Kaber Vasuki interview: On the success of ‘Frangipani’ and why music is therapy

Trigger warning: this article contains material related to suicide and mental illness. Discretion is advised.

The energy is electrifying inside the small space at Coimbatore’s Medai — The Stage. Kaber Vasuki’s Frangipani Tour 2026 is running to packed houses and the intimate crowd headbangs and grooves as the independent musician presents his popular compositions such as ‘Poi’, ‘Mugamoodi’, and ‘Muthal Dum’. But when the lights dim and Kaber strums his guitar at centrestage and goes, “En friend-u peru Nila…” there is absolute silence.