Originally Posted by
V_S
Definitely he is not bad as projected. He is a good singer. In fact, I like his singing in Chembaruthi compared to SJ, especially when singing higher octaves in some of the songs.
Same goes to Chinnavar songs; AndhiyilE Vaanam, Maarappu sElai and Gundooru gOnkura were big favorites that time. Especially the last one, he sang beautifully. But you can't take away the beauty from KottukkaLi mainly for the free-flowing tune right from the word 'Go', while others have that staggered start, even though they are beautiful in their own way. SPB is SPB, not match for him. Surprisingly, the other songs were more famous that time compared to this one. The fun and excitement of getting these cassettes and watching these films are gone. Mainly loved to watch these village subjects (almost all ramarajan films, prabhu films like chinnavar, chinna maaple, senthamizh paattu, some rajini/kamal/vijayakanth films, other films like idhu namma bhoomi, chinna thaayee, deiva vaakku, aranmanai kiLi...let me stop here, the list is huge) with those breezy 'themmaangu' songs. Lot of films like these came those days, which were watchable with family. We were totally engrossed in them. I still could not understand how people forgot him, having given everything he got. We will never get such melodies today.