vasantha mAlai nEram (Mohini)
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Pick #1123
Song: vasantha mAlai nEram
Film: Mohini
Music: C.R.Subbaraman & S.M.Subbiah Naidu
Lyrics: ?
Singers: T.V.Rathinam, ?
Year: 1948
Happy Pongal!
Mohini produced by Jupiter Pictures directed by Lanka Sathyam with A.S.A.Sami's screenplay starred T.S.Baliah, M.G.Ramachandran, V.N.Janaki, Madhuri Devi and others. Today's pick was picturized on V.N.Janaki and MGR. V.N.Janaki, a princess, sings this song while riding a horse on her way to secretly meet her lover MGR, a commoner it appears. MGR joins the song midway singing as he waits for her arrival in a forest. At the end of the song the lovers meet.
The female voice can be identified from the passionate singing style that belongs to T.V.Rathinam. She gives it all. We covered T.V.Rathinam songs from Ponmudi(1950) few weeks ago. Not sure who the male voice belongs to. The credits list five male singers. C.S.Jayaraman, Maariyappa, T.S.Loganathan, T.S.Baliah, and K.Sankaramoorthi. Don't know who sang today's pick.
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rAsA vanthANdi (Panchakalyani)
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Pick #1124
Song: rAsA vanthANdi
Film: Panchakalyani
Music: Shyam
Lyrics: ?
Singers: S.Janaki, Chandrabose
Year: 1979
Panchakalyani starring Sivachandran and M.S.Vasanthi received a lot of pre-release press. But the film did not do so well at the box office in spite of good songs by Shyam.
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Pick #1125
Song: bUmAthEvi pOlE
Film: Panchakalyani
Music: Shyam
Lyrics: ?
Singer: S.P.Balasubramanyam
Year: 1979
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sugam azagumalargaL (Malligai Mohini)
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Pick #1126
Song: sugam azagumalargaL
Film: Malligai Mohini
Music: G.K.Venkatesh
Lyrics: ?
Singer: S.Janaki
Year: 1979
Nice song! One of many good songs from Malligai Mohini.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow...am_azagu_mm.rm
Thanks to Naaz for the song.