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    Baaba Maal

    Senegalese singer and guitarist (born 1953)

    Musical artist

    Baaba Maal (Fula: 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤦𞤢 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤, born 13 June 1953)[citation needed] is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.[1]

    Maal sings primarily in Pulaar[2] and promotes the traditions of the Pulaar-speaking people, who live on either side of the Senegal River in the ancient Senegalese kingdom of Futa Tooro.

    Early life and education

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    Maal was expected to follow in his father's footsteps and become a fisherman. However, under the influence of his lifelong friend and family gawlo, blind guitarist Mansour Seck, Maal devoted himself to learning music from his mother and his school's headmaster. He went on to study music at the university in Dakar before leaving to study musical notation in Paris. During this time, he stayed for three years in the French capital, where he took courses at the Conservatoire de Paris, had private tuition and was taken with Mozart.[3]

    Career

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    After returning to Senegal, Maal studied traditional music with Mansour

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    Maal

    2023 Tamil film

    Maal
    Directed byDinesh Kumaran
    Produced byShivaraj R
    Karthik MB
    Starring
    CinematographyShivaraj R
    Music byPathmayan Sivanatham

    Production
    company

    Kovai Film Mates

    Release date

    • 22 September 2023 (2023-09-22)
    CountryIndia
    LanguageTamil

    Maal is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Dinesh Kumaran and starring Asraf, VJ Pappu and Gowri Nandha in the lead roles. It was released on 22 September 2023.

    Cast

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    Production

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    Maal featured predominantly newcomers barring Gajaraj and Saikarthi, who had previously worked on Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017) and Jagame Thanthiram (2021). Actress Gowri Nandha, known for her role in Ayyappanum Koshiyum (2020), shot for the film in March 2021.[1] The film was shot in Coimbatore and Tanjore.[2]

    In September 2023 the OTT platform aha announced that the Tamil film Maal would premiere on the streaming platform on September 22.[3]

    Reception

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    The film was released on 22 September 2023 on the aha streaming platform. A critic from OTTPlay wrote "debutant director Dinesh Kumaran's Maal is an idea that's good on paper, but completely falters in its execution", adding that the film is

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