Pick of the week: 1 Mar to 5 Aug 2006

Pick # 79

http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/mogam_akv.rm

Song: mogam ennum raagam paadum
Film: aezhaikkum kaalam varum
Singers : PSuseela, KJYesudoss
Lyrics: ?
Music :VKumar?


If the MD is indeed VKumar, then this is another one of his inspirations. The song,especially the pallavi, is a total rip off of 'kaNNan ennum mannan perai solla solla'(venniraadai). The music interludes remind me of several 70's hindi songs. Nevertheless the song is still a treat. KJY and PS sound so fresh and young.

When i was speaking to JN, she mentioned that Srikanth played a dual role in the film(thank goodness:)). One other good song from AKV is 'oraayiram karpanai'(SPB solo)

Thanks Ramki!

Yes it is indeed by VK. The 'Orayiram Karpanai' is a wonderful piano number

I am not sure why Srikanth should not be acting in double roles. Srikanth is one of the best actors in the 70s be it comedian (ethir neechal), villan (Thanga Padhakkam), Angry young man (TP and Raja Nagham) and in a mature role (SNSM and Karunai Ullam). His acting in ONNP is very good too. Not a bad looking actor also..

He is far better than many actors of the 70s..

He killed his own career by indulging in pots with likes of Jayakanthan.

Had he been careful he could have easily raised at least in the level of Jai/Muthuraman but as a better actor

Anyway thanks for the song. An elangai vanoli favorite
Bala

HI Ramki!

a nice song !

Orayiram karpani is solo for both SPB and PS !

I think, Srikanth, Subha and sukumari acted in this film.

Gulabi gulabi song is from maravan with prabhu and kushbu..
This is a nice song.. I forgot the north indian product name :(..

Balaji,
Other than the handful films you mentioned(I agree srikanth was very good in each of them), he acted in dozens and dozens of horrible films like 'agni parikshai','peNNukku yaar kaaval','ennadi meenakshi','deiva theerpu' etc etc. He did only couple of films with jaikanthan and i liked SNSM and ONP but most others were duds and excruciatingly painful.

Madhu Thanks

Thiru, hindi product?

Pick # 80

http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/imaiy_sgs.rm

Song: imaiyum vizhiyum edhiraanaal
Film: sivagangai seemai
Singers : PSuseela, PSVeerappa(voice)
Lyrics: kaNNadasan
Music : Viswanathan Ramamurthy

'sivagangai seemai' is one of the best tamil movies i have ever seen. It had an ensemble of stars like SSR, TKBhagavathy, Kumari Kamala, MNRajam, Tambaram Lalitha, SVaralakshmi etc and each actor gave an outstanding performance. TKBhagavathy and MNRajam were a treat to watch. I think SGS was produced by Kannadasan and was released at the same time as Veerapandiyakattabomman. Though both had a common theme, the latter was a smashing hit. SGS was a flop and Kannadasan was driven to a deep financial debt.
SGS had excellent music by viswanathan ramamurthy. The film had more than a dozen songs. The songs i remember are


veerangaL vaazhum Dravidar -TMS
Saanthu pottu thaLaLakka - P.Leela, Jamunarani
Chinna china chittu sivagangaiyai vittu- Jamunarani
Vaigai perugivara- C.S.Jayaraman, P.Leela
kannangaruthaa kiLi - P. Leela
Kanavu kandaen - TMS, Radha jayalakshmi
thanimai naerndhadho - S.Varalakshmi (beautiful song)
Thendral vandhu veesaadho - S. Varalakshmi and JR.

Todays pick is picturised on MNRajam and PSV. MNRajam tries to stop her husband from Collaborating with the enemy. He doesnt listen. Unable to stop him she kills him with his sword. This scene and the climax dance by Kumari Kamala are highlights of the film.

Ramki: Sivagangai Seemai certainly falls under "One of the Best Tamizh Movie" category. I remember watching this movie as a kid on the banks of Vaigai river during chithirai festivals, I think.

