Even since i was a kid, what I loved most about this song was the stanzas. I love the way the violins abruptly get cut towards the end of the stanza, creating a superb effect.
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Even since i was a kid, what I loved most about this song was the stanzas. I love the way the violins abruptly get cut towards the end of the stanza, creating a superb effect.
#169 வானம் நிறம் மாறும்
(தாவணிக்கனவுகள், 1984 , ஜானகியுடன்)
SPB-SJ duet in the 'andhi mazhai' format, this time for KBR. mridhangam / flute / strings and thooval of guitar here and there. Though it didn't become as popular as 'andhi mazhai' or today remembered by many to be in that family, it did have its glory when arrived. My neighbor in the hostel, who was a KBR fan, kept humming -rather shouting in his "sweet" voice- this song quite often. (He was also in the "tour" and IIRC the prime mover in making us go to dAvaNi in B'lore). Some of us classmates later had a chance to visit his home and stayed there for a couple of days and were wondering, like, "how come he alone is so weird when his dad / mum / sis all seemed so normal" :lol: Well, he ultimately ended up working for ITI (i.e. for a few years), even finding his wife in the same workplace, before getting converted into a full-blown-Rajini-fan :-)
Per my memory, the whole stay during the trip was in a dormitary at Malleswaram with no access to any worthwhile music. Well, most didn't care as the excitement of peNkaLoor was good enough but I felt huge amount of dissatisfaction. (Not just the lack of music, the other part too wasn't that exciting - as none cared to make "eye contact" which made the city very "uncool" in my dictionary :wink:).
Well, both were to change during the visit to Mysore.
On the way to Mysore, the bus got picked on by RTO (no proper papers :shock:, no license for driver :shock:) and we wasted an hour on the road. Finally, the lecturer did the usual thingy of "making the official rich" and the trip went on.
It was an educating experience that dussehra is such a big thing in Mysore, with the whole city in a festival mood and the visit to art gallery and palace left us in complete astonishment! Then in the evening, we were in KRS and started the walk on the dam to go to the garden. Then followed a couple of feverish hours!
Though a 'nalla paiyan' till coming to college, around this time I was simply too fond of the 'eye-eye' thingy and Bangalore was so dull as I mentioned. Nobody seemed to care.
Ofcourse, it was dry in the college and we had to bike to Kailasapuram aka BHEL township for any eye-eye. There was an allegation those days that a Malayali head of BHEL brought a lot of Malayalees into the boiler plant. The neighboring RECTians - a male-only-college till my batch - were only too happy with that breezy fact. Well, even when girls started getting admission into the college, starting with our junior batch, the standard joke below was 99% applicable :
Question : Whom will you embrace if you enter a room and spot the following people:
a) mukamoodi vEdhALar b) irumbukkai mAyAvi c) azhagAna engg girl and d) azhagillAtha engg girl
Answer : a), b), c) are fictional / mirage and only d) is real.
Well, among the extremely big crowd of people at Brindavan - almost like many lines of ants walking on top of the K R Sagar dam, there was this khubsoorat ladki with big eyes who was kind enough and made my day.
Me (thinking) : அட, அட, என்ன அழகான கண்கள் ...எவ்வளவு நேரம் பார்த்தாலும் ஆசை தீராதே...
She (possibly thinking) : ஐயோ பாவம், பொண்ணுங்களையே பாத்ததில்லை போல இருக்கு...காசா பணமா, கொஞ்சம் வீசி விடுவோம் பார்வையை...
My classmate (not thinking, shouting) : டேய், அந்தப்பொண்ணோட அப்பனோ அண்ணனோ ஒன்னய அடிச்சு ஒதைக்காம இன்னைக்கு நாம திரும்பப்போறதில்லை!
Well, the long walk that seemed too short took us to the new novelty - "dancing fountain" - which our lecturer informed as a Philips sponsored microprocessor controlled system. We were absolutely, absolutely thrilled at the fantastic music, phenomenal light effects and the water flow control! Totally mesmerized for the whole time! While the music -western instrumental - was terrific, my mind was also comparing with some of the rAsA interludes.
With a very mild drizzle, it was an ultimate joyous experience, an evening one would never forget in life!
#170 மாமோய், மாமோய் கள்ளுக்கடை மறந்திடுங்கோ
(தாவணிக்கனவுகள், 1984)
During all school days, though there was total prohibition in TN, by some means or other liquor seemed to be available. I clearly remember a co-worker of my father having such a big problem with alcohol and frequently hitting his wife / children, breaking things at home, all inside the school campus. I used to wonder where he got the liquor from :roll: Well, he managed somehow, not paying a dime to family but harassing them - while his poor wife struggled somehow to raise the six children. (andha akkAvappAkkavE pAvamA irukkum...her husband was a teacher in the school but she had to take up menial jobs such as washing vessels in the school hostel to feed her kids).
So, there were songs at all times to encourage people "not to drink". Apart from the NSK number in nalla thambi which my dad had in vinyl and got played frequently at home, the IOKS poppisaippAdal 'kaLLukkadai pakkam pOgAthE, kAlaippidiththu kenjukiREn' was a big favourite with me :-) (Ceylon Manohar?)
By the time I was in college, however, MGR opened out 'IMFL' in the state (with a justification of "required to continue the saththuNavu"), and wine shops started to flourish. In that context, it was kind of ironical for KBR to make a MGR-pugazh-pAdum movie but include this mAmOi song :confused: Well, he probably wanted to state his personal opinion on liquor, which is definitely appreciable!
A simple / catchy tune with typical instruments where IR didn't stretch too much. Not a huge hit song but had its own street time thanks to the popularity of KBR. SPB, as usual, excels with his versatility! Possibly the only KBR movie where all four songs were sung by SPB!
