Cinema Artists you have met or seen in real

Also I saw Anjadhe first day first show at Satyam. Padam aarambichu oru 10 minutes kazhichu thaan irutula ulla ponen. Interval-la light ellam on panni pathaa Director Agathiyan was sitting next to me, avaru pakkathula Vijayalakshmi and her sister. Surprise-a irruke-nu munnadi etti paatha Prasanna thirumbi paathaapla. Rendu row thalli Gyani ukkandhirundhaar. Surprise Surprise!! :P

After the movie Prasanna was standing outside, naan poi kai koduthu nalla pannininga Prasanna-nu sonnen. :wink:

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Saw Kasturi at Landmark on Sunday.

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அவிஞ ஒரு புத்திசாலி. Mastermind QF-வரைக்கும் வந்து bulb வாங்கியிருக்காங்க.

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Yeah i remember seeing that show, 5-6 yrs back. She chose South Indian cinema as her subject, isn't it?

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The round she lost her choice was Nobel winning economists. But total damage :lol2:

In an earlier round IIRC she chose films of K.Balachander

ILAYA THALAPATHI VIJAY during sachien movie poojai.

AJITH, VIKRAM, SNEHA, SARATHKUMAR, VADIVEL, PRAKASH RAJ, NANTHA, KIRAN, SANTHANAM, KANJA KARUPPU, DHARANI, DHANU(PRODUCER), SIMBU, VEDHIKA, VIGNESH, NAZAR, MANORAMA, NAMBIYAR, NAGESH. ivangala ellaam shooting ku enga area vantha pothu paathathu.

Missed to see Rajni wen he came shoot for muthu movie. naanga poana pothu doop vachi eduthutu irunthanga thalaivar varala :oops:

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AJay

Shobana still looks great for her age though, she must be between 40 - 45 now??

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Theriyala PS.. I am just 28. Ennoda teenagela Kushboothan Kanavukanni..

BTW, Shobana indha thread paartha romba santhoshapaduvaanga...

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AJay

Shobana still looks great for her age though, she must be between 40 - 45 now??

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Theriyala PS.. I am just 28. Ennoda teenagela Kushboothan Kanavukanni..

BTW, Shobana indha thread paartha romba santhoshapaduvaanga...

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Ellam varusham 16 effect :lol2:

Ahn...I am also Kuspu.
At Jackpot :oops:

met almost every1 except ajith and rajni.....share 1 incident with maddy in 2001 in radisson hotel...where i spoke with him for half an hour....such a cool guy...he introduced his pet dogs to me also... 8-)

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met almost every1 except ajith and rajni.....share 1 incident with maddy in 2001 in radisson hotel...where i spoke with him for half an hour....such a cool guy...he introduced his pet dogs to me also... 8-)

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met almost every1 except ajith and rajni.....share 1 incident with maddy in 2001 in radisson hotel...where i spoke with him for half an hour....such a cool guy...he introduced his pet dogs to me also... 8-)

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2 dogs wre in his car....almost en height irundhange appo

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met almost every1 except ajith and rajni.....share 1 incident with maddy in 2001 in radisson hotel...where i spoke with him for half an hour....such a cool guy...he introduced his pet dogs to me also... 8-)

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2 dogs wre in his car....almost en height irundhange appo

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Neenga enNum valaraliya :lol2:

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Ahn...I am also Kuspu.
At Jackpot :oops:

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ave ippo 36 vayasu aunty aiche :lol2:

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Artists I had atleast a word with... MSV ayya , SV sekar ,Naser .

Nerula parthathu-nna kitta thatta ellorum - at one stage - NT chevalie function ,presided by Jayalalitha and punch speech by Rajini :)

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appadiyenna rajini pesanappla.... i totally forgot it.....

