P.U.Chinnappa

List of Songs:
Alphabetical
http://forumhub.lunarpages.com/hub/lyrsort.php?t=2370

Chronological:
http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/lyrsort.php?t=2370&opt=c

http://forumhub.lunarpages.com/hub/v...?p=80480#80480


Topic started by Sathiya Keerthi (@ synergy.nus.edu.sg) on Sat May 30 01:10:49 EDT 1998.


Tamil Cinema's first Chapter consisted of actors
who also sang very well. The two great stars of
that chapter were MKTB and PU Chinnappa. In the
singing department MKTB was clearly the more popular
one among the masses. But, in acting, dialogues,
fights etc., PU Chinnappa was the better one. He
was probably the first to effectively do two, three,
and even ten roles in a single movie.

We have already collected lots of information
about MKTB, thanks to Manisekaran. Shall we do
the same for PU Chinnappa?

'Chandrakantha' (1936), I believe is the first
movie acted by PUC. He acted as a prince in that
movie. Though it was a success, several movies
acted by him soon after that were failures. The
movie, 'Uththama Puththiran' (1940) by Modern
Theatres gave him a lift again. (This movie was
remade later with Sivaji as the hero.) PUC acted
in dual roles (maaRupatta guNangaLai koNda
irattaiyargaL). Bharadhiyaarin senthamizh
naadennum pOdhinilE gaNeerendra PUC voice-il
indha padaththildhaan idam petradhu. sudhandhira
pOraattam soodu pidiththirundha vELaiyil ip paattum
padamum siRandha vetri petrana. Another big hit
that came soon after was 'Aryamaalaa' (1941) in
Patchiraja Films. aanandha roobiNiyE aariyamaalaa and
siva kirubaiyaal were two hit songs in that
movie. PUC acted in 10 different roles in that
movie and impressed the audience tremendously
as a great actor!

More later...

PUC's masterpiece was namakkini bayamEdhu ?

Hi!

namakkini bayamEdhu (rag : kalyani) was certainly a masterpiece, no doubt.

Some other songs of PUC that I can think of are :

1. kAdhal kanirasamE
2. nadaialangAram kaNdEn
3. ellOrum nallavarE, ulaginil
4. a big kathaakaalakshebam in the film Krishna Bakthi.

I will rake my brains to list more songs of PUC.

Regards

G.Ramaswamy

Apart from the song "namakkini bayamEdhu" which is based on the raga kalyAni, there are few more superhit songs of PUC, two of which i can recollect immediately are


1. Nadai alankAram KandEn - KaraharapriyA (superb)

2. Chandrodhayam idhilE - ShankarAbharanam
(i personally feel this is the greatest tamil shankarAbharanam song in its pure form that i ever listened to, though there are lots of songs based on that scale. (of course, another greatest song on the raga is the well-known superhit telugu movie shakarAbharanam and the song "OmkAranAdhAnu".

Though I have heard of PUC, I don't know anything about him. Waiting for Manisekaran's memoirs of PUC. Is he a contemporary of Kittappa? One song in a Paandiarajan movie goes like this:

KittappA andha kAlathula kAyadha kAnagatha
P.U.ChinnappA indha kAlathula kAdhal kani rasamE
manmadha leelai MKT kAlathula
...
...
So I think PUC must have come to cine field after KittappA and one of PUC's hits must be "kAdhal kani rasamE". Am I correct?

Ramasamy Gireesan

Your mention about kaathal kanirasamE song brings back my childhood memories. (Then in cylon radio, (very) old songs were played at 5:15 AM or so, and my father was an ardent fan of MKTB ad PUC). There is a line avaL kANakkidaikkAtha thangam.. that gets repeated couple of times in one of PUC's song. Is this line from kAthal kanirasamE song? Is this song from the film jagathala pradAban? Thanks for any info.