Ramki

This is the first time I am hearing this song and thanks for the song selection.

After reading to your and RC's comments, I will surely add this film to the 'MUST SEE' List and will hunt for the video.

Thanks
Bala

Hi Ramki!

female voice in kanavu kaNdEn is not Radha Jayalakshmi !
Of course I don't know.. may be some one like Bhagavathy .. Plz confirm !

Ramki, Madhu: Kanavu Kanden, set in the somewhat rare (for TFM) Mukhari raga, was sung by TMS, TS Bhagavathy.
RRA

Ramki: It is T.K.Bhagavathi not T.S.Bhagavathi who is a female singer. I think Sivagangai was a drama made into a movie.

Ramki, though PS got only one song in this movie, this is a terrific song. She sang with lot of emtions.
As Raj said, the actor is TK Bagawathi (TK Shanmugam's brother). Kannadasan's favorite singer T S Bagawathi sang kanavu kanden song.

And Veera...bomman was also not a great hit when it was released for first time. I read in many articles. The second, and subsequent releases were running packed houses, it seems.

Thank you all for the inputs and corrections

ramki, i meant that mumbai import heroine in kattumarakaran...

Pick # 81

http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/azhag_aak.rm

Song: azhagaana sandhangaL
Film: adhu andha kaalam
Singers : KJYesudoss, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
Music : Chandrabose

Chandrabose was the only MD who held his own against the tsunami of 80's , IR.
His songs were not innovative but simply impressive. He gave more importance to mettu and lyrics than instrumentation. Strong backing by AVM and Super* also helped in his survival. 'marumagaL', 'oru malarin payanam','poi mugangaL', 'madhura geetham', 'raasathi rosakiLi' are some of his good albums.

Today's pick is his rare attempt on a classical based song. IT's a piece of cake for veterans like KJY and VJ.
I have no other details on 'adhu andha kaalam'. FM thinks NizhalgaL Ravi and lakshmi might have acted in this film.
As always any more info is highly appreciated.

Ramki,
Lyrics is by VM. The raaga is "valachi".

FM: raagam perellam solli adichu pattaya kiLappureengaLee.. :o

Ramki,
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that "Athu Antha Kaalam" was produced by Valampuri John. The movie either never released or was a flop, and left John broke.

Cool pick. CB does throw in such surprises sometimes.

RC: Ippollaam FM-oda hi-fi sound system-la 'karakara' carnatic recordings thaan oduthaam. PSB speakers azhudhu polambarathaa news.

FM adhu enne 'valaichu'?:)

Thanks for the info NeelD

RR :)
KP, yes "valachi", there is only a minor difference between valachi and "M.Marutham" and it is "Ri". Infact VJ starts with that then adjusts to it :)

WOW FM knows something. :)

NeeL, I thought that movie got released. I saw the title somewhere, but I can't recollect.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ramki

Chandrabose was the only MD who held his own against the tsunami of 80's , IR.

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IR-a sadhi panni tsunami-nu sollitaangale :cry:

Pick # 82

http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/ennai_ari.rm

Song: ennai ariyaamale enadhuLLam
Film: manaiviye manidhanin maanikkam
Singers : Jamuna Rani, Jairaman
Lyrics: ?
Music : ?


I have asked around , and the ones i asked, inquired around their but none seem to know anything about this cute song.
The female singer sounds like Jamuna Rani's, but i'm not sure.

Anyone who can fill in the '?'s will get a free mp3 version of any one of the past POW's (Your choice) :).

ramki:) I don't know anything about this song..Do you mind sending me the mp3 version?:)

jn:)

Ramki: I also think that the female singer is Jamuna Raani.

Ramki: I think the male singer is TMS in one of his first songs. Sounds like a song in a dubbed movie or tune copied from Hindi.

Very nice song Ramki.

Song sounds some what familiar. May be as rajraj has mentioned may be it is a copied tune.

Jamuna Rani's voice is really sweet here.

