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Neel D

22nd January 2009, 10:04 AM

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Pick #751

Song: iLamaiyin ninaivugaL
Film: Selvaakku
Music: Chandrabose
Singers: Vani Jairam, P.Jayachandran
Lyrics: One of (M.A.Kaja, Na.Kamarasan, Pirasoodan, Karunanidhi)
Year: 1986

Nice love duet by Chandrabose who never disappointed his fans when it came to delivering nice melodies. Wish he had had more opportunity to make music for films with love stories. All those masala films and low-budget comedies did not quite do justice to Chandrabose's talents. VJ and PJ, a combination of voices that is loved by so many fans, render another song so sweetly. Today's pick captures the essence of the non-IR soundwaves of the 1980s Tamil film music.

Thanks to sk for sending the song.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/ilamaiyin_ninai.rm

Naaz

22nd January 2009, 11:06 PM

Neel D / sk -

Wow!Wow!Wow!
This is a lovely find! Where do you find them?!
When VJ lingers on "Idhazho..." Such delicious languor! The charanams are dreamy, and PJC works a rare chuckle into the opening pallavi!:)
Also brought to mind another lost VJ-SPB duet:

Natchaththira Poovai Eduththu,
Maalai Thoduththu
Tharattumaa?
Indiranin Thanga Radhaththil
Vairam Sumandhu
Varattumaa?

Composed by GA?

madhu

23rd January 2009, 10:32 AM

Hi Neel..

thats sweeeter than pongal :slurp:

evLO naaL aachu indha song ellAm kEttu :muscismile:

apdiyE "avaL oru adhisayam" SPB, VJ song oNNu pOdungaNNA !

"sorgathai pArkiREn unnidam
inbathai koNdu vA ennidam
mANikka thErE nee medhuvAga sellu
kANikkai edhu vENdum kAdhOdu sollu " :P

priya32

23rd January 2009, 07:47 PM

Neel,

Could you please get 'maunam naaNam' from Mayuri - SPB & SJ!

Pretty P-lease! :D

Neel D

24th January 2009, 02:16 AM

Naaz, thanks. Yes, natchaththira pUvai is by GA from the film Velichathukku Vaanga.

madhu, thanks. I thought I had sorggaththai pArkkiREn. But now I can't find it. May be all these days I had just imagined that I had it. orE kuzappamA irukku. If I find it I will host it.

Priya, I don't have that song at present. If I find it I will host it.

sss

24th January 2009, 08:25 AM

நன்றி நீல் அவர்களே,

அருமையான இளமையின் நினைவுகளை கொடுத்தீர்கள்.

ஒரு வேண்டுகோள் :

எங்க ஊரு கண்ணகி படத்தில் உள்ள "இதை தான் ரொம்ப ரசித்தேன் அதைத்தான் எண்ணி ரசிச்சேன்" என்ற பாடல் கிடைக்குமா ? எஸ்.பி.பி, சுசீலா பாடியது என் நினைக்கிறேன்.

நன்றி.
எஸ்.எஸ்.எஸ்

Neel D

26th January 2009, 02:51 AM

sss, you are welcome. I will post "ithaththAn" in a few days.

Neel D

26th January 2009, 02:54 AM

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Pick #752

Song: kuzalUthum kaNNan
Film: Asaikku Vayasillai
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Singer: Vani Jairam
Lyrics: Vaali
Year: 1979

Today (26th Jan) VJ is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement award by Raj TV. Let us celebrate the happy occasion with a wonderful solo by VJ.

Thanks to Saravanan for sending the song.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/kuzal_uthum.rm

tfmlover

27th January 2009, 10:04 AM

wow DJ ! what A song
krishna pramaathmavE punnyam panni irukkanum indha kural kEtka
Congratulations VJ madam truly deserve(more ) :clap: :clap:
V 'salute NeelDJ :)
regards

madhu

27th January 2009, 06:38 PM

Hi Neel..
thanks a lot.

I luv song but forgot abt the details of this one..

Thanks for bringing that honey soaked song once again for my ears..

rajraj

28th January 2009, 01:07 AM

Nice song neel ! :)

honey soaked song once again for my ears..

inba thEn vandhu paayudhu kaadhinile ? :)

Neel D

28th January 2009, 02:29 AM

tfmlover, madhu & rajraj, thank you.

Neel D

28th January 2009, 02:32 AM

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/pow07/images/savithiri01.jpg
Pick #753

Song: annaibUmi vannamadiyil
Film: Savithiri
Music: Papanasam Sivan, Kamaaldas Gupta & M.Rajagopala Sharma
Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan
Singers: Shanta Apte, M.Rajagopala Sharma
Year: 1941

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/annaibumi.rm

Pick #754

Song: uyarmigu piRaviyil
Film: Savithiri
Music: Papanasam Sivan, Kamaaldas Gupta & M.Rajagopala Sharma
Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan
Singer: Shanta Apte
Year: 1941

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/uyarmigu.rm

Today we will go back nearly seventy years to visit the songs from the film Savithiri. The film was produced by Madurai based Rayal Talkie Distributors at New Theater Studios in Calcutta. The film was directed by Y.V.Rao, a pioneer in filmmaking. He also played the role of Sathyavan. Tall and handsome Y.V.Rao, born in Andhra Pradesh, became an actor on Telugu stage and then an actor in silent films made in Mumbai and Chennai. Soon he started to direct silent films in Bangalore. After gaining popularity as a director in Bangalore Y.V.Rao got to direct the first Kannada talkie Sati Sulochana(1934).

Y.V.Rao directed several films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. One of the Tamil films titled Chinthamani(1937) which was a huge hit made M.K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar a superstar. Rao introduced the Kannada singer/actor K.Aswathamma in Chinthamani as the leading lady and soon she became very famous among Tamil film audience. Y.V.Rao is the father of actress Lakshmi. Lakshmi's mother Rukmini was his second wife. Take a look at the picture of Y.V.Rao and you will know where Lakshmi got her facial bones from. But she got her smile from her mother. More about Rukmini at another time.

Y.V.Rao having broken all the linguistic barriers himself by working in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu industries made a bold move to hire Marathi actor Shanta Apte to play the title role in his Tamil film Savithiri. Shanta Apte already a famous a singer/actor in Marathi and Hindi films accepted the offer eventhough she did not know Tamil. But she was determined to learn the language. She spent one year learning Tamil before the shooting began. Shanta spoke all her lines herself and sang all her songs herself, all of it like a native-born.

Y.V.Rao also made another daring choice of making M.S.Subbulakshmi play a male role (Naradar) in the film. On a side note, few years earlier K.B.Sundarambal played the male role of Nandanar in the Tamil film Nandanar(1934) and a few years later P.A.Periyanayaki played Naradar in the Tamil film Rukmangadan(1946).

Some of the songs by M.S.Subbulakshmi for Savithiri are quite popular, but Shanta's songs and Y.V.Rao's songs are not that easily available. So, we will highlight Shanta Apte and Y.V.Rao today in our thread. Shanta sang many solos in the film but Y.V.Rao only sang two duets, both with Shanta. (Note: I have made the assumption that Y.V.Rao sang for himself too, because playback was not in vogue in 1941. Please correct me if the male voice belongs to someone else.) (Correction: Voice belongs to Rajagopala Sharma)

Savithiri did not become a popular film. That may be the reason why Shanta was not again seen in Tamil but she continued to be busy in Marathi and Hindi. Y.V.Rao continued to direct films for the next few years and seems to have retired from films towards the end of the 1940s or early 50s, when a major change in trend took over the Tamil fim industry with the entry of reformist and activist writers and actors. It is a bit sad that when you read about Tamil film history from the 30s, 40s and 50s, Y.V.Rao is generally not highlighted, sometimes not even mentioned.