One more PUC masterpiece :

sArasam vaseegara seer tharum
mugam chandra bimbam

In 1942 PUC acted in Jupiter Pictures' kaNNagi. SV Venkatraman
was the MD and Udumalai Narayana Kavi wrote the lyrics. The lyrics
were very very good and the music was excellent. Several songs by PUC
became big hits:

anbil viLaindha amudhamE
dhEva magaL ivaL yaar
maanamellaam pOna pinnE

But the song mentioned above, chandhrOdhayam idhilE was the most
special song in this movie. adhil isaiamaippaaLar SVV Shankarabharanam
raagaththai saaRu pizhindhaar; chandhrOdhayaththai senthamizh sandham
aakkinaar udumalaiyaar; indha mayakkum rasak kalavaiyai than saareeram
enum paLinguk kOppaiyil parimaaRinaar PUC; moththaththil andha paadal
oru mukkanich chaaRu. -- ippadi solgiRadhu PUC patriya oru pazhaya
journal article.

adhE padaththil naNdu - sippi vEy kadhali naasamuRungaal, thaan
koNda karuvaiyE azhikkum koLgaiyadhu pOl endru naakkil nuzhaiyaadha
oru paadalum uNdu; adhaiyum thiruththamaagavum laavagamaagavum
paadinaar PUC.

1942-il PUC Prithiviraj endra padaththilum nadiththaar.
adhil thanakku jOdiyaaga nadiththa Sakunthala-vaiyE than nija
vaazhkkaiyilum manaivi aakkik koNdaar.

SVV-yin isaiyil PUC pala inimaiyaana paadalgaLai paadiya padam
kubErakuchElaa (1943). Pabanasam Sivan acted as KuchElaa. kaayakalpa
vagaiyaRaavil ondrai saappittu kuchElar kubEranaaga maaRum pOdhu,
vatral vadivam koNda paabanaasam sivan, vaattasaattamaana PUC-yaaga
maaRividuvaar. 'paNam pandhiyilE' endra karuththai veLiyeedum
selvamE suga jeevaadhaaram miga inimaiyaana paadal. Saamaa
raagaththilum Ranjani-yilum amaindha indhap paadal PUC-yin paavam
thadhumbum bhaaNikku nalla eduththuk kaattu. kubEra Chinnappa,
kaadhal maiyam koNdu TR Rajakumari-yai thodarum pOdhu, nadai
alankaaram kaNdEn endru uruguvaar. Karaharapriya-vai kadaindhu
eduththa siRpamaaga veLikkaattum inimaiyaana paadal.

The song, namakkini bayamEdhu in Kalyani raagam, it seems,
was made for the movie, Jegathala Pradhaaban (MD: GRamanathan).
But, it seems the song was never used for the movie.

Kavinjar Kambadhaasan 'kadhaiamaippu, paadalgaL' varaindha padam
Mangaiyarkkarasi (1949). Thaaththaa-Thandhai-Magan endru
moondru vEdangaLil PUC nadiththu asaththiya indhap padaththil varum
paadaldhaan kaadhal kanirasamE. Thyagaraja swamigaLin
naadha dhanum anisham endru Chiththaranjani raaga varNa mettai
appadiyE thazuviyadhu ip paadal. indha Carnatic mettin azhagu,
thuLiyim baadhikkap padaamal paadiyuLLaar PUC. idhE padaththil
paarththaal pasi theerum endra paadalil Chenjuritti raagaththaik
koNdu nenjuruttiyuLLaar PUC.

The article that I have also talks about a movie, manOnmaNeeyam
(1942) acted by PUC and TRRajakumari. It seems the songs in that
movie were a feast in Classical music. I will write about them later.

PG:

The last song that you mentioned is from the movie,
Krishna Bhakthi.

Hi Guys,

Keep up the good work. Unfortunately I cannot comment much since my knowledge of PUC is almost non-existant. I hope we come up with lot of material on other greats of yesteryears like G.Ramanathan, Papanasam Sivan, S V Venkatraman, Subbaraman etc. We can archive these. It will benefit everyone. I am sure lot of people will be interested in these topics. It will also be a good history about the evolution of TFM.

Suresh:

For PPP I am collecting articles on SMSubbaiah Naidu,
CRSubbaraman, and PUChinnappa. The article on
SMS is ready. Since it will take some more time
to get the other articles ready, I will put the
SMS article for preview here:

http://www.cadcam.nus.sg/~mpessk/sms.html

PUC and TRRajakumari sang three duets in the movie,
manOnmaNeeyam (Modern Theatres, 1942).
They are:

1. kaNdEn kaNdEn, en kaadhal kaniyai kaNdEn

2. mOhana maamadhanaa
This song, it seems, is a very attractive tune made in
Punnagavarali raagam.

