Pick of the week: 1 Mar to 5 Aug 2006

Thanks everyone

Vel, I will soon host that song for you too :)

Pick #328

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/nadhikarai_kk.rm

Song: nadhikkarai orathu
Movie: kaadhal kiLigaL
Singers: KJYesudoss, SPShailaja
Lyrics: Muthulingam
MD: KVMahadevan

A newly wed couple, on their way back to home after watching a midnight cinema, were waylaid by 4 hooligans. The husband was beat senseless and the wife was gangraped by the four. This real life incident happened in Bombay and became sensational news.
When this incident was made into a movie(Ghar), the then real life couple vinod mehra and Rekha were chosen to play the lead and what a selection it was. Their on screen chemistry was totally believable and Rekhas performance as a rape victim was just outstanding. The film also had very good melodies by RDB.

When it was remade in tamil, god knows why, the pale wooden face 'manipurse vai'actress Rathi was chosen to play Rekhas Role.
She neither had the experience nor talent to play such a character.
Sivakumar in vinod mehras role was just ok.
What was a sensitive film in hindi became a boring sob story in Tamil.


KVMahadevan came out with 2 good songs.
sevvaname seer koNdu vaa and todays pick.

'kaadhal kiLiye nee aen pesa marandhai'(SPB) is another ok song from KK.

Romba Thanks for the nice song that I had been searchingfor long. Well said about Rathi. Surprise Surprise, Thanks to some good movies like EDKL, MujheInsaafChahiye (Vidhi remake), BRChopra's Tawaaif, Rathi is considered a good actress beyind Vindhiyas. I believe she bagged Filmfare award for Tawaif.

The two KJY-SPS duets were really good. I am not sure which one is the 'Tere Bina Jiya Jaayena..', I hope the Nadhikarai song.

Thanks Ramki for the whole selection on PS. Also RR thanks for hosting some nice songs, I was unable to provide my feedback/appreciation earlier

Thanks guys for making our days

Bala

Ramki, I listened to Nadhikarai oraththu song only once earlier. Now with your sharing. Nice tune (song as a whole ????).

IMHO, KVM did not try sailing along with the changes in technology which boosted music to different scales in his era. Esp, recording quality, usage of different instruments, chorus besides pace of the songs. If one listen to his songs from Manmadha radhangal, Kuruvi koodu and films of his last leg, one would wonder whether these were of 70's or even earlier. In Nadhikarai song, SPS voice (already shrill and sceach) is pathetic, thanks to poor quality of recording, as if the recording took place in a dunjan room. Ultimately, KVM had to take a side line and be comfortable with "S" series under K.Vishwanath, who later took IR as his music hand.

Kadhal kiLigal had a nice PS solo also "Karumbilum iniyadhu iniyadhu" for Rathi. I saw this song sequence in TV. PS must have been with muttu jaladosham while recording. Still she maintained inimai. But in the scene, "sAdhu" Sivakumar had enough hands-on with Rathi, may be only one film he did with her ?? :lol:

Ramki: Continuation of PS-Week dropped-aa?

Thanks for the song Ramki.
Remember hearing in radio several years ago.
Neenga select panni podara paatu ellaame , I think i would have never had the chance to listen again if it had not been for tfm & you.
ungal narpani thodaratum.

SN23:

Rathi acted with Sivakumar in one more movie 'Raman Sriraman', which had the 'Paraiya Paaru Tokyo' by SPB-SJ. There were other songs from that movie played in Radio those days. MD was Sathyam.

Can I interpret this week as songs of MDs from Telugu filmdom. I can expect one Ramesh naidu, one Sathyam (even the Raman Sriraman song is ok, but Sathyam had other nice numbers in Tamil), one Chakravarthy and one Raj-Koti Song ..

Bala

Thanks guys

SN23 PS week will be continued later :).

Balaji, i had planned to make this a KVM week but your idea of telugu MD songs sound interesting(Iiwouldnt call KVM a telugu MD though)

Pick #329

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/sujatha_km.rm

Song: sujatha i love you sujatha
Movie: kodeeswaran magaL
Singers: PSuseela, SPBalasubramaniam
Lyrics: Muthulingam?
MD: Chakravarthy


I remember watching KM as a kid on DD and enjoying it. Few weeks later DD showed an old Sivaji-padmini film Raja-Rani. The story line of these 2 were very similar.
KM had Sivakumar and Rajalakshmi. The song i love from KM is 'uLLathil oru oonjal adhil utkaarum iLanthendral' . If anyone has this song with you please send it to me.

What are the other chakravarthy's tamil movies?

Hi ramki..

hearing this song after a looooooong span..
this is the first song shot at Gemini ( Anna ) flyover in the night..

yes.. the story is almost similar to Rajarani by kalaignar.
I think Sowcar Janaki in T.A.Madhuram's role and Thengai in N.S.Krishnan's role.

adhu sari.. I remember one more film with the same storyline( I forgot the name ) with S.S.Chandran and Kovai Sarala with the same characters..
yedho oru sirippu padam.. (sahadeven mahadevan madhiri....)
can anyone help ?

I got the information "Between 1971 and 1991, Chakravarthy's success story as a music composer spread to 959 films, which include 60 in Kannada, four in Tamil, one in Malayalam, and the rest in Telugu" from Net.

So he must hv composed for three other films in tamil.

Thanks Bala for your info on Raman Sriraman. I guess Sivakumar acted in dual role and another heroine is Latha?? It had a duet "kanni thedral veesum nErangaL" by SPB+PS. Music by Sivaji Raja (Not Satyam).

Kotteeswaran MagaL is full of comedy, thanks to the superb performnace by Thengai Srinivasan and Sowcar Janaki, whereas the lead pair had very limited scope. Sowcar and Thengai suspect each other and keep always a check. They use Sivakumar and Rajalakshmi for their drama. I love this movie just because of Thengai.

Highlight of this Sujatha song is PS's kutty kutty hummings as part of pallavi when it gets repeated by SPB. That live 'belive me' by SPB is with some special romantic style.

KM had another duet by this pair "ullathil oru oonjal adhil utkarum ilam thenral". Ramki, I too long to hear this gem. "Unai naan arivEn enai nee arivaai (OR ariyaai??)" is one more popular duet by SPB+SP Shailaja. In this song, Thengai and Sowcar suspicion goes over-board and makes us laugh like anything.

Dangu takku Chakravarthy did score music for few re-made films like Oonjalaadum Uravugal & Emanukku eman. I remember films with funny names like Jai vEdhAlam, Tukkar Raaja etc, dubbed from Telugu (Chakku's music direction).

Oonjalaadum Uravugal had an excellent solo by PS for Srividya, starting with "Veenai enadhu kuzhandhai". PS at her best in this song. Ramki, do you have this song?