#171 நம்ம முதலாளி, நல்ல முதலாளி
(நல்லவனுக்கு நல்லவன், 1984 , மலேசியா வாசுதேவனுடன்)
As mentioned sometime back, this song did have SPB but I missed out :oops: Possibly because this wasn't a big favourite with me when arrived and neither do I hear it that much anymore. SPB only sings a couple of lines in each saraNam (for Rajini, so a correction there again, SPB did sing for him in the movie and it was not a 100% KJY show). It was a needed song however, with Karthik doing a role similar to what Gemini did in pAsamalar.
Typical dappAnguththu, with IR's standard array of instruments and the not-so-rich-chorus. However, the not-so-regular combo of MV-SPB makes this an interesting song. Also the fact that this was a patti-thotti hit earns its place in this compilation :-)
App,
Hilarious posts on Sengamalam sirikkuthu and Vaanam Niram Maarum. Lovely! I too concur and experience what all you have said. Especially that fingerbowl thingy, I too had the same experience :lol: "peNkaloor", "full-blown rajini fan", "making the official rich" :lol: Thorougly enjoying your posts!
App in full blast :clap: :notworthy: Well done Sir, well done!
#172 என் வாழ்விலே வரும் அன்பே வா
(தம்பிக்கு எந்த ஊரு, 1984 )
A song often talked about in the hub, for the wrong reasons. (Why does this sound like 'poongARRu puthithAnadhu', did Raja recycle / copy his own song, why the second interlude is very similar to moonRam piRai song etc). Well, by now, the reason had been told many times.
Still, repeat once more as mun jAmeen : BM made moonRam piRai as Sadma in Hindi with the same Kamal / Sridevi / Ilayaraja. While he retained the melody of the sweet kaNNE kalaimAnE (orchestration too downgraded only marginally), the phenomenal poongARRu got murdered as 'yEh zindagi' in Hindi. Much inferior melody (IMO) and heavily downgraded orchestration (IMSO) made sure that IR lost a golden opportunity to showcase his terrific "sounds" north of Vindhyas. People there had to wait till 1992 for another wizard who was smart and didn't mess up.
That watered down 'yEh zindagi' made its appearance in Thamizh later on as 'en vAzhvilE varum anbE vA' with SPB doing the singing (with the orchestration track as "bought-out" item). It's interesting in one way that a Kamal song got reused by Rajini. The rAsA / SPB / Rajini factor, as well as the super hit status of the movie, made sure that this not-so-impressive number became a big hit in TN. And so, getting its place in this thread compilation as well.
I remember watching this comedy movie in one of those theaters in the "one-way-road" that runs parallel to west boulevard road in Trichy (Raja / Palace / Jupiter - one of them).
nanRi, V_S ji:-)
Another song - and I'll be up to date in the "one-number-a-day" count :-)
And that one is going to be a real special song from TEO!
#173 காதலின் தீபம் ஒன்று ஏற்றினாளே என் நெஞ்சில்
(தம்பிக்கு எந்த ஊரு, 1984 )
Perhaps the most melodious SPB-IR song for Rajinikanth. அப்படியே அனுபவிச்சு அனுபவிச்சுப் பாடி இருப்பார் பாலு. There seems to be a female version also but I never paid much attention to this, even tho' SJ has sung it :shock:. Such is the endearing quality of the SPB version - unparallelled! We often hear the cliche 'eththanai muRai kEttAlum alukkAtha pAdal'. Well, this song is a perfect fit for that phrase!
No question about its hit status - despite being a soft melody and dreamy orchestration, this song got played all over TN - in every possible media. It was always a pleasure to listen to this number in buses - whether it was while in Trichy or later on in Cbe or in any other trip inside TN, it used to place one instantly in a dream world :-) Even at times when I travelled standing - that too for many hours, such songs will make sure that I was absolutely refreshed at the end of the journey, lively and kicking!
If not to a dreamy place, at the minimum, it takes you to the Ooty botonical garden (or a similar lovely place that you've been and permanently etched in memory) accompanied by a caressing breeze and a sweet, lovely fragrance! Reminding one of as many pleasant memories in life as anyone can count - it's a pure bliss song!
Must have been done by rAsA and SPB in a time moment when they were extremely delighted and were totally having peace of mind with absolutely no disquieting thoughts, in complete mirth...Well, I can go on and on but still can't justify how this marvel came into existence!
One has to mention about the girl who got the unjust muththirai of 'rAsi illAtha nadikai'. Such a talented actress with fantastic eyes, didn't click well in a couple of KH movies (and even in some RK movies) but did hit it big with thillu mullu and TEO. Interestingly, she was among the few actresses who got fame across multiple fields for a longer time period (though not of Sridevi / Jayapradha proportions). Rajaparvai / thillumullu were 1981 movies and she was quite active thru out the 80's with a sterling role in that 1989 classic, vadakkan veeragAtha. (Also, who can forget the brief but interesting role in Rajini's first Hindi movie - andhA kAnoon - IIRC, AB asks her for a kiss in that song 'rOtE rOtE hasnA seekhO')...
I vehmently condemn the slandering against "yeh zindagi" - that one is an everlasting gem...Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Friends,
If you click here you get a yearwise listing of movies. If you click on the movie name you will also get the movie release date.
http://cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/year.cgi?year=1984
Reg Kadhalin Deepam Ondru, I always think of this post by Gopal : Click here and read the part that starts as 'From: gOpAl (@ 2cust40.tnt1.sarasota.fl.gt.uu.net) on: Tue May 5 18:22:25 EDT 1998'
http://tfmpage.com/forum/25340.16766.07.52.47.html
:)