Pick of the week: 1 Mar to 5 Aug 2006

[yvsmani]

ramki :
raaja illa raani endrum raani thaan pattu eppo POWil varum ?? (used to listen to this song every sunday in madurai radio station in 1992/93 if I am correct)
madhi :
neenga correct.

[balaji]

Ramki

One more song, if possible

'Indha Azhagu Deepam' MSV/UR from Thiramai (SG isaiyil)

Bala

[Neel D]

ingu irukkum is a lovely solo by UR. Never heard it before. Did not know there was movie with the title Edhir Kaatru. Keep them coming Ramki. Thanks.

[premananth]

hmmmm.....

intha pAtta kEttu romba nAl Achchu..... !

Puthu kavithai thanthai mu.mEthavin alzhagu konjum verigal......!

Eno ivarai IR epOthAvathu oru muraithAn kUppidugiraar, UR pOlavE.

I really love "Nee Paathi Naan Paathi Kanna" from kELadi kaNmaNi.

"Poobaalam Isaikkum" from Thooral Ninnu Pochu.... UR thavira vera yaarum avvaLavu memayaa paada mudiyaathu.. (Oru vELai VJ try panni irukkalaam)

[From Mars]

mmmm UR list ah :)
Ramki, I think there is only three songs in it.

another lovely song, 'oh unaalE naan peNnaanEn' from ennarukil nee irunthaal.

'indha azhaku theepam' is a good pick too. How many songs did she sing in MDs other than IR?

[rajeshkrv]

for other MD's

Deva

Yaaro azhaithadhu pol from sishya (with Hariharan)

vidhyasagar

Poothirukum vaname vaname from Pudhayal
with hariharan

[baroque]

I have never heard this song before!! Good song, I can't get enough of 'manjal veyil....' Nandu for the past two days, thanks to you Mr! What a tranquilizing effect she invokes with her sweet voice! I crave more for those IR songs!! Good old Raaja forever we love! vinatha

[baroque]

andhapurathil.....
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/s/movie_name.4342/

yenakku indha Ilayaraja venum, Ramki!! :D love, vinatha.

[Ramki]

Madhu, its by her.

Bala, I will definitely host one of your request

Naaz, will sure try, if not now definitely later.

FM:

Under SG's music

'nee paarkaame poriyee'
'poove unnai kattikoNdu poojai'
'malligai poovukku kalyanam'

SAR
'uyire urave'
'kaatru vandhu sandham solla'

Deva:
'podhum edutha janmame'

VS: vaasaki vaasuki

TR: thannanthani kaatukuLLe


baroque, do you need that song or do you need IR himself? :)

[Ramki]

Pick #303

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/sevvarali_bprg.rm

Song: sevvaraLi thottathile
Film: bhagavathypuram railwaygate
Singers : iLaiyaraja, Uma Ramanan
lyrics: Muthulingam?
Music: iLaiyaraja


This cute sweet rustic song is one of her 3 duets with IR.
'BPRG' had 3 different female singers singing for the heroine shankarabaranam Rajalakshmi.

SPS with DC - kaalai nera kaatre
UR with IR-sevvaraLi
BSS - thendral kaatrum anbu paatum

The film had a skinny lanky karthik playing the male lead. Doe eyed Rajalakshmi was not cut out to play glamorous heroine roles and this was very evident in this film. Even though she played a village belle role, the director dressed her in white nightgown (like Barathiraja heroines) in the song sequences. She looked uneasy and uncomfortable and so did the audience. I have not seen the film but have watched the songs.
I think she played heroine in only 2 other films 'kodeeswaran magaL' and 'archanai pookaL'.

[balaji]

Ramki

'Megham Karukkaiyele' , "Sevvarali Thottathile" are 2 IR-UR duets. Which is the other one?

Good song, thanks

Thanks for agreeing to host one of my request

Bala

[Ramki]

bala,

'nil nil nil badil sol sol' is her 3rd duet with IR

[Neel D]

Nice song with a lovely rural feel. A unique combination of voices. UR's voice and IR's voice are like the opposite poles.

Some solos by UR
alai alaiyAi pala AsaigaLE - Naalai Unathu Naal
manjaL kuLikkiRa pinju - Manasukketha Maharasa
annai madiyil kaN thiRanthu - ??

[RR]

FM:

Latest - kannum kannum thaan (thirupachi) for Mani sharma !

Neel,

Where do you get all these songs from? :P

[premananth]

Thanks for reminding this nice song Ramki.

If I'm not mistaken, Rajalakshmi sings this song along the Neer Odai with KaNdAngi Selai and Karthik wear white Vetti-Sattai (Karthikku KiLLa sathai irukkAthu).

- Memorable performance by her for the song Nee Varuvaai Ena from Sujatha.

Ramki,
Could you double check that Malligai Poovukku Kalyaanam ?
(you have listed the song by Uma Ramanan under SG music)

I'm sure that Malligai Poovukku KalyaaNam from Oor KAvalan by Vaani Jeyraam and MS Vasudevan.

If I'm wrong pls ingnore it.

[premananth]

Does UR sung VeLLi MaNi KiNNathile Nalla Nalla Santhanam thaan?

[premananth]

VeLLi Nilave VeLLi Nilave from Nanthava Theru is another gem by UR.

[jmahesh]

Thanks for the songs Ramki.My favourite of Uma Ramanan is 'Anandha Raagam' from paneer pushpangal.
few more UR songs under IR
1)'elelanguyile' from pandi naatu thangam
2)'thanniyele nananja idhu ' from keladi kanmani.I dont remember seeing it in the movie, only in cassette i think.
3)'muthamma muthammma'from thandhu vittaen ennai
4)'poothathadi saathi malli' from karuvelam pookal
5)'amudhae thamizhae' from koil pura
6)'kasthurimaane'from pudhumai penn

[jmahesh]

one more'onna paatha nerathile' from mallu vetti minor

[jmahesh]

& also 'chinnamani ponnumani' from the same film( sorry too many posts)

[rajeshkrv]

Another IR_UR duet is Aazham adhu aazham illa from Mudhal vasantham

[baroque]

[tscii:a7603be1b0]Aaha idhu namba country side romantic aasa Rasa!! :) Please host ‘thaazhampoovey kannurangu.....’ , ‘oororangum saamathiley....’ too if you can!

'baroque, do you need that song or do you need IR himself?'

Pattu dhaan linkley yerukkey, Ramki! What happened to his US tour?? No pechu no moochu :(

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[tvsankar]

Dear Ramki,
Thanks for the nice song!!!

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

[jmahesh]

rajesh , i think aarum adhu aazhamilla is not a duet, it comes in 2 versions sung by IR & UR , for chandrasekar( full version) and ramya krishnan( short version) respectively.
Just remembered another song'kottaya vittu' from chinna thayee

[balaji]

Thanks Ramki on the 3rd IR-UR duet

Rakkamma.com advise one more song
Nillaatha vennilaa nillu nillu rom AaanAzhagan

Are you aware of the song?

Bala

[Ramki]

Pick #304

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/undhanin_rk.rm

Song: undhanin paadal ennai
Film: raakaayi kovil
Singers : Uma Ramanan , Mano
lyrics: ?
Music: iLaiyaraja

(Bala I'm hosting both your requests today :) )

Most of UR's duets were with KJY.
Few with SPB . To my knowledge she has sung only 2-3 songs with MSV, couple with Mano and Arunmozhi
I dont think she had any duets with singers like Jayachandran, SNS etc

Todays pick is picturised on kasthoori and selva. I have no other details on this film.

Bala might??

[Ramki]

Pick #305

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/indha_t.rm

Song: indha azhagu deepam
Film: thiramai
Singers : Malaysia vasudevan, Uma Ramanan
lyrics: vairamuthu?
Music: shankar Ganesh

A lovely duet but im not sure why MV sings in a false voice. It gets quite irritating after a while. Those who have seen Umaramanans stage performance should have observed that she rarely smiles.
Her laughter in this song sounds very artificial :)

I have read thiramai was a good film. It had Revathi, raveendhar, sathyaraj, senthaamarai etc. Revathi comes as a drug addict? Or is it Raveendar?

[Ramki]

Bala thanks. Nope, Never heard that song before.

[Meerakrishna]

Ramki, there is a song 'kadhal mayakam azhagiya kangal tudikkum',(sorry I dont know tamil),very long back I heard this song, composed by IR and sung by UR and Jayachandran(his voice sounds like KJY ), movie 'pudumai penn', heard this song through MIO.

[Naaz]

Ramki -

Good duets this week! I had not heard Indha Azhagu Deepam in many years, now there's light in my memory! :D MVD konjam parody dhaan!
There was this film, the name of which escapes me, but it was the debut film of AV Ramanan, and that had two songs by UR, I think. Was it called Neerottam?

[balaji]

Ramki

Thanks for your kindness. You have made my day by hosting both my requests that too on the same day.

Undhanin Paadal has some excellent violin pieces that IR alone can create such Marvels. Thanks, thanks and thanks once again


Thirami I think had Raveendran as Drug addict and Sathyaraj comes as a major who corrects Revathi's family I think. Azhagu deepam is one fine song by SG. The duo used to surprise us and this song was one such

Thanks, Thanks
Bala

[balaji]

Naaz

I believe you referring to 'Kadhal Kadhal Kadhal..' I believe there was a title song on the same lines. SG was the MD and if I am not mistaken AVR acted as the hero. He did act in one more movie at the same time.

Thanks
Bala

[Neel D]

Nice songs. Thanks Ramki.

Isn't there another song where MV imitates CSJ? He also sang couple of songs in Surulirajan's voice. But his imitation of TMS, for Sivaji, did not quite hit the mark.

I have never heard the UR-Mano song before. Nice tune, but the instrumentation is so run-of-the-mill. And Mano even moans like SPB.

RR,

Here, there and everywhere :-)

[rajeshkrv]

meera,

kaadhal mayakkam was by PJ & sunandha

[From Mars]

thiramai was not bad at all. Both Revathi and Raveender come as drug additive in that movie.

NeelD. the other song is 'sondhangaLE sutrangalE sOgam' in 'aduthaathu albert'

since UR song list, here is my contribution :)

sandhana kumbaa udambilE (Mano) - ponvilangu
thanneerilE mugam kaatum (Mano) - maNi kuyil
poothu poothu kulunguthadi (SPB) - kumbakarai thangaiyaa
kaadhil kEtathu oru paatu - (MV) - anbE Odi vaa

there are more, but I can't re-collect it at all :)

[premananth]

Friends,

I think we all have missed another nie song of UR, duet with KJY - kaNNane nee vara kAthirunthen.... Movie ?

Ramki,

thanks for presenting these two songs. Really nice songs.

[RC]

MSV imitates CSJ in Sugaraagame en sugabOgame for Janakaraj - KanniRasi
Wasn't it SPB who sang konjam odhungu naan thaniya pesanum unnOda for SuruLi - Cant remember the movie name though!

[tvsankar]

Dear Ramki,

Undhanin padal ennai song - Nice one!! Idhu varai kettadhae ilai.Thank you !!

My spl thanks to Bala !!!!

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

[natha1729]

RC, it is not MSV it is MV, and it was indeed SPB who sang Konjum odhunga (v. popular in radia srilanka) this was a Sankar Ganesh song, and seems like Surali was one major inspirer for many many comedy songs from IR and SG.

[baroque]

indha azhagu deepam..... kind of nice and slow! Ramki, please host songs featuring Vasu too some day! I love Vasu's voice! He is very gracious and singararasam thadhumbum in his voice!

