mAlaiyil pUththa malligai (Engamma Maharani)
Pick #657
Song: mAlaiyil pUththa malligai
Film: Engamma Maharani
Music: Shankar-Ganesh
Singers: S.P.Balasubramanyam, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1981
"Engamma Maharani" was, apparently, directed by M.A.Kaja and starred Delhi Ganesh, Sumithra, Roopa and others. Have not seen this film. Today's pick was quite popular in its days. A breezy duet by S-G in the beautiful voices of VJ and SPB.
Thanks to sk for sending this song.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow...yil_puththa.rm
ichchenRu ichchenRu (Enakku Naane Neethipathi)
Pick #658
Song: ichchenRu ichchenRu
Film: Enakku Naane Neethipathi
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singers: S.Janaki, K.J.Yesudas
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1986
I only vaguely remember the title "Enakku Naane Neethipathi". The film apparently was directed by S.A.Chandrasekar and starred Vijayakant and Lakshmi in the lead. I cannot recall listening to today's pick ever before.
Wonder what other SAC films IR worked on?
Thanks to Priya for sending this rare song.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/ichchenru.rm
ippOthenna thEvai (Makkal Aatchi)
Pick #659
Song: ippOthenna thEvai
Film: Makkal Aatchi
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singer: Lekha(?) or Devi(?)
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1995
I heard this song for the first time only a few days ago. I have to confess that I am not very familiar with songs from the 90s and later, including popular songs. Listening to this song brings mixed feelings. It certainly is unique in its arrangement and in the use of an unfamiliar voice. But there are some aspects of the song that I find to be working against it.
First, the loud drum beats in the pallavi, to me, is a big turnoff. It is so annoying that if I had not made an effort to tolerate it and keep listening I would have missed the beauty of the charanam. The drums are muffled in the charanams and it lets the other instruments and the voice come to the fore. However, the interlude before the second charanam is beautiful and the drums here work so well.
The lyrics of the pallavi is the second aspect that works against the song... ippOthenna thEvai thappA enna pArvai... nothing attracts me here. The lyrics do get somewhat better in the charanams.
The third aspect that works against the song is the rendition. Don't get me wrong. The singer is good and her pronunciation is good. But the voice lacks in confidence. It is a common thing with many new singers during their initial songs. It usually takes few songs to several songs for a singer to mature and blossom into a confident playback singer. I know, and so do you, that I am biased when I say this. :) But I can't help but think how a singer like Vani Jairam with her confident voice would have absolutely nailed a song like this. Or, a singer like Uma Ramanan would have added a unique confidence blended with vulnerability.
Thanks to Priya for sending this rare song.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/ippothenna.rm
Re: ichchenRu ichchenRu (Enakku Naane Neethipathi)
[quote="Neel D"]Pick #658
Wonder what other SAC films IR worked on?
- Their association goes a long way .
SAC's first film was durga devi and IR scored the music. This was within the first 10 films of IR.
Another film was 'idhu engal needhi' - of course, needhi is a must in all the titles. Radhika, Ramki, Raja were past of the cast. Vijay appeared as an adolescent boy with pimples ( and he dies). A hit number was 'padithen padithen pallikoodam, idhu dhan idhu dhan kadhal padam' a duet picturised on Ramki & Vani viswanath
mAmAmadhuraiyil pArththEn (Vaa Arugil Vaa)
Pick #660
Song: mAmAmadhuraiyil pArththEn
Film: Vaa Arugil Vaa
Music: Chanakya
Singers: S.Janaki, K.J.Yesudas
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1991
Based on the information at cinesouth "Vaa Arugil Vaa" starred Raja(Kadalora Kavithaigal) and Vaishnavi(Sowcar Janaki's granddaughter). Directed by Kalaivanan Kannadasan. Music is credited to a Chanakya. Never heard of that name before.
Thanks to Priya for sending this song.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow...madhuraiyil.rm
oru malligai panthalum (Mangalyam Thanthunane)
Pick #661
Song: oru malligai panthalum
Film: Mangalyam Thanthunane
Music: Deva
Singers: K.S.Chitra and ?
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1991
Another song I have never heard before and a film I have never heard of. The film apparently starred K.Prabhakar and Vaishnavi. Is the male singer Krishnachandar? The pallavi reminds me of some religious chant.
Thanks to Priya for sending this song.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/oru_malligai.rm
mIttu enai mIttu (Maathangal Ezhu)
Pick #662
Song: mIttu enai mIttu
Film: Maathangal Ezhu
Music: Vidyasagar
Singers: S.P.Balasubramanyam, K.S.Chitra
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1993
Beautiful song.
Thanks to Priya for sending this song.
Today's pick is a long-pending nEyar(bobgalee) viruppam.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/mittu_enai.rm
ennenna muththam (Aakrosham)
Pick #663
Song: ennenna muththam
Film: Aakrosham
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singers: Vani Jairam, Malaysia Vasudevan
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1986
A nice and rare song. Not much details available.
Thanks to Priya for sending this song.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow...na_muththam.rm