Pick of the Week: Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

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Shankar

Nandri Shankar

Thanks, now I feel better

Bala

Ramki -

A serene solo! Kuzhandhai Yesuvin Kuzhazhaana Yesudas!
A truly inspired pick!

Thanks everyone

Pick #440

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/hari_sa.rm




Song: harivarasanam viswamohanam
Movie: swami aiyappan
Singer : KJYesudoss
Lyrics: Kumbakudi Kulathur Iyer
MD: GDevarajan
Year : 1975

Tamil month margazhi is considered as a 'peedai' month. Marriages or other functions are generally not held in this month. But at the same time this is the most festive month(apart from being the most pleasant one). Christians celebrating the birth of christ, ayyappa bakthas celebrating their mandala poojai and iru mudi kattudhal, vaishnavites(and others) chanting the thiruppavai, shaivaites celebrating thiruvathirai, kacheris in the music sabhas all happen in this month.
I view pongal as a culmination of all these festivities.

'Harivarasanam' is Not a rare song(or prayer) but the KJY's version is the most pleasant one. The interludes and KJY's voice makes the song totally divine. There have been many movies on aiyappan, but i think swami aiyappan was the first film on him.
It had Master sekar in the role of ayyappan and srividya in the role of his step mom. I do not remember other details.
The songs by Devarajan were very good.
'sabari malaiyil vanna chandrodhyam' and 'swamiye charanam charanam poNaiyappaa' (both by TMS)
'thiruparkadalil paLLi'(KJY)
'sivaperumaane kaNNaperumaane'(PBS,PS)
'thanga padhumai ondru'(Madhuri)


The origin and meaning of harivarasanam can be found in the following link.


http://www.saranamayyappa.org/Harivarasanam.htm

Kalakittan Ya, Kalakkitan Ya!!

Mikka Nandri

Arumai, Perarumai.

The next song, is it from Jagadhguru Adhi Shankarar? Any song 'Thripura Sundari' or 'Bhaja Govidam' will be great

Thanks once again for the HariHarasanam song.

Incidentally Lakshmi played Mohini ! (thankfully that was 1976!)

Thedi Varum Kangalukku Odi varum saami was yet another good song!!

Bala

Arul Vadive Param Porul (Vazhthungal - LV - KJY) is another good choice

Thanks once again

Bala

some rare songs, some hit songs, some divine songs ---- great going.

Thanks Bala. Neenga ketkire endha songum enkitte ille. I have been hunting for jagadgur songs .. no luck :(

WB YVSM!

Pick #441

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/azhaikkiran_sr.rm




Song: azhaikkiraan madhavan
Movie: sri Raghavendrar
Singers : KJYesudoss , Malaysia Vasudevan, Dinesh
Lyrics: vaali
MD: iLaiyaraja
Year : 1985


nei ozhugum pongal keLvipattirukkirom aaanal nei vazhiyum kural? indha paadalil KJYin kuralilum neiyum thenum paalum vazhiyum. athanai inimai athanai suvai. pakkabalamaaga iLaiyarajavin sugamaana isai.
KJY-in menmaiyaana kuralukku nermaaraana MVyin adhiradiyaana kural. ivargaLin kuralgaLi balance seivadhu pol Dineshin kural.
(ithanai arumaiyaana paadalgaLai indha sumaraana padam sariyaaga ubayogapaduthikondathaa enbathu veru vishayam :)


Here is a bonus song for today :). This is my favorite KJY song from his devotional album on ayyappan.

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/en_manam.rm

Ramki :
IMO, sri raghavendrar was a good movie. paadalgal mikka arumai. amaithiyana rajini. box office returns thaan onnum illai. My KJY's favourite devotional song is en nenjil palli kondavan

Ramki :
IMO, sri raghavendrar was a good movie. paadalgal mikka arumai. amaithiyana rajini. box office returns thaan onnum illai. My KJY's favourite devotional song is en nenjil palli kondavan

Thanks for all the songs hosted these days Ramki. Excellent selections. Pareetchaikku padikkavE time illai. Now feel relaxed after the hard-work.

Ramki and all friends: Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2007 :-)

Ramki..

neenga kodutha bonus paatu en pazhaiya ninaivugaLai kiLari kiLari venpongal aakiduchu..
90's la sabari malai pogumbodhu enga group-la I use to sing this song... coz I can sing only in base voice. enakkum nallaa paada varum appadinnu mathavangaLai namba vacha song idhu...

thank you so much :P

Ramki: All the 3 songs and the bonus song are so melodious. ney, then, paal ozhugum kural indha maargazhi maasaththile bakthip paravsamadaiya vachiduchi. madhu vere ninaivaik kiLari ven pongal kindittaar. :)

Pick #442

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow07/puthaandu_jo.rm




Song: puthaandu poothadhu indru
Movie: January 1
Singer : SJanaki
Lyrics: ?
MD: iLaiyaraja
Year : 1984


WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR

iniya puthaaNdu vazhthukkaL !

Ramki: TFMLite-la 2004-la pOtta paatukkaL link irukkkudhE...
Happy 2007 to all POW Fans!

Pick #443

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow07/azhage_vvv.rm




Song: azhage unnai
Movie: vaalibame vaa vaa
Singers : PSuseela, Malaysia Vasudevan
Lyrics: vairamuthu
MD: iLaiyaraja
Year : 1982

Bharathiraja hit the lowest nadir of his career with 'vaalibame vaa vaa'.
It was crass, crude and completely pointless. The director might have thought that he can churn out any crap in the form of a film and the audience would go ga ga over it. Well they did but not in appreciation.
Even ilaiyaraja, who always created the best tunes for BR films, couldnt come up with more than one good song(todays).
IMO the other melodious song 'ponvaana poongaavil' is just an average one.
Todays song is a melodious composition sung well by PS and MV. Surprisingly the song was not aired in VB much(atleast not when i was listening which was most of the time then :)

Thanks Ramki for this nice song! But doesn't this remind of an old song, I remember this was tuned with someother old song in mind. Somewhere read in some magazine of that time.

As it was well known, BR gave this crap as he was angry with the fans as they had ditched his earlier movie 'Kadhal Oviuym' (Another utter bore - except for the wonderful IR and some good Janagaraj in that movie). IR had to give the tunes in a hurry and BR made this movie in record time. Even the title is a borrowed from the Ram Lakshman Song which is not a BR trend.

Thanks for the song, PS sounds really sweet. "kanne Balam" had a better air time.

Bala

Very nice song Ramki.

I remember this having listened from Ceylon or Madras Radio.

MP

azagE unnai is a nice song. Have forgotten it completely. Thanks for bringing it back Ramki.

Thanks everyone.

Bala thanks for the details

Pick #444

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow07/aathai_sr.rm




Song: aathai kadakka venum
Movie: sugamaana raagangaL
Singers : PSuseela, SPB
Lyrics: vaali
MD: MSViswanathan
Year : 1985


This is a lovely song by mellisai mannar. PS and SPB playful rendition makes the song more enjoyable. Even in mid 80s, PS voice had the same sweetness as it had in the 60s.

Sugamaana raagangaL had sivakumar, saritha and jeevitha in the cast. I think it was directed by RSundararajan. The song was picturised on SK and saritha.
'aadi asanju' is the only song IR sang in MSV's music.
Other songs were not memorable.

nice song Ramki..

neenga sonnapadi PS voice ketka sugama irukkum..

andha period-la padam Odaatti kooda padagu paatu onnu jora amainjudum.. like this one and "raja ponnu" from "ore mutham"..

thks madhu. neenga sonna song kettadhille..yaar padinathu?

