yep, this was the Critical error in Tamil Music Industry :banghead:
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App anna pls continue your write ups :clap:
BTW, I revisited 'kadhal Oviyum' aftera a long time, what a Fabulous Project by IR+SPB and BR. Amazing songs, 'Poovil vandu koodum kandu ' 'sangeetha jathi mullai' 'amma azhagE' . I was extremley :shock: to see deepan Chakaravarthi bagging the national award for ' Poojaikaga vaazhum poovai'. This song can be sung by an average singer, it is absolutely insane! Sangeetha Jathi mulai deserved the National Award! :( :banghead:
Sureshji,
Thanks for reflecting exactly my thoughts related to the great songs that genesis posted :-)
genesis, yes SPB had great numbers and also niche numbers.
As an analogy, it was like Y Sharma / S Patil kind of presence during pre-IR days. During IR era, SPB had Kapil / Sachin like presence :-)
#5 ராஜா என்பார் மந்திரி என்பார் ராஜ்ஜியம் இல்லை ஆள
ஒரு ராணியும் இல்லை வாழ
(புவனா ஒரு கேள்விக்குறி, 1977)
The same movie had this sweet SPB-SJ duet, albeit a pathos song. 2 great numbers featuring Rajinikanth on screen, for his first movie with SP Muthuraman. I haven't watched this movie but as per reviews seen on the web, it was a Maharishi story and the director wanted to cast actors against prior "image". (The fair, sweet Sivakumar with negative shades v/s dark, ruffian Rajinikanth as a good man). It was a BO success it seems. Regardless, both these songs were big hits :-)
I'm not a big fan of SJ's duet-pathos in general (her solo pathos were immensely enjoyable). However, this song is very likeable thanks mainly to SPB and then to a free-flowing tune (especially the saraNam part is sweet).
While both the 1976 movies had just SPB as the male singer, this movie also had a song for PJ (poonthendRalE nalla nEram kAlam sErum, pazhagiya palan uruvAgum, nice write-up by dhool Saravanan). Possibly because of two artists and SPB got to sing for Rajini:-)
App anna
Povana oru kealvi kuri was indeed a good movie, you can watch it many times for Rajni's acting skills , apart from Raaja enbar song, there is another gem by SPB called 'VizhiyilE malarnthu uyirilE ' such romantic songs, these were gems !
vizhiyilE was the number #4 that I posted yesterday :-)
I have even heard from many people that NI had a strong lobby support for Kishore,(during the 70's) even when KJY managed to create a huge impact there in the mid 70's.There was a news ((not sure if its a rumour!)) that he was ousted and not allowed to grow as they considered him as a threat to many of the established and emerging singers of those times..
The rAjA enbAr song gets featured in the RK movie "athisaya piRavi" when Mr Yaman tries to find out an "equivalent-replacement-physical-body" for the "wrongly-killed-body-burnt" Rajinikanth, to send him back to earth.
(Cho is an assistant to Yaman and warns Rajini that this "rAjA-enbAr" physical body is no-good as the fellow is dying as an alcoholic )
A_E, I'm eagerly waiting for your writeup (historical anecdotes, etc) on one of my favorites from the early IR+SPB combo - Oru veedu iru ullam (from Avar Enakke Sontham, 1977).
One, I have no idea about this movie, the actors, the video, etc.
Two, I somehow see a strong smililarity with some SPB+MSV+KB songs from around the same time period like Angum Ingum (Avargal) and Kamban EmAndhan (Manmada leelai?). MSV's influence on IR or case of reverse inspiration?