App in Blazing form..
3 days was away and i login to c there are a truckload of posts .. so much to catch upon..Gr8 goin ..
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App in Blazing form..
3 days was away and i login to c there are a truckload of posts .. so much to catch upon..Gr8 goin ..
Asha Kelunni is the actual name of the homely person of tamil screen right? ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Who got introduced next to "Udhaya Chandrika" by BR and got the traditional R thingy...Quote:
Originally Posted by jaiganes
Paramu threadla ipdi poodagamaa pEsaRinga? Ippo vidha vidhamA design designA kELvi kEkka pORAr - badhil sollikkunga
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Ram Lakshman?:think:Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Dear App_engQuote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Super !!! Enjoying yr write ups !! Full form la irukinge-nnu nenikkeren! ;)) Thanks !
Plum,
Ungalukke ithu ovara illa? The closest you can get Venu Nagavalli to the casanova billing was only if he had been born a Nair - then a tired cliche' like debo'nair' could've been employed. I mean, even if Revathi was the intellectual kind preferring brain over brawn types, hapless Venu N could never have been in the reckoning, much like how you could never write YG Mahendran and playboy in the same sentence without wincing. **** end dig. ****
suresh, idhai vida shocking pala matter irukku - thanks to non-frequenter-in-IR-Forum-but-star-hubber-in-other-forums Ajaybhaskar.
If I say another matter about Asha, you'd rather believe this one ;-)
Plum, enna madhri less fortunate newbie hubbers ku neenga dhan guiding lighta irukkanam. Bit ellam konjam ibdeeka pass pannunga!
Illati unga mela RTI case file panna vendiyadha irukkum!
Plum,
Sari vidunga, chinna pasanga in this forum may get corrupted. I'll PM you to get the inside dope on this and matrum pala ajaal gujaal matters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=VWOBv6CkhDk
This is IR's composition right?? sounds like hindi tunes composed by Ram Lakshman/ Laxmikant pyrallal sort of thing :roll:
Plum, me too PM.
Information's getting locked in pockets here. Grave injustice in this age of open/free source.
Mr. Assange kitta solli hubleaks nu oru kilai aramikka sollanam.
Ayiram pookkaL malarattum - not by IR, may be L-P or RDB (there were a few movies by these bigwig Hindi MDs - e.g. uyirE unakkAga was by L-P)Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Hmmm I thought It could have been L-P!Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Aayiram pookkal malarattum = VS Narasimhan
Er I thought he was the "Violinist " for this song :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Venu Nagavally, Asha Kelunni, Udhaya Chandrika - இந்த பெயரை எல்லாம் நான் இதுக்கு முன்னாடி கேட்டதேயில்லை. 80களின் மலையாள கிசு கிசு என்று தனியா திரி ஆரம்பிச்சு பேசுங்க!!
பாட்டு போடறேன் பாட்டு போடறேன் என்று சொல்லி கிட்டே இருக்கீங்க - பாட்டு எங்கேப்பா?? (தங்கமகன் பாட்டு போட்டி - லூஸ் மோகன் ஸ்டைலில் படிக்கவும் ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieN5pHnjzGE - At about 57s
App, which one was the bigger hit those days? In the 90s/00s the most played song in TV/AM/FM was Kodai kaala kaatre very closely followed by Aaanandha raagam. Poonthalir aada was extremely famous too but definitely behind the other two biggies.
Jusstforinbarmason.
Nerd,
IIRC, Anandha rAgam got max appreciation from every quarter. On the 'bigger hit' question, it's very difficult to tell...as each had its share of radio time, bus time, teakkadai time etc. Since compact cassettes were already getting commonplace, most people recorded all three together. ('vengAya sAmbAru' was disliked by most and it was also written about as a plagiarized number from some western song).