I have never heard of 'undhanin paadal....' before!
'chokkanukku vaacha...' is a very catchy song! nil nil .....paattu padava too, its been long I listened to it!

[RC]

natha1729: I meant MV and typed it as MSV and did not notice it until you said. Thanks!

[Neel D]

RC,

I was referring to these two songs where I thought MV imitates Surulirajan.

1)solla vekkamA irukku sokkammA naisA naisA ...
2)enggenggum kaNdEnammA peNgaL thanggatthil ...

[RR]

Neel D,

Glad you reminded 'engengum kandenamma'. Great spoofing of thengai by SPB. He was also too good in 'konjam othungu'.

Ramki, is there an imitation week coming on POW.. ? ;)

[jmahesh]

In addition to Kannirasi( sugabagame) I think MV 's another CSJ imitation song was 'ANANDHA THENKAATRU' ,with SPS , dont know name of film

[Ramki]

Thanks everyone :)

SPB in suruLi's voice

vaa machaan vaa
veettukku veedu
kaNNe kaNNaana kaNNaa

RR:)

[madhu]

In addition to Kannirasi( sugabagame) I think MV 's another CSJ imitation song was 'ANANDHA THENKAATRU' ,with SPS , dont know name of film

I think "ananda then katru" is from "manipur mamiyar"

[From Mars]

there is one more song by MV in CSJ voice.

'sondhangalE sutrangalE sOgam enna' in aduthaathu albert. The song comes in the BG.

other imitations by MV. singinaa singi adiyaam sirichaa nethi adiyaam in 'krishnan vandhaan'

[Ramki]

Pick #306

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/vizhigale_mj.rm

Song: vizhigaLe vizhigaLe
Film: maamiyargaL jakkiradhai
Singer : SPB
lyrics: vairamuthu
Music: Chandrabose

The 'Jakkiradhai' warning in the title might have scared people from stepping into the cinemas to watch the film, but dont let it stop you from listening to this sweet solo by SPB.
He beautifully brings out the fine nuances of VM's lyrics depicting the expectations of an expecting father.

'MJ" is a typical, old fashioned MIL-DIL tug off war story. It had Pushapalatha has the MIL and NaLini has the DIL. Raveendar was NaLinis jodi and todays song is picturised on him.

I sincerely hope this is a original tune of CB's :)

[jmahesh]

ellorum votu poda poiteengala?No responses for this song so far!I have not heard this song before .But anyway thanks for the song Ramki.

[balaji]

SPB arumaiyaga Paadi Irukkirar! (sila neram konjam Jaasthiyagave Izhukkirar --> Kavithai Punaiyngalllllll --> Ore Izhuvai). CB seldom experimented with either tune or interludes, so nothing much to say about them.

Soft song and nice one. I do not want to image Nalini doing a bharathanatiyam like steps for this song (which I think should be based on the music)

Thanks Ramki for the rare song, hearing it for the first time

Bala

[Ramki]

Thanks jMahesh, Balaji

[Ramki]

Pick #307

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/malligaiye_ms.rm

Song: malligaiye malligaiye
Film: maapiLLai Sir
Singer : SPB
lyrics: ?
Music: Shankar Ganesh

While Yesterdays dad sang about the joys of expecting a new baby, todays dad sings on the verge of his dreams getting shattered. His wife doesnt want to continue her pregnancy and wishes to abort the baby. The lyricist(cant recall his name definitely not vaali or VM) aptly writes

kattilile aLLithandhaaL
thottil vandhadhum thaLLi nindraaL
garpamenum vaasalaiye aeno thaiyavaL pootivaithaal

thandhai nenjin karpanaigaL
ellaam pagalin soppanangaL
endhan thevai un varavu
naaLai theriyum un mudivu


'MappiLLai sir' touted as the comeback film for yesteryear actress Jayanthi(does anyone even care?), had Visu, Sumithra, Mohan, Rekha etc. I watched the film on the day of its release(not a good decision but there is nothing else to do in CBE for a college student ).
The film also had another nice SPB solo
'maadi veetu sellakiLi'.
Other songs i remember
'daddy daddy sorry daddy' and
'pattu poovai thottu paarka'(SPB,chitra)

[balaji]

Very Melodious Song! Thanks

Indha padam vandha nyabagame illai. Eppadi thaan ungalukku ippadi oru nyabag shakthiyo! Great!!

Bala

[From Mars]

one more thing about that movie. Mohan had his own voice, which was one of the reasons for dismissal at Box office :)

[jmahesh]

I have seen this movie in Krishnaveni theatre Madras.I do not remember much of the story.I remember that Jayanthi is a rich lady and Visu thiruthufies her.My niece used to sing the 'daddy daddy sorry daddy' song and thats the reason I remmeber that song. I dont remember the other songs.

[narayanan]

Yes jmahesh, Jayanthi acts as Visu's wife. Rekha and one more person act as their daughters. Mohan was Rekha's lover I guess. I did'nt know this movie had songs :o

[RC]

That one more person's name is pournami, I think!

[Ramki]

bala :)

JMahesh, Yes Jayanthi plays the role of an annoying/controlling wife. Her daughter Rekha marries an automechanic(Mohan). The usual problem starts and the film has a typical visu film ending(Though it was directed by TPGajendran i think). Sumithra-Kishmu storyline is a seperate unnecessary track

[Ramki]

Pick #308

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/pon_mm.rm

Song: poNmaankuyil
Film: manasukkuL mathaapu
Singer : SPB
lyrics: S.A.Rajkumar
Music: S.A.Rajkumar

Naaz requested this song. He writes:

Manasukkul Maththaappoo was One Flew Over The
Kodaikanal Cuckoo's Nest. It first hibernated as
Thaalavattam (1986) in malayalam, and is currently
nestled as Kyon Ki in hindi.

In the tamizh version, Prabhu plays a psycho /
murderer brimming with such killer innocence and
mischief even the resident psychiatrist (Saranya)
wants to shore up all the cuteness to herself.
Pro-zapped like she's never been. You know it can't
end well.

-----------

Now that that's out of the way, let's just find
respite in this enchanting SPB solo. It's a song that
fills the heart with gentle spools of iridescence. I
apologise for the below-par recording, but things do
get tolerable after the first minute, and the light
takes a long time to fade.
SA Rajkumar displays some fine arrangements in the
interludes, and the song flits and ascends like a soap
bubble on a sunny meadow.

SPB makes it lush.

[madhu]

excellent

[narayanan]

One of the few SA.Rajkumar I liked in his discography. I love the tempo rise from the humming 'Ooo...Ponmankuyil Singaramai Vandhadudhe..', had a pretty nice prelude as well. 'Poonthendrale' was the other good song from the same album.

PS: Never knew Pick of the week featured 80s that I've heard of :). Should check back regularly then ;).

[SN23]

Ramki, one of the best songs of SPB is O Oh....ponmaankuyil. Classic rendition. Gundu Prabhu gudichu gudichu aaduvaar. Nalla rasikkalaam :-)

Its original ThalavOttam was by Mohanlal, Krithika (acted as Kamal's daughter in Nayagan) and Nedumudi Venu (as Senior doctor). Pathetic end of the story with mercy killing as the theme (??). Was it the same in Tamil version? Who acted in place of Venu? Sarathbabu???

Thanks for the nice song.

[narayanan]

SN23, dont think mercy killing was the theme for the Tamil version. I remember lastly Charanya become a lunatic after Prabhu's death wearing the same docket number.


Gundu Prabhu gudichu gudichu aaduvaar. Nalla rasikkalaam

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[tvsankar]

Nedumudi venu role ku SEndhamarai nu
ninaikaren.Theme mercy killing madhiri ninaivu illai.Mentally affected person ai diable aga matri(oru chinna operation seidhu) pin, avargalin part of the body ai sale pannuvar.Indha madhhiri story irupadhaga ninaivu,Drs patri oru bad impression and bayam - indha feelings ai kodutha oru film idhu - IN Tamil version!!!

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

[narayanan]

akka,
wasnt that Pulan Visaranai ? and it was based on that kidney racket around the same time.. I dont remember anything like that in this movie. What i remember is Prabhu is/acts like a lunatic after his lover's death. Charanya takes pity on him, falls for him. Senthamarai, the chief doctor i guess, tries to pull Charanya away from Prabhu. Finally Prabhu dies in some way. Charanya becomes a mad person seeing that.

[premananth]

Really nice collections.

Thanks Ramki.

I love oo.... ponmaangkuyil....

but i haven't watch the movie yet. feel want watch now. thanks friends for the review of the film.

[tvsankar]

Dear Narayanan,
Sendharamarai is a dr - Avar enna specailist enru theiryavilai.Anal avarudaiya gavanipil, mentally affected persons ellam irupanga.Anal sila patients ku ivar operation seivar.ADhan pin andha patient ellam oru madhiri positon il bed ridden aga avanga.Sometime later, avanga irandhu povanga.Ipppadi pogum indha story,.

Prabu vum ingae admit avar.Charanya avarai cure panna care eduthupar.Prabu vum cure ayundu varuvar.

Indha samayathil, Dr.Sendhamarai - Prabuvum indha operation ai seidhu, avarai invalid aga seidhu viduvar (Actualy indha scene parthu kalangi ponen.).Ippadi than enaku nyabagam .....

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

[balaji]

SAR peruimai pada vendiya padal. Just a handful in his painful long tenure(!)

SPB as usual sings very well.

Thanks, Ramki how did this get selected? It was a vey popular song those days

Bla

[Murali Srinivas]

Dear Narayanan, Usha

In Thalavattom, MLal suffering from mental imbalance (he happened to see his lover Lizzy getting electrocuted during a stage programmme) gets admitted in a hospital where Soman is the Chief and Karthika his daughter cum Doctor, attends to him.NVenu is another Dr. who is a family friend of MLal. Karthika slowly cures lal and in the process falls for him. Soman not accepting this relationship does an operation that immobilises Lal for the rest of his life. Venu unable to bear this does the mercy killing. Karthika now loses her mental imbalance and becomes a patient there. In Tamil also, the same treatment was there. It was Prabhu, Saranya as Dr, Lizzy as lover and Senthamarai was the chief. I don't remember the actor who did Venu's role. Otherwise everything was same.

Regards

[RC]

Murali: Sarath Babu did Venu's role!

[Naaz]

Ramki -

Thanks for featuring the song and the commentary! It is reassuring to know that my picks (few and far between) resonate so vividly with the participants in this thread. Adhu Podhum Enakku! :)

What happened to the SAR of this calibre? Swallowed up by "assembly-line" TFM mediocrity? That's the sad thing. But this solo is his crowning glory, and a reminder of the fine potential that was commercially squandered.

SPB...Eththanai Sringaaramaai Paadugiraar! Delicious!

Thanks again, Ramki.

[Nitya]

Coming to the song from "Maappillai Sir," I remember seeing this song on TV way back in 1999, when I was living at home with my family. I remember the song for Visu(?) stroking the hair of a doll on his lap. I figured this song was about a father's reminiscing over a lost daughter, as with the cuts of a cute little girl. I think that the cuts with Visu and the doll are especially effective in conveying pathos; just think about it, a grown man petting an inanimate object incapable of giving any affection in return.

[Nitya]

I second Naaz on his bit on SAR's talent being squandered by commercialism. I would even go insofar as to compare SA Rajkumar to Mallu composer Ouseppachan. Both started out in the mid 1980s, both started out giving songs very similar to IR's style, both gave us false hopes with their debut films, and both eventually caved in to commercialism and gave mostly superficially catchy songs.