3. undranukkO iNaiyaavaar is in Bhairavi raagam.

PUC also sang two beautiful solos in the same movie:

4. vaanamudhE, maan vizhiyE, unaik kaaNbEnO

5. mOhanaanga vadhani -- Kanada raagaththil
amaindha indhap paadalil Dharbari Kanada-vum
izhaiyOdugiRadhu.

It seems all these 5 songs are wonderful. Would
we ever get a chance to listen to them? I don't know.

<font size="+1">PUC Song list</font>


Here is a PUC song list. There are more empty spaces to fill this time, feel free to add to or correct the list.

One question: Do the names "Kunnakudi Venkatrama Iyer" and "S V Venkatraman" refer to the same person?


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Song: Aanandha Roobiniye Aariyamaala
Film: Aryamala (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa (ten roles)
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: ??
Lyric: ??
Ragam: ??

Song: Anbil Vilaindha Amudhame
Film: Kannagi (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: S V Venkataraman
Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
Ragam: ??

Song: Chanddrodhayam Idhile
Film: Kannagi (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: S V Venkataraman
Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
Ragam: Shankarabharanam

Song: Damodhara
Film: Sudharsan (1951)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan
Lyric: Papanasam Sivan
Ragam: ??

Song: Dheva Magal Ival Yaar
Film: Kannagi (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: S V Venkataraman
Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
Ragam: ??

Song: Ellorum Nallavare, Ulaginil Ellorum Nallavare
Film: Krishna Bhakthi (1948)
Star: P U Chinnappa
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan
Lyric: ??
Ragam: ??

Song: Enna Seithai Appa, Enna Seithai
Film: Sudharsan (1951)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan
Lyric: Papanasam Sivan
Ragam: ??

Song: Kaadhal Kani Rasame
Film: Mangayarkkarasi (1949)
Star: P U Chinnappa (triple role)
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan, Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer, C R Subbaraman
Lyric: Kambasadan
Ragam: ??

Song: Kanden Kanden, En Kaadhal Kaniyai Kanden
Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Sing: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Md: ??
Lyr: ??
Ragam: ??

Song: Maanamellaam Pona Pinne
Film: Kannagi (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: S V Venkataraman
Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
Ragam: ??

Song: Mohana Maamadhanaa
Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Sing: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Md: ??
Lyr: ??
Ragam: Punnagavarali

Song: Mohanaanga Vadhani
Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: ??
Lyr: ??
Ragam: Kaanada, Darbari Kaanada

Song: Naadha Dhanum Anisham
Film: Mangayarkkarasi (1949)
Star: P U Chinnappa (triple role)
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan, Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer, C R Subbaraman
Lyric: Thyagaraja
Ragam: Chittharanjani

Song: Nadai Alangaaram Kanden
Film: Kubera Kuchela (1943)
Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer
Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
Ragam: Karaharapriya

Song: Namakkini Bayamedhu
Film: Jagadala Prathapan (1944)
Star: P U Chinnappa
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan
Lyric: Papanasam Sivan
Ragam: Kalyani

Song: Nandu Sippi Vey Kadhali Naasamurungaal
Film: Kannagi (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: S V Venkataraman
Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
Ragam: ??

Song: Paarthaal Pasitheerum Pankajavadhana Senkani Vaai Sirippai
Film: Mangayarkkarasi (1949)
Star: P U Chinnappa (triple role)
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan, Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer, C R Subbaraman
Lyric: Kambasadan
Ragam: Chenchuruththi

Song: Sarasam Vasigara Kangal Seer Tharum, Mugam Chandrabimbam
Film: Krishna Bhakthi (1948)
Star: P U Chinnappa
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan
Lyric: ??
Ragam: ??

Song: Selvame Suga Jeevaadharam
Film: Kubera Kuchela (1943)
Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer
Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
Ragam: Saama, Ranjani

Song: Senthamizh Naadennum Podhinile
Film: Uttama Puththiran (1940)
Star: P U Chinnappa (double role)
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: ??
Lyric: Bharathiyaar
Ragam: ??

Song: Siva Krubaiyaal
Film: Aryamala (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa (ten roles)
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: ??
Lyric: ??
Ragam: ??

