The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

#327 தேவ மல்லிகைப்பூவே பூவே
(நடிகன், 1990 , ஜானகியுடன்)

'dEva malligaippoovE poovE' of nadigan with SJ

Sweet duet from my favourite pair...Once again, I don't know whether this song was very popular inside TN but I have familiarity with the song and definitely heard it a few times on buses. Nice drum work and pleasant singing by the ace singers. I'm sure it wasn't too much of a strain for either of them and not too much of a work for rAsA either. Light-weight song for a light-weight film...

Since none talked anything about this movie after my first post yesterday (whether a hit etc), I thought of finding out from google. The first stop, obviously, is wikipedia even though it's not so reliable w.r.t. TF data. It says the movie was a BB, had a silver jubilee run etc :shock: Was it the time around which people were building temple for Kushboo? :confused:

The SR-GM combo should have been definitely interesting but silver jubilee material? Well, anything is possible in TN BO where a horrible remake of maNichithraththAzh by the same director (P Vasu) holds the record for maximum number of days...

There are two other songs listed under nadigan that have SPB but I've never heard them before and cannot post about.

Those are in thiraippAdal at the following links :
AttamA pAttamA , a wind instrument solo delight

adi veLuththukkattu , duet with KSC who sounds like SPS in this

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Originally Posted by app_engine

Since none talked anything about this movie after my first post yesterday (whether a hit etc), I thought of finding out from google. The first stop, obviously, is wikipedia even though it's not so reliable w.r.t. TF data. It says the movie was a BB, had a silver jubilee run etc :shock: Was it the time around which people were building temple for Kushboo? :confused:

The SR-GM combo should have been definitely interesting but silver jubilee material? Well, anything is possible in TN BO where a horrible remake of maNichithraththAzh by the same director (P Vasu) holds the record for maximum number of days...

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1) I do not think it was a block buster hit... but definitely it was a moderate hit (may be the biggest for SR that year).
2) AFAIK, this movie did not run for Kushbu, but for SR-GM-Manorama comedy track. Particularly SR "flirting" with Manorama and GM's reactions to that is a "must-watch" IMO.

Not to forget 'Is'land Estate by Venniraadai Moorthy:lol:. Yes Annan-SR-Aachi were the highlight of the film, especially Annan. App, All songs were super-hits. AattamA PaattamA is a stunner and my pick of the whole soundtrack. Maestro changes the percussion between pallavi and charanam with enormous ease. Some how I get a connection to KELadi En PaavayE (Gopura VaasalilE) whenever I hear this song and vice versa.

nanRi genesis & V_Sji for the details about the movie :-)

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App, All songs were super-hits

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So, it looks like two more numbers for the 'missed-by-app-list' :-)

I think its first time for Sathyaraj to do all-out comedy. He had touches of humour here and there before that, but this is the film that, I believe, first saw the comedic spark he shared with annan that were to continue in many other films later. Very very ordinary story made special by wonderful talents. Kushboo still green, innum temple level-ukku varala (which I believe was around Annamalai?)

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Originally Posted by genesis

2) AFAIK, this movie did not run for Kushbu, but for SR-GM-Manorama comedy track. Particularly SR "flirting" with Manorama and GM's reactions to that is a "must-watch" IMO.

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Yes, it was SR and Annan's movie all the way, Deadly combo, when it comes to lollu :thumbsup:

#328 தானா வந்த சந்தனமே
(ஊரு விட்டு ஊரு வந்து, 1990 , ஜானகியுடன்)

'thAnA vandha sandhanamE' of ooru vittu ooru vandhu with SJ

The song 'sorgamE enRAlum, adhu nammoorappOla varumA' sung by IR from this film has become some sort of anthem for all the thamizharkaL who live outside (but love) their sondha ooru. More so in the case of people who work at far away places like gulf / far east & far west. That way, it has become an extremely popular song in the web world (also the youtube possibly), more than any other song from the movie, over the years. However, I am not very sure whether that was the most popular number at the time of release of this movie that has the title named after the big hit from karagam. I've definitely heard sorgamE a lot those days but also this SPB-SJ sweetie hit on an equal number of occasions.

Another interesting thing about this album is the exclusive use of SJ as the female singer, when KSC seemed to be more preferred. She got to sing the sorgamE with rAsA and this sandhanamE with SPB. She adds to the sweetness without doubt in both cases but IMO it is the male singer who gets first prize in both these numbers. I think age started to show a little bit starting from this year on periyammA.

I don't think the movie had a decent run (definitely nothing compared to the huge karagam that happened with the same hero / director combo the prior year). Nevertheless, the songs did score very well to reach the hearts of the people. Strong in themmAngu melody combined with sweet orchestration ensured their longevity in the minds of the people. No doubt the album wasn't anywhere near karagam but it has its own folk charm :-)

On a personal note, though I've listened to these songs many times during my travel inside TN, I've never connected them with this movie or GA...it was years later they came into existence that I knew the movie name, grAmarAjan etc...

There's another SPB-SJ duet "ikku chchai ikku chchai ikku chchaiyyA" (groucho may know the meaning of it, I'm sure none in TN can translate) that I've not heard before and hence fails to make it to this thread at this point of time.
(If was a hit indeed, please feel free to add to the 'missed' listtu :-) )

thAnA vantha sandhanamE youtube:
(Look at grAmarAjan's shirts :lol:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9rXbjKc1U4