The two songs featured today are during the happy times in the lives of Sathyavan and Savithiri, which is the first half of the story. annaibUmi is a beautiful melody that makes a nice love song. uyarmigu expresses the joy of a woman in love.

Part of the information in this post was obtained from various reliable sources on the internet. Thanks to The Hindu, Randor Guy and the like.

rajraj

28th January 2009, 05:12 AM

Thanks Neel ! :) I was wondering whether you would ever go to the 40s and 50s ! :) Can't blame you. Being a youngster 40s and 50s are puraadhana kaalam for you! :lol:

There was no 'playback' singing those days. The voice is probably that of Rao.

Marathi is also known as panchadhraavidam(if I remember correctly), close to Dravidian languages. Apte singing well is no surprise. But, Lata Mangeshkar did not do that well ! :)

madhu

28th January 2009, 06:17 AM

thanks neel..

I am hearing these songs for the first time :P though as u mentioned, I heard "bruhi mugundhEthi" of MS umpteen times..

they are really different and nice.

Neel D

28th January 2009, 10:21 AM

rajraj,
You are welcome. I am fascinated by the music of those decades and enjoy reading and learning the history of Tamil films and music. The 40s and 50s indeed appear like puraadhana kaalam. To me it is mainly because of the sound recording/reproduction technology of the time. Not because of the songs. Starting the 60s the technology got much better. But I am still fascinated by the music and films from the 30s, 40s and 50s. Though the general belief is that the 30s and 40s were classical music era, a song like annaibUmi that is such a light melody breaks the myth and makes you realize that composers like Papanasam Sivan, S.Rajeswar Rao, S.M.Subbiah Naidu, R.Sudarsanam, etc. are the original creators of what we later called light music in Tamil film music (Do we still have light music in TFM in 2009? That is a whole different topic for discussion.). In the future I will try to feature more songs from the early decades of TFM.

madhu, you are welcome. Glad you enjoyed the songs.

sss

28th January 2009, 10:58 AM

Wonderful song by VJ. Thanks Neel.

Regarding Savithiri.. I am hearing first time and delighted. Good jib and wondering your knowledge over 6 to 7 decade old songs... Hats off...

sss, you are welcome. I will post "ithaththAn" in a few days.

Next Enga Oor Kannagiya??? Please do the needful.

Thanks.

SSS

Neel D

29th January 2009, 03:13 AM

sss, your request is certainly coming, but can't say when. :) It is going to be a surprise. :)

sss

29th January 2009, 06:29 AM

sss, your request is certainly coming, but can't say when. :) It is going to be a surprise. :)

Thanks my friend.. :D

natha1729

29th January 2009, 08:33 AM

Neel, a joy! It is news to me, need to learn more about earliest Indian film music. Apte and Rao had looks Hollywood! admirable dedication of apteji! God Bless you, Sir

Neel D

30th January 2009, 12:07 AM

natha1729, thank you. Isn't it nice to know that the concept of "training for a role" once existed in TF. I think it has made a comeback thanks to some of the new directors who demand the absolute best out of their actors.

Neel D

30th January 2009, 12:16 AM

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/pow07/images/savithiri02.jpg
Pick #755

Song: vAnOnggiya
Film: Savithiri
Music: Papanasam Sivan, Kamaaldas Gupta & M.Rajagopala Sharma
Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan
Singers: Shanta Apte, M.Rajagopala Sharma
Year: 1941

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/vanonggiya.rm

Pick #756

Song: athO thEvi
Film: Savithiri
Music: Papanasam Sivan, Kamaaldas Gupta & M.Rajagopala Sharma
Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan
Singer: Shanta Apte
Year: 1941

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/atho_thevi.rm

We will round off the week with two more songs from Savithiri. I feel that Shanta Apte's dedication to her profession and Y.V.Rao's contribution to Tamil films deserve an extended appreciation.

"vAnOnggiya" is another nice lovely duet by M.Rajagopala Sharma and Shanta Apte. This is when Sathyavan and Savithiri are living in the forest. The song is mainly about the beauty of nature.

The solo "athO thEvi" is when Yama takes Sathyavan's life. Savithiri travels to Yamalokam (during the long interlude), knocks on Yama's door and fights to get her husband's life back.

rajraj

30th January 2009, 05:36 AM

Thanks again Neel ! Two(four) in a row. These two remind me of some songs from later years!

natha1729

30th January 2009, 10:05 AM

Neel, i really liked the melody and the sound of the times, priceless. hope you can find some more of the great composers. hollywood music started in the early 20s itself really out of this world melodies, would like to see how older indian melodies were

30th January 2009, 07:18 PM

Neel,

I had never known that Shanta Apte had sung Tamil songs. Thanks a lot for sharing this information and her two songs!

Neel D

1st February 2009, 08:35 AM

rajraj, you are welcome.

natha1729, I sure will try to find and feature more old melodies.

Four songs AV! :)

Neel D

1st February 2009, 08:42 AM

Pick #757

Song: thAmarai kannanggaL
Film: Ethir Neechal
Music: V.Kumar
Singers: P.Susheela, P.B.Srinivas
Lyrics: Vaali
Year: 1968

Today's pick is a tribute to Nagesh. Ehtir Neechal directed by K.Balachandar starred Nagesh in the lead.

Nagesh was a consummate comedian. The modualtion and timing of his dialog delivery, the perfectly timed and funny body movements, and facial expressions... he never acted, his whole being transformed into the character he played. He was just as good in character roles. Such a gift to Tamil films he was. Thank you Nagesh Sir! You are leaving this earth happier than you found it.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/thamarai_en.rm

rajraj

1st February 2009, 08:47 AM

Appropriate choice Neel !

Nagesh

May his soul rest in peace .

tvsankar

1st February 2009, 11:09 AM

Dear Neel,
Thanks for the song. Maraka mudiyadha
Nagesh.. Maraka mudiyadha padal..

Kalainyargaluku Maraivu enbadhu
kidaiyadhu Neel....

May His Soul Rest In Peace.

disk.box

1st February 2009, 04:10 PM

நெஞ்சில் நிறைந்த பாடல்.

நினைவாஞ்சலிப் பாடலுக்கு நன்றி மதிப்பிற்குரிய Neel D அவர்களே!.

madhu

1st February 2009, 05:13 PM

apt choice at the right time !

thanks Neel !

rajeshkrv

2nd February 2009, 02:44 AM

wonderful song

lyrics by vaali

Plum

2nd February 2009, 03:49 PM

There was one song in Edhir NEechal suppsoedly done by MSV even though V Kumar was the MD for the movie. Was it Thaamarai Kannangal?

sivaramakrishnanG

2nd February 2009, 05:37 PM

no sir,
itis
என்னம்மா பொன்னம்மா பக்கம் வாம்மா.....

vel1970

2nd February 2009, 10:45 PM

Nagesh endraale KAADHAL SWITCH paatu thaan ninaivukku varum. Neel, do you have that AVALUKKENNA AZHAGIYA MUGAM... epper patta paadal epper patta dance by Nagesh... marakka mudiyadhu sir....

Neel D

3rd February 2009, 08:47 AM

rajraj, Usha, disk.box, madhu, rajeshkrv, Plum & sivaramakrishnanG, thank you.

vel1970, "avaLukkenna" is a great song. Nagesh, MSV-TKR, TMS, LRE, Vaali all of them have done a great job. If it was America this song would have become one of the standards. I only have an edited version (3:33) of it. But at raaga.com you can find the unedited version (5:18) that can be enjoyed even longer.

