#388 ஒரு கோலக்கிளி சோடி தன்னை கூடுது கூடுது மானே
(உழைப்பாளி, 1993 , சித்ராவுடன்)
'oru kOlakkiLi sOdi thanna' from uzhaippALi, with KSC
Another 'dreamy-sounding' SPB duet from the Rajini-Roja starrer; this one with KSC, who was in top form. For a modern-sounding song with some lovely drum work and wind instruments, the "thogaiyaRA" sounds odd :-( Not that the rest of the lines were sophisticated but the uzhaippALi-modhalALi kind of vazha-vazha-kozha-kozha could have been avoided. (BTW, what does 'kOlakkiLi' mean? I know pachchaikkiLi / panjavarNakkiLi etc, haven't heard / read about this kiLi.) Minor things like this prelude were responsible for rAsA songs slowly becoming 'uncool' during the mid-90's, IMHO.
Still, this song didn't go unnoticed -though youththu complained about the karnAtakamAnA start. Not only because it got placed in a biggie movie but it also had a catchy melody. Plus, top-class singing! It had its glory in buses / PA systems and elsewhere and I've heard it 100's of times during those days.
People often talk about this movie in the Goundamani thread and once I got the dvd rented. For some reason, I couldn't watch it but others at home could and they didn't have nice things to say about it. P Vasu enna paNNi vachirundhAro theriyalai. (Is there a villi-like character in this movie?)
There was a discussion in NEPV thread that Rajini left IR for Deva / ARR. This movie is a proof in the opposite direction :-) Like ejamAn, this too came after aNNAmalai (KB's production, who was supposedly angry with IR during PPA times and worked hard for an alternative).
And there were two other RK-IR movies after this as well...