Pick of the week: 1 Mar to 5 Aug 2006

Very nice write up about one of my favorite singer.Thanks Neel.

Here is a song from her debut film nalla idaththu sammantham-dhukkaththilum sirikkaNum thuNivudanE irukaNum. I featerued this in URGO series last year. This is one of her personal favorites.She sacrificed a lot for her large family of brothers and sisters. She recalled this song in an interview that remembering those lines wil bring back all the courage and strength.
Ramki and Neel
Thanks for remembering LRE.

http://tfmpage.mayyam.com/hub/viewto...=asc&start=120

RR
Bala is right about the storyline.I think KB introduced Delhi ganesh, Meera and ?Sivachandran. This song was picturised on the village side with Meera in Eththam and vayalveLi.Meera is the youngest sister of the 3 brothers.The story reminded me the film Pazhani by Nadigar thilagam.The best in the album is SPB in vaan nila picturised with Siva and Swarna on the beach.
MSV sang "dharmaththin kaNnai katti"- a kind of thematic song how the Chennai pattinam corrupted the innocent family from the village.

During the period preceeding Pattina Pravesam, AIR-Chennai used to air serial dramas daily 15 to 30 minutes in the afternoon. Visu, Mouli etc were very successful with their dramas and many of them were broadcast in the radio also.

If I am correct, Pattinap Pravesam was a popular drama by Visu and aired in AIR also. Later KB decided to make this story into film and thus started the filmy career of Visu.

Also, with IR fastly establishing in that period, this one film particularly the song "Vaan Nila", gave satisfactory moments to MSV lovers!

CSR

Ramki / Neel D,

Great presentation! I am always glad to rediscover LRE! Rather uncanny actually, for it was only the other day that I found myself in hallways of the immortal Palinginaal Oru Maaligai! LRE, what an original! She could go from rural to urban with just one turn of her tongue! Thanks for that list!

Pattinap Pravaesm found its "inspiration" in Conquerors of the Golden City. KB used the same stencil for another film about dillusioned hearts under one roof: Kalyana Agathigal. Hope to hear Manasukkul Uttkaarndhu Maniadiththaai sometime... (has it made POTW?)

Among those "introduced" by this film, Delhi Ganesh made the most successful (and lasting) transition from stage to screen.

Pattina pravesam is a stage play by Visu which was made a movie by KB .......

a family of villagers enter into Chennai in pursuit of doing some business, getting higher education, a good job and face failures......
while Delhi ganesh, the lead member loses everything in business....

Sivachandran becomes paralysed after an accident ....

Kaathaadi ramamurthy another brother becomes a thief i think ( his famous dialogue in this movie was BUNGLING )

a nice movie picturised well by KB

but KB ends the movie on a slightly positive note by showing Sivachandran reacting a bit from the paralysis stage....which gives the family a ray of hope...

Thanks to Ramki and Neel for this rare LRE song. I have been looking for this song from a long time. Couldn't get a hold of it anywhere. Today, I listened quite a few times and enjoyed.
The way LRE starts saying "ha" is very catchy.

My all time favourites of LRE:
With TMS:
paarvai onRE pOdhumE( yaar nee)
thaazham poovE thanga nilaavE (raththa thilagam)
pattikkaadaa pattaNamaa (maattukkaara vElan)
poo vaiththa poovaikku ..with PS and TMS (maattukkaara vELan)
avaLukkenna azhagiya mugam(Server sundharam)
sorgam pakkaththil(enga maamaa)

with PBS:
muLLil rojaa kaLLURum rojaa (kalaik kOvil)
nice yodelling by PBS.
malaraip paRiththaay (sengkamalath theevu)
yaarOdum pEsak koodaadhu

with PS:
ennadi mayakkamaa solladi (savaalE samaaLi)
paattonRu tharuvaar (server sundharam)
sonnadhellaam nadandhidumaa (paadha kaaNikkai)
vaadiyammaa vaadi (paNakkaraak kudumbam)
mundhaanai pandhaada (nenjam maRappadhillai)
paalaadai mEni (poovaa thalaiyaa)

Solos: (Innumerable)
vaadai kaatRammaa (raththa thilagam)
yaaradi vandhaar(vaanampaadi)
ammammaa kannaththil kannam vaiththuk koLLu
birds on the trees
muththamidum nErameppo


list will go on for ever.

Thanks Ramki for featuring the song.
Thanks sathyakabali, Naaz, jn.

Kannadasan writes such imaginative lines...

pattaNaththai katti izhuththu
enthan pakkaththilE koNdu niRuththu

And LRE sings it with such authority and aplomb. Especially when she repeats the lines with a "hoy hoy hoy hoy hoy hoy hoy" in between the lines, then pacing slowly through the second line and finishing off with a firm "niRuththu..u!".

To me these two lines showcase the genius of MSV, Kannadasan and LREswari all at once. Such great artistes.

Thank you everyone for the excellent response.

Pick #299

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow06/mugam_vm.rm

Song: mugam senthamarai
Film: vedikkai manidhargaL
Singer : SJanaki
lyrics: Vaali
Music: Shankar Ganesh

When i was a kid, my favorite day of the week was friday.
It was early 80s. The only tv channel available was doordarshan and every friday's oliyum oLiyum was a celebration. Since there was no school on saturdays , me and my friends will play till 8 pm and then go straight to sit in front of tv , just in time for OO.
On a new friday, the first song that was played is todays pick. The song wass picturised on Vijayashanthi. I have seen this song only once but still remember the details. VS, clad in a yellow saree will start singing in front of a mirror. The hero(Rajeev) will float into her dreams and she will fly to gardens and parks singing the song.

Another reason to love friday: Hindu's entertainment section. It will have the reviews of latest films. Being a film buff i will read the reviews of all films published, irrespective of the language.
That friday there was a review on 'vedikkai manidhargaL'. It got an average review and if i remember right, Rajeev played a dual role, one is a nice guy and the other a con man.
Todays song was praised in the review and i like(d) it too.

Today we have abundant tv channels playing songs agains and again and numerous websites that give us the reviews of new films. Though they are informative and entertaining, it kind of stole the thrill we experienced those nice innocent days.

I'm getting old :)

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Originally Posted by Ramki

I'm getting old :)

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Time to move to Memories of Yesteryears section ! :lol: