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ok, it's unfair not to inform the original's original :-)
The indhi Julie was a remake of a Malayalm original, chattakkAri , meaning 'Anglo Indian', who is the main character of the tale.
I don't know if there was a special song in the Malayalam original, though. Lead actress (Lakshmi) & the director (KSS) are same for both MY & HI...
I watched both Nooraavathu Naal and Neengal KEttavai in Devi theatre. I remember getting last tickets for NK, but I vaguely remember we watched the film around 50th day. But when i went to watch some other film few weeks later, NK was shifted to Devi Bala/Kala and ran there for 100 days. So Plum was correct, it didn't run substantially well, but it was made to run.
Could not forget the experience of watching NN in Devi theatre. Heavy crowd and all silent during those Nalini-Satyaraj encounters. Mohan in bloody coldest role. Never seen anything like that. Yes the songs were little relief for the tense film. Wonderfully written App about NN experience!
Same here in terms of the experience watching Nooravadhu Naal first time in theater. In Coimbatore, it was screened in Manis which was brand new and I think Nooravathu Naal was the first movie they screened. I was less than 10 yrs old then and it was a thoroughly scary experience enhanced by the music. My heart was in my mouth literally during the kodari scene :smile: Unforgettable background score by IR in this movie - title track, Sathyaraj-Nalini scenes, Nalini alone in the haunted house.
Vizhyile is my favorite song in NN and it remains so even after discovering Jotheyalli much later. The lyrics is pretty decent. My other favorite from this movie is Uruguthe Idhyame wonderfully rendered by VJ with some mindblowing orchestration depicting the spookiness (yes, I'm big fan of IR's songs in this genre :smile:)
App, chattakari literally means what you can guess from your tamil knowledge. One who wears a shirt. It is not hard to guess the origins of the term from times when anglo indians were probably the only Indians to wear "shirts" as opposed to sarees etc. The term clearly cannot act as a social marker these days given the widespread use of shirts across strata by women.Reg chattakri songs, I remember vaguely but I think "alliyambal" is a much revered classic from this movie. Probably by G Devarajan. Sagar or someone can confirm.
Plum,
'Chattakaari' had music by Devarajan, if I remember right. 'Julie' had nice songs. Composed by Rajesh Roshan, who had given some lovely songs in his early days. Ofcourse Raja's take is outstanding. 'roja ondru' has class written all over it and I love the whole 'Maane Maane' album.
Oh Maane Maane had lovely songs. Roja Onddru has SPB in fine form as far as expression goes. Lovely tune. Just those lovely bass lines - Aaaahaa!
And I love that song as well "Ponmaane theduthe" by Kamal.
And another favourite is that exquisite "Abhiraamiye" - sung by P.Susheela & Janaki. Lovely composition! Has a vintage melody feel to it!
Roja ondru is right up there, on the top draw, in the Mohan hits/IR guitar based songs category. The pallavi concoction of SPB's vocals+guitars+bass+drums is gooseflesh stuff :bow:
Plum :-)
My translation was as per the colloquial Malayalam:-) Ofcourse, you're right in the literal sense.
Likewise, 'sAyabu' (Shahib) in kochchai Malayalam means 'veLLaikkAran / foreigner' :-)
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Roja Ondru - Ore the Loves :)
What youthful singing by SPB , SJ at her vivacious best ..
Lots of louly Guitar touches throughout and its a violin treat in the 2nd interlude , check out the fast flowing chromatic appearing at 02:32 ..