TFM Take Off - The 1940s

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Tamil Film Music from the word go, started its glorious innings in the 1930s. In 1940s it took off rapidly and then no looking back. We can come across many masterpieces of legends in this decade. To start with a concert form featuring in the film Sabapathy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4hYlr7XXak

Sabapathy was a great entertainer and hilarious moments throughout the film featuring T.R. Ramachandran and Kali N. Rathnam were rip roaring and appeal even today. But it also had very good songs and the music was arranged by the Saraswathi Stores Music Troupe. The concert by P.A. Periyanayaki is a notable one and herself giving an on-screen presence added to the value. Directed and produced by A.T. Krishnaswamy and Av. Meyyappan, the star cast included Padma as the heroine, who was famous as a model for Lux Soap, then K. Sarangapani, C.T. Rajakantham, Mangalam and others.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F0A8FGQxSpU/StunF-J9oBI/AAAAAAAAACM/yFuZUxIjxCk/s320/sababathi.jpg

Sabapathy is an ever-green classic.

[pammalar]

Dear Raghavendran Sir,

My best wishes to this new thread which for sure would unearth many rare & laudable gems of 1940s in the days to come.

Thank You ! Here's My Pick,

THE SUPREME HIT SONG OF 1940s

"Manmadha Leelayai Vendrar Undo"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt3MRCvAtao

The Singing Monarch M.K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar & Glamour Queen T.R.Rajakumari at their romantic best.

What a charukesi juice from the GR music-juice centre.

The legend from Papanasam proves in the Saahithyams that romance is also his cup of tea.

Haridas(1944) has high regards in every generation.

114 நாள் ஓடினாலே பெரிய சாதனை ! 114 வாரம் ஓடியது என்றால்.....அப்பப்பா............!

["Haridas" ran at Chennai Broadway Talkies from 16.10.1944 to 19.12.1946 for a record period of 795 days (nearly 114 weeks)].

Warm Wishes,
Pammalar.

[RAGHAVENDRA]

http://www.nadigarthilagam.com/TamizActors/Haridas3yrs.jpg

டியர் பம்மலார்,
ஹரிதாஸ் படத்தைப் பற்றிய தகவல்களைத் தந்து அசத்தி விட்டீர்கள். இதற்கும் இத்திரிக்கான வரவேற்புக்கும், நன்றியும் பாராட்டுக்களும்.தொடர்ந்து தங்கள் பங்களிப்பு 40களில் தமிழ்த்திரையுலகின் அசுர வேக வளர்ச்சியினைப் பற்றிய பல தகவல்களை தரும் என்பது திண்ணம்.

எஸ்.ஜி. கிட்டப்பா என்றாலே நமக்கு உடனே நினைவுக்கு வருவது அவரது காயாத கானகத்தே பாடலாகும். திரு டி.ஆர்.மகாலிங்கம் அவர்களும் இதே பாடலை ஸ்ரீ வள்ளி, ஆண்டு 1945, திரைப்படத்தில் பாடி அசத்தியுள்ளார். இதே படம் 1961ல் நடிகர் திலகம் நடித்தும் வெளிவந்தது. இரண்டு படங்களிலும் ஒரே பாத்திரத்தை திரு டி.ஆர்.ராமச்சந்திரன் அவர்கள் ஏற்று நடித்ததாக நினைவு.

திரு டி.ஆர்.மகாலிங்கம் அவர்கள் பாடிய காயாத கானகத்தே பாடலைப்பார்த்தும் கேட்டும் மகிழுங்கள்


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CptVRtCu8Z4

அன்புடன்

[KANDASAMY SEKKARAKUDI]

அன்பு நண்பர் ராகவேந்திரா அவர்களுக்கு

எனது காலை வணக்கம் .

பாடகி p.a.பெரியநாயகியின் குரலை பல பாடல்களில் கேட்டிருக்கிறேன் .

இன்று உங்கள் தயவால் அவரைப் பார்த்தும் விட்டேன்.

இளம்பெண்ணாய் அழகாக இருக்கிறார் !

நீங்கள் வழங்கிய பாடல் ஒரு சிறந்த கர்னாடக இசைப் பாடல் !

பாடல் காட்சிக்கு நன்றி .