[Naaz]

[Naaz]

Balaji -

If I may address your question:

"SAR Perumai Pada Vaendiya Paadal...just a handful...painful tenure (!)"

The answer to your "how was this selected" query is also within your post! :)

This solo is a "rare" example of SAR's excellence. Sure, it was popular around the time of the film's release. And given the forgettable output by the same MD in the later years, you must admit that Ponmaankuyil seems to be more and more of an (exceptional) abberration?

Popular songs can also showcase some "lost" creativity that deserves celebration in this thread!

:)

[Ramki]

Bala :)
If you been noticing, i always try to have atlease one 'known' song, if not more, per week. It kind of balances the selection and also makes the thread active(Look at the response for the first 2 selections of this week:) )

Next selection, hopefully, will be a rare song to most of us.

Coming to the storyline of MM, charanya will shoot senthamarai after he murders prabhu with his wild electrical plugs :)

[Ramki]

Pick #308

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/painthamizh_aot.rm

Song: painthamizhe vaa
Film: avaL oru thamizhachi
Singer : SPB
lyrics: ?
Music: M.S.Viswanathan

I might have said this many times before, but no harm in repeating :). Savithri and Saritha are 2 actress i admire for their
performances. They can handle any kind of role. Saritha must be the last heroine in TFM to have received performance oriented roles. Thanks to KB for exploiting her potential to the maximum extent. Not only she did good roles in tamil but also in telugu, malayalam and kannada too.
Like any good actor, she did overact sometimes but these instances were far and few.
After a fantastic debut in Marocharitra, KB and Saritha once again joined hands for another telugu venture 'kokilamma'.
She played a poor deaf girl who encourages her poor loverboy(Rajeev) to become a big singer. He does and he forgets her and marries a rich lady(Swapna). The storyline was kind of similar to aenipadigaL.
MSV came up with excellent songs and todays pick is one good one.

You can listent to the telugu version here:

http://www.telugubiz.net/songs/search.php?do=list.tracks&col=al.id&val=571&sort=al

(The link says iLaiyaraja which is incorrect)

[rajdes]

CB, S-G, SAR - seeing the sequence, I assumed Sampath-Chelvan would be next. You broke it with MSV :-)

[jmahesh]

Personally I liked SAR's chinna poove song from chinna poove mella pesu than manasukkul mathapoo. In fact it was the same team , isnt it which made both films isnt it?
In manasukkul mathapoo Suhasini was supposed to do Saranya's role & even papers carried ads with her pictures.
I have seen 'aval oru thamizhachi' in maris fort in Trichy.I remember the climax after Rajeev ditches Saritha ,she continues to carry on with her life by sticking cinema posters with the help of another disabled woman.(?blind)
I also remember the review in kumudham or vikatan which said 'ippadi appatamaana thelungu padathukku poi 'aval oru thamizhachi' endru KB per vaithirikiraar.
( this comment was due to the Telugu writings/posters that are seen thru out the movie)

[balaji]

Ramki
Thanks for the AOT song, never heard this!

SPB tries to give life to otherwise often-repeated tune by the Maestro MSV.

Naaz, thanks for the comments..

how about a rare song of SPB by Chakravarthi/KVM/Sathyam/Ramesh Naidu? (the satlwarts of Telugu film songs of the 70s and early 80s, who in spite being very popular in Telugu could hardly make a dent in Tamil)

But one thing is true, your selections have been marvellous!
Bala

[balaji]

one small addendum:
I added KVM not to discredit his contribution to Tamil film in 50s/60s, but to just make a point that he was a super-star MD in 70s and early 80s, while in Tamil he was more a also-ran. However we cannot forget Enipadigal, Pallandhu Vazha, Kadhal Kiligal etc..

Bala

[Naaz]

balaji -

You approve, and I am reassured! :)

I recall that a PS/SPB duet for Satyam was featured in this thread a few months ago? "Thodangum Thodarum Puthu Uravu." (Mudisoodaa Mannan) A charming composition. Alas, my collection of songs has very few "dubbing" ditties - which is where we usually found Satyam, Chakravarthi, Ramesh Naidu...Talking of which, it would great to hear the serene PS solo from Pennukku Yaar Kaaval (MD: RN) "Kanne Kannaana Kannaa Ponnae..." which had an inspired interjection of "suvi aahaa suvi" I remember this solo fondly, although it is centuries since I heard it!
The film starred Jaya Chitra, and was a remake of the Telugu hit, Chillarakottu Chittamma. Ramki, can you send out those legendary (and resourceful) tentacles soon? :)

[balaji]

Naaz

Thanks for reminding that song. However if I recollect correctly that song is by SJ not PS. PS did have a solo in that movie but cannot recollect that.

Thanks fore reminding a rare jem

Bala

[madhu]

Naaz

Thanks for reminding that song. However if I recollect correctly that song is by SJ not PS. PS did have a solo in that movie but cannot recollect that.

Thanks fore reminding a rare jem

Bala

Hi balaji

the PS solo from "pennukku yar kaval" is
"ullathil idam kodutha thirumagane
illathai alangarukkum thirumagale"

[balaji]

Thanks Madhu for the advise

Indha 79-85 periodla vandha Non-IR/Non-MSV/NON-SG padalgal poda pudiyumma?

Chakravarthi isayil 'Kootathe Kizikoodu' Tamil version had some songs that used to be played frequently those days when Vaidehi K and UNSandithen were superhits.

If possible, thanks
Bala

[madhu]

balaji !

"katrathe kiLikoodu" was remade in tamil as "oonjaladum uravugaL"

[Ramki]

rajdes :)

JMahesh thanks for sharing your memories on AOT. KB , sometimes, had a unique taste in chosing titles.

Bala, Naaz:
I will keep an eye on these MD's songs. I feel guilty for not featuring many KVM songs in POW.
I have been looking for 'oonjaladum uravugaL' songs for a while and also 'uLLathil oru oonjal' from 'koteeswaran magaL'

[Ramki]

Pick #309

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/bharathikku_s.rm

Song: bharathikku oru kaNNama
Film: Shankari
Singers : Swarna, Rajkumar Bharathi
lyrics: vaali
Music: VKumar


Thanks to NeelD for sharing this sweet melody. RB's sound very pleasant in this song and it was my favorite when it used to play in the radio.
I think 'shankari' was released in early 80's and VKumar was then working in very few films. The film had this good song and couple of PS solos(I will host them later). Saritha and shankar(i think) were the lead actors in shankari. I remember reading the review of this film but do not remember the details.

What was the last film by VK? Meendum Mahaan?

[balaji]

Thanks Madhu

Ramki, nice melody (however VK has repeated his interludes from his other songs, with the beginning score sounding more like the Kaalam enakku thozhan, his one of the best numbers)

However mundane lyrics by Vaali

VK we all know respected PS. But one incident I read somewhere that VK made some harsh comments that PS could not sing the way he had expected her to do, and PS cried. This happened in 79/80 not sure for which song/film...



Thanks
Bala

[premananth]

Hi friends,

Warm Greetings....!

AOT story like "Pattam Poochi" and just a small different is the heroine was not blind. Kamal and Jeyachitra have done good job.

Ramki, I love "ethanai Malargal Thaavum pattam poochi" from the movie Pattam Pochi. Really touched duet by TMS and SJ. Who is the MD? Chakravarthi?!

Ramki Sir, Vaaippu irunthaal thayavu seythu antha paadalai host seiyavum.

Barathikku Oru Kannamma - romba nalla, alzhagaana varigal konda paadal. Ninaivoottiyatharku Nandri.
Swarna - VK-yin manaivi enbathu uNmaiya?

[madhu]

Hi Premananth

yes .. swarna is wife of MD V.Kumar.

[premananth]

Thanks madhu.....!

[Naaz]

balaji -

Thanks for the correction. I was about to add an interrogation in paranthesis after PS(?), but thought better of it! These days 3 out of 4 is the best I can do - and I settle for it, happily! :)
One of my favourites by PS for RN in Telugu is Aakulo Aakunai. But that will never be heard here! :cry:

Ramki -

Your best works for me! :)

About KVM, there is this VJ/SPB duet from "dubbing" padam, and perhaps one of the few "dubbing" padam songs that I hum every so often: Inniraasulu Iniki (Raasiyo Nalla Raasi) - Raashi in Telugu and Raasi in Tamizh - beautifully composed by KVM and sung with great sincerity by the leads. Ramki? :)

[Ramki]

Premananth..i will soon.

Naaz, Raasi is the name of the film?Or it is the song title?

[Ramki]

Pick #310

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/thum_mb.rm

Song: thumthanathanathum
Film: Maya Bazaar 1995
Singer : Jolly Abraham
lyrics: vaali ?
Music: iLaiyaraja

Strange are the ways of our MDs. They neglect some singers when they are in their prime. What makes them remember these singers after decades will be a unsolved mystery. JA was one such singer.
He vanished from TFM for nearly 10-15 years and then IR gave him not one but 2 songs. The first one is todays pick and the second is 'oru chinna mani kuyilu' from kattapanchayathu.
Both were good melodies but both did not become big hits. JA vanished again . Will he resurface again? Chances are slim but who knows.

Maya bazaar 1995 was a stupid film. The film , inspired from Patrick Swayze's 'Ghost' with the roles reversed, had oorvasi and Ramki. I remember only one more song
'muthu muthu poongodi'(Chitra, Mano)

[balaji]

Ramki

Nalla padal. Chithra's short version was good too.

Oru Oorile Oru rajaKumaran (by old SJ) was also there I think..

Naaz

Neenga "isaikku oru Koil" padalai patri pesavillaiye? Adhu prablamana pattu ache. Hopefully there is an other song

Bala

[From Mars]

Ramki,

I thought 'enakOr needhi' was last film by VK. I'm not sure, I was told that MD was Kumar at that time. The only song that I remember is 'kaNNeeraalE vithiyin kaikaL ezhuthum kOlam' by KJY. Ofcourse I might be wrong too :)

[premananth]

Unggal Muyarchikku Nandri Ramki Sir....!

Oru Chinna Manikkuyilu from Kattapanchayathu is by JA?! Naan Arunmolzhi Endrallava Nenachen? Anyhow thanks for the information.

Avar kural konjam maarithaan pochu!

[RC]

I too was under the impression that oru chinna manikuyilu is by Arunmozhi & Bava!

[Nitya]

Considering the quality of so many other mid-90s Ilayaraja tunes, I didn't think that "Thumthanathanathum" would be anything worth listening to. How wrong I was! What a melodious piece of Mohanam (albeit not pure Mohanam).

[Naaz]

Ramki -

Guess it must be Isaikku Oru Kovil. I think in Telugu it was Sruthilayalu?

balaji -

Before you correct my own lyrics :) let me say that I got the first line wrong (tamizh version) Endrumae Nalla Raasi. Was this a prabalamaana paadal? When I think popular (or populist?) I think of songs like Ponnmeni Urugudhae, Nila Kaayudhu, Oram Po Oram Popular sort of songs...I somehow think IRs (dubbing) Keeravaani Iravilae, Kanavilae Paadavaa Nee had more air-time than the duet from IOK.

Request...
If you find this lovely (rare? lost?) duet by SJ/PJC (?) for Chandrabose, please feature it some day: Odaiyil Naan Nalla Odai, Olinjirukkum Poonjchola from Rajaaththii Rojaakkili. Among the best by CB...

[narayanan]

I too thought 'Oru Chinna Mani kuyilu' from 'Kattapanjayathu' was by Arunmozhi. Jolly Abraham's voice sounds pretty soft to that one :roll:

Hearing this name, I am reminded of a singer who sang 'Surangani'. Who was he ?

