Pick of the Week: Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

Ramki,

Great pick 'thanthai thaai'.. I have been rewinding so many times that I just had time to post comments :P Asathal singing. What a singer NCV is!

BTW, is this a film song? Vere enna films-la paadi irukkaanga. Raj, any ideas?

A tidbit: my maternal grandfather is apparently a staunch fan of NSV (as told by mom) that he named my chithi Vasanthakokilam. But chithi is never fond of the 'kokilam' part and calls herself only 'vasantha'. :smile2: The 'v' part seems to have stuck though. She has named her grandchildren vaishnavi, viswa and varsha.

ilankuyil VJ paadiya arumaiyaana pattu Ilangaiyin ilamkuyil. Somehow, I could feel oldness in TMS's voice. TMS - VJ pair best song, i feel is ammanaai and chozhanin magalae vaa.

azhaghi oruththi - a rare PJ-LRE combination song. Is there any other song by the duo??

RR..

I think MKT and NCV sang "vasantha ruthu manamohanamE" in sivakavi. or is it "haridas" :roll: ?

RR, the song is from a private album.
According to my mom, she has sung the following songs:
enadhu manam thuLLi,kathiravan udhayam kaNdu and thottadharkellaam in Haridas and
navaneetha krishna in krishna vijayam.

My mom said that she was a good competition
for MS but unfortunately died at a very young age.

Pick #395

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



Song: oru paarvai
Movie: Manoranjitham
Singers : TM Soundararajan, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
MD: VKumar
Year : ?

Thanks to Bala for reminding this song. I have listened to it couple of times before but havent thought about it in years. Fortunately NeelD had the song and i got a chance to listen to it again.

I have no clue about this film Manoranjitham. According to JN there is a title song by SJ.

Actors?Was it even released?

Ramki: I have never heard this vasanthagokilam song. I loved listening to it. Apt pick for celebrating Gandhi jayanthi. I don't know where you get rare songs like this. Thanks.

When I listened to Ilangaiyin ilamkuyil today, I could remember the lyrics very well though I am listening to it after ages. It happens with only some songs you like. :) Looking forward to the other rare TMS and VJ duets in this week. :)

Ramki: I have totally forgotten about this oru paarvai nooru kavidhai song. My memory these days...hmm :(
Thanks to Neel. :)

I think the title song I told you about goes something like this:

manoranjithame manoranjithame
mangai ivaL?? ....mayakkum vaasanaiye....

Manoranjitham had Vijaya Kumar and Sumithra. I doubt if the movie was released, but if it did, must have been released in 78-79

Thanks for the song

Bala

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by RR

Ramki,

BTW, is this a film song? Vere enna films-la paadi irukkaanga. Raj, any ideas?

---

RR,
I don't think this is a cinema song. She died a few years after independence. Those days a number of singers were singing patriotic songs about independence and Mahathma Gandhi. I remember some songs - Gandhiyaippol oru saantha swarupanai, kaimaaRu seivadhuNdo, aadu raatte, vaazhga nee emmaan etc.

NCV popularised Sudhdhaananadha Bharathiyar's songs as DKP popularized Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar' song . Some of his songs we sang in school prayer are:
sakala kalaa vaaNiye
aruL purivaai karuNai kadale
aasai kOnden vaNde
I think NCV sang these in concerts. They seem to have gone out of the concert circuit these days as many other songs. Two of the songs she popularised are:
yen paLLi koNdeer ayyaa (mohanam)
thanthai thaai irundhaal umakkindha thaazhvellaam(shanmukapriya)

I remember Haridas, Gangavathar and Venuganam where she acted. I think I will post some songs in NCV thread in MOY:

http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewt...=761263#761263

Ramki & Neel,

Superb song (ragamalika - sri ranjani, sahana, etc)! Sounds unconventional for a V Kumar song, isn't it?

Raj, thanks. The other 'thanthai thaai' is an excellent one too. The moment she opens the starting line, you can feel shanmugapriya in full bloom. When I first saw PoW, I thought it was this one. :smile2: