M.K. Thyagaraja Bagavadhar

G.Ramasamy:

Some old newsclippings that I have with me mention that "Vathaname Chandrabimbamo" is by Papanasan Sivam, from the film Sivakavi, and that the song is in sinthu bairavi ragam and aathi thaalam, with G.Ramanathan as the MD. I am basing on this info that I have.

Regarding PU Sinnappa it is not a problem for me. But from the poor response for the MKTB thread, I believe other than a bunch of fans like us no one may know who this PU Sinnappa is.

MKTB Part V-CONCLUSION

MKTB was living a princely form of life. In Trichy he had one Maaligai for himself, with so many servants. He had his own horse cart- with white horses. After the release of every movie he used to return to this malikai for complete rest. Whenever he was free he used to ride horses himself. It was a game reserved for very special people in society. He had his own cars as well. Shoes were not allowed in this mansion of MKTB. No cine actor had this environment.


It is believed that it was the film Chandralekha from which parents started to name their children after the famous films. But the fact is that it was the MKTB films (as well as the PU Sinnappa films) that started off this trend. New borns were named after the following films:
Haridass
Chintamani
Syamala
Sathiaseelan
Asok Kumar
Ambikapathy
Sivakami
This does not mean that such names were non-existent before the release of these movies. The elite could have been aware of such names. But the peasant population picked up the names from such films.

In Tamil literature we would have learnt of "Pathu viral mOthiram" But MKTB was one of those few who had gold and diamond rings in all his ten fingers. Amongst the actors or even the singers in the Tamil Film world, it was MKTB who was the first to have enjoyed this status.

MKTB is the first to have received the highest payment for acting in the movies. As early as 1944 MKTB was offered as much as RS 2 lakhs as advance alone. Had he completed the films we need not mention the amount that he would have receivd in full. Next to MKTB it was KBS who received Rs one lakh for Gemini's Avaiyaar in 1948. Then MR Radha demanded for one lakh and one rupee
for Ratha Kanneer. Two lakhs for MKTB in the 1940s is equalent to so many chrores by today's standard.

MKTB is about the only kachery singer who received several rings while yet singing on the stage. Anyway many could not slip rings into his fingers for lack of space. Angavasthiram, Pattu veshti, flowers, panneer thelithal etc were not uncommon.

Cinema posters usually do mention names of
the actors, MDs, director, actresses, producers etc to attract the movie goers. MKTB is the first to have set a trend. All the posters for MKTB's movies had to do was to carry his name alone. Example "MKTB nadikkum Haridass" This was sufficient to attract huge crowd.

The MDs used to have some fixed imagination while composing musical notes for the songs. But many of the MDs are not able to milk out sufficient talents from these "studio singers".(Ask the studio singers to sing without the assistance of the PA sytem, you may know what I am saying) But in the case of MKTB, he was again one of the very few who was able to satisfy the musical needs of MDs like G Ramanathan, CR subbaraman, CN Pandurangan and KVM. GR used to liten to the records of MKTB and often times got carried away. As mentioned earlier, even the great Sithoor Subramaniam Pillai, the guru of yet another great Madurai Somu used to get mesmerised by the golden voice of MKTB. No other cine singer had this impact upon the heart, mind and soul of the sangeetha vidvans.

PASSING AWAY
MKTB was already killed in spirit when he saw the poor support he had for his films after his release from jail. It was this sadness that sapped away his physical health, energy and spirit. He was born on 1-3 1910 and died on 1-11-1955, at the mere age of 45. Unbelievably too early by the life expectency rate of those days! While in jail he sold off his properties to setttle the advance that he had taken from the producers. He then became a pauper himmself. Actor S.S Rajendran, the wanted to perform "Kanaka Abishegam" to offer him financial assistance at the Trichy Mariamman Temple. But as pride outruled every other trials and tribulations that MKTB faced he refused the offer with feelings of gratitute. When he lost confidence in his friends, he took his own films, and many of those who involved with him sank with him. Ultimatley MV Venu came to rehabilitate him by taking the film Sivakami. That too was a dissappointment, as he became blind while acting. He tried to pull through but the strong fate had its way.

