Pick of the Week: Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

Neel: One of the excellent songs of MV (one of very few soft melodies he sang). His voice very well suited Rajini.

Talking about Jyothi, she was prominent in the group of mature-faced heroines. Mudivalla Arambam is also a Ok sort of Jyothi's movies. Her cameo role in Nenjangal pairing Vijayakumar was also good.

"Jyothi in Pudhukavidhai" received lot of criticism from movie-lovers and media. That too "Rajini's jodi" made Vikatan to write "vEru yArumE kidaikaliyA?". But she did a good job, especially in the 2nd half.

Her demise, after the mourn on departure of Padmini and Srividya, was not observed/posted in many media. It seems she suffered from the no-chance-of-recovery arakkan called Cancer. She was not even 50 (or just 50), I guess, when she passed away.

Again thanks for sharing one of my fav MV's songs.

Neel, for tomorrow, consider hosting aadhaaram neeyE ganapathy naadha (mOdhagamum adhirasamum pannuvOm) from varuvaan vadivElan, in conjunction with vinaayagar chathurthi.

the song is quite unique with AR Ramani Ammaal singing in her usual bhajan style and Sirgazhi in his rich carnatic stye. :)

NOV...

seerkAzhi, BR ammAL song :victory: is from "vElum mayilum thuNai".. illaiyO ?

mOdhagamum adhirasamum vaikinROm - nAngaL
moonru thamizh vENdumenRu gaNapathiyai kEtkinROm..

:bow: :bow:

(BTW.. andha modhagamum, adhirasamum distribution-ukkuthAnE :slurp: )

RC & madhu, thank you.

SN23, you are welcome and thanks for the info.

NOV, I don't have that song at the moment. So, I am going to substitute it (kind of). :)

Pick #529

Song: appanE appanE
Film: Annai Or Alayam
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singers: P.Susheela, S.P.Balasubramanyam
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1979

Happy Vinayakar Chathurthi!

This song substitutes a nEyar(NOV) viruppam.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/appane_appane.rm

Hi..Neel !!

:lol: vElanin viruppathil vinAyaganA... nice..

Hi madhu,

Correct! poruththamAga sollitteenga! :)

:oops:
vErenna sollvadhendru theriyavillai.

vinaayagar chathurthi vaazhththukkal to all - just finished eating so much mOdhakams, kozhukkattai, sundal, etc etc until my stomach resemble's pillaiyaar's :lol:

Pick #530

Song: alaiyAga Adi
Film: Sri Chamundeswari Mahimai
Music: ?
Singer: S.Janaki
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1975

A rare and beautiful solo by SJ. I believe Sri Chamundeswari Mahimai was originally made in Telugu or Kannada and dubbed into Tamil. It starred Sarojadevi in the lead.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/alaiyaga_adi.rm

chamundeswari.... sarojadevi..

appO anEgamA kannada-thAn :P