Personally, I listened to poonthaLirAda more times than others overall (i.e. 80's till now) but that doesn't make it a bigger hit.
genesis,
I don't know about kisu-kisoos but deciphering the names for you:
Venu Nagavalli - Malayalam director who did a few movies with Mohanlal
Asha Kelunni - daughter of an ex-service man, known popularly as Revathy of maN vAsanai
Udhayachandrika - mom of 'kO'magaL, sis of 'avan-ivan-suruttu-lady', known popularly as Radha of alaigaL Oyvathillai / mudhal mariyAdhai
:-)
V_S, you're right!
#66-69 will be from the Kamal branded hAththi mErE sAththi
Pls guys the Digressions are going off the track now, let's keep it low :)
#66 வாலிபமே வா வா, தேனிசையே வா வா
(ராம் லட்சுமண், 1981 , ஷைலஜாவுடன்)
IR's first full-blown synth western number with real guitar / trumpet accompaniments. Personally I was so thrilled when this song came out as the pallavi had the "kick drum" sound which was somewhat similar to what was in the "western songs" (BoneyM / ABBA were very popular in India in late 70's and early 80's and there were both sets of people - genuine lovers of those bands and snobs who claimed local music was 10 yrs behind). In any case, though the IR song couldn't claim to have the sounds of popular western bands, at the minimum it was very different from what was heard in TFM till then.
Very popular on radio and other casts (bus / teakkadai) when it arrived. Not so thrilling anymore to listen but not bad either.
App anna ,Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
who were the actors in this movie?
Kamal and Sripriya
app, fantastic song. Thanks for remembering. This is the Raja brand Disco (=awesome) song I forget always
thanks San_k :)
#67 விழியில் உன் விழியில்
(ராம் லட்சுமண், 1981 , சுசீலாவுடன்)
Sticking to the IR/Devar films tradition, a Suseela-SPB duet. The best in the album IMO, it hasn't lost the appeal - not a bit - from the time of arrival till now! A guitar sweety, both the prelude and first interlude have so-good-to-ears-guitar sounds. And the dham-dham-dham-dham is quite interesting as well.
It was regular on radios and part of people's 'recording center requests' which was becoming more and more common around this time period as cassette players were becoming more affordable. It was however, mostly imported brands only still (Panasonic the leader) and were available from burma bazaar kind of shops or 'gulf-return' 'ceylon-return' kind of people. The regular electronic shops were still mostly selling only radios and record players. Cassette-decks were also available (from brands like Ahuja which was popular in the public address arena) but not much favoured by households.
#68 நடக்கட்டும் ராஜா நம்ம ராஜ்ஜியம்
(ராம் லட்சுமண், 1981 )
Few days back I stumbled on the 'AkattuNdA thambi rAjA' youtube when searching around for some children stuff. It had not just the song but five minutes or so of MGR-yAnaikaL-KRV stuff that happens prior to the song (absolutely horrible portrayal by MGR with his drunken-man-like-voice-and-dialogs and funny red suit).
This song seems to have got inspired from that KVM nallA nEram number (not in the melody but general format for yAnai songs) and not a sequel to appanE appanE. The typical jubilant melody, energetic singing accompanied by a lot of trumpet sounds to remind one that this is a hAtthi song:-)
Had its share of air-time when arrived and because of KH, also had its share of casts in other media. Not a big hit but still has recall value.
#69 நான் தாங்கொப்பண்டா நல்ல முத்துப்பேரண்டா
(ராம் லட்சுமண், 1981 )
Possibly the pioneer to a later saNdaippAttu in dEvar makan. Kabadi-kabadi game in country side used to have the first line as a repeat phrase. The other sounds in the song are really quite majestic and IR seemed to have worked hard but this song was the least popular at the time of movie's arrival. It did have some time on radio and other transmissions / playbacks but the former three enjoyed definitely more time.