Never knew such a song existed in Maya Bazaar 1995 :shock: thanks for the song Ramki.

[jmahesh]

I have seen this movie as well! :) It had Urvasi & Ramki in double roles.
Urvasi acted as daughter of Visu who is a rich man.Urvasi though grown up would have the mental status of a child .( as usual)Visu tries hard to get her married and finally gets her married to Ramki who is his manager and good hearted.Visu dies soon after.After the marriage its known that Ramki is actually a bad man & he kills Urvasi.NowUrvasi the ghost meets another Urvasi who is a dubakur billi suniyam lady.With this Urvasi's help pazhi vangum padalam is achieved.In the climax it is known that the first Ramki( good one) is actually locked up in a paathala room by the second one and it is this 2nd one who had actually killed Urvasi.For the 2nd Ramki Swarna was the jodi. I remember there was a song for this jodi in a swimming pool.
I had today's pick song in my collection along with the chinna manikuyilu song.The negative aspect in the latter song was Bhavatharini's voice.

[balaji]

Naaz

Good one. Naan Prabalamnu solradhu, radiovil konjam frequenta vandha padalgalai. This song was played frequently when the K.Vishwanath/KVM dubbbing movie was released. Athai than sonnen. Thinking again, may be prabalam may not be the apt word for this song. Ramki, adhu arumaiyana padal. Mudinthal KVM-in 80/90 padalgalai mudinthal podungal. "kadahal kiligal" oru arumaiyana Album.

Ungalai correct panna medam endru thaan ninaithen anal mudiyavillai. 'Odaiyil ..' is by KJY/SJ. Sorry for correcting.

Bala

[rajeshkrv]

oru chinna manikuyilu is by JA

Arunmozhi had Venduna vendum varam from the same movie (with minmini)

[jn]

ramki: good song by JA. You are right. Can't get why he was not used by MDs.

[Ramki]

Bala i have not listened to chitras version.

FM neenga sonna correctaa thaan irukkum :)

Naaz 'sri gananaadha' song from isaikkoru kovil was already featured in POW.

Narayanan, i too think 'surangani' is by JA.

jMahesh, swimming pool songthaan 'muthu muthu poongodi' :)

Thanks jn

[Ramki]

Pick #311

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/malar_vd.rm

Song: malargaLin raaja
Film: vaLLi deivanai
Singers : Mallika, Dhanasekar
lyrics: ?
Music: Thyagarajan

This week i chose to focus on singers who never made big in TFM.
Todays pick has a catchy tune, fresh voices,decent interludes and was aired frequently. As far as i know, and to my total puzzlement, this is the only song by these two singers. Mallikas voice sounds close to BSSasirekha's but slightly better.
Dhanasekar has a soft voice and with proper training and encouragement could have made it big.
I wonder what these one time wonders are doing now?Alive? singing chorus?

Who are the actors in 'vaLLi deivanai'? Are there other good songs in VaLLidev?

[RC]

Ramki: Thanks for today's pick. I'm hearing this one after a very long time. Dhanasekar's voice in some places resembles A.M. Raja. Excellent Pick! My son liked this song and wanted me to play it over and over! :)

[balaji]

Nalla Song Ramki

This song Radio vil adikadi varum oru galathil

Nandri

Bala

[RC]

Isnt Suraangani sung by Ceylone Manohar - the villain actor with parattai thalai?

[Neel D]

Ramki,

There is at least one other song by Dhanasekar that I know of. It is a duet with VJ. It is a cute song and will remind you of malargaLin rAjA. The song is "Asai thuNaiyE azagu chilaiyE" from the film Pallavi Illaatha Paadal.

Speaking of singers who did not make it big, the song "Oorvasi Menagai" by BSS that was featured few months ago is from the film Vallavan Varugiraan.

[premananth]

Thanks Ramki for the song.

However, I don’t think “malargaLin rAjA" is a rare song. It easily can get in CDs and frequently plays in Minnal.fm.Kuala Lumpur.

The full name of MD is N.S.Thiagarajan. Ravichandran and Pramila are leads of "vaLLi Theivaanai, which released in 1973.

I have read that both of the singers are blind. Unmaiya Theriyavillai.
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[premananth]

Sorry for miss this in above message.

"PoothirunthEn KaathirunthEn KulamagaL Pole" is another nice Solo by P.Susila.

Pramila acted in duel role in VT. They are the vaLLi and theivAnai.

[Naaz]

balaji -

One request: please imagine a ? after all the details (Film/MD/Singers/Lyricists) whenever I mention them in my posts. I really appreciate the corrections, and urge you not to stop!

Ramki -

I remember Sri Gananaatham quite well. Yes, it was one of your early POTW picks. Greatness all over.
Malargalin Rajaa is a real find, with or without Minnal (I have not tuned in to this station for a few years now!) And, for a change, I heard the tune as soon as I read the two words on the homepage link! :) Thanks!

[premananth]

Friends,

I have just checked the album and there are two more songs.

all over in vaLLi theivAnai:
1) malargaLin rAjA alzhagiya rojA by Danasekar & Malliga
2) Poothirunthu Kaathirunthen KulamagaL Pole by P.Susila
3) athu athu athu by TMS & PS
4) manggala peNNe anggayarkaNNi by L.R.Eswary

All are nice melodies!

[madhu]

Hi Ramki..

Mallika and Dhanasekar sang one more song in "samarpaNam"

the song goes like "thandhaikku oru piRavi thAyarukkO iru piRavi
piRandhEn mudhal piRavi.. kaNNa unnai petReduthEn maRu piRavi"

I think the MD is again.. same Mr.Thyagarajan :P

[Ramki]

RC, unga sonkku nalla taste :)

NeelD, Madhu thanks for mentioning other songs by these singers.

Premananth, I'm glad to see this song is commonly available in CD's. Thanks for listing all other songs from vallidevyanai. Do you have that Cd with you?

[Ramki]

Pick #312 & 313

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/pillai_omp.rm
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/thedum_omp.rm

Songs: piLLai manam/thedum en kaadhal
Film: oru malarin payanam
Singers : Vani Jairam - Rajseetharaman, T.L.Thyagarajan
lyrics: Mu. Mehta
Music: Chandrabose

OMP is one of the rare album with songs by relatively unknown singers. RS and TLT did not get to sing many songs in TFM.
Rajseetharaman rose to fame with 'mella mella' from vazhkai.
The other good song by RS is 'mansukkuL utkarndhu' from .
I have no details on other songs by TLThyagarajan.

After Sirai, few of Anuradha Ramanans story made into movies. OMP is one of them. The film had Lakshmi, Sulakshana, Oorvasi, MuraLi etc and i think it was directed by Mukta Srinivasan.
The film had one more good solo by VJ . Im sure Neel or Naaz will know what the song is.

BTW thanks to NeelD for keep sending these rare songs.

[premananth]

Ramki Sir,

I have the CD but I don't know how to send it to POW. All are nice gems.

Madhu, the samarpanam song's lyrics are very nice and meaningfull. Is there any chance to listen it?

Thanks for the info Madhu.

First time I listen OMP songs.

[premananth]

Madhu,

You are right. N.S. Thiyagarajan is the MD for Samarppanam.

VaLLi Theivaanai and Samarpanam were under same banner, producer, director.

VT in 1973 and SamarpaNam was in 1974.

Friends nobody answer my question that Is that true Danasekar & Mallika are blinds.

[jmahesh]

Thanks for the songs Ramki.
OMP was directed by Muktha srinivasan's son, i think his name was Sundar.
By any chance, is TL Thiagarajan brother of TL Maharajan.?
Manasukkul utkarndhu was from Kalyana Agadhigal, isnt it?

[Naaz]

Ramki -

Nice picks! Now that I've been put on the spot, I guess I must answer the question: VJ solo from OMP is Thanthana Thanthana Thaalaththilae Ival Saththangal Podugiraal. I've always found VJs pronunciation of "Manam" (in any song) to be lovely. Among the male leads, TLT wins this round. Thaedum En Kaadhal Penn Paavai is one of CBs better kaadhora geethaanjalis :) Glad to hear these songs after decade plus...Great going!

Aduththadhu, Thalaiyai Kuniyum Thaamaraiyo? :P

[madhu]

Thanks for the songs Ramki.
OMP was directed by Muktha srinivasan's son, i think his name was Sundar.
By any chance, is TL Thiagarajan brother of TL Maharajan.?
Manasukkul utkarndhu was from Kalyana Agadhigal, isnt it?

HI

I think TL Maharajan is the son of singer Trichy Loganathan.
and also the elder brother of Deepan chakravarthy. isnt it ?

[From Mars]

TL.Thiyagarajan? :) He sang 'amutha mazhai pozhiyum muzhu nilavilE' in 'pombaLa manasu'. This was the popular song in Late 80's. :)

[rajeshkrv]

NEya ennai pArthavan by PS is another b'ful solo from OMP

[RC]

Madhu,
You are right! TL Maharajan, TLThyagarajan, Deepan Chakravarthy are brothers and they are Trichy Loganathan's sons. My dad used to be in touch with Thyagarajan few years ago.

I believe he sang punnagai puriyaadha kaadhalai solla vaarthai illai with Lalitha Sagari - MD ChandraBose

[From Mars]

RC, I thought KJY sang punnagai puriyaathaa :)

[RC]

FM: I think you are right! It should be someother song then!

[RR]

Hi all, Ramki is busy and asked me to takeover for a while.. So pls welcome your interim DJ and continue to give your support. :) If you have rare songs to feature, you can send them to k.rajaraman AT yahoo.com .

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Pick #314

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/azhagaana_aov.rm
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Songs: azhagaana pookkal
Film: anbe Odi vaa
Singer : SPB
lyrics: VM
Music: IR


What can I say.. this is one of the perfect compositions in which singing, tune, interludes and lyrics all excel. I can listen to it over and over again and never get bored. Real treat!

There's an SJ version of this song, and it was featured as Pick #109

http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=120095#120095

About the movie,

The mikes, Mohan and Murali, are the 2 heroes who benefitted the most from IR' s songs. Even their worst movies had best songs.
AOV is one such bad film. The film had Mohan, urvasi , Raasi etc. Only the songs are memorable.
The joyful 'azhagaana pookaL' (SPB's version of todays pick)
the soulful 'jodi nadhigaL'(SPB) and the romantic duets
'kaadhil kettadhu'(MV,UR) and 'idazhil amudham'(KJY,VJ) are all musical treats.

[From Mars]

RR :) oru paadavathi eduthu udunga :)

[RR]

FM It's your area of specialization, isn't it? ;) Why don't you send me one..

[Nakeeran]

Nice song RR. SPB's voice matching well for Mohan. balu will be very casual in this song .
I have also heard the same song through SJ also

[RR]

Pick #315

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Song: maalai vanna maalai
Film: ThiruvaruL
Singer: PS
Lyrics: Kannadhasan
MD: Kunnakkudi vaidyanathan

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/maalai_t.rm

I think kunnakkudi is one of the most successful MD's who crossed-over from pure canatic to films. I like many of his filmy tunes (well.. excluding songs like 'kottaambattai roattile' :lol: ). Several of them were lilting - especially the very light classical numbers. Here's one such from ThiruvaruL. It happens to be PS' personal favorite under Kunnakkudi's music.

On the movie, I saw it but only remember AVm Rajan starred in it :( I hope NOV or someone will throw more light?

Other popular songs in this movie are: kanthan kaaladiyai vanginaal, kandukonden, ulagangal yaavum - all 3 by TMS.