இதைப் போல் 1935 களில் வந்த படப் பாடல்களை உங்களிடம் இருந்து எதிர் பார்க்கிறேன்.

அன்புடன்

prof.s.s.kandasamy

'' யான் பெற்ற இன்பம் பெறுக இவ் வையகம் ''

[RR]

PONVAYAL (1954)

STARCAST

T. R. Ramachandran Anjali Devi R.S. Manohar T. V. Kumudhini Mynavathi K. Sarangapani T.P. Muthulakshmi V.K. Ramasami K. A. Thangavelu ‘Pulimoottai’ Ramasami P.D. Sambandam T.R.B. Rao T.E. Krishnamachari K. V. Srinivasan Ramaiah Sastri K. Srinivasan Chandran ‘Ponvayal’ Susheela (dance)

‘Kalki’ (Ra. Krishnamurthi ) is rightly hailed as one of the finest writers of Modern Tamil Literature and maestro of historical fiction, a genre he virtually developed single-handedly and made it almost an art form with his classic novels like ‘Sivakamiyin Sapatham’, ‘Paarthiban Kanavu’ and others.

..
Music was composed by the noted Classical Carnatic musician also sadly neglected today, Thuriayur Rajagopal Sarma and R. Rajagopal under the supervision of another forgotten theater personality N.P. Abdul Khader. He was a singer, composer, stage actor and had several such talents and skills, and was active in Tamil theatre and also in enacting in gramophone ‘drama sets.’ which were popular in those days. Today few remember him..

Randorguy's blog http://english.galatta.com/community/blog_entry.php?user=randorguy&blogentry_id=8960

[RAGHAVENDRA]

அன்புப் பேராசிரியரே,
பாடல்களின் மற்றும் படங்களின் பொக்கிஷமான தங்களிடம் இல்லாததா அடியேனிடம் இருக்கப் போகிறது... இணையத்தில் உள்ளதைத் தேடிப் பிடித்து இங்கே பகிர்ந்து கொள்கிறேன். அவ்வளவுதான்..

[RAGHAVENDRA]

பொன்வயல் திரைக்காவியத்தில் இடம் பெற்ற, சீர்காழி கோவிந்தராஜன் அவர்களின் முதல் பாடலான சிரிப்புத்தான் வருகுதையா பாடல்..
நன்றி டாக்டர் சாந்தாராம் அவர்கள்.

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=337104&PHPSESSID=a7bad25ded46aa9cf6ad375fbe5edea6

[RAGHAVENDRA]

பொன்வயல் திரைப்படத்தில் இடம் பெற்ற அழையாத வீட்டில் என்ற ஜிக்கியின் பாடல். இசை துறையூர் ராஜகோபால சர்மா மற்றும் ஆர்.ராஜகோபால்.
http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=457366&PHPSESSID=6ead65c54e7188bdcb20ffad4bc616b0

பொன் வயல் 50களில் வந்த படம். எனவே அந்தத் திரியில் தொடர்வோம்.

[RAGHAVENDRA]

ஜகதலப் பிரதாபன் திரைப்படத்தில் பி.யூ.சின்னப்பா அவர்கள் பாடிய இன்பம் அடைந்தோமே பாடலைக் கேட்டு மகிழுங்கள்.

http://www.raaga.com/player4/?id=232054&mode=100&rand=0.9516974166035652

மற்ற படங்களைக் கேட்க

http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0001613.html

[tfmlover]

M M Dandapani Desikar in Nandhanar -1942
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm1Y0CujMNY

Regards

[tfmlover]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWxIFSkUYh4

Regards

[tfmlover]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH1hmSoYmls

Regards

[rajeshkrv]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE4ORgGgv2w

fantastic song by chinappa from krishna bakthi

[gaddeswarup]

Shanta Apte in Savithri (1941)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBOOPGzfMlg
This article on the beginnings of the Tamil cinema may be of interest
http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/3596/1/MusicIntheAgeofMechanicalReproduction.pdf

[gaddeswarup]

Vasundharadevi (Vyjayantimala's mother) in Mangammasabadham 1943
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNcA4P_7zI&feature=relmfu

[tfmlover]

