Hi Nilavu
Song will end like this.
PIRANDHA NADAAE SIRANTHA KOVIL
PESUM MOZHIYEE THEIVAM
ITHEY AARINDHU KONDU VAAZNTHU VANTHAL
GOPURAM AAGAM KOLGAI.
I will rate this song as no.1 in THATHUVAA PADALGAL.
ramesh
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Hi Nilavu
Song will end like this.
PIRANDHA NADAAE SIRANTHA KOVIL
PESUM MOZHIYEE THEIVAM
ITHEY AARINDHU KONDU VAAZNTHU VANTHAL
GOPURAM AAGAM KOLGAI.
I will rate this song as no.1 in THATHUVAA PADALGAL.
ramesh
M.G.R is dashing in that song :D !Quote:
Originally Posted by umaramesh
thought it was kannadasan
Monsieur MGR !
French singer Pascal Heni , "I love MGR!" he says, and his eyes light up like only a Frenchman's can. And since the French don't frown at having two (or many more) loves, he tells you quickly:
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/m...1501630100.htm
thanks nakeeran bay!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nakeeran
glad we speak the same lang :D
Bay AQuote:
Originally Posted by m_23_bayarea
This post of Urs makes me remind about one MGR classic in Adimai Penn
KALATHAI VENDRAVAN NEE
KAVIYAM AANAVAN NEE
VEDHANAI THEERTHAVAN
VIZIGALIL NIRAINDHAVAN
VETRI THIRUMAGAN NEE
Idhepdi irukku :D
:D Professional Photographer's Note
While I have been in Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu, we had the first time since a month a television in our room. Several times a day there have been Music clips from famous Tamil movies, this one impressed me that much, that I wanted to take a picture of it.
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asi...hoto443365.htm
Mgr's NadOdi has too many good songs
this song i love most from TMS PS hit
the opening of the movie begins with this duet mgr with bharathi .
( another short version @ the end of the movie with sarojadevi )
both Kannadasan Vaali wrote songs for this movie
songs available online
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/musi...vie_name.4938/
( kangalinaal ps hit missing )
Ulagamengum orae mozhi
uLLam pEsum kAdhal mozhi
Osai inRi pEsum mozhi
uruvam illA dEvan mozhi
pAravai onRu varNangaL vERu
pAttu onRu rAgangaL vERU
iravu onRu paruvangaL vERu
inbam onRu uruvangaL vERu
kadalum vAnum pirithu vaithAlum ... kaadhal nenjam pirivathum illai - originally scripted
by request of supervisory routine mgr altered to..
kadalum vAnum pirithu vaithAlum
kAdhal vEgam kAtRilum illai :thumbsup:
udalgaL iraNdum vERUpattAlum
uNdu kAdhal adhan pEr deivam
onRu kAdhal adhan pEr deivam
onRae vAnam onRae nilavu
Odi chenRa ANdugaL kOdi
kAdhal pEsi kavidhaiyil Adi
kalaigaL thEdi kalandhavar kOdi
kOdi manidhar pEsiya pinbum
kuRaivillAmal vaLarvadhu kAdhal
nAdu vittu nAdu senRAlum
thEdi chenRu sErvadhu kAdhal
thEdi chenRu sErvadhu kAdhal
Whenever the arabian tale of Alibaba and his encounter with 40 thieves is told, children listen in rapt attention. This was the situation before the advent of TV or alien fantasies like Super man or Spider man . The riveting, timeless tale of good vs. evil has been popular even with tinseldom and has been translated on to the silver screen many a time
ALIBABA AND 40 THIEVES a movie featured in 1956 had stars – MGR, Banumathy, MGChakrabani, Thangavelu, Sarangabani and above all P.S. Veerappa
Directed by T.R.Sundaram, the movie was a super hit in the box office and a highly entertaining one.
While MGR did it in tamil, Dharmendra played it in Hindi.
When this movie was released , MGR was already 39 years but he will look like a 20 year old ! absolutely handsome.
Despite having seen the movie several times , it has the same spellbinding effect on viewers. Even though one may be too familiar with the twists in the plot, watching it on screen after a long time is an entertaining experience and has the same long lasting impact on us.
The reason could be Makkal thilagam . Though he was 40 years but look how young and energetic he will be !
Unlike other heroes, he was not that lucky in the sense, when he started playing hero roles, he was already 35 years.
This movie had all the elements of full fledged commercial entertainer – action, thriller and romance.
The story of the penniless youth, who accidentally chances upon a treasure in a cave belonging to 40 thieves headed by P.S.Veerappa.
So overnight, MGR will become a rich guy . Will be looked at with awe and some will also envy his meteoric rise to richness.
Before this great fortune, an ordinary MGR and Banumathy will be in love but the sudden change in the status of MGR will worry Banumathy for a while and she will gently question him whether the old love is still on or no longer.
But heart of hearts , she knew very well about the true love that MGR had over her .
So you can clearly see a very gentle Banumathy ( cheerful at heart ) during this memorable song
MAASILAA UNMAI KADHLE ……MARUMO SELVAM VANDHAPODHILE
The beginning words itself straight away answers the doubts of Banumathy !
That’s the beauty of this song !
With lovely piano preludes & partly flute , the song takes off in a very pleasant and mild manner
Banumathy innocently questions now : PESUM VAARTHAI UNMAI DHAANA. PEDHAYAI EIKA NEENGAL PODUM VESHAMA ?
MGR : Kannile minnum kadhalee. Kandumaa sandhegam endhan meedhile !
Saying this with a gentle smile and cheer on his face, MGR will touch the shoulder of Banumathy with all the sincerety and love of a true lover .