[Nakeeran]

RR

I recollect seeing JAYA a telugu actress playing wife of AVMR who also sang Radhayin nenjamay ( Kil there HIndi lift ) in another movie.

Kunnakudi's most famous will be Marudhamalai mamaniyay from Deivam!

Also, I love Paal pongum paruvam , a song during which he plays around with swarajathi !

[umaramesh]

Ramki Avargale pattu down load aaga villaye.

ramesh

[RR]

Ramki Avargale pattu down load aaga villaye.

ramesh
pl try now.

Thanks Nakkeeran!

[premananth]

RR,

artputhamaana paadalai host panni irukkeengga....! romba Thanks.

Friends.....read the lyrics of the song while listen it. arthamaana varigal

maalai vaNNa maalai
intha ulagaththil aayiram maalai

maalai vaNNa maalai
intha ulagaththil aayiram maalai
maalai ulagaththil aayiram maalai

thiruniRai selvikku thirumaNa maalai
thiruniRai selvikku thirumaNa maalai
dhEvargaL saatciyil manggala maalai
dhEvargaL saatciyil manggala maalai
dhEvargaL saatciyil manggala maalai

maalai vaNNa maalai
intha ulagaththil aayiram maalai
maalai ulagaththil aayiram maalai

aayiram pon peRum arut paa maalai
aaNdavan adiyaarkku jaba maNi maalai
aayiram pon peRum arut paa maalai
aaNdavan adiyaarkku jaba maNi maalai
kavinjargaL sUdum kavi maNi maalai
kavinjargaL sUdum kavi maNi maalai
kaadhalar kUdida dhinam varum maalai
kaadhalar kUdida dhinam varum maalai
antha maalai ..anthi maalai

maalai vaNNa maalai
intha ulagaththil aayiram maalai
maalai ulagaththil aayiram maalai

kalai magaL tharuvadhu kalvi maalai
thiru magaL tharuvadhu selva maalai
kalai magaL tharuvadhu kalvi maalai
thiru magaL tharuvadhu selva maalai
aRumugan sonnadhu praNava maalai
aRumugan sonnadhu praNava maalai
adhu thaan avanadhu thiruvaruL maalai
adhu thaan avanadhu thiruvaruL maalai
adhu thaan muruganin thiruvaruL maalai

maalai vaNNa maalai
intha ulagaththil aayiram maalai
maalai ulagaththil aayiram maalai


Aha.... enthanai mAlaigal.... Kaviyarase
Nee paadinaai paamAlai
varaintha
un kaigalukku
thodukkirom poomAlai...!

RR,
PS also sang another unarchimayamaana paadal - Thanggam Perithendru Ninainthen Muruga...

"sAraththilum sAram niRainthathu samsAram
thArathirkke kaNavan thAne AthAram"

ThuNavan & Theivam vetrikkup piRagu, MMAC Thevar eduthu, marutha malaiyAn pugalzh paadum innoru padam.

Thevarum vAriyaaum special appearence koduthirunthaargal.

AVMR, nAgesh, Jeya, Sugumaari (panathaasai piditha maamiyaar), are the leads of Thiruvarul.

intha paadalgalai ketka vendum namakku Thiruvarul.

[NOV]

RR, Premananth has given most info. :)

I was barely a teenager when I watched this film and was totally moved by it. We had an audio shop then and this was one the few runaway hit albums. Thiruvarul came a couple of years after the successful Deivam, produced by the same Dhandayudhapani Films with the direction by (Devar’s son-in-law) Thiyagarajan. Dramatic AVM Rajan was paired with Jaya and one more actor I distinctly remember is Major Sundarrajan. Jaya sings this POW in front of a temple, as a flower girl. The movie relates the story of the building of Devar’s asthaana kOvil at Marudha Malai. Songs in the movie:

Maalai vanna maalai - PS
Engum niraindhirukkum engal gurusaami – TMS
Ulagangal yaavum un arasaangamE – TMS (Bharadwaj used the beginning music for one of his songs – guess!)
Malaigalil sirandha malai Marudha malai – Sirghaazhiyaar
Kandhan kaaladiyai vananginaan – TMS
Thangam perithendru – TMS
Marudha malaikku neenga vandhu paarunga – TMS
Kandukonden kandukonden – TMS (now you know which song inspired the Aiswariya starrer!)

Great songs!
Hats of to Kunnakudiyaar :notworthy:

[jn]

Welcome RR.
So ... Can we expect a super paadaavadhi sent by FM soon? :)
Most of the movies by KV as MD were devotional esp on murugan. dhirushti kazhippu pOla kottaampatti rOattile.. :(
Today's pow is a good one with good lyrics. PS sings it with ease.

[From Mars]

jn :)

no paadavathis, I'm nothing to do with paadavathis. My collections are gone with wind :)

I like 'kaNdukoNdEn naan...' TMS kalakalaa paadiyirupaar, aanaa ithu ellam rare song ah :)

[rajeshkrv]

class song ramki thanks

thangam perindhendru is a solo by PS Not TMS

[premananth]

Thanks NOV and Rajesh.

As we know, Kunnakkudi Vaithiyanaathan and Poovai Senguttuvan were debut to the film industry by the album music, "thiruparam kundrathil" - kanthan karuNai.

"malaigaLil siRantha malai marutha malai" lyrics and mettu similar to Soolamanggalam Sister's album -
"mAthA piRantha malai imaya malai - vanthu
magan viLaiyaadum malai maruthamalai
AhA ithaRkku minji malaiyum illai - piLLai
avanukku minji piRakkavillai"

nallathoru medai kacheri paadal for AVMR and Jaya's wedding.

[VasumathiRenga]

Regarding Dhanashekar and Mallika: Dhanashekar is a doctor by profession; tried his luck with film music. This song MalargaLin Raja was a major hit. (Late) Sasikumar and Stage actress M.Bhanumathi acted for this song. Very youthful and different voices. I remember Prameela acted in dual role with Ravichandran as her hero. 3-week run in theatre Paragon (Opp. Children's Theatre/KalaivaaNar Arangam).

Dhanashekar and Mallika had sung another duet from the film Thalaattu, starting with "thandhaikkO oru piravi thaayarukkO iru piravi". This film was acted by one Pandiyan (not Bharathiraja's) and (Late) Vijayashree (acted in Babu with Sivaji). This is also a decent pattu. Released in Wellington theatre.

***

If I remember correct, GK venkatesh has sung a folk sort of duet with L.R.Eswai in Thendral Veesum. Not sure of starting line... enna maamaa kobamaa OR something like that.

Sathyakabali: Did not Prem nazeer and Sandhya also acted in Thendral veesum?

***

"Sounds like kaNNadasan was in a great romantic mood."

Ramki: In which duet song KKD sOdai pOnaar? :-)

All songs of Veera Abhimanyu are treat to music lovers. Though the film had a mis-fit of actor like AVM Rajan, the music and songs were the saviours.

***

Thiruvarul was a moderate hit film wherein, as usual, all songs were sung by TMS & PS.

Ramki, listen to PS's another solo "thangam peridhendru", you would love it.

***

Ramki: If you have "Nadu jaamaththil vandhEnE" sung by one obscure singer called Chaaya Devi for the film "Kadhavai thattiya mohin pEi", please share paNNungO.

More later
VR

[premananth]

Romba Nandri VR.

Useful infos.

ThiruvaruLil TMS, PS, SGR paadi irunthaalum oru duet'o, kaathal paatto illai paarthinggaLa?

[Nakeeran]

Can we get INANGALILAY ENNA INAM PENN INAM . Another song of 70s

KJY with ??

Lovely song

[RR]

Thanks premanad for posting lyrics and movie details. Yes the lyrics are pretty good!

NOV, thanks for the nostalgic memories.. I know this is one of your fav movies :)

jn thanks for the welcome :)

thanks rajesh & others!

[RR]

VasumathiRenga, spl thanks for all the detais. You are right about 'thangam perithendru'. Will host some other time.

[RR]

Pick #316

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Song: santhana nilavoLi
Movie: Lakshmi vanthaachu
Singer: MV
Lyrcis: ?
MD: Ravindran

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/pow06/santhananilavoli_lv.rm

This is a tough song. It runs at crazy speeds (demanding excellent breath control), and also spans a wide range. I should say MV has done a real good job.

The song is set in Kalyana vasantham (same as Keeravani except Rishabam and Pachamam are not used in aarohanam) - a beautiful raga that gives a pathos feel. Ravindran has made it happy by composing a fast tune. Ninnaye rathiyendru (my favorite filmy K.V.), nalla manam vaazhga, kaanji pattuduthi are other songs in this raga.

Could someone share details about the movie?

[RR]

Can we get INANGALILAY ENNA INAM PENN INAM . Another song of 70s

KJY with ??

Lovely song
Sure! Coming up soon..

[Nakeeran]

RR

Lakshmi vandhachu was one movie which Nadigar thilagam did in lighter vein. Natiya peroli Padmini plays his wife role
Its actually a remake of Kubsoorat ( a Rekha & rakesh Roshan starrer ). While Ashok kumar plays the father role, NT plays his role in tamil version
A cheerful Revathy enters NT's house ( NT will behave as if he is henpecked ) and what folllows was all mayhem as she breaks all the set rules / code of conduct set by Padmini.
Naturally, a rift surfaces between Padmini and Revathy as the entire family veers around Revathy including NT.
Finally all ends well with Nizalgal Ravi getting engaged to Revathy ( a melodrama also in the form of Revathy suffering from ailment etc )

Overall, a nice movie worth watching with family

I think this song appears when NT and the family members go out and Revathy dances while being supported by Jayachitra in some garden area

[Nakeeran]

Actually Kunnakudi had a decent run in tfm I believe.
I have seen Agathiyar and the song Vendriduven is packed with some popular ragas & nice rendition by both TMS and Seergazi.

However, KK's best movie could be DEIVAM ?

He was MD for Va raja va also ?

[premananth]

You are right Nakeeran.

We also can add Thirumalai Thenkumari and rAja rAja cholzan.

mathurai arasALum meenAtchi, thirupathi malai vAlzhum vengkadesa, kalaiyAtha kalviyum (TT), Osai oLiyellAm Anai neeye, Edu thanthAnadi, thanjai periya kOvil, mAthanggal padaithAn (RRC) are memorable and wonderful songs.

If I'm not mistaken LV was the last film for NTSG and Padmini pair. The previos one Thaaikku Oru Thaallattu.

I cann't accept Pappima as Villi (a kind of) in this movie.

RR, what was the last movie for Baalaiya? Guru Thakshanai?! His voice different in the movie.

[RR]

Nakkeeran,

Thanks for the story.

Yes, KV had a decent run. In fact, he was MGR's first choice for his magnum opus Ulagam Sutrum Vaaliban, but went for MSV at the last min.

premanath,

No idea about Baalayya movie!

[RR]

jn :)

no paadavathis, I'm nothing to do with paadavathis. My collections are gone with wind :)

Ippadi oru gunda thookki pottaa naanga nambiduvomaa?

NOV: did you mean the song "poove punnagai kaattu" (paarthen rasithen)?

[baroque]

[tscii:3311aaa136]Thanks RR, Never heard of this song!! I know ‘nalla manam vaazhga....’ as Kalyanavasantham!! But for this pattu my ears lean more towards ‘velli salangaikal....’song!!
Vinatha.[/tscii:3311aaa136]

[RR]

[tscii:7ad75dcbbe]Thanks RR, Never heard of this song!! I know ‘nalla manam vaazhga....’ as Kalyanavasantham!! But for this pattu my ears lean more towards ‘velli salangaikal....’song!!
Vinatha.[/tscii:7ad75dcbbe]
baroque,
KV is somewhat close to chandrakauns, so we have to watch the avarohanam carefully. The song being fast makes it difficult. Can you listen to the interludes and confirm?