All, I will post the next pick tomorrow.

Plum

3rd February 2009, 01:28 PM

sivaG, thanks for the info

Neel D

3rd February 2009, 07:23 PM

Pick #758

Song: nIlagiri pUvE
Film: Kudumbam
Music: Gangai Amaran
Singers: S.Janaki, S.N.Surendar
Lyrics: One of (Vaali, Pulamaipithan, Muthulingam, Gangai Amaran)
Year: 1984

Energetic composition by Gangai Amaran. "Kudumbam" starred Vijaikant, Devisri, Jaisankar, Sujata, Sripriya, Jayamalini and others. Vijaikant acts and S.N.Surendar sings. You guessed it. The film was directed by S.A.Chandrasekar.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/nilagiri_puve.rm

priya32

3rd February 2009, 07:33 PM

Beautiful Neel! :bluejump:

I forgotton song...they aired this one on radio so often those days!

Thanks! :)

rajraj

4th February 2009, 05:34 AM

Rare 'neelagiri poove' ! Must be kurinji malar! :)

Nice song !

rekhs

4th February 2009, 08:42 AM

["Pennai Vaazha Vidungal" starred Jaisankar, K.R.Vijaya, Sheela and others. The music is credited to S.M.S. I am guessing
that is S.M.Subbaiah Naidu.

neel hi
enjoying every post of yrs tho no time to say so :(

TMS: samaiyalukkum maiyalukkum
samaiyalukkum maiyalukkum
Orezhuththu baedham
Orezhuththu baedham
naam sarasamaagap paesikkittae
samaichchiduvOm saadham ...
sarasamaagap paesikkittae
samaichchiduvOm saadham

PS: samaikkum pOdhu konja vandhaal
samaikkum pOdhu konja vandhaal
samaiyal varaadhu
enakku samaiyal varaadhu
pin saambaarilae inippirukkum urappirukkaadhu

TMS: kodhikkum munnae eRakki vechchaalae
kodhikkum munnae eRakki vechchaa kuzhambu varaadhu
purushan konjum pOdhu vilagi ninnaa kudumbam iraadhu
kudumbam iraadhu
aaraarO aarirarO
aaraarO aarirarO

PS: laal laal lalaa laa..laalaalalaa
ahaa hmmmmm...

TMS: oLaaaalii...
(whistle)

PS: purushanukku manaivi dhaanae sarkkarai pongal
purushanukku manaivi dhaanae sarkkarai pongal
adhai pOttu vaikkum thattu dhaanae peNgaLin kaNgaL
adhai pOttu vaikkum thattu dhaanae peNgaLin kaNgaL

TMS: pongal pOlae inikkum peNgaL
pongal pOlae inikkum peNgaL eththanai pEru
ammaa eththanai pEru
indha bhoomiyilae unnai pOla inippavar yaaru ..
inippavar yaaru

PS: samaikkum pOdhu konja vandhaal
samaiyal varaadhu ahahaa samaiyal varaadhu

TMS: pirandha veettu ninaivillaadha
pirandha veettu ninaivillaadha peNgaLai pOlae
sila peNgaLai pOlae
thaan pugundha veettil pasiyai theerkkum thaaygaLai paaru

PS: pirandha veedu peNgaL vaazhvil saththiram dhaanae
pirandha veedu peNgaL vaazhvil saththiram dhaanae
endrum pugundha idam sondhamennum saaththiram dhaanae
pugundha idam sondhamennum saaththiram dhaanae

Both: samaiyalukkum maiyalukkum
samaiyalukkum maiyalukkum
Orezhuththu baedham
Orezhuththu baedham
naam sarasamaagap pEsikkittae samaichchiduvOm saadham

tvsankar

4th February 2009, 08:42 PM

Dear Neel,
Thanks for GA's Rare GEM.
Beautiful tune. Nice Rendition.

with Love,
Usha Sankar.

Neel D

5th February 2009, 07:35 PM

Priya, rajraj & Usha, thank you.
rekhs, thanks and welcome back.

Neel D

5th February 2009, 07:44 PM

Pick #759

Song: ithaththAn romba
Film: Enga Oor Kannagi
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Singers: P.Susheela, S.P.Balasubramanyam
Lyrics: Kannadasan
Year: 1981

Nice duet that was very popular during its time. Enga Oor Kannagi directed by K.Balachandar starred Seema, Sarita, Madhavi, Sarathbabu and others. All four divas (PS, SJ, LRE and VJ) sang for this film. SJ sang "paccaivayal pakkaththilE"(already featured) and LRE & VJ sang the duet "adi Aththi adi kaNNu sokki'.

Today's pick is a nEyar(sss) viruppam.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/ithaththan_romba.rm

tvsankar

5th February 2009, 08:04 PM

Dear sss and Neel,
Thanks for MSV's Rare pick.
Audio quality is so nice.

with Love,
Usha Sankar.

rekhs

6th February 2009, 10:03 AM

[quote="Neel D"]Pick #759
neel and co
cn some 1 pls help me fill up the blanks
i wld really appreciate it :)
thanks
rekhs

Song: ithaththAn romba
Film: Enga Oor Kannagi
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Singers: P.Susheela, S.P.Balasubramanyam
Lyrics: Kannadasan
Year: 1981
idhai thaan romba rasichchaen
adhai thaan eNNi sirichchaen
idhai thaan romba rasichchaen
adhai thaan eNNi sirichchaen
maelaadai konjam
medhuvaaga medhuvaagavay
maelaadai konjam
medhuvaaga medhuvaagavay

maadhulam pazhaththOttam
unai paarkudhu
mandhiram kOl saerththu
?????????????

en raasangam ippOdhu
andhiyilae thaedudhudi
andharangam paesudhadi
raasakkutti

en raasangam ippOdhu
andhiyilae thaedudhudi
andharangam paesudhadi
raasakkutti

sevvandhi poo pOlae
en kannam rendu

senthaenae thandhaayae
nee bOdhai kondu

idhai thaan romba rasichchaen
adhai thaan eNNi sirichchaen
maelaadai konjam
medhuvaaga medhuvaagavay

kOvilil aaraaththi eduththaagalaam
ponnukku kannunu koduthaagalaam

oru maamaanu pOnaalum
?????????
kannu rendum veesuvadhu
raasakkutty

nee vaadi en jodi
kondaadikkoLvOm

ammadi naan thaedi
pandhaadi kOLvOm

idhai thaan romba rasichchaen

adhai thaan eNNi sirichchaen

maelaadai konjam
medhuvaaga medhuvaagavay

maambazha chaaraaga puzhinjaagalaam
masthiyil aedhaenum kalandhaagalaam

nam kalyaanam varumpOdhu
angae thottu ingae thottu
maeLam kottu thaaLam kattu
thaali kattu
nam kalyaanam varumpOdhu
angae thottu ingae thottu
maeLam kottu thaaLam kattu
thaali kattu

nallaaththaan paarththaenaa
adi raani kannae

adhanaal dhaan naan kaettaen
en raasaa unnai

idhai thaan romba rasichchaen

adhai thaan eNNi sirichchaen

maelaadai konjam
medhuvaaga medhuvaagavay

medhuvaaga medhuvaagavay

Neel D

6th February 2009, 07:33 PM

rekhs,

மாதுளம் பழத்தோட்டம் உடம்பாச்சுது
மந்திரம் போல் பேச்சு கரும்பாச்சுது
என் ராசாங்கம் இப்போது
அந்தியிலே தேடுதடி
அந்தரங்கம் பேசுதடி ராசாக்குட்டி
செவ்வந்தி பூப்போலே என் கன்னம் ரெண்டு
செந்தேனே தந்தாயே நீ போதை கொண்டு