Still Banumathy was not convinced. So she moves a few feet away from MGR and takes up a bird and caresses it while she will also glance at MGR expecting him to cajole further.
So MGR now says : Nenjile neengidadhu pongum inbame
Banumathy once again : Nilaikuma indha ennam endha naalume ?
Now MGR pulls her by her hand and drags close to him and once again cajoles her.
By now Banumathy is fully convinced and with all the cheer and happiness she dances a bit and follows well with the flow of the song as MGR says now :
Unadhu roobame ullam thannil vaazudhe
For which Banumathy : Iniya sollinaal enadhu ullam magizudhe
Now both : Anbinale , ondru senrdhom , indru naam inba vaazvin elllai kaanuvom
A very simple situation of a lover doubting for a while whether her darling has changed due to new wealth for which a convincing reaction from him clears all the doubts. The song was quite neatly picturised .
Dakshinamurthy, a veteran was the composer for this first colour movie in tamil cinema. This entire song though may look simple but was excellently structured with sharp interludes ( all dominated by piano and flute only ) with occasional counter points also !
The starting song AZAGANA PONNUDHAAN was sung by Banumathy and another popular song of yesteryears.
The climax song EN AATAMELLAM ORU MEDAYILE DHANE , again by Banumathy was equally popular .
The scenes where in the treasure cave was shown were all will be seen with anxiety and restlessness especially when MGR enters the cave after the Veerappa group move out of it .
The words Andaka kasam…..Abu kaa hokum….. Thirandhidu seesey
And followed by moodidu seesey …… were anthem for school children for long .
The make up , the dressing, the sets were all very crafted out in Persian style
You can see MGR in a typical old Arabic cut banian and pyjama with a small cap also.
Banumathy was equal to it. She will resemble an arab beauty !
Rarely one can see a MGR movie dominated by a woman character and this movie was one such. Ofcourse, the original story cannot be changed no ?!
For every move of Veerappa and his men on MGR will be effectively countered by Banumathy but in the process some misunderstanding develops between the 2 before finally the climax song and the more than 10 minute sword fighting and horse chasing gives money’s worth for the viewer.
This movie also had M.G.Chakrapani , Makkal thilagam’s elder brother as a greedy person who pushes MG and gets the secret words to open and close the cave. Those scenes when he forgets the reopening of the cave and the resultant captivity by Veerappa and chopping off of his head were all well picturised and they have a good moral also.
T.R.Sundaram was a highly popular director / producer in the 40s, 50s and 60s and had also directed movies like 1000 thalai vangiya aboorva sinthamani, Baghdad thirudan, Mandirikumari, Burma Rani ( nice story three Indian airmen were forced to land in Burma and eventually free the country from Japanease occupation with the help of Indian resistance movement in the state. The plot revolves around a Rani (an Indian girl in Burma) who helps the airmen. T.R.Sundaram himself plays the role of a Japanese commander made-up to look like Hitler.)
T.R.Sundaram’s famous movie Manthirikumari we all know more through the 2 great songs Vaarai nee vaarai / Ulavum thendral katrinile. Kalaignar Mukaa wrote the dialogue and M.G.R and Padmini acted in this movie. A. Marudakasi wrote the lyrics and the music director was the great G. Ramanathan. The movie was shot near Salem in the hill resort of Yercaud, the film is based on an old story.T.R.Sundaram’s greatest contribution to tamil cinema was Nambiar. This movie introduced one of the most famous tamil screen villains, Nambiar.
Again, the same T.R.Sundaram also directed P.U.Chinnapa’s Uthamaputhiran ( which was played again by Nadigar thilagam )
THE ONCE FAMOUS MODERN THEATRES WAS FOUNDED BY T.R.SUNDARAM ONLY.
WHY I HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT T.R.SUNDARAM IS SIMPLY FOR THE BASIC REASON THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDER MEMBERS AND LAID A STRONG FOUNDATION TO TAMIL CINEMA . AND I FEAR ALL SUCH GREAT PERSONALITIES’s NAMES MAY GET VANISHED UNLESS THERE IS A DATA BASE OR A PORTAL CREATED ABOUT THE PAST HISTORY OF TAMIL CINEMA.
A nice opportunity given by T.R.Sundaram to Makkal thilagam had given him enough confidence to continue with hero roles and also become the first super star of tamil cinema .
Back to the movie ……As mentioned earlier, this heroene dominated movie was nicely portrayed by Banumathy who displays plethora of her supreme talent . The intial scenes will show a casual young Banumathy . The middle part will show the love and the married life and also the smartness shown to counter the moves of Veerappa ….The final part will depict the bold and courageous wife who rescues her husband from the clutches of the villain by throwing all the 39 drums ( where the thieves will be inside to pounce on MGR ) onto the river. All very well made. Banumathy was immensely talented actress and she was called as ASTAVADHANI , a name given recognizing her knowledge over 8 languages which she spoke with consummate ease ! Some may feel that Banumathy’s voice was nasal but IMO, she possessed a melodious voice as good as A.M.Raja’s.
Alibaba and 40 thieves – elevated Puratchi Thalaivar to the status of a leading hero and soon offers flooed onto him for more and more hero characters. This movie set up a nice platform for Makkal thilagam .
A nice commercial movie and 100 % entertainer cum thriller.
I bet , even if this movie is shown today, it will make the coffers full .
After all MGR was the king of box office no !
Wow Balaji and TFMLover !!! You guys are rocking the world of MGR here !!
:boo:
TFMLOVER - Fantastic song and lyrics ! :clap: :clap: :thumbsup:
Balaji brother ! Thanks for the excellant post on AB40theives ! :clap: :clap:
Nakeeran ! :clap: Keep up the good work ! :)