Nitya, thumburu: any comments?

[NOV]

NOV: did you mean the song "poove punnagai kaattu" (paarthen rasithen)?spot on :thumbsup:

[RR]

NOV :) That's actually All India Radio theme music. But you were not far off. Both are in sivaranjani raga and resemble a lot.

[VasumathiRenga]

RR & Ramki: unga rendu pErukkum manamaarndha nandri for hosting very rarely heard songs.

Lakshmi Vandhachu song has the maximum shades of keeravaaNi, IMHO.

Hope some of you had seen the original hindi film. Very lively acting by Ashok Kumar and Rekha. Whereas the tamil version (directed by Rajasekhar ??), had over-liveliness in the lead atrists Sivaji and Revathi (Girl-friendu... Boy-friendu...). Padmini with her terrible hair-style was a mis-cast. I read in a mag that due to out-of-touch of a good dialogue delivery with proper modulations, she struggled a lot. It seems Sivaji had tried to help her to make it good. In Hindi original, Dina Pathak (Padmini's part) came out with a decent show.

Jayachitra (weighing min 75 kg :-) replacing Shasikala of Hindi), did dance very well for this. Of course Revathi too.

If I remember correct JC paired with Sivaji-Padmini's first son Prasanna ('Sirai' GurukkaL). SV Shekar (2nd son) with Arundathi and NizhalgaL Ravi (3rd son) with Revathi.

See you later
VR

[Murali Srinivas]

Nakeeran,

Inagalilae enne inam was by KJY & Swarna.(W/O of V.Kumar, the Music Director) from Nalla Penmani *ing Muthuraman & Srividya.

Regards

[SN23]

Hu.... how many songs I missed. I never knew that Jaichitra danced with Reva for LV song. She really danced well :lol:

Ramki/all: Hope you know a song karpanaiyO kai vandhadhO, sung by SPB (young voice) and PS. Any details about this song? Lovely song, it is.

[premananth]

SN,

karpanaiyO kai vandhathO is from "mAlathy" lead by Gemini Ganesan and Saroja Thevi. KSG was the producer & director for the movie. MSV was the MD.

"engge en kiNNanggal engge" is onther good song from the movie.

Sorry...... no idea about other songs in the movie.

[Nakeeran]

Nakeeran,

Inagalilae enne inam was by KJY & Swarna.(W/O of V.Kumar, the Music Director) from Nalla Penmani *ing Muthuraman & Srividya.

Regards

Thanks Mr. Murali Srinivas

I am eagerly awaiting this links & about the movie from Mr. RR

By the way, how many songs did Swana sing

Also, the composer for this song was V.Kumar . Am I right ?

[RR]

VasumathiRenga, I haven't seen the hindi movie but did see the Tamil version recently. As you mentioned, the star cast was 'interesting' to watch.

Nakkeeran, your request will be online tomorrow. Today's is a guest DJ pick..

[RR]

Pick #317

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Song: kaN niRaintha uruvam kaNNaa
Movie: Sree Krishna Leela
Singer. S. Varalakshmi
Lyrics: ?
MD: ?

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/kan_niraintha.rm

(I hosted 'lakshmi vanthaachu'. Now in this pick vara'lakshmi' vanthaachu! :) )_

This song is sponsored by Neel D. He writes:

S.Varalakshmi is one of the two singing voices that bowled me over when
I was still a little kid. Majesty was her asset. Whether acting or
singing, she did it with impressive majesty. In the well known film
Veerapandiya Kattabomman she plays Kattabomman's wife Jakkamma, and
what a royal pair did Sivaji and Varalakshmi make. And of course, the
magnificient Akkaal Kundavai in Rajaraja Chozhan. Both films have
wonderful songs by SV.

Kannadasan says in his memoir "Sandhithen Saindhithen" her voice as
being unique, and I learn that she was one of his favorite singers.
S.Varalakshmi played one of the leading ladies in the multistarrer
"Sivagangai Seemai" produced by Kannadasan. She sang at least three
songs for that film.

S.Varalakshmi was born in Andhra Pradesh. As a child she went through
rigorous trianing in singing, and the result shows in every one of her
songs. She started acting and singing way back in the 1940s and has
paired with many of the greatest leading men of the 40s, 50s and 60s.
Apart from her solos, she has also sung duets and trios with many of
the greatest singers during her singing career spanning about fifty
years. I wish she was offered more chances to sing. The total number of
Tamil songs she recorded could be well below one hundred. I remember
reading in one of her interviews, that she would ask for a chance to
sing in the film whenever someone offered her a role in a film. It was
a good stand for her singing career but considering the business
practices in the industry it may have adversely affected her acting
career. Now she is older and retired. Two years ago Tamilnadu
government honored her with Kavignar Kannadasan Award.

[Nakeeran]

S.Varalakshmi a very senior artist . The song I cherish forever is EDU THANDHANADI THILAYILAY from raja raja cholan
I could hear the same voice virtually in Guna . Unnai naan ariven !
She played a good villie role in Poova thalaiya

I think her fame enhanced through ADHI PARASAKTHI

[RR]

Nakeeran: thanks for remnding her 'edu thanthaanadi', athi parasakthi and her poova thalayaa role. Good varied performances.

[umaramesh]

of course INTHA PACHAI KILLIKORU SEVANTHI POOVIL for MGR film.
KANNEER KURAL.

ramesh

[premananth]

S.Varalakshmi my favourite too.

Yes ramesh.

Intha Pachaikilikkoru sevvanthi poovil, atrputhamaana thaalaattu. appadiye sokki vidum.

the first saraNam:
ninRu nimirnthu en piLLai nadakkaiyil
rAja nadai thORkkum - elzhil
nInthum udalinai kANum polzhuthinil
siRpam athai kEtkum
nAn ArAro enRu thAlAtta - innum
Ar-Aro vanthu thAlAtta

appappa enna oru thaaimayaana kural, varigal. Thanks pulamai pithan for the lyrics.

RR/Ramki, if you have chance pls..... kindly host the song. it not easly get in the market. Only the KJY version available anywhere.

rAja rAja chOlzhan also have anothe wonderful song by SVL, SGR and TRM - Thanjai periya kovil pallAndu vAlzhagave. (matra iruvaraiyum SVL thookki saappittu viduvaar) Ivarin ANmaiyaana kural, matravargalin memaiyaana kuralgal adanggividum.

Friends, there is another wonderful solo by SVL in kanthan karuNai which produced by her husbend AL Seenivaasan, brother of Kaviyarasu Kannathaasanaar.

veLLi malai mannavA
vEtham nee allavA
munnOrkkum munnavA
mUnda kathai sollava

anjelzhuthum enggal nenjelzhuthallavA
aimbulanum unthan adaikkalam allavA
anjum en nenjukku ARuthal sollavA
abAyam nIkka varum sivAyamallavA

vAnulagam vilzhuvathenna
vAnavarthAm alzhuvathenna
sEnai asurar kulam
jeyakkodithAn kolvathenna
thEvar kural kEttu un thiruvadiyai nIttu
abayakaram nIttu un aruL mugathai kAttu
thEvar kural kEttu un thiruvadiyai nIttu
abayakaram nIttu un aruL mugathai kAttu
(wonderful Aahhhh here... sorry i don't know much about the rAgA's, Arohanam and avarohanam)

if we notice, she didn't sang in all film she was acting. Like AthiparAsakthi, poova thalaiya, nathaiyil muthu and few more.

She sang most of the duets with TR.Mahalinggam in late 40's and early 50's.

[NOV]

S. Varalakshmi, P. Bhanumadhi, AR Ramani Ammal - three very distinct female singers with very dominant unfeminine voices. :)
All three have sung very memorable songs, what being trained in carnatic music.

Thanks RR for the Kannan song, but for me S. Varalakshmi + Kannan song can surely be only the one and only neela nira mEgam ellaam neeyE kannaa from Thirumalai Deivam.

I don't have the facility to listen to POW and cannot judge the song, but I do remember that there was a movie called Sri Krishna Leela that came in the late 70s, starring Sivakumar & Srividhya directed by AP Nagarajan. Is this song from that movie?

[premananth]

NOV, i think there is another kaNNan song in Kavari mAn by SVL.

Krishna Leela :- Sivakumar = Krishnan, Sri Vidya = Rukmini, Jeyalalitha = Bama.

SKL also have another wonderful song by Soolamanggalam Sisters - anbE uyarnthathu avaniyile..... they list few types of anbu.

[RR]

NOV, No idea. probably Neel can say more about the movie..!

Did Nagesh play kuselar? I vaguly remember one sivakumar-nagesh scene.

prem ananth,

SVL's kavari maan song (not kannan) was POW #206

http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=257239#257239

[Neel D]

RR,

Lakshmi Vanthachu to Varalakshmi Vanthachu. I like that. Thanks for featuring the song.

NOV,

There probably were a few Sri Krishnaleelas produced (or dubbed) over the years. But going by the style and recording quality it sounds like the song is from the 70s.

PremAnanth,

Aanmaiyaana? :-) How about Gambeeramaana?
I think SV,SG and TRM all have big voices and sing full-throated. If one likes that kind of singing, which is not in vogue anymore, Rajarajachozhan is an absolute feast. There is a yahoo group for SV songs and you will find some really rare songs there.

[jn]

Lakshmi to varalakshmi..appuram? :)
For some reason, I could not listen to this song.
Some of SV's master pieces are:
takku takku - with A.P.KOmala and PS (vpk)
singaara kanne un thEn URum sollaale (vpk)
singaarap punnagai kaNNaarak kandaale - with M.S.Rajeswari (Mahaadhevi)
thanjai periya kovil with SG and TRM (RRC)
mangalam kaappaaL siva sakthi (thaay)
thenral vandhu veesaadho(sivagangai seemai)

The list may go on.. These are the ones I remembered.

[premananth]

Sri Krishna Leela was directed by APN and the MD was S.V.Vengkatraman. Released in 1977.

Thanks for the correction Neel. Yes SV's voice is Gambeeram.

I have interviewed few veteran TF actress for TV. Sowgar has said that P.Banumathi and S.Varalakshmi are her favorite singers and she love their voices. She was so petrify when said it.

Neel, could you send me the website of SV. really need it.

jn, i don't think so, SV sang for mahAdEvi.
As far as I know, SV never sang for others. (mahAdEvi leads by Savithri and M.N.Rajam)

What about uyirA, mAnamA.... Does she sang any song?

[RR]

jn,

Pls try again and pm me if you still get the error.

premananth,

SV Venkatraman is the MD? Didn't know he was scoring till 70's..! The song has strong classicism though, indicating experienced MD. Apart from this, the bhaavam was the most striking for me in this song.

[SN23]

Hello RR, based on the tenderness of voice of SV, I think this is not from the Krishna leela directed by APN. It must have been in 50's. May be SVR was scoring music that period.

Anyway, nice song to hear.

[premananth]

Yes, RR.

I have checked in the VCD. SVVR was the MD fo SKL. If you listen Anbe Uyarnthathu from the same movie also sounds like 50's era.

The anbe uyarnthathu plays after the visiting of Kuselar (Nagesh). If I'm not mistaken the kuselar's wife is G.Sakunthala. (another favorite artiste of APN)

SKL which leads by Sivakumar, Jeyalalitha, Sri Vidya, SVL, Nagesh was released on 10 Nov 1977. Produced by R.M.Subramaniam, directed by APN and Music by SVVR.