He was admitted to Madras Govenment Hospital. There nobody knew him, or never wanted to know him I suppose. Not many visited him there. When he died no one knew. The famliy was too poor to afford a proper vehicle to transport his remains in a befitting manner to Trichy. They managed with an average means of hearse. As the hearse was leaving Madras no one knew. As it crossed Thambaram area, some cine people whoe heard the news phoned each other and attempted to bring back the hearse to initaite a proper journey. But it was too late. Just think back of the glorious and unprecedented position he enjoyed in his life. Reflect upon the current resonse from the same crowd now.

LAST INTERIEW.

When MKTB was in the evening of his life, about to meet death, he was a blind man. He was livinig in Trichy. All India Radio interviewed him. That was the last interview. One last question in the interview was" UngaL vaazhkayil maRakka Mudiyaatha sambavam enRu ethai solveeerkaL?"
After a moment of slight hesitation, MKTB said along the following lines " When I was in the height of glory the rich people used to book me to conduct kachery for their weddings. Some even booked me way before fixing their wedding dates. Some have even refused to go ahead with marriage when I declined to perform the kachery. In this same Trichy area, there was a hardcore fan of mine who invited me to perform kachery for his wedding in a nearby village. I refused, and he too refused to get married. As he was a hardcore fan of mine I finally agreed. I was the only shining star in the cine field at that time. So he wanted to protect me from the crowd's pressure. Therefore he booked an entire coach for me from Madras. As I arrived in Trichy junction there was a crowd of at least 40,000 people flocking to catch a glimpse of me. I just could not alight from the coach. The crowd was overwhelmingly emotional, running amok, beyond the control of the security personnel specially arranged for the event. It took extra security features to get me out from the coach and push me into the car. There were so many garlands that completely blocked off my head. A mountain of garlands was created over my head. The organisers knew this would happen and had arranged for a special lorry to take away the garlands fo dumping away. It took one hour for the crowd to disperse. The train was therefore delayed by one hour. Starting with the Trichy Railway master, the reason for the delay of the train was relayed to all the other stations existing in the onward journey. So the train arrived late in all these stations by one hour. Many followed me to the village where the marriage was held, to listen to the kachery.

After losing my health and wealth I arrived again at the same TRichy railway station, this time as a blind man, with my wife guiding me. My wife told me that this time not even a single person acknowledged us. Since you asked this is the event I wish to mention here, as something I shall always remember"

MKTB could have ended the interview here. But he went one step ahead and said "vaazh naaLil ennai pOl vaazhnthavar evarumillai, ennai pOl veezhnthavarum evarum irukka pOvathillai"

I can understand the sentiments of MKTB, from the type of resonse accoreded in this thread, at a time when "Digitalil sethukkiya kuralkaL" have taken dominance these days. Old timers, let us pray for soulof MKTB, please. I had been listening to his songs while typing this, just to get inspiration.

Honestly my heart is so heavy, with the irreplaceable loss of the dearest MKTB whom many of us may still adore and admire so much.

END of a story which has no end.
Manisekaran

Rajaram
Thanks for the request. Are you aware that the great MD SV Venkataraman passed away on 6 April 1998 at the age of 88? Seeing the kind of resonse for this MKTB thread I am afraid to even think of starting a thread to pay tribute to him. Moreover, I am quite busy now.

Vanakkam

Manisekaran :

I am one of those who really enjoy this thread and I have not posted anything in this thread. That's only because I have nothing to say when you are here. When knowledgeable people like you are here there is nothing for people like us to say. In this threads like this the only thing I can do is list MKT songs I have heard. Do not be disheartened by responses. I am sure every person visiting this site reads this thread.

I am eagerly waiting for your articles on P.U.Sinnappa.

TFM Managers : All these articles by Manisekaran need to be archived as permanent articles.

Manisekaran: I echo pg's sentiments. enakku eppadi intha thread-la contribute pannarathunnu theriyala. All I have done is listened to three collections of MKTB songs. athellaam list seythagivittathu. athukku appuram enakku padikkum vElai thaan. My wife and I enjoyed reading your articles. As you know I am lifetime member of ManisEkaran Fan Club. (MFC) :). I can offer one statistic though.. This thread has had 209 access in the last 24 hrs. Almost as many as the IR songs thread. That should tell you how popular this thread is.

Manisekaran: I am also a passive reader. Don't get disheartened. Please post a similar biography of P.U.Chinnappa. What about MKT's children? Is any of them in cine field? If you don't mind and if you know, could you please post MKT's liaisons with leading ladies of those years.

I have enjoyed reading about MKTB. I do not think I have seen any of MKTB's movies. After reading your postings I have been checking out the local video stores. I would love to hear about the other stars.

Manisekaran

Thanks for the great article on MKTB. Please continue your contribution. I am sure there are so many of us who read this thread though not contributing to this thread. Please continue on PUC also, when time permits. Thanks again.

Manisekaran,

great job. I had a vague idea about the life and times of MKTB, but from your articles I have learnt quite a lot. Thanks.

Reg. 'vadhaname chandrabimbamo' - the incident you had mentioned was published in Kumudam once. And I am sure they had not mentioned Sivan as the song writer- it was some other name. I wouldnt forget a name like Sivan that easily. But again, Kumudam could have been wrong :-)

Again the songs you mentioned (and also the contributions of other readers of this thread) brought back many pleasant memories for me. It has been almost 10 years since I heard the songs. If only I had them with me on cassette, I would have uploaded them on to my homepage immediately :-)

As I said earlier, I am looking forward to similar threads on P.U.Chinnappa, T.R.Mahalingam etc. :-)

Thanks and Regards

G.Ramaswamy

Manisekaran,

By now, you know how many ppl are interested in this and similar threads. I don't have to write more. Pl continue your wondeful postings.

About SVV: If you visit

http://coldfusion.tfmpage.com/news

you'll see we posted a short news item after his demise.

Dear brothers and sisters who have commented on this thread,

Thanks for the nice words. It was a shocking pleasure to learn of so many silent visitors to this thread. Perhaps I should have qualified that my lamentation was not so much for myself. I lamented more for the ill fate that MKTB had to face in the evening of his life. Happy to learn that there are still people with soft spots for the great MKTB. May be his fans are the permanent wealth that MKTB has earned.

Not much information is available about MKTB in Tamilnadu and elsewhere. Even his family members do not know much of him. Small articles on him had appeared here and there occassionally. A book did come out about him long ago, but not too satisfactory.

I produced this article from my own memory, as well as clippngs and excerpts I had gathered over the years. I had given a summary and forced to leave out some info for obvious resaons.

Thank You.

Manisekaran

I would like to thank all who took the trouble to selflessly enlighten us and share with us so much info on MKTB. Thanks, good people once again esp. Maniskeran and Sathyakeerthi.Regards.

Manisekaran: I am yet another passive reader of this thread. I dont know enough of MKTB to say anything in this thread. I enjoyed every posting of yours.

One question again; GN Balasubramaniam, the famous Carnatic singer acted in Sakuntala with MS. Did he act in any other movie apart from this ?

A summary of Manisegaran's posts and the list of songs can be accessed at

http://coldfusion.tfmpage.com/view_artists.cfm?key=mkt

Thanks Satish for compiling the posts.

Manisekaran

My father is a hard core fan of MKTB. He used to sing all the songs you mentioned, in the night time before sleep. He has told me some of the incidents which happened in MKTB life time which you have mentioned mainly about "After jail" and the last day of his life.

My father has seen lots of times the movie "Haridass". In Madurai City cinema, Haridas was released for the second time. Even for the seond relase it has done a record of running a year. Those days they have given free "Kangi" to celeberate the last day. Chinthamani talkies you mentioned is the one in Madurai or some other place?

I really got "kaNNIr" when I was reading the last part of your orticle. Mainly because I remembered my father, who is 1000s of miles away and he will be very happy to read this.

Thanks

Rajaraman:

The above tfmpage link that you have given for the
MKTB article is not working. Can you please correct it? Thanks.

Folks:

The CD, Golden Greats of MKTB that Satish
mentioned earlier, is really a wonderful collection.
It has 22 marvellous songs: the best by MKTB.
I bought it for Sing $15 in a store. The owner
was sooo glad to get rid of it because it had been
lying there for two years untouched by anyone. :-(

RV
GN Balasubramaniam did act in one other movie. But I am not able to recollect at the moment. I may post the info once I am certain of the details.

Syam,
It is the Madurai Chintamani talkies.

Sathya Keerthi:

I am trying to post the complete list of MKTB songs. Please give me some time.

Thanks.
Manisekaran

Manisekaran:
What a wonderful contribution! Thank you. I've been listening to my MKT collection (only 90 minutes or so) with renewed interest thanks to this topic, and am going to hunt down original videotapes of some of his classics you've mentioned. Thanks again.