1. Hv seen actress uma (Daughter of popular actress of yesteryear Sumithra) @Satyam sitting behind me while watching , ummm endha movie :think:, aaang, 'priyasaki'. she came in Red knee kurthi + Light blue jeans, in person she is more prettier :D

2. Then, actress Vijayalakshmi (chennai 28 fame :lol2: ) @Satyam, nerla innum kevalamaa irundhaanga :rotfl:

3. @Mayajaal, Music director D.Iman, tht day he came with his wife and his friend I think. :roll:

4. :think: appram again @Satyam, Met Ajay Kapoor (Kolangal adhi) in lift, before getting into the lift he was asking me whether the lift is going up :lol2: he came with his wife

5. Met Shyam in GRT Grand days, adha pathi hub la kooda poten few months before :lol2:

6. Swarnamaalya @Mayajaal :P she came up with 3 ladies, onnu avanga ammaaanu nenaikkuren :?

7. Singer Haricharan came with a big group of his friends @mayajaal. :D

8. Jeans moviela, S.Ve.Shekarkku wifeaa varuvaangale, she even did a short role in Ayan, saw her in Cream Center.

9. Same evening @Cream center, saw singer shubha, I was hvin Dum biriyani, at tht time she came out carrying a big box, that server who was attending my table, went n helped her by opening the door for her as she was carrying that box, she said 'Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu' :D

Vera gnabagam vandhaa update panren :D

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At Jackpot :oops:

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You were a participant?

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2. Then, actress Vijayalakshmi (chennai 28 fame :lol2: ) @Satyam, nerla innum kevalamaa irundhaanga :rotfl:

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Konjum mathavangala 'respect' panni pesina nalla irukum :)

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2. Then, actress Vijayalakshmi (chennai 28 fame :lol2: ) @Satyam, nerla innum kevalamaa irundhaanga :rotfl:

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Konjum mathavangala 'respect' panni pesina nalla irukum :)

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:roll: 'nga' potu thaane sonen ava ivanu yEga vasanathula pesala, it was my view... :huh: en postla edhuvum thappu illanu nenaikkuren :)

Kamal/Asin: Dasa shooting(Mukundha Mukundha) . Nothing much.. mile neela queue-la vaalai pidichikittu ninnen

Vijay: His kalayana mandapam is in porur.. bhagavadhi nerathula inaugurate panna vandhirundhar.. appo paarthadhu

Nasser: Years ago in a resturaunt. Was even talking to him. Very friendly person. Saw him in Kanchipuram Saravana Bhavan few weeks ago.

Jai: Mayajaal when we went for AO 2nd time. kaamedy-a irundhaaru.. mudi ellam uttu :rotfl2:

Vaibhav: In his car, ECR. Whistle adichikittu overtake panni poitaaru

Simbu: Area pakkam thagaraaru panni adi vaanginappa :lol2: sema adi.. moonji ellam odanjiruchu.. idhu dhaan highlight.. neraya dhadava parthachu

TR/Usha: In TR film gardens, Porur very often. ella paatum inga dhAn set pOttu edupaanga.. ayya dhaan designer :lol:

Anuradha Sriram: In chennai trade centre.. simple-a irundhaanga... remba kullam.. enna vidave short.. shoulder level kooda illa! :P

Vadivelu, Vivek, side comedians (most of them)

Lollu Sabha: Mos of Lollu Sabha epsiodes were filmed in and around Porur only. Familiar faces.. school-lerndhu cycle-la varrache paarpom

Radhika/Yuvarani/Sivakumar - Chithi shooting. Those houses are in our area, again.

'Boys' Thaman - Pondy Bazaar Nike showroom-la shopping pannappa paarthadhu

Suganya, Swarnamalya, Sreeman, Anandharaj... apdiye road-la paarthadundu...

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2. Then, actress Vijayalakshmi (chennai 28 fame :lol2: ) @Satyam, nerla innum kevalamaa irundhaanga :rotfl:

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Konjum mathavangala 'respect' panni pesina nalla irukum :)

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No worries :)

Adhu sari!
(Ava 36 year old aunty-nnu romba respectful-a yaaro sonnadha gnabagam :rotfl:)

Have met quite a number of stars, but after reading throught some of the posts here, I got reminded of the time I met Ilaiyaraja. It was 12 years ago and I was an active participant in TFM Page - the percussor for The Hub. :lol2:

Took a letter from TFMers and passed it to IR and posted the experiences in TFM Page.

I will reproduce them for your reading pleasure. (They are quite long, so please bear with me.) :)

IR was in Malaysia to launch his book of poems, Vazhi Thunai.

