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[Ramki]

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Song: bhuvaneswari aruLpuri aadhari
Film: Thaiye neeye thunai
Singers : KJY, Chitra
Lyrics: Vaalee
Music : Raveendran

-What a song. I watched the movie just for this song. I need not mention that i was totally disappointed ..it was picturised on Pandian and Srividya(soninlaw -mother inlaw). This film had 'ungaL abimaana nakshathirangaL' which included amman films mandatory artistes KRVijaya, NaLini etc. The only redeeming factor were the songs.

Valee has done an excellent job with lyrics(difficult sandhams)


Mrs charumathi writes:

"Bhuvaneswari aruL puri" is beautifully composed by Raveendran and soulfully rendered by KJY and KSC.

It is based on raaga, Revathi and set to 'Eka ThaaLam'. It has the following aaro and avrokanam and swarasthanam:

S R1 M1 P N1 S
S N1 P M1 R1 S

Revathi can be said janyam of Mela's 2, 8 and 14.

In the song, beat starts before the humming.
Normally KSC makes hardly any pronunciation mistake, however KJY and KSC made pronunciation mistakes in this song. May be it is a deliberate attempt. Example:

Bhuvaneshwary - Buvaneswary (actual)
Shankari - Sankari (actual)
Sharanam/charanam - saranam (actual).

This song can be only sung by well known singer because of the following reasons:

1) Pallavi has brighas in the following line: 'soolini maadhavan sridharan sOdhariyE'

2) Low and High stayi (pitch) used in the song. For example, in saraNam 1,

Low - High
paavamO - vinaiyin
thaapamO - unathu
kOpamO - viLaintha
saapamO - karunai

3) the song is composed in ascending order and this adds the classical beauty to the song. For example:

S - vazhiyum punalil undhan thiruvadi nanaiyatum
M - nanaintha piraku undhan thiruvuLLam kaniyattum
P - kanintha kanivil undhan kadaikaNkaL oLiratum
N - iruNdu kidakkum engaL pozhuthukaL pularatum

The Music director used fantastic rhythm through out the song. For example:

1. tha ki ta thaam - tha ki ta
bha va mo - vinaiyin
2. tha ki ta - tha ki ta - tha ka - tha ka di mi - tha ka ja nu
vazhiyum - puna lil - undhan - thi ru va di na nai yatum

The composition touches high "Pa" at the end of charaNam 1 & 2. Raveendran has used mirudhangam, Tabla and veena really well in the song, specially he used 'urumi' to express the emotional devotional (bhakthi paravasam) feeling.

It is a duet 'devotional' song which is not common in music.

[Ramki]

Bhuvaneswariyai kaNdukoLLa aaLe illaiya?(

[RR]

This song is a nice example for why Revati is apt for devotional songs. The pallavi 'bhuvaneshwai arul puri aadhari', which just sweeps the full scale up & down, brings out the bakthi & urukkam feelings so well.

I'm still listening to the song & lyrics, more comments later.

[rajes002]

Ramki,

I am/was from West (Pazhiya ) Mambalam and Kumar used to be my tailor too. He did a good job with my narrow trousers (my dad from the bell-bottom era never liked his narrow trouser style). I was with him till 1986 or so and if I remember right he was busy in films after then and brached off.....

He became pretty popular after the Kamalahassan movie "Satya"... although I did not know that he ended up directing movies. I remember meeting him in Cuddalore once. Sad to know that he is know more!

BTW - which part of Mambalam were you from? I used to stay close to the Rly Station.

[Ramki]

rajes002 I live near Ramakrishna kalyana mandapam

[Ramki]

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Song: idhu kaNavugaL viLaindhidum kaalam
Film: Nizhal thedum nenjangaL
Singers : Janaki, Deepan Chakravarthi
Lyrics: ?
Music : iLaiyaraja

-I was hooked to this song when i first listened to it few years ago on oli 96.8. As far as i know vividh bharathi has never aired this beauty.
The range of the song suits Deepans voice very well and this is one of his best.
I remember 2 other songs from 'nizhal thedum nenjangal'-
mangala vaanam (MV,BSS)
pookaL sindhungaL (SJ)

-I may not be rite, but i think Radhika,sivakumar acted in this film.
-I apologise for the sumaar quality of the song. I had this song on a tape and tried my best to remove the noise during conversion.

[KingPin]

is it not sudhakar, ramki. Deepan voice is very smart in this song. lyrics by muthulingam (hope am correct)

[Ramki]

kingpin, i'm not sure. One of the websites said Rajeeve,subhadra, vijayshanthi are the actors.
Sudhakar might have acted too.

[RR]

Sensuous song. SJ is brilliant especially in 'paarungal.. vizhi orangal.. angu naanangal kulikkum' and when she ends 'ithu naan thaanaa' with an almost imperceptible giggle.

[RR]

Mars-la new DF ban pannittaangalaa enna?