கோவிலில் ஆராத்தி எடுத்தாகளா
பொண்ணுக்கு கண்ணுன்னு கொடுத்தாகளா
ஒரு மாமாங்கம் போனாலும்
உன்னுடன் நான் கூடுவது
கண்ணு ரெண்டும் பேசுவது ராசாக்குட்டி
நீ வாடி என் ஜோடி
கொண்டாடிக் கொள்வோம்
அம்மாடி நாம் தேடி
பந்தாடிக் கோள்வோம்

மாம்பழச் சாறாக புழிஞ்சாகளா
மத்தியில் ஏதேனும் கலந்தாகளா
நம் கல்யாணம் வரும்போது
அங்கு தொட்டு இங்கு தொட்டு
மேளந்தட்டி தாளந்தட்டி தாலி கட்டு
நல்லாத்தான் பாத்தேன் நான்
அடி ராணி கண்ணே
அதனால்தான் நான் கேட்டேன்
என் ராசா உன்னை

tvsankar

7th February 2009, 01:04 AM

indha paatai kettal,
one song nyabagam vandhu vandhu ponadhu.
inniki than nalla nyabagam vandhadhu.

one song from Raanuva Veeran - Sonnal
dhanae theriyum ennai kannal paru puriyum..

indha 2 paatum konjamum sambandham ilai.
ana manasula nyabagam varudhu.......

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

Neel D

7th February 2009, 02:08 PM

Usha & rekhs, thanks.
Usha, I will try to listen to that Raanuva Veeran song. I can't recall it.

Neel D

7th February 2009, 02:09 PM

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/pow07/images/srivalli_rukmini.jpg
Pick #760

Song: sinthai aRinthu vAdi
Film: Sri Valli
Music: T.M.Rajagopala Sharma, R.Sudarsanam, Papanasam Sivan, Rajagopal Iyer
Singer: P.A.Periyanayaki
Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan & Rajagopal Iyer
Year: 1945

Happy Thai Poosam!

This week will be Thai Poosam specials.

Sri Valli directed by A.V.Meiyappan and A.T.Krishnasamy starred T.R.Mahalingam, Kumari Rukmini, Baby Kamala, T.R.Ramachandran, N.S.Krishnan, T.A.Madhuram and others. T.R.Mahalingam played Murugan, Rukmini played teenage Valli and Baby Kamala played little girl Valli.

T.R.Mahalingam who was only in his early twenties had already acted in a few films but Sri Valli turned him into one of the top stars. An awesome singer with a big voice TRM fit well into the trend of the time and was a popular star for a few years that followed. I already wrote about TRM some time ago and am providing a link to that post at the bottom.

Rukmini who had already acted as Baby Rukmini in some films was introduced in Sri Valli as Kumari Rukmini. Very slim and lively Rukmini must have been in her mid to late teens when she acted in this film. Just like most other female actors of the time she played her part very casually and it is a joy to watch her. The film has several songs. This is one of the early films in which playback was used. P.A.Periyanaki, a famous carnatic singer and actor, sang playback for Rukmini. Today's pick is when Valli is forbidden to see Murugan by her father and is kept under house arrest. The song is occasionally performed in Carnatic music concerts and Bharatanatyam recitals. However, today's version is the original composition, the original execution and the original rendition of sinthai aRinthu vAdi.

About the female stars of the 1940s and 1930s being casual... it is my observation that it was a time when the female actors simply expressed what the character required, sang and acted. There was no effort made to appear cute, sexy, showy or overly theatrical. But, stars like T.R.Rajakumari and Madhuri Devi were exceptions to this casualness. These ladies had an agenda... it was to seduce the men in the audience... with their suggestive facial expressions, body movements and attire.

Rukmini's mother Nungampakkam Janaki was a danseuse and a small time film actor. She realized a big dream of success through her daughter. However, Rukmini for some reason did not act in very many films especially in the lead. By the time Maniyosai(1963) came Rukmini, not even 40, had graduated into the mother of Muthuraman and Kalyankumar.

Few years after Sri Valli Rukmini married Y.V.Rao(whom we read about two weeks ago) and their daughter is actress Lakshmi. Starting with the first generation Janaki who had little success in films to second generation Rukmini who became very popular among Tamil film audience of the 1940s and then to the bright and extremely talented third generation Lakshmi who is still a successful actor in all southern languages and who has also left her mark in Hindi, it was a graph that was growing only in the upward direction. Lakshmi's daughter Aishwarya started off with great success in Tamil films but had some trouble later. Regardless she is holding on to a place in the industry. This four generation of ladies is truly a success story in the history of Tamil talkie.

The film credits T.M.Rajagopala Sharma and R.Sudarsanam for music and it credits Papanasam Sivan and Rajagopal Iyer for the songs. We know that Papanasam Sivan is a composer and not just a lyricist. Hence I have credited all four of them for music.

Papanasam Sivan and Rajagopal Iyer are brothers. Rajagopal Iyer's daughter is V.N.Janaki who was the wife of M.G.R. and was a film actress in the late 1940s and early 50s.

Sri Valli also popularized Baby Kamala as one of the dancing stars of Tamil cinema.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/sinthai_arinthu.rm

More on T.R.Mahalingam - http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=1232729#1232729

More on P.A.Periyanayaki - http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=1227834#1227834

Part of the information in this post was obtained from various reliable sources on the internet. Thanks to The Hindu, Randor Guy and the like.

rajraj

7th February 2009, 08:14 PM

Thanks Neel ! I was in elementary school when this film was released. I used to sing a few lines of 'sindhai arindhu vaadi' without any clue about what it meant ! :lol:

Hope Dhandapani hosts more old songs about Dhandapani ! :)

Neel D

8th February 2009, 03:36 AM

rajraj,

You are welcome.

What were the sources of music those days? How commom were radios and record players? I know that radios had to be registered and an annual fee had to be paid to the government. It certainly was a fancy item if it wasn't a luxury item. Records were quite expensive for the middle class to afford even in the 70s. Not all fifty(so to speak) songs from a film will be released on records. That would require several records. So, even if you buy those expensive records unless you go to the movies you will completely miss out on many songs, correct?

rajraj

8th February 2009, 04:54 AM

Neel,
Radio was a luxury those days. We had to pay Rs15 a year for the license( if my memory serves right). A 'cheap' radio was selling for Rs300. If you wanted more selective bands you spent about Rs 600. Cheap or not it was expensive for most families. There was only AIR( All India Radio) with two stations in Madras and one in Trichy. They did not play cinema music a lot. We listened to Radio Ceylon on short wave.
Same was true about record players. There was no record player in the 30 and 40s. We had what was known as a 'Gramaphone' with a horn that you see in His Master's Voice. The energy to drive the turntable was stored in a 'spring' that had to be cranked periodically. Also you had to change the needle every few plates, as those were called. The sound box or pick up was very heavy. Remember 'plate-ai thiruppi podu' ! :) There were only 78 RPM plates which were easily breakable unlike later vinyl records. The gramaphone and plates were expensive and affordable only by the well to do. My uncle had one in our native village. We used to beg him to play the plates ( plate podunga ! ) His prized possession was a stack of 78 rpm plates in brown or blue sleeves. He dutifully cleaned the plates with kerosene. I wanted to bring the gramaphone my uncle had and the record player from my home. Both seem to have disappeared. If ever I find a gramaphone I will buy it for any price as an antique. Fond memories! :)

I don't think they released all songs in a movie in plates, just selected popular pieces. Radio and gramaphone were the only sources of music unless you went to the same movie often. There were touring talkies (theatre in a tent) where you could stand outside the talkies and listen to the songs without paying for the ticket. I used to do that for one movie-'avan', a remake of the Hindi movie 'aah'.