Hi,
I am Vaidyanathan, and I am a new comer to this list. In fact, I just stumbled upon this today. I read these postings on MKT with great interest. I am an ardent MKT fan, and I have a good collection of MKT songs. The ones that I have (and that have not been mentioned here) are:
Vaazhvil Or thirunaaL indre (Haridas; opening scene)
Thottadharkkellaam thappizhuthaal (Haridas; this is where he tries to reason things out with N. C. Vasanthakokilam)
EnnaaLum indha inbam (Haridas; with T. R. Rajakumari)
Maamuni Naadha (Haridas; this is when he loses his legs; fantastic song)
Nijama idhu nijama (last song in Haridas)
I also have a bunch of very short songs from Sivakavi.
Yaanai thantham (Amarakavi)
Chedi maraivile (Amarakavi)
Yen Jeeva PriyE Shyamala (Shyamala)
Ingum angum engum inbamE (Rajamukthi)
Manam kanindhe jeevadhaanam (Sivakavi)
AaraNangE nenjam nee ariyai (Shyamala)
MAnE nAn unnaiyadaiya (Ambikapathi; with M. R. Santhanalakshmi)
Annaiyum thandhaiyum unnari deivam (Puthu VAzhvu); this is different from the one from Haridas)
Annai thandhai anbariyaadha (Amarakavi)
Unnaiye anbudanE vAri (Ashok Kumar; the heroine here was T. P. Kumudhini)
Ellam InbamE (Amarakavi)
SEvai seithAlE (Amarakavi)
Karaikku vadakkirukkum
Ittadi NOga
Enna seidhai (The last three songs are from Ambikapathi; Serukalathur Sama is the "co-singer"; he played the part of Kambar in the movie.)
There is also a song in Ambikapathi sung by Mysore Honnappa Bhagavathar who makes a brief appearance as the court musician just before Ambikapathi and Amaravathi are busted!! It is "Unnai allAl gathi yAr" in the raga Kalyani.
There are four other patriotic songs sung by MKT.
Gandhiyai pol
KaimAru seivadhuNdO
Sudhanthira Kodi
PArukkuLLE nalla nAdu

By the way, SivaperumAn krupai is from the film Naveena SArangatharA and not SArangatharA. The latter is a Sivaji Ganesan starrer (of the vasanthamullai fame).
If anyone has access to video/audio cassettes of the following MKT films, please let me know: PavaLakkodi, RAja mukthi, ShyamaLa, Naveena SArangatharA, Sathyaseelan
I also have articles by Randor Guy that were published in The Indian Express about ten years ago. He actually wrote a series of articles on the Lakshmikantham Murder Case under the title "Vintage Crime-The case that rocked Madras." I could type it in and post it here, but could somebody advise me about copyright and related things? I also have copies of Guy's articles on Haridas, Chinthamani and Ambikapathy.
Another thing that I have heard about MKT is that he funded the Vadapalani temple tank (KuLam).
NSK died in 1957, and the story is told of how MKT came to pay his last respects to his friend and found it impossible to get through for no one in the crowd recognized him!!!
MKT actually died in 1959. To quote from Randor Guy's article:"He passed away in pain, poverty and obscurity in 1959....His end was a sad epitaph to a success story of the incredible kind, the likes of which are most unlikely to be seen again...."

Yesterday I bought, from a Singapore Store, three
more audio cassettes containing songs of MKTB:

1. Ringing Voice of MKTB
It has: sivaperumaan, sollu paappaa, saraasarangaL,
un azhagai, aRavaa varNam, chandhirasooriyar,
uNmai ondrE pEsum, raadhE unakku, aRpudha leelaigaLai,
jnaana sabaiyil, thillaiyin naayaganE, chidhambara naadhaa,
aanandha nadana, dhyaanamE

2. Sweet Songs That Stay For Ever - MKTB
This has: bajanai seyvOm, vaNdaaR kuzhal, unnaiyE,
dhyaanamE, ellaam inbamE, annai thandhai anbaRiyaadha,
soppana vaazhvil, krishnaa mukundhaa, manmadha leelaiyai,
sathvaguNabOdhan, dheena karuNaakaranE, annaiyum
thandhaiyum munneRi, uNmai ondrE pEsum, suttum
vizhi chudar, paadupattu, sEvai seydhaalE, oru pizhaiyum