Pick #445

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow07/parisam_ik.rm




Song: parisam podatha kadhali
Movie: iLankandru
Singers : PSuseela, KJY
Lyrics: ?
MD: Gangai Amaran
Year : 1985

This ilangai vanoli popular song is an enchanting duet by PS and KJY. Interludes and pleasant voice enriches this lovely creation by GA.
It did not get much or any airtime in Tamil Nadu. Like most of GA's good songs this too went unnoticed.

ameerjan and MuraLi teamed together in poovilangu. After its moderate success, they came together for few other films. IK is one of them. MuraLi's real life heroine Anitha did the female lead.
I do not recall any other song from this film.

Ramki

Surprisingly nice song (sounds like an old Mohd Rafi song..)

Thanks

PS sounds so tired and jaded and unusually nasal. Surprised to see her struggle while KJY breezes thru.

Thanks anyways

Bala

HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2007.

Ramki, both Sugamana Ragangal & Ilankandru were undoughtably excellent. In the both songs, PS voice was like a honey dew.

It is any were possible to get an 70's nice song "Enna Thavam Seithen...Unnai Manam Kolla", TMS & PS sung this song, no any other details. If so, pls make it available here.

It's me,
Jack

wonderful songs ramki
PS & KJY sings it beautifully

Hello ramky: is ther ne movie called avane ivan? ne idea of songs?

enna Ramki 'raaja poNNu paatu theriyaathaa?'

JC padichathu, romba nalla paatu, but picturization :(

Thanks everyone.

Jack, i do not have that song. I will ask around

Nidhi, im aware of 'ivan avane'..not avane ivan

FM theriyaathe!. enne songathu?

Ramki: it goes like
raajaa poNNu adi vaadiyammaa
..
kulunga kulunga aadadiyO
I might have the mp3 around and will send you that if I find it.

Pick #446

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow07/vizhi_ksn.rm




Song: vizhigaLil kodi abhinayam
Movie: kaN simittum neram
Singers : SPB, Chitra
Lyrics: ?
MD: VSNarasimman
Year : 1988

If you can stand Karthik's hammering and well , Ambika, KSN is a fairly engrossing thriller. Sarath kumar was also in the cast and i believe he was also the producer of this film. I watched this film in CBE and there were only 10 of us in the theatre hall, that too in the second week of its release. It looked like a private viewing for us 10 friends. Going by this i could say the film failed at the B.O.

VSN bg music was pretty impressing. Songwise todays pick is an excellent number. I remember 3 other songs. 2 of them are solos by KJY and PS and the last one a rauncy item song by MV and chitra.

thanae paaduren manam ethiayo naduthae by PS is another good song from this movie. (or am I confusing with nyaya tharasu??)
vizhigalil kodi abhinayam is one of my favourite song from VSN.

ramki :
rasa ponnu adi vaadiamma pattai neenga maranthu vittergala ?? :o

Ramki... idhudhAn andha paattu.. :P

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Pick #447

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow07/kalaiyum_p.rm




Song: kalaiyum megangaLe
Movie: porutham
Singer : SJanaki, GA
Lyrics: Vairamuthu?
MD: Gangai Amaran
Year : 1985

Thanks to NeelD for the song


This Mouli directed film did not find (m)any audience in the cinema halls. It vanished the same week it was released. The film had
poornima rao(oru pullankuzhal adupoothugirathu fame) a telugu hero and MouLi film's regular Bhaskar.
But the song somehow sneaked into the airwaves and was virumbi kettufied few times in vividh bharathi. SJanaki's melancholy voice and neat interludes by GA makes the song memorable.

Thanks again to Neel for sending such rare numbers.

My previous post on 'raja ponnu' is missing :(

I watched the film in Sri devi thetre in Madurai and it ran for 3 weeks in that theatre. poruththam oru nallathoru nagaichchuvai padam. (typical mouli movie). there is one duet by VJ - PJ, I think. can sombody point it out ?? Todays POW is also a good song.

You are welcome Ramki. It is a really nice song. Strange that it is not eliciting much of a response. Where is everyone?