( If you want an appreciation for a 300 rupee radio, a district level government officer was paid a little more than Rs 300 a month those days! )

Neel D

8th February 2009, 11:28 AM

rajraj, thanks for all the interesting information. I will have more questions later. :)

Neel D

8th February 2009, 11:34 AM

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/pow07/images/srivalli_trm.jpg
Pick #761

Song: vAnavargaL pORRida
Film: Sri Valli
Music: T.M.Rajagopala Sharma, R.Sudarsanam, Papanasam Sivan, Rajagopal Iyer
Singer: T.R.Mahalingam
Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan & Rajagopal Iyer
Year: 1945

Happy Thai Poosam!

Today's pick is a beautiful thillana from Sri Valli. After trying to win the heart of Valli by singing the amazing kAyAtha kAnagaththE and many other methods that fail, Murugan takes the form of an old man and befriends Valli. The old man comes to Valli's house and entertains her and her family and friends by singing this thillana. Rukmini dances while T.R.Mahalingam sings. Look at the picture. Isn't TRM the cutest thing!

Thai Poosam is a special day for Murugan. We already sang a praise of him yesterday. Today's pick is in praise of Lord Shiva. Legend has it that on the Poosam Natchathiram of the month of Thai, Shiva(Nataraja) came to his golden stage, the city of Chidambaram, and performed his Ananda Tandavam. It doesn't get any better than this. Lord Muruga singing about Shiva's Ananda Tandavam. This song encapsulates Thai Poosam.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/vanavargal.rm

rekhs

8th February 2009, 01:54 PM

[quote="Neel D"]rekhs,
nandri nanba:)
owe u 1 :)

sss

9th February 2009, 06:54 AM

Thanks Neel for Enga Oor Kannagi.
Visited net after a week time because of my system's sickness...

Also enjoyed reading about Srivalli... yet to hear the songs...

Thanks..

SSS

rajraj

10th February 2009, 03:17 AM

Neel: I thought you would feature 'kaayaadha kaanagathe'. :)

Neel D

10th February 2009, 07:11 AM

rekhs & sss, you are welcome.

rajraj, kAyAtha kAnagaththE is mindblowing. But the thillana I thought was rare. Also, I have another theme running this week. I will let hubbers figure it out. :)

All,
Here is Deepan Chakravarthi's rendition of kAyAtha kAnagaththE that was featured some time ago.
http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=695105#695105

rajraj

10th February 2009, 07:44 AM

Also, I have another theme running this week. I will let hubbers figure it out. :)

Valentine's Day special ? :lol:

Neel D

10th February 2009, 08:10 AM

rajraj,
Not going to reveal it until the end of the week. :)

Neel D

12th February 2009, 07:08 AM

Pick #762

Song: varuvAn vadivElan
Film: Varuvan Vadivelan
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Singer: Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1978

Bhakti films are always about miracles happening in people's lives through faith. Varuvan Vadivelan was one such film and was a big hit. Come to think of it there were many Bhakti films that were big hits in the 70s. Thirumalai Thenkumari, Annai Velankanni, Deivam, Devi Sri Karumari Amman, Vellikkizhamai Viratham, Thiruvarul, Swami Ayyappan, etc. But I can think of only one in the 80s, Thai Mookambikai. Can't think of any starting the 90s. Hmmm... have people stopped believing in miracles?

Varuvan Vadivelan had good songs and a huge cast. Today's pick was picturized on Jayachitra.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/varuvan_vv.rm

rajraj

12th February 2009, 08:20 AM

Another nice song on Dhandapani ! :)
Thanks Neel!

rekhs

12th February 2009, 07:58 PM

Pick #762

such a delight to the ears neel
awesome treat
wanted to share the lyrics
thanks ever so much:)

Song: varuvAn vadivElan
Film: Varuvan Vadivelan
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Singer: Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1978

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/varuvan_vv.rm

Varuvaan Vadivelan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan

Varuvaan Vadivelan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan

siriththu kurathi peNNai aNaikkindravan
avaL sengkani vaa idhazhai nanaikkindravan

siriththu kurathi peNNai aNaikkindravan
avaL sengkani vaa idhazhai nanaikkindravan

idaiyinil kaikkoduthu vaLaikkindravan
aLLi idugindravan sorgam tharugindravan

aahaaa...

idaiyinil kaikkoduthu vaLaikkindravan
aLLi idugindravan sorgam tharugindravan

Varuvaan Vadivelan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan

muruga muruga muruga muruga
muruga muruga muruga muruga
muruga muruga muruga muruga

adiyavar kaetta varam tharugindravan
endrum avar kaNNil naeraaga therigindravan

adiyavar kaetta varam tharugindravan
endrum avar kaNNil naeraaga therigindravan

kodiyavar pagai theerthu mudikkindravan
seval kodiyanavan namakku iniyanavan

kodiyavar pagai theerthu mudikkindravan
seval kodiyanavan namakku iniyanavan

seval kodiyanavan namakku iniyanavan

Varuvaan Vadivelan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan

thirumurgaatruppadai naan paadavaa
illai thirupugazh paadi ingu nadamaadavaa

thirumurgaatruppadai naan paadavaa
illai thirupugazh paadi ingu nadamaadavaa
kandhar sashti kavacha kavi paadava
avan mun kaiyendhavaa
vetri kadal neendhavaa
kandhar sashti kavacha kavi paadava
avan mun kaiyendhavaa
vetri kadal neendhavaa

Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan

Neel D

14th February 2009, 09:08 AM

rajraj & rekhs, you are welcome.
rekhs, thanks for the lyrics.

Neel D

14th February 2009, 09:17 AM

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/pow07/images/paavaivilakku.jpg
Pick #763

Song: nAn unai ninaikkAtha
Film: Paavai Vilakku
Music: K.V.Mahadevan
Singer: P.Susheela
Lyrics: A.Maruthakasi
Year: 1960

Happy Valentine's Day!

Paavai Vilakku directed by K.Somu starred Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Kumari Kamala, M.N.Rajam, Balaji and others. Story was by Pa.Akilan and dialog by A.P.Nagarajan. Every song in the film is absolutely beautiful. It is one of K.V.Mahadevan's greatest albums.

Sivaji Ganesan is an intellectual who is into reading and writing poetry and literature. An artsy dreamer. He falls in love with one woman after another. Or, women simply fall in love with him one after another. It is like Autograph. A dancer by the name Senkamalam(Kumari Kamala) is one of those women who love him. Today's pick is a dance recital picturized on Kumari Kamala.

If you watch the films of the 30s and 40s, the dance sequences are usually a light version of Bharatanatyam or some light blend of dance forms. There may be two reasons for this. One of those is that the actors had to sing and dance at the same time and if they danced heavily then they will be out of breath and cannot sing, and also the audio recorder cannot catch their voice and the accompanying instruments clearly if their footnotes and ankle bells are too loud. The other reason may be that these actresses were primarily singer/actors and not necessarily dancers and could only perform light movements. But once playback became the standard, the dancing stars had a field day. Especially in the 50s and early 60s so many wonderful dancers were able to show off their talent.

