mAlai mudhal kAlai (Unnai Thedi Varuven)
Pick #596
Song: mAlai mudhal kAlai
Film: Unnai Thedi Varuven
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singer: Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1985
"Unnai Thedi Varuven" was directed by Sridhar. As always, he managed to get great tunes from the composer. Today's pick is one of the best among IR's western compositions but went overlooked. A very delicate composition that is all about control. You can feel the woman burning with lust, yet there is a restraint in the way she expresses it, and you can feel that too. The song is like a woman with her heaving bosoms and the instrumentation is like a delicate silk fabric that envelopes her, barely. The charanams start to intensify as they get close to the finish, gradually increase and finally hit the peak (starting at "suganggaLum suvaigaLum nAnthAn" and peaking at "nALEthu" and again in the next charanam starting to intensify at "aRinthavan purinthavan yArO" and peaking at "vArAnO"). Yet you can feel the careful and controlled execution of the finish, like walking on a tight rope, like she does not want to disturb the calm of the night. Wonderful job by VJ. The vibratos and the kiRakkams at the end of the phrases are a delight.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/malai_mudhal.rm