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rekhs & sss, you are welcome.
rajraj, kAyAtha kAnagaththE is mindblowing. But the thillana I thought was rare. Also, I have another theme running this week. I will let hubbers figure it out. :)
All,
Here is Deepan Chakravarthi's rendition of kAyAtha kAnagaththE that was featured some time ago.
http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=695105#695105
Valentine's Day special ? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Neel D
rajraj,
Not going to reveal it until the end of the week. :)
Pick #762
Song: varuvAn vadivElan
Film: Varuvan Vadivelan
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Singer: Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1978
Bhakti films are always about miracles happening in people's lives through faith. Varuvan Vadivelan was one such film and was a big hit. Come to think of it there were many Bhakti films that were big hits in the 70s. Thirumalai Thenkumari, Annai Velankanni, Deivam, Devi Sri Karumari Amman, Vellikkizhamai Viratham, Thiruvarul, Swami Ayyappan, etc. But I can think of only one in the 80s, Thai Mookambikai. Can't think of any starting the 90s. Hmmm... have people stopped believing in miracles?
Varuvan Vadivelan had good songs and a huge cast. Today's pick was picturized on Jayachitra.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/varuvan_vv.rm
Another nice song on Dhandapani ! :)
Thanks Neel!
Varuvaan VadivelanQuote:
Originally Posted by Neel D
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan
siriththu kurathi peNNai aNaikkindravan
avaL sengkani vaa idhazhai nanaikkindravan
siriththu kurathi peNNai aNaikkindravan
avaL sengkani vaa idhazhai nanaikkindravan
idaiyinil kaikkoduthu vaLaikkindravan
aLLi idugindravan sorgam tharugindravan
aahaaa...
idaiyinil kaikkoduthu vaLaikkindravan
aLLi idugindravan sorgam tharugindravan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan
muruga muruga muruga muruga
muruga muruga muruga muruga
muruga muruga muruga muruga
adiyavar kaetta varam tharugindravan
endrum avar kaNNil naeraaga therigindravan
adiyavar kaetta varam tharugindravan
endrum avar kaNNil naeraaga therigindravan
kodiyavar pagai theerthu mudikkindravan
seval kodiyanavan namakku iniyanavan
kodiyavar pagai theerthu mudikkindravan
seval kodiyanavan namakku iniyanavan
seval kodiyanavan namakku iniyanavan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan
thirumurgaatruppadai naan paadavaa
illai thirupugazh paadi ingu nadamaadavaa
thirumurgaatruppadai naan paadavaa
illai thirupugazh paadi ingu nadamaadavaa
kandhar sashti kavacha kavi paadava
avan mun kaiyendhavaa
vetri kadal neendhavaa
kandhar sashti kavacha kavi paadava
avan mun kaiyendhavaa
vetri kadal neendhavaa
Varuvaan Vadivelan
thanigai vaLLal avan
azhagu mannan avan
ninaiththaal varuvaan Vadivelan
rajraj & rekhs, you are welcome.
rekhs, thanks for the lyrics.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/pow07/imag...vaivilakku.jpg
Pick #763
Song: nAn unai ninaikkAtha
Film: Paavai Vilakku
Music: K.V.Mahadevan
Singer: P.Susheela
Lyrics: A.Maruthakasi
Year: 1960
Happy Valentine's Day!
Paavai Vilakku directed by K.Somu starred Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Kumari Kamala, M.N.Rajam, Balaji and others. Story was by Pa.Akilan and dialog by A.P.Nagarajan. Every song in the film is absolutely beautiful. It is one of K.V.Mahadevan's greatest albums.
Sivaji Ganesan is an intellectual who is into reading and writing poetry and literature. An artsy dreamer. He falls in love with one woman after another. Or, women simply fall in love with him one after another. It is like Autograph. A dancer by the name Senkamalam(Kumari Kamala) is one of those women who love him. Today's pick is a dance recital picturized on Kumari Kamala.
If you watch the films of the 30s and 40s, the dance sequences are usually a light version of Bharatanatyam or some light blend of dance forms. There may be two reasons for this. One of those is that the actors had to sing and dance at the same time and if they danced heavily then they will be out of breath and cannot sing, and also the audio recorder cannot catch their voice and the accompanying instruments clearly if their footnotes and ankle bells are too loud. The other reason may be that these actresses were primarily singer/actors and not necessarily dancers and could only perform light movements. But once playback became the standard, the dancing stars had a field day. Especially in the 50s and early 60s so many wonderful dancers were able to show off their talent.
Kumari Kamala, beginning her career as Baby Kamala in the films like Sri Valli(1945) and Naam Iruvar(1947), popularized Bharatanatyam in its purest form among Tamil audience. There were many other dancers during her tenure in Tamil films, but Kamala stands apart. Most of her dances are pure and traditional choreographies without any lightening, mixing or cinematizing. Other dancing stars, through no fault of their own, were often subjected to performing variety entertainment such as Paambaati natanam, Kuravar natanam, Uzhavan natanam, Athivaasi natanam, Gypsy natanam, light version of classical dance forms, etc. But Kamala with her technical brilliance, expressive face and incredible pace gave life to pure Bharatanatyam choreographies. Today's pick is one such dance. Choreography by K.N.Dhandayuthapani Pillai. The dance is performed inside a temple. Kamala dances and Sivaji watches in wonderment. So will you.
There is also another dance by Kamala towards the end of the film. An emotional song "sithaRiya sathanggaigaL pOlE", sung expressively by PS, has Kamala once again performing at an incredible pace with every cell in her body, in two styles of dance - Kathak and Lavani.
Wish Kamala had given us more dances like this. But she did not act in too many films.
And now back to K.V.Mahadevan. The vocal part of the song is only the first two minutes of this over five minutes song. The rest of the song will say everything about KVM. I don't have to.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/nan_unai.rm
Good pick Neel! Kumari Kamala gave a lot performances on stage. I attended one of them in 1953. There was another dancer who acted in a few films, E.V.Saroja.
rajraj,
Thank you. You are lucky to have watched Kamala's dance performance in person.
How was Paavai Vilakku received by the audience? How about the songs? What were the reviews like? Please share with us.