Kumari Kamala, beginning her career as Baby Kamala in the films like Sri Valli(1945) and Naam Iruvar(1947), popularized Bharatanatyam in its purest form among Tamil audience. There were many other dancers during her tenure in Tamil films, but Kamala stands apart. Most of her dances are pure and traditional choreographies without any lightening, mixing or cinematizing. Other dancing stars, through no fault of their own, were often subjected to performing variety entertainment such as Paambaati natanam, Kuravar natanam, Uzhavan natanam, Athivaasi natanam, Gypsy natanam, light version of classical dance forms, etc. But Kamala with her technical brilliance, expressive face and incredible pace gave life to pure Bharatanatyam choreographies. Today's pick is one such dance. Choreography by K.N.Dhandayuthapani Pillai. The dance is performed inside a temple. Kamala dances and Sivaji watches in wonderment. So will you.

There is also another dance by Kamala towards the end of the film. An emotional song "sithaRiya sathanggaigaL pOlE", sung expressively by PS, has Kamala once again performing at an incredible pace with every cell in her body, in two styles of dance - Kathak and Lavani.

Wish Kamala had given us more dances like this. But she did not act in too many films.

And now back to K.V.Mahadevan. The vocal part of the song is only the first two minutes of this over five minutes song. The rest of the song will say everything about KVM. I don't have to.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/nan_unai.rm

rajraj

15th February 2009, 06:52 AM

Good pick Neel! Kumari Kamala gave a lot performances on stage. I attended one of them in 1953. There was another dancer who acted in a few films, E.V.Saroja.

Neel D

16th February 2009, 06:41 AM

rajraj,
Thank you. You are lucky to have watched Kamala's dance performance in person.
How was Paavai Vilakku received by the audience? How about the songs? What were the reviews like? Please share with us.

rajraj

16th February 2009, 08:03 AM

Neel: paavai viLakku was popular. Not sure whether it was because of the popular novelist Akilan or the songs by C.S.Jayaraman.
I used to sing and still sing some of those songs:
1.mangiyadhor nilavinile
2.aayiram kaN podhaadhu
3.kaaviyamaa nenjin oviyamaa
4.vaNNathamizh peN oruthi

For details:

http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=1917

tvsankar

16th February 2009, 03:00 PM

Dear Neel,
Thanks for "Naan unai ninaikadha"

very beautiful song.

Thank you Neel.

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

Neel D

16th February 2009, 07:16 PM

rajraj, thank you.
Usha, you are welcome.

Neel D

16th February 2009, 07:22 PM

Pick #764

Song: en thEvanE
Film: Ithu Ivargalin Kathai
Music: V.Kumar
Singer: A.M.Raja
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1976

Disappointed and disillusioned with the film industry (that is what I heard) A.M.Raja had exiled himself from the industry for many years and was hardly seen in TFM during the 70s. V.Kumar apparently gave this song to A.M.Raja to help him start his second innings. And then what happened? I don't know. The film did not do much for V.Kumar either and that is another story. One more story... P.B.Srinivas was hardly seen in TFM once 70s rolled in. What is the story behind his disappearance? I don't know that either. Ithu Ivarkalin Kathai apparently starred Sivachandran and Amudha(who is Amudha?).

Today's pick is a very nice, but sad, song. Audio quality is so-so.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/en_thevane.rm

rajraj

17th February 2009, 12:15 AM

Good to hear AMR, my favourite singer. His first song was ' samsaaram samsaaram sakala dharma saaram'. He was reigning TFM in the 50s with his wife Jikki. He died prematurely slipping from a moving train. As a college student I used to sing a lot of his songs earning the dubious title, 'A.M.Raja of the hostel' ! :lol: Of course we are very generous in conferring titles! :) It was my friends' ploy to get me to sing his songs!

Jikki died later of cancer. Sad end for a great singing pair. Reminds me of AMR's song in 'avan' :

minnal pol aagum indha vaazhkkaiye vaan vill polume iLamai aanadheyaam thunbak kadhai unadhe ! :(

I still sing his songs, 'brindhaavanamum nandhakumaaranum yaavarukkum podhu selvam andro' being my favourite.
Memories ! :lol:

More on AMR:

http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=2005

madhu

17th February 2009, 03:35 AM

wow !

konjam busy-a irundhalum indha songkku oru post pOdAma pOga manasu varalliyE... ! :wink:

nice Neel... this is a nice pathos number.. though I luv the duet "Anandha illam nAn kaNda uLLam" by AMR and PS more than this from the same film. andha song-il pazhaiya AMR-ai kEtkalaam...

whats the story ? The hero must be a christian while the heroine is Hindu. After marriage ( and ofcourse a child .. adhuvum paiyan) something happened and reNdu perum pirinjudaraanga..

yAro oru friend kurukka varappala theriyudhu...

hayyoo.. may be a good storyline. Indha film release aacha enna ? :confused2:

Neel D

17th February 2009, 09:21 AM

rajraj, thanks for all the interesting information. From whatever I have read I get the idea that A.M.Raja was a very sensitive person. It takes a really thick skin to survive in the film industry. But I am grateful for what he offered when he could. By the way, last week's second theme was Bharatanatyam (all four songs). :)

madhu, thank you. And good job on guessing the story from the song. :clap:

rajraj

17th February 2009, 09:44 AM

By the way, last week's second theme was Bharatanatyam (all four songs). :)

I wish you featured 'kaaNa kaN kodi veNdum ayyan kaal thooki nindraadum kaatchi ponnambalathil' by Kumari Kamala ! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALS8NRVboRI

( if anyone wants to watch the clip replace 'R' at the end with 'r' .
I do not intend to interfere with Neel's posts! :) )

madhu

17th February 2009, 10:55 AM

Hi Neel..

kannadasan oru thadavai (kumari) kamala lakshman patri sonnabodhu.. "matha dancers தகதிமி appdinnu step vaikkarappo tharaiyila oru thadavai thatti AduvAgna.. but kamalavin pAdham ovvoru aksharathukkum oru thattu thatti 4 steps pOdum" enRu sonnArAm.

BTW..

what about the second stanza in the song "naan unai ninaikadha" ?

it goes like "mounam EnO sollum swAmi.. en manam vittu nAn pAdi Aduvadhai kaNda pinnum"

adhu padathula varaliya ?

Neel D

18th February 2009, 09:21 AM

rajraj, Konjum Salangai has great songs and dances.

madhu, No wonder Kannadasan had Kamala star in Sivagangai Seemai, just like S.Varalakshmi, one of his favorite singers.
Andha second stanza kEttathE illaiyE!

