shiny mini-dress, dancing under a spinning mirror ball.
: Their daughter, Akshara, died when she was only four months old.
Some notable disco classics from Tamil cinema include:
