Best of 1970s: Romance (Tamil)

Picking up where the '60s left off, romance continued to dominate Indian cinema—and the raw emotion of singers like S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki lent a fresh, new sound to South Indian music. With an industry having found its feet and the music still in its infancy, a slightly more propulsive style had risen from the embers of the previous decade, lending love songs a more modern sound. The romantic songs you'll hear on this playlist helped to put down roots for today's music.