3. Pazhamai Endrum Inimai Vol. 9 (The Golden Voice of MKTB)
It seems this is also available as CD for a very
cheap price: Sing $6.
This has: jnaanakkaN ondru, naattiyak kalaiyE,
suttum vizhi chudar, yaanai thandham, sedi maRivinilE,
thOrumai, en jeeva priya shyaamaLaa, ingum angum,
manam kanindhEn, Gandhiyaip pOl, aara nangai,
chidambara naadhaa, saraasarangaL, sollu paappaa,
raadhE unakku, aRpudha leelaigaL, thillaiyil naayaganE,
aanadha nadana, vasantha rudhu, oru naaL oru,
maRaivaay pudhaiththa

Just for completion, here are the songs in the CD,
The Golden Greats of MKTB:
soppana vaazhvil, krishna mukundhaa, manmadha leelaiyai,
rajan maharajan, sathvaguNa bOdhan, dheena karuNaakaranE,
unnaikaNdu mayangaatha, amba manam kanindhu,
maRivaai pudhaiththa, jnaanakkaN ondru, naattiya kalaiyE,
oru naaL oru pozhudhu, pavazha maal, boomiyil maanida
jenmam, manamE nee, dhyaanamE, vaLLalai paadum vaayaal,
vadhanamE chandrabimbamO, vasantha rudhu,
annaiyum thandhaiyum thaanE, ennudal thanil, maanidan jenmam

I am also an MKTB fan. I have not spent too much time listening to MKTB's immortal songs, whose singing gets me the cherished memories of my childhood in Tamilnad.

Vaidyanathan,
I have also read Randor Guy's article about MKTB and the Lakshmikanthan murder case. It kindled my curiosity and my father (who is no more) a fan of MKTB used to tell me about that infamous trial. My father lived in Purasawalkam (Doveton) area where that notorious rowdy "Arya Veerasenan" who murdered Lakshmikanthan (at the behest of MKTB and NSK) also lived at that time.
More detailed information about the murder case was given by "Aranthai Narayanan" in Dinamani Kathir in early 80s when he used to write about early days of Tamil Cinema.
I also have the Golden greats of MKTB CD. "Bhoomiyil maanida" was my favorite for a long time. My current favorite is "Dheena karunakarane". Still I cannot believe that people couldn't recognize him when he was not in the limelight. We Tamils have a history of not recognizing one's talent when they are alive but singing praises after they die. Bharathiyar is another example. After reading Manisekaran's articles, I have become ardent fan of MKTB and want to get hold of his authoritative biography desparately. Does such a thing exist?

Vadivel,
There is a book on MKTB by "Vindhan" although I am not sure as to how authoritative it is. I do not have a copy of it. Muktha Srinivasan wrote an article in Thuglak in the early 90's entitled "Bhagavatharin vaLarchiyum veezhchiyum."
Once again, to quote from Guy's article: "Only Arya Veera Senan lives, an old man bitter about life and its cruelty....Experts, even laymen believe that the truth about the murder did not come out, and that Bhagavathar, NSK and others were poor victims of a game of power politics."

In fact, NSK has sung a song (Jailukku poi vandha) in the movie "Paithiyakkaran" where he says
"Oru silar koNda kodiya poramai uruvamAchudhunga
AdhAlE uNmaiyai marandhAnga
PoiyyayE uRudhi paduthinAnga"
I happened to attend a lecture by Randor Guy at IIT, Madras in 1991 entitled "Crime, Cinema and Politics" where he briefly alluded to this case. He apparently tried to dig into the case in the 60's and went to talk to the late P. V. Rajamannar (one of the legal luminaries of India, he went on to become Chief Justice of Madras High Court) about this. Rajamannar was the Advocate-General in the 1940's and he led the prosecution in the Lakshmikantham case trial. Guy was urged not to make enquiries into the trial etc. by Rajamannar. When Guy asked him, "Is this an advice or threat?", Rajamannar replied, "It is an advice for now. If you try going further, it is a threat."
For the record, Bhagavathar and NSK were actually acquitted in the Lakshmikantham case after a 30-month sojourn in prison.

Vaithi:
Please post Randor Guy's articles on MKTB. I don't think copyright is a problem. There are much worse copyright violations like real audio of TFM songs etc., Can any of the TFM forum stalwarts help Vaithi with copyright issues and posting Guy's articles?