Vasundharadevi (Vyjayantimala's mother) in Mangammasabadham 1943
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNcA4P_7zI&feature=relmfu
:)
tall with good posture ,looks taller than her daughter
Vasundharadevi's own voice singing ,
MD S Rajeswara Rao
typical latin beat ! tune has probably been used for many songs
even recycled many times into other language songs including tamil , hindi ..telugu ...#s
the oldest hollywood reference to this tune could be this by Carmen Miranda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2N5fQSfS94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU-AfrNLHLU
try these too
aiyaya yaa kannu koosudhE -vEdhaala ulagam
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt2ki5_dvd-rip-vedhala-ulagam-1948-tamil-movie-0_shortfilms
P Bhanumathy in Mangala -1950

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXDU3vrf25Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkdrn2zhk-M
just a few, but i'm pretty sure there's more


Regards

[gaddeswarup]

Minai of http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.com.au/ pronmises a post on this with excerpts from an article by V.A.K. Rangarao.
By the way, I do not find too many film songs of G.N. Balasubramaniam on YouTube. Can somebody upload some of his songs. Thanks.

[gaddeswarup]

I find one duet, probably by G.N. Balasubramaniam and M.S. Subbulakshmi at the top of this write up
http://www.gnbalasubramaniam.com/bio-film.htm

[rajeshkrv]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zMtoof72Zw

[Isai Rasigan]

Another clip from the movie "Sabapathy" found on Youtube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kP5IMKsOaU

[gaddeswarup]

Slightly earlier, from 1939
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwhP6eLTPFE

[gaddeswarup]

N.S Krishnan and T.A. Madhuram from 1944

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

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Dear Swarup and friends,
You can without hesitation include films of 30s here. The title is suggestive as its take off is arrived for discussion.

MANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THE FILM "TOOFAN QUEEN" mentioned in the book of Film News Ananthan. Here is a rare chance to see it with audience. VINTAGE HERITAGE is screening this film as detailed below. Make use of it.

http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o528/imagivity/unspecific/toofanqueen211012.jpg

[gaddeswarup]

From Ashok Kumar 1941?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqppQKX9eXo&feature=BFa&list=PLEC71CE051F27E8B4

[gaddeswarup]

Yes, the above seems to be from Ashok Kumar 1941. Lyrics here
http://www.indian-heritage.org/flmmusic/songs_mkt/bhoomiyil_mkt.html
Randor Guy's review http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/01/25/stories/2008012550401600.htm
An old thread in The Hub about MKT. I do not know either Tamil or Hindi and may be making some mistakes. I saw some Tamil and Hindi movies in the forties and fifties possibly starting with Rajamukti and Ratan. So there is some exposure and I still listen to some of these songs.

[gaddeswarup]

There is an inersting article by Stephen Putnam Hughes "What is Tamil about Tamil Cinema?", in South Asian Popular Culture, vol.8, no.3. October 2010,213-219 discussing the early days of Tamil Cinema. The early influences of the North where films were made to later politics. An example of early influences is this song from Chintamani 1937
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gFEXyJeDn4
which seems similar to Shanta Apte song from Amar Jyoti 1936
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV2P9nYjzSw
Putnam's article is worth a read I think. I am not sure whether iot is freely available. I have a copy and if anybody is interested, I can send iot by e-mail. My e-mail address
anandaswarupg@gmail.com

[gaddeswarup]

Clips about early Tamil films from University of West Virginia archives posted in
http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/rare-1930s-tamil-film-and-1950s-padmini.html#more

[gaddeswarup]

A documentary'An American in Madras' about Ellis Dungan is being made. Facebook has some information and stills
http://www.facebook.com/AnAmericanInMadras

[gaddeswarup]

Saigal's Tamil songs 1935
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVU0pbXBNj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHAwS2aHQuU

[gaddeswarup]

There are more posts in this blog
http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/celebrating-75-years-of-tamil-cinema.html

[gaddeswarup]

may have been posted already. From Sabapathy 1941
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhSWQqeiGuU

[gaddeswarup]

A link to Meera (1945) with English subtitles in
http://roughinhere.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/meera-1945-tamil-with-english-subtitles/

[rajraj]

I saw a video clip from Sabapathy(1951) with P.A. Periyanayaki giving a concert in a wedding. It disappeared for some reason. Here it is:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4hYlr7XXak

[gaddeswarup]

Rajraj,
It is still there, the very first one. But there is no harm reminding of such a fantastic one, still so well preserved.

