Or iravil unnai (Sondham 16)
Pick #612
Song: Or iravil unnai
Film: Sondham 16
Music: Shankar-Ganesh
Singers: Mano, K.S.Chitra
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1989
Another nice song by Shankar-Ganesh. "Sondham 16" starred Mohan, Kalyani, Chandrasekar, Manorama and many others. It is a story about an orphan(Mohan) pretending to be a member of a large extended family in order to be able to marry the girl(Kalyani) he likes.
Other songs from the film are:
amman kOvil thErazagO - SPB (quite popular)
kuthirai irrkku ERa - Mano, KSC
sondham pathinARu - KJY
one more song (a group family song)
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow...ravil_unnai.rm
iniya kAman paNdigai (January 1)
Pick #613
Song: iniya kAman paNdigai
Film: January 1
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singers: S.Janaki, Malaysia Vasudevan
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1984
Lovely duet by IR, SJ and MV. The film directed by Manivannan starred Vijaikant and Sulakshana. Have not seen it.
Thanks to Priya for sending the song.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/iniya_kaman.rm
pUkkaL sindhunggaL (Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal)
Pick #614
Song: pUkkaL sindhunggaL
Film: Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singers: S.Janaki, S.P.Balasubramanyam
Lyrics: Vairamuthu
Year: 1982
"Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal" was directed by Nivas who was the cinematographer in Bharathiraja's early films. The film has really good songs and good camera work.
Vadivukkarasi is the daughter of Raja "Sir" Chakravarthi. Her father and husband are dead. She lives with her son Rajiv in a huge palace and manages all the family property, factories, etc. She does not show any love or affection towards Rajiv. Rajiv longs for love and finds it in Vijayasanthi, the daughter of Vadivukkarasi's manager. But one day he finds out that Vijayasanthi has another boyfriend too and is devastated. He drives home drunk, runs over a little boy on the street and the boy dies. The little boy's sister is Subadra who is an investigative reporter. She writes about the abuse of laborers in Vadivukkarasi's factory, the accident, etc. in her magazine. Under Vadivukkarasi's pressure the editor of the magazine fires Subadra. Then Vadivukkarasi asks her car driver to take the blame for the accident and go to jail. But she is shocked when Rajiv confesses and goes to jail.
In jail Rajiv comes across a former palace servant who tells him that he is not the real son of Vadivukkarasi. He reveals the long-guarded secrets that Rajiv is actually the son of Vadivukkarasi's brother who married a poor, low-caste girl and that both the brother and his wife were killed by Vadivukkarasi's clever plot. When Raja Sir Chakravarthi dies he leaves all his property for his son's son. Vadivukkarasi has a son of her own. She switches her son and her brother's son, so that her son can inherit all the property while fooling the public that he is her brother's son. Her bilogical son grows up to be Bhanuchandar who is getting his education in the United States, and the general public thinks that he is Vadivukkarasi's brother's son who is going to inherit all the property. When Bhanuchandar returns from USA, the family celebrates with a party. Today's pick is sung by Vijayasanthi at the party. Halfway through the song, Rajiv returns from jail, now knowing all about his mother's secrets. You can hear that in the lyrics SPB sings for Rajiv.
After Bhanuchandar returns from USA, Vadivukkarasi tries to shower him with love and affection and tries very hard to earn his love and trust. Having been raised in boarding schools and in the USA all his life, Bhanuchandar has no emotional attachment to Vadivukkarasi, whom he thinks is his aunt. He finds her doting care annoying. Vadivukkarasi also keeps insisting that Bhanucahnder should start managing all the property as he is the heir of the Raja. Bhanuchandar is disinterested in that material life. He is an artistic kind of person. He asks Vadivukkarasi to stop bothering him with her constant nagging about property, money, factory, etc. In the meantime, Rajiv keeps taunting Vadivukkarasi now that he knows all her secrets. Rajiv also falls in love with Subadra. Vadivukkarasi wants Rajiv to not see Subdra anymore because she is a poor commoner. Rajiv, of course, does not care.
SPOILER ALERT! Skip the next three paragraphs if you do not want to know how the film ends.
Vadivukkarasi has lost Rajiv forever because of her scheming ways. Bhanuchandar just does not have the ability to bond with Vadivukkarasi. She is distraught. One night she is sitting in the dark... scared, helpless and feeling all alone. She sees a woman. It is none other than her brother's wife that she thought she had killed years ago by setting her house on fire. But the woman had actually escaped the fire and had been living in hiding all this time. Looking at her Vadivukkarasi is frigtened that it is a ghost and screams for help. Bhanuchandar comes running to her rescue. Vadivukkarasi breaks down, tells him the entire truth, and asks him to forgive and accept her(Vadivukakrasi) as his mother. Bhanuchandar refuses.
Bhanuchandar cannot forgive the betrayal of his mother nor can he feel any love for her. He turns all the property over to Rajiv and the laborers, and leaves for USA. No one cares for Vadivukkarasi. She realizes her sad plight and her own longing for love. She runs to the airport to bring back Bhanuchandar. He sees her, ignores and leaves.
Everyone is looking for love. But not finding it, in their own family. They are the nizal thEdum nenjanggaL.
SPOILER ENDS!
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