Vadivel,

As part of the TFM page team, let me say you that we don't want to get into copyright problems.
Earlier, we had to take off an article that
was posted without the original author's consent.
So it's better if such postings are kept out of
this forum. Thanks.

Rajaraman & Vadivel:

I know Randor Guy personally. I would try to get in touch with him and see that the copyright issues are resolved. In fact, he would be one person who would be be delighted to see a forum like this. This would take some time, though as I am in the middle of resolving some personal issues and dont really hv much time...

Vadivel

I am a government officer dealing with intellectual property matters, including copyright matters. Let me enlighten on the implications. There are 3 options for you.
1.Reproduction of an author's work without his consent is an infringement. Therefore you should get his consent.
2. There is an element called "Fair Dealing" in which a portion of the whole could be used for non commercial use, meaning educational, research and government use for which the consent of the authors need not be obtained. But sufficient acknowledgement must be accorded. This is covered under the International Convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works popularly called the BERNE Convention where India and Malaysia are member countries. But you must establish that this thread is either educational or research oriented.

RAJARAM: You may have to mention somewhere in the introduction to the TFMDF that the purpose is non commercial and research oriented. As for me I consider this a perfect research forum.

3. The third option is of course time consuming. You have to read and digest and assimilate the article first. Then post it in your own words. This is because stealing "ideas" cannot become copyright infringement. Only the stealing of the material form (expressions in written form etc)will amount to infringement.

The duration of copyrith protection is the life of the author and 50 years from his death. After that the work becomes public domain. Anyone could use the work.

I hope the provisions in the Copyright law is clear now.

Thank You.
Manisekaran.

LIST OF MKTB SONGS

THIRUNEELAKNDER

1.Oru Naal Oru Pozhuthagilum-
2.Un Azhagai Kaana Iru
3.Pavalamaal Varaiya Pani
4.Chidambara Naatha
5.Sarasarangal Varum suzhandre
6.Manam Nininthu Magizhnthu
7.Panakenthra Booshana
8. Neelakanda Nithya Nirmal
9. Dheena Karuna Karane Nadaraja
10.Maraivaai Puthaitha
11. Aathi Devane Thillai Natha
12. Eesan Kanmino

ASOKUMAR

1. Manila Vaazhvu Perum Aanandam
2.Ullang kavarumen Paavai
3. Thyaname enathu Manathu
4.Unai Kandu Mayangatha
5.Sathvagoona Bothan
6.Vanpasip pini Kunavu Nam
7.Maname Eesan Naamathai
8.Boomiyil Maanida Janmam
9.Unnaiye Anbudan
10.Kidayathu Vaazhvithile
11.Sinam Kamam Poi Kalavu

PUTHU VAZHVU

1.Appa Naan Venduthal
2.Suttu Vizhi Cudarthaan Kannamma
3.Annayum Thanthayum
4. Thanam Avasiyam
5. Then Kuyil Pole
6.Mei Gnana Thangame
7.Unmai Onre Pesum
8. Oru Pizhayum Ariyen

RAJAMUKTHI

1.Unnaiyallaal Oru Thurumbasayumo
2.Piravi Kadal Thandiye
3. Manida Janmam Meendum Vanthidumo
4. Ingumangum
5. Enna Aanantham
6. Manam Ninainthu

AMBIKAPATHY

1.Ini Evvaru Marappen
2.Ulaginilinbam
3.Iraiyarut Seyalithai
4.Chandrsooriyar Pom Kathi Maarinum
5. Bajanai Seivom Maname
6. Maane Naan Unnai Adaiya

HARIDASS

1.Vazhvilor Thirunaal
2.Manmatha Leelaiyai
3.Thottathatkellaam
4.Ennalum Intha Inba
5. Maamuni Nathar Karunaiyile
6.En Udal Thaniloru Ee
7. Annayum Thanthayum thane?
8.Krishna Muguntha Murare

