NOV (@ 202.*) on: Wed Aug 19 20:57:55 EDT 1998
I'm sure you already have the list of her popular songs from Thiruvilaiyaadal. (Jeans ninaivukku varuthaa? :-)))
She also acted in the movie Thirumalai Deivam as Narayanamma and sung two songs in that movie:
Naallellaam unthan thirunaalaam
Eizhumazhai irukka namakkenna manakavalei
She has sung a couple of social songs and these include:
Arithu arithu maanidanaai pirappathu arithu
Thappiththu sendraanammaa
On another note, I tend to confuse between AR Ramani Ammal and KB Sunderambal. Anyone else do this? :-))
Sundar (@ 201-*) on: Wed Aug 19 22:18:26 EDT 1998
Vaazhkai ennum odam, vazhangukindra paadam In poompuhar. She comes as Kavundhi adigal
raja m (@ spid*) on: Wed Aug 19 22:50:45 EDT 1998
Nov:
I also sometimes am confused about KBS,ARRA and Kollangudi Karupaiyee's koovals.
Dont see your posts nowadays !
NOV (@ 202.*) on: Wed Aug 19 23:35:27 EDT 1998
Raja M - But that's sacreligious!! :-))
Oh, my posts are aplenty. Please see Paattukku paatu. :-)))
shankar (@ cach*) on: Thu Aug 20 00:33:22 EDT 1998
another interesting thing about KBS is she acted as nandanar (for whom thenandi gave way for dharshan).
Yesterday's avvai shanmugan(m) ;-)) , got 1 lakh rupees as her sal for that movie.
One of the calculations made by an unknown (to me)person ,says ,today that amount is worth 13 crores.(mind u ,Rajnikanth gets a meagre 1.25 crores when compared to this).
sorry for the digression.
shankr (@ cach*) on: Thu Aug 20 00:34:16 EDT 1998
please read "thenandi" as " the Nandi (bull) "
mannAru (@ ns.a*) on: Thu Aug 20 01:13:12 EDT 1998
Some more KBS songs:
* sendRu vA mahanE - mahA kavi kALidAs.
* kAlathi azhiyAdha kAviyam - ""
* onRanavan uruvil - ThiruvilaiyAdal
* pazham neeyappA - ""
Reva (@ 202.*) on: Thu Aug 20 04:30:17 EDT 1998
KBS was born in 1907 in a place called "paaNdi kodumudi", a place near
Karur. Her family was extremely poor. Looking at her exceptional talent
for singing (even at an age of 5), the Karur DSP, Mr RS Krishnaswamy
got her into a drama troupe at an early age. KBS became a very famous
drama actress at a very young age. At the same period, SG Kittappa was
considered as the best drama actor. They got a chance to act together
in stage, in Sri Lanka, in the 1920's. Right from that first meeting,
it was instant love between them. They got married and became an inseparable
acting pair. aanaal, vidhi yaarai vittadhu? SGK died in 1933. KBS was
completely shattered by this, took to the traditional widow costume,
and vowed not to act with any hero after that. She also started concentrating
only on devotional themes after that. The famous freedom fighter,
Sathyamurthy convinced her to come back to acting. She acted as
'Nandhanar' in 1935. She was paid a staggering 1 lakh for acting in
this movie (equivalent to several crores of today, as Shankar pointed out).
KBS was well known for singing in high pitches. She acted as
'Manimekalai' in 1940, as `Avvaiyaar` (Gemini productions) in 1953,
as kaundhi adigaL in 'Poompuhar' in 1964, as Avvaiyaar in 'Thiruvilaiyadal'
in 1965, as an old lady in 'Mahakavi Kalidas' in 1966, as Avvaiyaar
in 'Kandhan Karunai' in 1967, in 'Uyir Mel Asai' in 1967, in 'Thunaivan'
in 1969, in 'Karaikkaal Ammaiyaar' in 1973, and, finally, in 'Thirumalai
Dheivam' in 1973. These were the only 11 movies in which KBS acted. KBS
passed away in September 1980.
A List of Movie Songs by KBS:
Nandhanar:
1. vazhi maRaiththirukkudhE
2. piththam theLiya marundhondrirukkudhu
Manimekalai:
1. manam kalanguvadhEn
2. maasindri
3. paavi En piRandhEn
Avvaiyaar:
1. ayyanE anbarkku meyyanE
2. poRumai ennum nagai aNindhu
3. koodi nadandhukoLLa vENdum
4. veNNilaavE veNNilaavE
5. kanni thamizh naattil (PunnaagavarALi, kAnadA)
6. aalai palaavaakkalaamO (Kalyani)
7. vElanE senthamizh viththagaa (Shanmugapriya)
Poompuhar:
1. vaazhkkai enum Odam
2. thappiththu vandhaanammaa
Thiruvilayadal:
1. njaanap pazhaththaip pizhindhu (Kambodhi, Saveri, Mohanam, Kanada)
2. pazham neeyappaa (Shanmugapriya)
3. ondraanavan
Mahakavi Kalidas:
1. kaalaththil azhiyaadha
2. sendru vaa maganE
Kandhan Karunai:
1. ariyadhu periyadhu
Uyir Mel Asai:
1. kELu paappaa, kELvigaL aayiram kELu paappaa
Thunaivan:
1. pazhani malai meedhinilE
Kaaraikkaal Ammaiyaar:
1. Odungaal Odi
2. kEtta varam
Thirumalai Dheivam:
1. Ezhumalai irukka
2. naaLellaam
arvind (@ oxhp*) on: Thu Aug 20 08:47:04 EDT 1998
kbs was the first artist to get a 6 figure salary
in the history of tamil cinema