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Adhu sari!
(Ava 36 year old aunty-nnu romba respectful-a yaaro sonnadha gnabagam :rotfl:)

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Introduction

Friends - pelase bear with me as I take you on a long winded journey through my experience with Ilayaraja in person. My purpose in doing it is to recreate my moments of excitement as well as to put all of you in the same frame of mind. :-))

Do not miss reading any of my writings (by simply scanning through them) as you will miss many interesting tidbits. Further, if I can take the trouble to write them, why shouldn't you - to read them? Koabam veindam - nann innum mayakkaththilthaan irukkirein. :-))


Pre Programme Mood

With much anticipation and a little doubt (whether IR will really turn up) I stepped into the hall with my wife. We were drowned with IR's gambira voice from his Geethanjali album (the devotional - not the Murali starrer). Strangely enough, although I've always felt that the album was depressing, last night, it filled me with a sense of anticipation and preparation for things to come. :-))

We were there very early, before 7 pm, skipping dinner, not wanting to miss getting good seatings. Well, I managed to entrench myself three rows fdrom the front, smack in the centre, and later discovered that I was on eye-level with Isaignani. :-))
We were quite apprehensive on what time the programme will begin, as it is a known fact that in typical Indian (Malaysian) fashion, programmes can even start an hour late. My wife who has gastric problems, also joined in my enthusiasm by declining to have any meals. But we were in for a surprise!

At exactly 7.45 pm, the maestro walked in surrounded by VIPs and other celebrities! The hall was bursting with applause and everyone gave him a standing ovation. Maestro clasped his hand and from top to the bottom, payed his respects to the overflowing crowd. Surprise, surprise, he was accompanied by his wife and guess what, Bhavatharani. :-)))

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Formalities

The compere for the evening was Maidee Sultan, ex-DJ of Radio 6. He is a seasoned emcee as well as a good kavignar. The evening began with a vaazhththu paadal on Ambal (appropriately - as the chosen deity of Isaignani) by Mrs. Premalatha Manee Mohan. Manee Mohan is the organiser of the event.

Maidee Sultan began the programme, saying that Malaysia is honoured to play hosts to Isaignani again. "Appothellaam, namakku mariaatheithaan irunthathu, ippozhuthu ungal varugeiyei enni baya-bakthiyoadu ethirpaarththu kondirunthoam. Yeinendraal neengal oru anu-vallarasilirunthu vanthirukkureergal!" (I don't know whether I got the spelling correct, but he was refering to the nuclear tests conducted by India recently).
The entire evening was sprinkled with such witticism. :-))

Isaignani in his speech later said, "Sultan endraal Raaja" and pointing to himself, "Raaja endraal Sultan," much to the amusement of the crowd. Maidee Sultan was not to be outwitted and replied, "Raaja Raajathan!"

The next programme was the garlanding event. I believe a faux-paux was created by garlanding the Minister before Isaignani, to which even the Minister protested. But the consolation was that Isaignani was garlanded at least five times besides the ponnaadai poaththuthal.


Speeches

Mr. V. Muthusamy, Inspector of Police made a brief welcoming speech on behalf of the organisers.

The next speaker was Kavignar Arivumathi from India. He looked like a guy of our age (in the 30s). I guess I got irritated, when he came on to the stage wearing slippers (with pants & shirt). At the podium, he looked up at the crowd silently for at least 20 seconds, and then said, "Anthe mounamthan Isaignani!" to a roaring applause from the crowd. :-))

With his commanding voice and powerful command of Thamizh, I quickly forgave him for wearing just slippers. :-))

He continued speaking of Isaignani in glorious terms and spoke of his experiences in working together with him. Arivumathi said that if not for his complexion and being born in Tamilnadu, Isaignani would have reached worldwide acclaim. He also said, "Isaignani Thamizargalukku kidaiththa pokkisham." (Do all these sound familiar? :-))