[RR]

Thanks, premananth!

[RR]

Pick #318

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Song: inangaLile enna inam
Movie: nalla peNmaNi
Singer. KJY, K Swarna
Lyrics: ?
MD: V. Kumar

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/inangalile_np.rm

The earlydays veNNai-voiced KJY is so lovable in this song, and the tune is addictive. Not to mention the lyrics! Apparently PS was supposed to sing, but she was so impressed with Swarna that she requested VK to keep the track version.

I somehow get reminded of 'neela nayanangalil' (the overall style) when I hear this song.

I only know that Muthuraman stars in the movie. Story, picturisation?

[Murali Srinivas]

RR,

Inagalilae lyrics by Pulamai Pithan.

Prem,

No song by SV in Uyira Maanama or for that matter Panamaa Paasama. She has another song in Thanga Surangam. She will sing when she realises that her son Shivaji, the CBI officer is up against his own father OAK Thevar. I don't remember the song now.

Regards

[Nakeeran]

Thanks RR ! Inangalilay is one of my all time KJY favourites.
Wonder why Swarna didnt get more opportunities.
Today V.Kumar is no more but his songs are immortal
somebody who could sustain a decent tenure during the Mellisai Mannar era !

[Nakeeran]

RR ,

Can we have MALLIGAIPOO JADHI ROJA , a unique composition from the movie Raji en kanmani featuring T.R.Ramachandran & Ranjani ( of Parasakthi fame )

I know I am asking a very old number which I am not getting it anywhere. My Father used to tell us a lot about this song

[premananth]

It's my pleasure RR.

Thanks Mr.Murali for reminding about Thangga Churanggam. If I'm not mistaken, the MD was T.K.Ramamoorthi.

You are right RR, the song reminds Neela Nayananggalil.

PS-kku enna oru periya manathu. Swarna-vukku valzhi vittirukkaangga. Thanks for the info RR.

[RR]

Thanks Murali Srinivas.

Nakeeran,

I've added your request to the queue.

[Neel D]

Murali Srinivas,

The song from Thanga Churangam is "peRRa manam ciRaiyilE".

Prem Ananth,

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/svaralakshmi/

RR,

Thanks for inanggaLilE enna inam. Lovely tune, lyrics and rendition.

[premananth]

Thanks Neel.

[premananth]

Mr.Neel how can I listen the songs? Could you guide me?

[Neel D]

Prem Ananth,

Please check your PM.

[jn]

RR: thanks. Today I am able to listen to the SV song.
Prem Ananth: thanks for the correction. It is Bala saraswathi Dhevi with MSR in Mahaadhevi.

InangaLilE song is liked by many for the tune, music, lyrics and ofcourse KJY and Swarna.
Could not resist remembering ennodu ennennavo ragasiyam by Swarna and JC.

[RR]

Thanks all.

[RR]

Pick #319

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Song: annan kaiyil valarntha kiLi
Movie: poRkaalam
Singer: Yugendran
Lyrics: VM
MD: Deva

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/annan_pk.rm

poRkaalam is a very good movie by Cheran that I think got > 55 marks in Aa.Vi. The story revlolves around Murali and his struggles to get his mute sister Rajeswari married (after this movie, she became 'poRkaalam' Rajeswari). In the second half, the sister unable to watch her brother going thru turmoils because of her, decides to end it all and so goes and sits inside the kALavAi. Murali unknowingly will put it on fire. This bit song comes during this scene in the background. In the climax, Murali will ditch her lover Meena and marry a handicapped girl.

This song is meant for the sister, but it is sing by a male. Can you guess why? :)

[Neel D]

RR,

In the recent years, all philosophical songs and asariri songs have become a male domain. There was a time when SJ sang songs like "nI pAdum pAdal ethu" and VJ like "mUngil ilai kAdugaLE". I always think how wonderful it would have been if VJ had sung Bharadwaj's "avar avar vAzhkkaiyil". But it is very hard to find such female vocals anymore. You may find one or two in ARR's music.

[baroque]

inangalile..... what a immortal KJJ duet!! I am listening to it after 2 decades +... thanks a lot, vinatha.

[RR]

Neel,

That's an interesting thoery. Actually I was looking for a direct one. But the reason may be as simple as yours. "mun paniyaa" was supposed to have been sung by VJ but for some reason SPB version came out ultimately. The movie situation was more female-oriented, so VJ would've been apt.

[RR]

inangalile..... what a immortal KJJ duet!! I am listening to it after 2 decades +... thanks a lot, vinatha.
baroque,

Glad you enjoyed it! Is it Behag?

[baroque]

Chithiram pesudhadi... is a gem of a behag!! I posted in ROS thread... inangalile... sounds different to me... pottu kozhappadheengo yenna!! :D :lol: ... RR kku sollara alavukku I am not informed :)

[RR]

baroque

:lol: I asked because someone told me that 'neela nayanangalil' and this one are Behag, but I couldn't convinve myself.

[RR]

Pick #320

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Song: paruva kaalangalin kanavu
Movie: moodupani
Singers: MV,SJ
Lyrics: VM?
MD: IR

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/paruvakaalangalin_mp.rm

A 'misty' duet with cool pre, inter and postludes. I think, in the movie, Banuchander and Shoba will be riding a bike during this song.

As you know this movie is based on Late Rajendra kumar's story "Naragathukku puthiyavan"(?). I had read the story before watching the movie. I was first surprised when I saw Pratap being cast as the hero, but later realised not a bad choice for this psycho character. I still remember his "maama.. amma.. maamaa"..

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P.S: Ramki is back and he will takeover from #321. So it's bye bye from me. Hope you enjoyed my brief stint. :)

[tvsankar]

Dear RR,
Thank you for the GREAT GEM !!!!!

IR in 80s Gem !!!Beautiful guitar !!!! SJ voice um oru instrument pola pannina IR style is nice !!!
Audio quality nanraga irukiradhu.Neenda varudam
kazhithu ippo dhan ketkiraen.
Thank you once again RR !!!! Rajendra kumar story a idhu ......

RR,,.... Ramki vandhalum, Neengalum pattai podungo !!! Unga style il neenga ezhudharadhai ezhudhungo !!!

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

[umaramesh]

Nice delight by KJY_swarna.

Nakkeran: Another LEGEND gone un-noticed . if by chance please hear OORUPARVAI PARKKAM POTHU(SPB). I dont remeber movie name. simply classic.

ramesh

[RR]

Usha shankar,

You're welcome. I hosted a few songs just as a filler, on Ramki's request. This is entirely his station :) But I may contribute as a guest DJ!

[premananth]

Thanks for the wonderful song RR.

If i'm not mistaken, moodupani is the 100th movie of Ilayaraja.

RR, neengalum Ramki sir kooda sernthu, paattunggala host pannunggalen. Innum niRaya nalla, rare songs-um, infos-um kidaikkumilla.

[RR]

premanath,

Naan mattum illa; Naaz, Neel D, RC, FM, etc ellorum serthu thaan host pannikkittu irukkom (thru Ramki).. gavanikkareenga, illayaa? :) In fact you too can send him songs to host. Collectively we can get to hear all the forgotten gems.

[ramky]

Pick #320


http://www.tfmpage.com/my/singer/pics/sjanaki.jpg
http://www.veenaimovies.com/images/artistProfileImages/MalaysiaVasudevan_Bmain.jpg
Song: paruva kaalangalin kanavu
Movie: moodupani
Singers: MV,SJ
Lyrics: VM?
MD: IR

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/paruvakaalangalin_mp.rm

A 'misty' duet with cool pre, inter and postludes. I think, in the movie, Banuchander and Shoba will be riding a bike during this song.

As you know this movie is based on Late Rajendra kumar's story "Naragathukku puthiyavan"(?). I had read the story before watching the movie. I was first surprised when I saw Pratap being cast as the hero, but later realised not a bad choice for this psycho character. I still remember his "maama.. amma.. maamaa"..

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P.S: Ramki is back and he will takeover from #321. So it's bye bye from me. Hope you enjoyed my brief stint. :)

Hi RR,

Can u give me the link for "En iniya pon nilave" from Moodu Pani ?
I guess its somewhere on the Hub and Search gives too many results.

Regards

[madhu]

RR : just like a "marikozhundhu" in malligai poocharam.. ur selection of songs are so nice here..

ramky : vanga vanga...ippadi nan ramki illai-nu solli kuzhapparadha vida summave irundirukkalam :P

[Naaz]

This week began with grandeur, and ended with a feathery, breathless dissolve.

How else to describe S.Varalakshmi? Grand is just another inadequate qualifier for the calibre of her voice. Listening to it is a blessing.

Inangalilae Enna Inam...a balm, an antidote for all the noise that passes for music these days in TFM.

Paruvakaalangalin Kanavu...that wispy kiss of youth, dreams racing to catch up with possibilities. An IR reverie, revived.

Loved it. More! :D

[S.Balaji]

Request for SONNA SOLLAI NEE MARANDHIDALAMO VA VA VA

I think M.S.Rajeshwari from the movie Penn

[S.Balaji]

Thanks for the wonderful song RR.

If i'm not mistaken, moodupani is the 100th movie of Ilayaraja.

RR, neengalum Ramki sir kooda sernthu, paattunggala host pannunggalen. Innum niRaya nalla, rare songs-um, infos-um kidaikkumilla.

True. Its 100th movie of IR :D

[premananth]

RR, thanks for the info.

Enna irunthaalum naan kathu kutti; periyavangga neengthaan enakku solli kodukkanum.

Could you guide me how to send the songs to POW? Kindly send to my private mail.

Balaji do you know some thing, Anantha Vikadan wrote the review of Moodupani as below:

"ILayarAjavukku ithu 100-vathu padamaam. appadi ethuvum siRappaaga; sirama pattathaaga theriyavillai. AnAl pinnaNi isaiyil thaan oru rAjA endru nirubithu uLLAr."

enna rasanai appa ?!

[baroque]

thanks, RR !!! Though my favorite is 'yen iniya pon.....'

[madhu]

Hi..

"paruva kalangaLin" oru vegamaaana patttu..

innum oru stanza irunthadhAga ninaivu.. ( but
padathilum paattilum adhu eppavo miss ayiduchu..)

manangaLil uRangiya sugangaLil... (papapapA papapapA)
sugangaLai peRugiRa vidhangaLil.. (papapapA papapapA)

pudhiya uNarvOdu puraNdu sugam thEdu kaNNE..
piditha pidiyOdu rasithu uRavAdu peNNE...

malarntha poovum malarin thEnum
iNainthu onRagum.. papapA..
pampapam papapA....

(idhai yarukkavadhu ketta ninaivu irukka ? :roll: )

[vijayr]

Moodupani had the hipper "sing swing baby" song that I had uploaded here sometime back
http://as01.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=176376

(IR has some funky phaser guitar interludes in there. A disco-rock mix)

and also the Uma Ramanan lullaby "aasai raja"
http://as01.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=92558

[Ramki]

RR,
Thanks for the excellent fillers. You have raised the bar :)

[Ramki]

Pick #321

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/kettalum_sip.rm

Song: kettalum kidaikadhamma
Movie: sattaiyilladha pambaram
Singers: SJ, MV, GA
Lyrics: Pulamaipithan
MD: IR

Another SJ-MV duet but very much in contrast to yesterday's pick. 'paruva kaalangaLin' is a breezy westernised duet and 'kettaalum' is a rustic, folkish, sweet and innocent duet.