Neel D

18th February 2009, 09:24 AM

Pick #765

Song: nAn kaNdathu
Film: Paravaigal Palavidham
Music: S.A.Rajkumar
Singer: S.P.Balasubramanyam
Lyrics: S.A.Rajkumar
Year: 1988

"Paravaigal Palavidham" directed by Robert-Rajasekar duo starred Ramki, Nirosha, Tara and others. Robert-Rajasekar have good taste for music and they got some good compositions out of SAR for this film. But not all of those songs shine through like today's pick, mainly because of the choice of singers in those other songs. The re-recording for the film was done by Vidyasagar.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/nan_kandathu.rm

rekhs

18th February 2009, 11:00 AM

[quote="Neel D"]Pick #765
AWESOME song neel :) thanks
luv the line vidiyal idaiyil iravaanadhu

Song: nAn kaNdathu
Film: Paravaigal Palavidham
Music: S.A.Rajkumar
Singer: S.P.Balasubramanyam
Lyrics: S.A.Rajkumar
Year: 1988

naan kaNdadhu poi naadagam
vaalibam vaanilae
vaanavil pOlavae
en kaadhal indru poi aanadhae

naan kaNdadhu poi naadagam

panneerilae peNN payiraanavaL
pala kaalamaai en uyiraanavaL
manam maariyae avaL enai meerinaaL
malar maalaiyai indru yaar soodinaaL

aEn aEn iLamaiyum thee aanadhu
aEn aEn kanavugaL veeNaanadhu
aEn aEn iLamaiyum thee aanadhu
aEn aEn kanavugaL veeNaanadhu
vidiyal idaiyil iravaanadhu

naan kaNdadhu poi naadagam

aEn deivamae indha viLayaattu dhaan
en paavamO nenjai pazhudhaakkinaaL
naan kaaNavae andru nilavaaginaaL
aEn indru paar iruLaaginaaL

ohh ohh puzhudhiyil poomaalai dhaan
naan naan nadandhidum maNN bommai dhaan
ohh ohh puzhudhiyil poomaalai dhaan
naan naan nadandhidum maNN bommai dhaan
nazhuvum ulagam purigindradhu

naan kaNdadhu poi naadagam
vaalibam vaanilae
vaanavil pOlavae
en kaadhal indru poi aanadhae

madhu

18th February 2009, 08:11 PM

Shakthiprabha.

18th February 2009, 08:50 PM

Pick #765

Song: nAn kaNdathu
Film: Paravaigal Palavidham
Music: S.A.Rajkumar
Singer: S.P.Balasubramanyam
Lyrics: S.A.Rajkumar
Year: 1988

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/nan_kandathu.rm

engayo eppovo ketta ninaivu. :ty: for reminding such songs.

Neel D

20th February 2009, 06:49 AM

rekhs & Shakthiprabha, you are welcome.
madu, thanks.

Neel D

20th February 2009, 06:52 AM

Pick #766

Song: sonnA manasu
Film: Soorappuli
Music: Gangai Amaran
Singers: Vani Jairam, Malaysia Vasudevan
Lyrics: Gangai Amaran
Year: 1983

Soorappuli starred Prabhu, Viji, Dilip, Vanitha and others. The film was directed by Venkat. Wasn't Venkat from stage who also directed some comedy films?

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/sonna_manasu.rm

rekhs

20th February 2009, 02:58 PM

[quote="Neel D"]Pick #764

Song: en thEvanE
Film: Ithu Ivargalin Kathai
Music: V.Kumar
Singer: A.M.Raja
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1976

en devaanae unnidam ondru kaetppaen
en deviyin ponmugam endru paarppaen?
nee allavO thandhadhu indha vaazhkai
nee kaattinaal pOgiraen andha paadhai

(en)

pon oonjal ondru en veettil aadum
thaai uLLam kaNdu thaalaattu paadum
naaL dhOrum ennai thaedaamal thaedum
kaaNaadha kaNgaL kaNNeeril vaadum
kaNeerai maatrum un kaigaL engae
engendru thaedum un piLLai ingae

(en)

naan thandha maalai vaadaadha munbae
nee konda kaadhal thaan maaralaamO
en piLlai kooda en sondham illai
endraana pinnae vaazhndhenna laabam
indrOdu vaazhkai pOgattum ingae
en aasai naNban vaazhattum angae
en aasai naNban vaazhattum angae

(en)

Neel D

22nd February 2009, 08:28 AM

rekhs, thank you.

Neel D

22nd February 2009, 08:30 AM

Pick #767

Song: nANam EnO
Film: Kannaadi Maaligai
Music: T.D.Padman
Singers: P.B.Srinivas, S.Janaki
Lyrics: Mu.Ilangovan
Year: 1962

Nice duet by PBS and SJ. Don't have any details on the composer other than his name. Please share if you do.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/nanam_eno.rm

tvsankar

23rd February 2009, 12:18 AM

Dear Neel,
THanks for the old one.
PBS and SJ -
romba porupa paadi mudichu irukanga...
(Duet aga padamal)

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

baroque

23rd February 2009, 12:32 AM

Beauty runs on Ragam Saaranga ambience, Neel. :musicsmile:

IRAVUM NILAVUM..... and konja neram ennai.....Shri.MSV.

kettadhellam naan tharuven.....contaminated Saaranga bhaavam...
LOVER BOY RULES

saawan rut aaye....PIYA BASANTI.... Honey soaked chithra with Ustad sultan khan.. such a joyous, peaceful musical. Often I wake up with a craving for Chithra's sweet vocal. :musicsmile::ty:

kadhalil maaattaamal.......Shri.IR.

ஒரு தேவதை வந்தது
மனச்சிறை கூண்டைத் திறந்து சென்றது.....

GOD OF ROMANCE strikes the universe unleashes LOVER BOY to whisk me to the world of fantasy.:clap: :musicsmile: :swinghead:

that's Shri.Ilayaraaja everybody! LOVE YOU ILAYARAAJA

Neel D

24th February 2009, 07:58 AM

Usha & baroque, thank you.

Neel D

24th February 2009, 08:01 AM

Pick #768

Song: kAthal kavinjan nAn
Film: Muyalukku Moonu Kaal
Music: Chandrabose
Singers: T.M.Sounderarajan, S.P.Balasubramanyam, Chandrabose, Jency
Lyrics: Vaali
Year: 1979

Let us celebrate the Himalayan achievement of one of our TFM composers with this nice disco song from the 70s. The song sequence is disco at a colorful discotheque, but the song itself is a blend of styles and singers.

Muyalukku Moonu Kaal is a full length comedy film loaded with comedy actors. Surulirajan, Thangavelu, Asokan, V.A.Murthy, V.K.Ramasamy, T.R.Ramachandran, Manorama, M.Saroja, Sachu, and many more.

Today's pick was picturized on Vijaybabu, Sathyapriya, Bhanuchandar and Nisha. A competition between two couples. Obviously it was during the glamor days of Sathyapriya. It was debut film for the handsome hunk Bhanuchandar and the pretty girl Nisha. SPB and Chandrabose sing for Vijaibabu, TMS for Bhanuchandar and Jency for Nisha. This is one of the rare occasions when Jency sang for a composer that is not IR.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/kathal_kavinjan.rm

tvsankar

24th February 2009, 10:40 AM

Dear Neel,
Thanks for the song.Hindi song style la
try pannina oru tamil song.

Andha time la indha paatai ketta podhu - hindi madhiri oru song . Nanraga ilai enru
ninaithu irukiren,

Ipodhu varum padal - ellam copy cat.

Indru indha paatai ketadhum - Pudhiyadhaga
try panniya ivargal ellam Great than......

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

baroque

25th February 2009, 10:06 AM

Oh, I know this song. :)
part of the composition is a familiar tune from MSV. :)
It came same time of Ninaiththaale Inikkum..around 1980 or 1979.

Featured song kaathal kavinjan naan...... from Chandrabose.. from time 3:52

தாளம் போட்ட தளுக்க பாட்ட ... அடியே ஓய்யாரி.....
------- and
தப்புத் தாளத்த ஒப்புக்கொள்ளாத .....
இங்கே கசக்குதா ........

is the same tune of the charanams

அடியே ராஜாத்தி சிரிச்சா ரோஜாப்பூ ...
உனக்கா சொல்லித்தரோனும் ....
&
கமலா கல்யாணி வசந்தா...

Ninaithale Inikkum... 1979... Shri.MSV's mega musical
inimai niraindha ....Balu and LRE...