Thanks
Bala

Raj !

Is it TMS ? :P .. I doubt it !!

Raj,
The male voice sounds like a mix of PBS and Tiruchi Loganathan's voice.

By any chance the above song is from the same film as the dubbed version of 'Kithna Badhal gaya Insaan, Sooraj Na Badhle, Chaandh Na Badhle' song. I heard the tamil version of that song and the mael voice in that song resembles the above duet song...

Bala

smashits.com has listed a 'Ennai ariyamale' song by TMS.. not sure whether its the same as this one.. (i cant listen to either of these songs at work)...
http://ww.smashits.com/associates/de...s&AlbumID=3602

thiru: both are the same. but some of the songs in the link you have given are not by TMS.

Pick # 83

http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/azhage_tt.rm

Song: azhage thamizhe nee
Film: Thirumalai Thenkumari
Singers : Sirgazhi Govindarajan, Manorama, LREswari, ALRaghavan, Madhuri, MRVijaya, SaraLa, LRAnjali,Dharapuram Sundararajan
Lyrics: Poovai Senguttuvan,Shylashree,K.K.S.Kumar and Ramshree
Music : Kunnakudi vaidhyanathan

This is a week of New year's for South Indians. While ugadhi was celebrated yesterday, tamizh varushapirappu and Vishu will be celebrated on 14th. Today's pick covers all the 4 main south indian languages.

Sirgazhi and SaraLa start with the thamizh lines 'amudhe thamizhe'. Madhuri neatly blends in with the cute Malayalam lines'kaNNugaL poothu'. MRVijaya follows with a lovely 'krishna daasina' in Kannada. This is followed my Manorama's chennai thamizh 'paadanunnu mansukule' .
LREswari then starts the telugu lines 'bangaraiyaa' and the song ends with the funky tamizh 'ooreelaam paaru'.

'Thirumalai Thenkumari' is one of the 'road movie' of the 70's that was filled with humor and spirituality. It had a kadhambam of actors.
Today's 7 minute song was picturised on several actors including sirgazhi, sivakumar, kumari padmini, Manorama, suruLirajan, Ramaprabha, Asakunthala etc.

Other good songs from TT

thirupathi malai vaazhum(SG)
Madhurai arasaaLum(SG,LRE,MRV)
Gurvaiyoorapa (SG)

I Think this is the only APN film without a single song by PSusila.

Ramki: The lyricists: Poovai Senguttuvan,Shylashree,K.K.S.Kumar and Ramshree. There is one more singer identified: Dharapuram Sundararajan.

Hi... nice one Ramki!

though I am unable to clearly memorize the lyrics.. still its in my mind..
the other songs from the films are ..
the film covers six places in south india..
Thirupathi - thirupathi malai vazhum
ThiruthaNi - sindhanaiyil medai katti
then comes Mysore... but instead of a song on Chamundeswari..
APN added this song... in the bus...
Madurai - Madurai arasaaLum
Guruvayoor - guruvaayoorappa
Kanyakumari - neela kadal vEgathilE

Ramki:

timely song, good choice! I believe neither Agathiyar nor Kan Katchi had any Susheela Songs. I remember the female voices were LRE, TK Kala (Thayil chirandha Koyil) and MRVijaya.

Some experts can confirm..


Rajraj

Thanks for reminding about P.S, whose many songs are/were mistaken to be written by KD by ordinary souls like me. His 'Thiruparakundrathil..' and 'Thirupugazhai pada pada..' are simple and excellent devotional songs.
Did he not write 'Poove Sempoove' for IR later?


Bala

Also Mel Nattu Marumagal, I believe did not have any Susheela song...

Bala

Corrected. Thanks Raj

Balaji you are correct. I think KV's albums rarely had PS. After VJ's entry he started using only her for movies like raaga bandhangaL etc

Two good PS solos during the latter days of KV that I like:

1. maalai vanna maalai - thiruvarul
2. aenindha mouna raagam - thodi raagam