[gaddeswarup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzS17GLOPBU

[gaddeswarup]

http://www.upperstall.com/films/2013/an-american-madras

[tfmlover]

Nandanar -1942-M. M. Dhandapani Desikar


http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab272/1tfml/1940s/Nandanar_zpsb9756c36.jpg
http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab272/1tfml/1940s/Nandanar1_zps9a2c1cb2.jpg


http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/05/30/stories/2008053050431600.htm




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3iM8Mj77o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceq2OEmjUmk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L27yDDJpsuE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT6vvrQ8bjo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT6vvrQ8bjo

Regards

[tfmlover]

http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab272/1tfml/MSS/MSS-1_zpsc219c223.jpghttp://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab272/1tfml/MSS/MSS-2_zps95872752.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av50m-B4ol0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DtuEpDSaY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jdH5W2lc2E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw51unj8I2U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA34tQyLCKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA2KzoKJGgQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC4dqchkk8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClUjUATxfDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFpUxqR2t38

Regards

[RR]

Dhandabani desikar on making of 'thunbam nergayil' . Seems he took 2 years to compose it. Also explains why he chose Desh. Don't miss it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-htD6EcLMsc

[mappi]

One of my (our) favorite songs. Actually we were so impressed with this song, that we even took the pargola + its roofing + bench as a sample to decorate our garden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHLWDZQXvq0

[raagadevan]

Dhandabani desikar on making of 'thunbam nergayil' . Seems he took 2 years to compose it. Also explains why he chose Desh. Don't miss it!

Good one RR! The part where he demonstrates how a different raaga for "துன்பம் நேர்கையில்..." would have scared the little girl is quite amusing. His advice, especially for today's composers, is: "பொருள் உணர்ந்தால் தான் இசை அமைக்க முடியும்".

[rajraj]

Good one RR! The part where he demonstrates how a different raaga for "துன்பம் நேர்கையில்..." would have scared the little girl is quite amusing. His advice, especially for today's composers, is: "பொருள் உணர்ந்தால் தான் இசை அமைக்க முடியும்".

RD: I wrote about this song in 'thiraiyil ilakkiyam' series under the title, "paasamaa kObamaa". Desh for paasam and Atana for kobam. The movie 'Or iravu' was released in 1951. In some thread I discussed 'navarasam' in ragas ! :) Atana depicts anger and valor ! :)

[raagadevan]

Thank you Raj :) I checked your writeup in "thirayil ilakkiyam", but unfortunately am not able to read it! The font I have on my system does not open it! It literally looks like 'Greek & Latin" to me! :)

[rajraj]

It literally looks like 'Greek & Latin" to me! :)

RD: It looks like Greek and Latin to me too! :( With all the changes in the last seven or eight years the fonts seem to have disappeared ! May be, RR can be of help. If I remember correctly I wrote it using 'inaimathi' font and mursu anjal.

[RR]

Raj & RD: I am able read fine on Firefox. I have eKalappai installed. May you can try again..

[raagadevan]

Thank you RR; I will try that.

[gaddeswarup]

1941? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRqbvtWTOLI

[gaddeswarup]

The above is wrong. Seems to be 1959.

[gaddeswarup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcUUfEi-hA

[gaddeswarup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRg1H1BZVOk

[gaddeswarup]

http://youtu.be/HrYDS9w61AU

[gaddeswarup]

From 1939 https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=21&v=_o6vqjAzGgc

[gaddeswarup]

Periyanayaki concert from Sabapathy mentioned at the very beginning seems to have disappeared from YouTube but it is still available here http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/sayee-and-subbulakshmis-film-industry.html

[gaddeswarup]

See http://scroll.in/article/737022/how-tamil-films-took-carnatic-music-to-mass-audiences-and-threw-in-a-few-social-messages-too

[gaddeswarup]

Who is the female singer here? https://youtu.be/RlL50wJQJT8

[rajraj]

eNNi eNNi paarkka manam..........

https://youtu.be/yGjdPP7lDFk



I was in 7th standard when this movie,vaazhkkai, was released. I had no idea that the tune was copied from a Hindi movie song. It was a popular song ! :)

[gaddeswarup]

https://youtu.be/j3anzRfylCk