Vinatha. :)

rajesnkl

25th February 2009, 12:28 PM

dear neel sir,

thanks for your rare one from muyalukku moonu kaal.

idhai pudichavar, enakkaka penukku yaar kaval padathil

surulikkaga padiya "solla vekka irukku" endra padalai

eppadiyavathu pidikkavum.

nandri

srikanth

balaji

25th February 2009, 04:40 PM

Neel Sir

The hindi tunes were copied from the "Bachna Hye hasino" song from Hum Kissi se Kum Nahin..

However as always SPB can make any song sound better..

Chandrabose has done this before in Madhurageetham where he has copied the tune from the famous song "Sapna Mera Toot Gaya" from "Khel Khel Mein"

Bala

baroque

25th February 2009, 11:47 PM

Bala :) I was pondering hard, couldn't recall the lyrics.. thanks for Bachanaa ai hasiino.n .....R.D.Burman's Best by Legend Kishore Kumar.... kya hua tera wada... :musicsmile: popular from the same movie.
In Indian films , whatever you call it COPY or INSPIRATION.. they have done earlier too.
Oh yeah, LOVER BOY RULES FOREVER! :swinghead:
Vinatha.

Neel D

26th February 2009, 09:50 AM

Usha, baroque, rajesknl & balaji, thank you.
rajesknl, I don't have that song at the moment. When I find it I will certainly post it.

Neel D

26th February 2009, 10:01 AM

Pick #769

Song: thiththikkinRathA
Film: Vegulippen
Music: V.Kumar
Singers: K.Jamunarani, L.R.Eswari
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1971

This rare song is a contribution by a poster. I have never heard this song before. Very nicely executed lusty song.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/thiththikkinratha.rm

madhu

26th February 2009, 09:18 PM

hayya...

thanks Neel..

eppavO indha pAttukku lyrics pOttEn..

thithikinRadhA muthamittadhu
sugamthAnA suvaithAnA
sollungaLaen pOdhadhA

(thithikinRadhA)

thEnilAvin thEnum vENdumA
senkarumbu chARum vENdumA
poo malarntha kannam vENdumA
poova sindhum mutham vENdumA
vAzhai pOla mEni vENdumA
mAyamAna sorgam vENdumA

(thithikinRadhA)

rOman nAttu mandapangaLil
kAdhal vAzhvu bOdhai uLLadhu
nEram inRi AduginRadhu
nenjam onRu kooduginradhu
nAmum inRu vAzhnthu pArpathu
nALai innum adhigam Avadhu

(thithikinRadhA)

kAdhalAlae boomi vanthadhu
kAdhalAlae kavidhai vanthadhu
AdhalAlae kAdhal seivadhu
ANum peNNum Asai koLvadhu
pAdhai onRu sEruginRadhu
paLLi meedhu thuLLuginRadhu

(thithikinRadhA)

satithAnAnnu check seyyaNum :mrgreen:

Neel D

28th February 2009, 10:41 PM

madhu, thank you.

Neel D

28th February 2009, 10:43 PM

Pick #770

Song: pattu chattai
Film: Vaaipanthal
Music: Shankar-Ganesh
Singers: P.Susheela, Malaysia Vasudevan
Lyrics: One of (Vaali, Vairamuthu)
Year: 1984

Nice 80s song.

Vaaipanthal directed by Rama.Narayanan starred Mohan, Urvasi and others.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/pattu_chattai.rm

baroque

1st March 2009, 02:08 AM

Nice :ty: Neel.
vinatha.

vel1970

2nd March 2009, 07:58 PM

Pattu chattai appears to be IR style. PS sings very sweetly. MVD for mIke Mohan?? Out-of sync combination.

Very rare and good song.

Most of Rama narayan's films had PS voice in at least one song. Hope I am not wrong.

Neel D

3rd March 2009, 07:52 AM

baroque & vel1970, thank you.

Neel D

14th March 2009, 07:31 AM

Thread continues here...
http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=1710392#1710392

sivaramakrishnanG

11th April 2009, 05:40 PM

Hi neel..

that second stanza goes like..

"மௌனம் ஏனோ சொல்லும் சுவாமி..
என் மனம் விட்டு நான் பாடி ஆடுவதைக்
கண்ட பின்னும்
மௌனம் ஏனோ சொல்லும் சுவாமி..

அயலில் உள்ள மனிதர் யாரும் அறிந்திடாமலே
நெஞ்சின் ஆசைதனை கண்களாலே பேசிடாமலே
தயவு இன்றியே..
தமிழ் இசையில் ஒன்றியே
இது தருணம் எனை மறந்தே
........ இருக்கையில் எனதுயிரே

நான் உனை நினைக்காத நேரமுண்டோ..

அப்படின்னு வரும்.. ( கடைசி வரி மறந்து போச்சு :mrgreen: )

this is my mom's fav song.. and she used to sing this often..
adhunAla nalla ninaivu irukku..

அன்பு நண்பர் மதுவுக்கு,

இன்று தான் இதைப் பார்த்தேன்;இங்கு rm இல் பாடல்கள் கொடுப்பதால் நான் வரு வதில்லை.

நீங்கள் குறிப்பிடும் இந்த வரிகள் முதலில் வந்த இசைத்தட்டில் மட்டும் இருந்தது;
அந்தப் பாடலைப் பாடியிருந்தவர் - சூல மங்கலம் ராஜ லக்ஷ்மி.

என்ன காரணத்தினாலோ நீங்கள் குறிப்பிட்ட stanzakkalai வெட்டிவிட்டார்கள்;
பாடலையும் சுசிலாவைவைத்த்து பதிவு செய்து விட்டார்கள்.
பலர் அந்தப் பாடலை கேட்டிருக்க வாய்ப்பு இல்லை.

என்றும் அன்புடன்
சிவராமகிருஷ்ணன்.G

madhu

11th April 2009, 07:52 PM

thanks for the information sivaramakrishnanji..:ty:
:ty:

(but naan indha song-ai PS kuralilEye kEttirukkiREn. May be adhaiyum cut senjuttanga-nnu ninaikiren)

sivaramakrishnanG

11th April 2009, 10:20 PM

Anbu Madhu,

neenga solvathum unmaithaan;Susila kuralilum intha version irukirathu;

muthalil Soolamangalam avrkalai paada vaiththirukkiraarkal;
enna kaaranathinaalo Susilaa vaiyum paada vaithirukkiraarkal;
piraku athilum oru paguthiyai vetti yirukkiraarkal;

ithu,
vaana meethu neenthi Odum vennilaave...
kongu naattu chenkarumbe....

irandu paadalkalayum T.Loganathan avarkal paadivittu, pinnaal Seerkazhi paadiyathai padathirku payan paduththiyathu pola thaan endru ninaikkirEn

endrum anbudan
sivaramakrishnanG

RAGHAVENDRA

11th September 2009, 08:18 PM

Pick #686

Song: veNNilavil kaNkavarum
Film: ?
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Singers: L.R.Eswari, S.P.Balasubramanyam, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
Year: ?

I have no details about this song. I am guessing the music is by MSV. Please fill in the details.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/vennilavil_kan.rm

Dear NeelD,
Just when I was searching for my long time wanting song, Vennilavil Kudai pidikkum, to my pleasant surprise, I found it was posted here. Really great and I thank you for the same. This song is from the film Pennai Solli Kutramillai, released in November 1977 along with Annan Oru Koyil, Attukkara Alamelu and other deepavali releases. This film was released at the Odeon theatre (melody now) where I saw the film. This film has memorable solo from Susila and a duet of TMS PSusila - velum mayilum thunaiyaga ingu nalum vazum sathiyam.
Thank you,
Raghavendran