Song: Unakken Veen Kavalai
Film: Sudharsan (1951)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Md: G Ramanathan
Lyric: Papanasam Sivan
Ragam: ??

Song: Undranukko Inaiyaavaar
Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Sing: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Md: ??
Lyr: ??
Ragam: Bhairavi

Song: Unnadiyil Anbu Vaithen Kanna Paramatma
Film: Sudharsan (1951)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: G Ramanathan
Lyric: Bharathiyar
Ragam: ??

Song: Vaanamudhe, Maan Vizhiye, Unaik Kaanbeno
Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
Sing: P U Chinnappa
Md: ??
Lyr: ??
Ragam: ??

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What are the songs in the following movies:

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Film: Chanda Kantha (1936)
Star: P U Chinnappa (first movie)

Film: Prithviraj (1942)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Sakunthala

Film: Harischandra (1943)
Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
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satish,

The song "Enna seidhAi appa, enna seidhAi" is in the raga Sindhu Bairavi (The song which is closest to the tune set in the same ragam is "vAzhndhAlum Esum, thAzhndhAlum Esum, vaiyagam idhuthAnadA".

Satish:

Where did you get that list? Like you mentioned
earlier in the MKTB thread, are there CDs which
contain these songs? If so, can you give some
details of those CDs?

SVV and Kunnakkudi V Iyer are NOT the same persons.

The movie Harishchandra came in 1944. It seems it
had two classical hits:

1. kaasinaadhaa gangaadhaaraa (Sindhu Bairavi)

2. idhuvE puNNiya bhoomi (Kundhalavarali)

Here is the article on PUC (from which I have been
getting info from) reproduced in Murasu Anjal
for putting in PPP:

http://www.cadcam.nus.sg/~mpessk/puc.html

Here is a PPP article on C.R.Subbaraman:

http://www.cadcam.nus.sg/~mpessk/crs.html

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Sathiya Keerthi:

Hats off! Excellent articles on both SMS & CRS. Any plans on TR Pappa ?

Did SG Kittappa act in movies ? I vaguely remember one song "Kayadha Kanagatthe"

What was P.U.Chinnappa's last film ? What other movies did he act in after "Sudharsan" ? When did he expire ? I believe he is one of greatest singing sensations in Tamil Nadu like S.G.Kittappa M.M.D.Desikar and MKTB. These people could match (I belive out do!!!) any carnatic musician of any time. They were real natural talents !!!.

Sathya Keerthi:

Seems you have a lot of information on PUC, MKTB. I cannot contact the site you have mentioned. Have you changed your Website?? Please give me the new one.

I like Chinnapa's acting very much. He was a hero from the drama stage and that has given a lot of experience to him. He does sword fencing in most films perfectly. I love the song "Deva magal ival yaar" (Raga : Mand) from Kannagi. Kannagi is a very good film depicting Ilangovadigal's epic. I am sure that no one can create a better version of the story. And in that movie Chinnappa does best as Kovalan. His voice is very good that it adds grace to the dialogues. Recently I saw Kannagi in Madras when it was screened by a old film club enjoyed the movie very much. I hope to see many such films especially PUC's. I think PUC acted in some 30 films and sadly many have been lost, and with it our culture also has been lost. I strongly feel that films of the 30's and 40's had the true essence of movies. This was because movies were at its infancy. As it grew, it has taken a wrong course and it is much polluted as our environment today. Infant Indian cenima had lots of values to tell our new generation. I wish we popularise those old films, preserve it, so that we may preserve our past and our culture.

Siddharthan:

Apologies for the late reply. You can find the
articles on PUChinnappa, CRSubbaraman and
SMSubbaiah Naidu at:
http://tfmpage.com/ppp/
Note that you need to install Murasu Anjal fonts
for viewing the pages.

Siddharthan,

Keerthi:
Thanks a lot. I will try contact you soon.