'sattaiyilla pambaram' has saritha ,sivakumar, vinuchakravarthy etc in the lead(Todays song picturised on these 3). Story/screenplay was by KBakyaraj. I have watched the film but donot remember much. The song was a popular one in MadrasB but i later discovered many are not aware of this song. I love the lyrics and the way GA sings the song at the end.

'nenjil poo manjangaL' is another jazzy duet by SJ-MV from SIP.

Thanks to NeelD for providing the song.

[RC]

Is it Vinuchakravarthy? I think it is Sangili Murugan! Cho, SamikaNNu also were in the cast. Directed by Murugesh(?), K.Bhagyaraj's assistant. The dialog I remember from this movie is "Iruvarum sErndhu ishtappattu kashtappaduvadharkku peyar thaan kaadhal"

[RR]

Thanks madhu, Naaz, baroque, vijay and all..

premananth, pls check you pm.

madhu, super memory-pa! I also tend to think the song must be longer.

RC: pullarikkuthu!


RR,
Thanks for the excellent fillers. You have raised the bar :)
:notworthy:

[Ramki]

RC, My vague memory says its VC but it could very well be sangili murugan.

[Ramki]

Pick #322

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/andhi_ik.rm

Song: andhi nera thendral kaatru
Movie: inaindha kaigaL
Singers: SPB, Jayachandran
Lyrics: aabavanan?
MD: Gyan Verma

Yesterday the expectant dad and mom expressed the dreams and ambitions for their soon to arrive kid.
Today the dad is away from his family on a mission. In the midst of it he receives the good news of his son's birth. He shares his joy
with friends and strangers. The poetic lyrics very well expresses the longings of the new dad and SPB sings it with his usual style.

As far as i know 'andhi nera' is the only duet by SPB and JC. IMO their voices do not gel very well. IK was also the first solo film for Gyan(of Manoj gyan jodi). couple of years ago Manoj bhatnakar did music for films like endrendum kaadhal and a prashanth-riya sen film(both films were produced by Manoj himself :) ).

[RC]

Ramki: Vandichakkaram had Sivakumar, Saritha and VC. Not sure if you're thinking of that!

[RR]

Ramki,

Soothing song that nicely fits the movie situtation.

Manoj's second movie is Good luck. 'Bad Luck' would've been more appropriate, I think he got cleaned up after this movie.

[Ramki]

RR yeah 'Good luck' :)

[RC]

Can we except thathi chellum muthu kaNNan from Thangapadhakkam next?

[Ramki]

Pick #323

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/en_ss.rm

Song: en rajavin roja mugam(second version)
Movie: sivagamiyin selvan
Singer: PSuseela
Lyrics: kaNNadasan
MD: MSViswanathan

This is a slower version of the original. You might not have listened to this version very often. I'm not sure at what point this song is played in the film(climax?). Except for a guitar sound, the whole song is based on PS strong and sweet voice and as always she does her job effeciently.

'ethanai azhagu' from SS was already feautured in POW.

click below to view the discussion on SS and songs

http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=214869#214869

[RC]

Ramki: I'm not sure but think this song is played when Vanishri sees her son Sivaji for the first time! Sivakamiyin selvan is the only movie where Latha paired with Sivaji.

[madhu]

I think.. vanisree shivajiyin coat-ai iron seyyumbodhu varum background song..

[jn]

Ramki: enakku rommba rommba pidichcha song. I haven't seen this movie. But I have seen the hindi version.The hindi version of this song chandha hain thu is equally wonderful.
The humming in the long version of en raajavin is simply superb.
magan periyavanaagi eppadi ellaam varanum nu amma kanavu kaanbadhu pola lyrics (in the long version) is very realistic.. atleast for me. :)
Thanks again. ;)

[Naaz]

Ramki -

This song (longer version) has a special place in my heart. PS sings it with great involvement and sincerity.

madhu -

"I think.. vanisree shivajiyin coat-ai iron seyyumbodhu varum background song.."

I don't know which is sadder: Vanisree ironing Sivaji's coat, or the fact that it is Sivaji's coat that she is ironing. :P

[balaji]

Nalla Padal Ramki!

Madhu, I am not sure of the scene. Why would they play a mother-son song as a background of a romantic scene. Moreover the full song comes later when Vani is widowed and sings for Kutti Sivaji. Unless Rajendra Prasad thought it differently. Some pieces of "Ullam Irnadu" in PS-s voice would have been more apt.

Susheela brings a unique sweetness to the song.

Thanks Ramki
Bala

[madhu]

balaji : nan sonnadhu amma vanisree and paiyan shivaji ! ( arambathil appa shivajikku nadanthadhu pola paiyan shivajikkum coat mela thanni kottidum)

[balaji]

Thanks Madhu

Bala

[Neel D]

I used to look forward to en rAjAvin rOjA mugam, the other version of course, to play on the radio, along with some other PS solos of that time such as kalaimagaL kai poruLE, inRu vantha inba mayakkam, maNamEdai malargaLudan dhIpam, Andavanin thOttaththilE and many more songs I can't rmemeber the lines right now. And a whole bunch of TMS solos such as in Enga Maama, Babu, Vegulinppen, pUvinum melliya pUngkodi, uLLam reNdum, etc. One of the best times in TFM history.

[Naaz]

Neel D -

Manamedai Malargaludan Deepam - PS at her best! This solo is from Nyaana Oli, yeah? I'd be grateful for a file of this song...kidaikkumaa?
I'd also like to listen to Oru Muththaaraththil Muppadhu Muththu Saerththuvaiththirundhaen...such immortal songs, and I sure am glad we got to hear them in our liftetime!

[umaramesh]

I used to look forward to en rAjAvin rOjA mugam, the other version of course, to play on the radio, along with some other PS solos of that time such as kalaimagaL kai poruLE, inRu vantha inba mayakkam, maNamEdai malargaLudan dhIpam, Andavanin thOttaththilE and many more songs I can't rmemeber the lines right now. And a whole bunch of TMS solos such as in Enga Maama, Babu, Vegulinppen, pUvinum melliya pUngkodi, uLLam reNdum, etc. One of the best times in TFM history

Neel

wow :shock: how come you have list of mine. We all missed out INNIYAVALE ENDRU PAADI VANTHAN in SIVAGAMIYIN SELVAN.

ramesh

[S.Balaji]

I used to look forward to en rAjAvin rOjA mugam, the other version of course, to play on the radio, along with some other PS solos of that time such as kalaimagaL kai poruLE, inRu vantha inba mayakkam, maNamEdai malargaLudan dhIpam, Andavanin thOttaththilE and many more songs I can't rmemeber the lines right now. And a whole bunch of TMS solos such as in Enga Maama, Babu, Vegulinppen, pUvinum melliya pUngkodi, uLLam reNdum, etc. One of the best times in TFM history

Neel

wow :shock: how come you have list of mine. We all missed out INNIYAVALE ENDRU PAADI VANTHAN in SIVAGAMIYIN SELVAN.

ramesh

Ramesh,

Despite the craze for Aradhana songs, MSV didnt do any remix . Instead, he created his own gems ! thats Mellisai Mannar !
There are so many remake movies which MSV composed but never remixed them

[Neel D]

Naaz,

Yes, maNamEdai is from Gnana Oli. Thank God for the MDs, lyricists and singers of that period. I hope history repeats some day.

ramesh,

Are you out of shock yet :-)

[ramky]

Two songs from 70s era :

1. AagAya panthalilE ponnoonjal Aaduthaama ( film ? )

( P.suseela & tms )

2. Poomaalayil Oor mallligai ( Ootti varai uravu )

( P.suseela & tms )

I dont know who composed the music for these two, but like to listen to these or watch on tv quite often !

[Ramki]

Thanks everyone

'manamedai' is my favorite song too, one of PS's best from the 70s.

[rajeshkrv]

ramki i have the manamedai song

will send you

[Ramki]

Pick #324

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/appa_k.rm

Song: appa un magaLai
Movie: kavitha
Singer: PSuseela
Lyrics: kaNNadasan?
MD: KVMahadevan


PSuseela is one female singer who has sung for almost all the different female character types. Mother, daughter,sister, grandma, aunt,sister in law and ofcourse wife and lover. You name it and there will be a PS song for that character.
This week i plan to host 5 such songs.

Todays pick is for a daughter singing in her father's dream.
The father gets sick after hearing the sufferings of his daughter. She is abused by her husband, The husband the father chose for her against her wishes.
Rangarao, Rajasulochana and MRRadha played those characters.
I remember watching bits and pieces of this film on DD. If i remember correctly RS had a dual role in Kavitha.
Rajasulochana , like pushpalatha, altered between playing second leads and main lead. She has played the heroine for likes of MGR and Sivaji. But who in the gods name would have imagined her doing the vamp role in Gayathri? Her on screen leelais with Rajinikanth was just nauseating.
She was in the news recently for chasing her husband out of her house.

Enought about RS lets talk about pS.
What are the other songs PS sang for 'daughters'?
'oru naaL iravu' , 'oru naaL varuvaaL mommy mommy' come to my mind immediately.

Others?

[ramky]

What are the other songs PS sang for 'daughters'?
'oru naaL iravu' , 'oru naaL varuvaaL mommy mommy' come to my mind immediately.

Yedhan ponn vannamae anbu poo vannamae ? but I dont remember the movie name etc ....

[umaramesh]

Two songs from 70s era :

1. AagAya panthalilE ponnoonjal Aaduthaama ( film ? )

( P.suseela & tms )

2. Poomaalayil Oor mallligai ( Ootti varai uravu )

( P.suseela & tms )

I dont know who composed the music for these two, but like to listen to these or watch on tv quite often !

Ramki
composed by MSV.

[RC]

umaramesh: rendume MSV-nu ninaikkiren
aagaaya pandhalilE is from ponoonjal, I think

[Ramki]

Ramky,

PS version of 'endhan poNvanname' is for Haja shereiff is think.

[Ramki]

Pick #325

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/mana_go.rm

Song: manamedai
Movie: gnana oLi
Singer: PSuseela
Lyrics: kaNNadasan
MD: MSViswanathan


The song doesnt need any introduction. Going by the discussion we recently had on this song, its still remembered and favored by Music fans.
PS at her absolute best. Her voice expresses every tiny feeling the character experiences at that juncture. It shows love, trust, lust , fear, joy all in correct proportions . kaNNadasan too expresses all those feelings in his lines. MSV's melodious music and tune makes this song immortal.

[Naaz]

PS...Sugame, Sugame! No gimmicks, no ah-oh-chee, no pandering to the pits. What a class act for a seduction song! This one leaves LMs hindi version panting to catch up! MSV strums with such delicacy!
Thanks for this immortal melody, Ramki.

[premananth]

Haiiiiyo.....!

Naan varaatha 5 natkal-la ellame nalla paattungga host paNNi irukkeengga. Thanks Ramki.

AghAya panthalile is from ponnUnjal.
Both AghAya panthalile and pUmAlayil are nice songs by MSV, kaNNathAsan, TMS and PS.

Ramki Sir, I like "Netriyile oru Kungguma Pottu" from "Nichaya Thaamboolam".

Kidaicha host pannunggalen.

maNamedai is really nice song.

[tvsankar]

Dear Ramki,
Thanks for the Rare GEM !!! Audio quality is excellent !!

with Love,
Usha Sankar.

[umaramesh]

Ramki

Rare composistion and I think well ahead of that time. just close your eyes and listen the interlude, you can feel the silence of night .
I think this song picturised in rainy day where shivaji and major happily coming back to home after remebering childhood days.
I feel something difference in this song and I am not able to express.

PS showed all the feeling in just one humming. Ever green.

ramesh