Personally I didn't have that much liking for this song those days but now find this quite charming, especially the instrumentals are quite impressive. SPB ofcourse delivers flawlessly and casually what could be a difficult song needing a lot of breath control, but, then, he is a master in that area :clap:
If someone had seen this movie (thrashed by all reviewers at the time of arrival IIRC), please elaborate on the song situations, how KH looked etc. It was during my +2 days and my close friends who were KH fanatics were so upset with this movie (and they were typically very unkind to Sripriya so there was definite bias against this Devar films animal movie).
BTW, for Thursday, I'm going to do a minor shift from the alphabetical order.
Reason?
To have a 'maRRa' pAttu on Friday as per genesis wishes :wink:
App,
Pinnitteenga, ore ball-a naalu sixer adichamaathiri! :clap: Yes film was a dud as far my memory could recollect (memory will get better as the year advances ;)). I think you have still lot of hidden information on casettes/players, even upto which brand was available at that time. Oh man, Amazing memory!
But we used to see the songs on doordharshan as everyone likes that young and handsome Kamal. But my favorite is Vaalibame vaa vaa and Nadakkatuum Raja. Wonderful carefree singing by SPB.
Getting back to poonthaliraada..
One could not just hum the song alone -- ever.
Once I finish humming the charanam, immediately i am compelled to hum the instrumental lines and
it is such a pleasure to sing them - what an intricate melody on each of the instrumental lines.
enakkum oru PM parcel...Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
oh, it was a passion those days :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
When I joined the college, I got a friend who was doing part time BE and he had a nice record player and was a collector of LPs. He was a big fan of RDB and I was fascinated with his collections.
After a year or so - just around the 'salangai oli' time frame, he got that sweet Panasonic stereo player that arrived fresh in burma bazAr. It went on to become one of the most popular models ever sold in TN (I've seen in many houses / shops etc around the state and it costed around 2K in 1982/83).
The most interesting part about Panasonics those days was the 'demo' cassette given with the system. This particular stereo model had Japanese recording of the "Mozart's Symphony # 40 first movement" arranged / orchestrated / recorded by Paul Mauriat. (He was very popular in Japan it seems).
I didn't know at that time it was by PM but was stunned at the recording / output from the player where sounds emerged from the small tweeters as well!
(Years later, when I heard the same piece in the "Love is blue" cassette by PM...should I say I had tears / pullarips etc?...another kosuru info, that friend is my co-bro now)
Wow! that's a lot of information. Thanks for sharing. Even I had similar experience but not that big like you. When we were in school studying 9/10/11/12th standard. One of my classmate friend use to have a Panasonic, but not sure if we are referring the same model, but he used to play only MJ, Boney M, ABBA just to showcase the clarity of sound, crystal clear. Haven't heard anything like that at all even today. But that one is like a big tape recorder (radio model with handle at the top) and has two big speakers (and little twitter by it's side). These are the times, when our schools will be half-a-day and we used to go to his home and spend time till our evening train to home (only train at 5:40 pm). Beautiful memories!
App - Thanks for 4 songs in quick succession.
Couple of months back, I was googling to find out which movie Vizhiyil Un Vizhiyil song belonged to. After knowing it was from Ram-Laxman, I thought my 8 year old daughter may like it and started playing it from some website on a Saturday. It was STUPID!! Nobody wanted to watch it after 30min. Today it is difficult for us to believe KH acted in movies like Neeya and this one.
App anna
Thanks for the info, I have never heard of this movie "Ram Lazman" or it's songs! Many thanks :)
App anna
Congrats for bringing this thread to 100 pages! When I started the thread, I was only able to bring it up to 10 pages, after that, I had given up hope! Till you arrived! :notworthy:
Just a few days back I was browsing the Ram Laxman page in Thiraipaadal and skipped most songs after 10-15 seconds. WIll have to revisit. Thanks app.
Vaalibame vaa is ofcourse a rework of the fabulous naa paruvam from Yugandhar, remake of Don/Billa by NTR. Suresh65 wrote about it in detail in his blog and linked it here a few days back. Google mannar app can retrieve the link.