SYAMALA

1. En Jeeva Priya Syamala
2. Rajan Maharajan


SIVAKAMI

1. Atputha Leelaikalai
2.Aananda Nadana Vinotha
3. Thillayin Nayagane
3.Arava Panan Thiruvadi
4.Gnana Sabayil Thillai

SIVAKAVI

1.Vathaname Chandrabombamo
2.Thiruvarul Thara Innum
3. Vaitha vayirapura
4. Mananganinthe
5.Vasantharuth Manamohaname
6.Amba Manam Kaninyhunathu
7. Vallalai Paadum Vaayaal
8.Koothan Muganthirandu
9.Vaasa Malar Madanthai Pol
10. UNgalile Yanoruvan
11. Thamiyen Painthamizh
12. Kulirntha Mugamanum
13. Ellaam Sivan Seyalen
14. Kavalaiyai Theerppathu Naattiya Kaliye
15. Swappana Vaazhvil Magizhnthe

CHINTAMANI

1. Pesuntharamaa Kathal
2.Maya Prapanjathil
3. Gnanakkan Onru Irunthidum Pothile
4.Katpinil Kaniye
5.Bajanai Seivom Maname
6.Rathey Unakku Kobam Aagathedi
7.Jegamathile Jeganaavathu

AMARAKAVI

1. Sevai Sithaale Vaazhalaam
2.Annai Thanthai Anbariyatha
3. Yanai Thantham Pole
4.Ellaam Inbame

SATHYA SEELAN

1.Sollu Paappa
2.Sivaperuman Kirubai Vendum
3. Kanna Kariya Mugil


NAVEENA SARANGATHAARA
Could someone fill up please.

THANIPPADALKAL

1. Ghandiyai Pol
2. Kaimaaru Seivathundo
3.Parukkulle Nalla Naadu
4. Suthanthira Kodi Paranthidappaar



HELP NEEDED for the films of these songs

1. Sotrunai Vethiyan
2.Vandar Kuzhal
3.konji Pesum Kiliye
4.Vinpole
5.Aaranange
6.Unniye Anbudan Vaari Anaikkum

NOTE: This is the best I could unearth. But there are some other songs thrown in this thread. I believe Sathish Subramaniam is already consolidating them into a complete list with details of lyricist, MD, raga etc.

Thanks and regards.
Manisekaran

Manisekharan,

There are some errors in your list of MKTB songs. "Sivaperuman Kirubai Vendum" is from film "Naveena Sarangathara" and not from "Sathyaseelan". "Kanna Kariya mugil Vannaa" is from film "Pavalakkodi" (MKTB's 1st film 1934).

Gawd!!! Never saw this thread ever. Thanks Gowri,for reviving. Now let us hope Mani gets motivated enough to start contributing, haven't seen him around off late.

Sriram,

naa nijammaa solrEn (sarcastic aa illai) "inga (DF la) naraiya vishayam therinjavanga irukaa! ivaaLLaam regular aa ezhudhinaa romba nannaa irukkum.

RajaG, Appadi Yellam romba pugazhatheenga :-))

Could anybody tell me what raga is the song "Chidambara Nathaa, thiruvarul tha tha, unthan chitham Irangaathaa....". This song is from "Thiruneelakantar", great rendering by MKT.

Hi i am trying to find the article written by randor guy on the MKTB case....let me know if you guys knwo where i can locate theninformation on the net

tell more about s.g.kittappa

Sir,

I'm a great fan of M.K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar. I possess all the four cassettes released by

HMV. 'Sarasarangal Varum suzhanre' is my favourite song. I'm also a great fan of S.G.Kittappa, the husband of K.B.Sundarambal. I also possess the only cassette released by HMV on him. I want to know about the life history, atleast the Lakshmikanthan murder case of MKTB. Can you please

brief it to me on your reply.

V.Ananthanarayanan.

Haridos movie is so good to watch. This film is far superior on certain scenes when comparing todays tamil movies. Scene charector "Rumba" is superb. Her facial expressions for the dance to the song from MKT's "Manmadha Leelayil Vendral"
amazing. She was not only gorgeous but was very talented. Has she acted any other movies. What Happened to this Actress . Hope someone has info on this subject. thanks

hi sathi,

In MKTB's Haridas movie, was this "Rumba" character played by N.C.Vasanthakokilam, or T.R.Rajakumari? There are some pictures at

http://raja1630.tripod.com/mktb/id2.html

Please email me.

Super star MKT - thodar in Kumudam Junction

http://kumudam.com/junction/14012k3/pg5.html

Hi,

Can someone tell me where I can download MKTB's songs?

Thanks,
Ramesh

Hi,

Please someone tell me, where I can download M.K.T Bhagavadhar and N.S.K. songs?

regards
Vel