The song Anbil vilaintha amuthame from kannagi is great

the previous page says that anbil viLaindha amudhamE was written by udumalai naaraayana kavi.. avar vEra endha padangaLukku lyrics ezhudhinaar? anyone has info on him?

bb:

Udumalai Narayana Kavi started off in the 40's and
went on even till late 60's. A very respected
lyricist. Many who knew him well even rated him
above Kannadhasan. Some well-known songs penned
by him are...

kurangilirindhu piRandhavan manidan - Thookku Thookki
peNgaLai nambaathE, kaNgaLE peNgaLai nambaathE - Thookku Thookki
naattukku poruththam naamE nadaththum
koottuppaNNai vivasaayam - Enga Veettu Mahalakshmi
chinnanjiru malarai maRandhuvidaathE - Movie?
ponnaaL idhu pOlE varumaa inimElE - Poompuhaar
ippadiththaan irukka vENdum pombaLai - Vivasayi
pattaNamdhaan pOgalaamadi pombaLai - Enga Veettu Mahalakshmi?
kutram purindhavan vaazhkkaiyil nimmadhi - Raththa Kanneer
viNNOdum mugilOdum viLaiyaadum veNNilavE - Pudhaiyal

He also penned some songs for the movie, Parasakthi (Shivaji's first movie).

thanks keerthi. we really miss people like him and pattukkOttai.

How many films has Chinnappa acted? What were his successful dramas? Anything on his personal life?

i think sathiya keerthi should answer this:)

bb:

ayyayyO, ennai ippadi maatti vittutteengaLE!
Counting the movies mentioned in the PUC article
in PPP, my guess is that PUC acted in about
25 movies.

RPG/HMV released a tape each of PUC (Ringing Voice of PUC) and SGK songs (Immortal melodies). The PUC tape contains several of the songs discussed in this thread (paarthaal pasitheerum, chandrothayam etc). I found a best of PUC tape as well (pirated) with songs from Sudarshan, a musical discourse (krishna bhakthi?), mOhanaanga vathani unaiye kaanum baakyam varumO,etc.

Kishore Krishana

Do you have the song Nandu Sirpi from kannagi? And some songs from Uthamaputhiran? I am interested to listen to those songs.

Sureswaran: The only song I can identify as from either of those movies is chandrothayam ithile which is in the HMV (songs from sudarshan, krishna bhakti, kubera kuchela, mangaiyarkkarasi, jagathalaprathapan, kannagi) tape. The pirated tape does not identify movies- it does not have anything close to 'nandu sirpi.' The songs are: kathal kanirasame, keligal seithidavaa,namakkini bayamethu, kanna paramatma, chanthrothayam ithile, dhamodara, musical discourse, yaarukku venduvathu, mohanaanga vathani, saarasam vaseekara kangal, ellorum nallavare, maharaajargale, nadai alankaaram kanden. 70% of these songs are in the HMV tape - the others are paarthaal pasitheerum, selvame suhajeevaatharaam, enna seithaai, and unakken veenkavalai. A separate noisy tape made by Latha Musicals (in tamilnadu) of which I have a copy has kaasinaathaa gangaadhara, kelikkaigal seivaal, venpuraave, namasthe namasthe, ithuve punniya boomi, ennum ezhuthum, yaarukku venduvathinge, antharangam athuve, kannile vilayaiyaadum, thiruchenkaattaan_kudiyile.

i bought p.u.c's greatest hits as a curious item ( i like to explore in music) and fell in love with the song 'sarasam, vaseekara kangal'. was this song a hit. i even sing it in my sleep. what are the lyrics and what's it all about?any body seen the film?did he and m.k.t really have that long hair/was it in fashion then?
sarasam. vasee...oh! there i go again....

Raju:

Yes PUC's songs are very catchy especially because of his voice. Yes I too long to see the film, but unfortunately, many of PUC's films have been lost. There are lots of Songs of PUC that you can enjoy. MKT, PUC and all stars of the 30s' and 40's had the same long hair hairstyle. It was considered modern when it was usual for people to have "Kudumi" (pigtail). You must listen to "Namasthe Namasthe" from Vanasundari also a very nice song like Sarasam.

i'm looking for movies of mk thyagaraja bhagavathar and pu chinnappa, not available in singapore, can someone from india help me, and send me a clear copy, i'll pay fro the tape and also the postage fees, thank you, - sugu_king@yahoo.com.sg

PUC greatest actor and ttalented artist. Ratnakumar, Mangaiyarkarasi songs are memorable. I have only four of his movies.