He refered to Isaignani as his "father" and recalled the time when he had his differences with Isaignani and were not on speaking terms for eight years. He mentioned about his speech in some other function as the cause of this fallout, but did not elaborate. Apparently they bumped into each other on many occasions and Arivumathi would silently say Vanakkam, is spite of not getting a response from Isaignani. They have now mended their differences and Arivumathi has begun writing for Isaignani again. Arivumathi also recounted the time when he was in prison for 27 days for taking part in some demonstration. During that time he wrote a pathos song for his daughter and he proceeded singing it, to the delight of the audience. The song was mesmerising and heart-wretching. Even Isaignani was captivated by it, that he mentioned later in his speech that he only discovered in Malaysia, that Arivumathi could not only write and sing but also compose music. Isaignani also mentioned that Arivumathi can become a successful MD, so watch out for him guys. :-))

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Next to speak was Dr. V. Poobalan, who is the controller of Radio 6. Listeners to this radio will be familiar with his "Ungal Sinthanaikku" five-minute programme every morning and evenings. He is a reknowned kavignar. He began by saying that he felt heavy-hearted, and said only God knows his burden. He continued by saying that the Interview with Isaignani was cancelled. As he was saying this, Isaignani was frantically gesticulating that he was not the cause of the cancellation. :-))

Poobalan continued with the pugazh maalai, with a specially written poem in honour of Isaignani. He also read out excerpts from Isaignani's book "Vazhi Thunai" saying that the work cannot be called puthu kavidhai or marabu kavidhai. "Ithu ethoa oru ragaththil seirnthavei - anubaviththu ezhuthapattirukkindrathu endru nandraaga unarugindroam."
(Guys - do you want me to write excerpts of the book - will be a bit difficult and time-consuming for me.)

The next speaker was a surprise. He had just flown in hours before and was not expected - Kavignar Mu Mehta!
"Isaignani oru pournami" he began. "Pournami enna karuppaaga irukkindrathu endru paarkareergalaa?" endru nakkalaaga keitaar, to the audience's laughter. "Intha pournami velichaththei tharugindrathu!" :-)))

Mu Mehtha continued of his experiences dealing with Isaignani and recounted the time he wrote songs for him in Siraichaalai. He also recalled the time when he wrote a song in Poomani, Yen paattu yen paattu. "Athu yen paattu thaanayya!" he continued! But apparently after writing the song, he stopped to listen to the recording. Isaignani himself sang the song but on recording, he had changed the lyrics - giving the song a greater impact. This incident took Mehta by complete surprise and earned Isaignani his respect.

Mu Mehta also said that Isaignani was solely responsible for Tamil youths abandoning anniya songs for Tamil songs. The rest of what he said is too racist, that I won't mention it here.

Dr. A. Ravindran of the Tamil Nadu Foundation, New Jersey, USA was the next speaker. Apparently he works in Boston (Udaney Bhaskar ninaipputhaan vanthathu. :-))

He began by saying that he was not an eloquent speaker like those before him (He was right - he wasn't, at least in Tamil!) He praised Isaignani for making the US Tamil children curious about Tamil songs, and begin speaking in Tamil. He also made a joke about Isaignani's song Kavalai padathei manitha (Is there such a song? I hope he was not refering to Deva's KP Sagoathara!) which the US kids were translating as Don't worry be happy. Apparently it was Isaignani who paved the way for other MDs into the US.

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Adhu sari!
(Ava 36 year old aunty-nnu romba respectful-a yaaro sonnadha gnabagam :rotfl:)

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Sl thamizh la ava na TN thamizh avanga nu solra mathiri, ithulle enna siripu

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Interlude

I think that it's about time I said a little about the book Vazhi Thunai.

1. The cover of the invitation card was nothing but a reproduction of the back cover of the book. No wonder it was impressive.

2. The book is horizontal and is of very high quality print. Size is about 9 (width) by 5.5 inches. The cover is white with a colour potrait of Isaignani's face merging into a picture of an harmonium board with a young, naked boy walking towards the horizon. Both the boy and the harmonium board are in sepia tones. Very tasteful and elegant. The content pages are not simili or art paper but textured (probably recycled) paper.

3. The credits are:
Muthal achchu - Viyarvei thingal 1998 (What does that mean?)
Veliyittu muyarchi - Manee Mohan, Malaysia
M. Radhakrishnan, Thanga maaligai, Kallakurichi, Vizhuppuram, Tamil Nadu
Kanipori achchu - Bharathan
Kidaikumidam - Saaral Veliyidu, Arivumathi, 73, Abibullah Saalai, Thyagaraayar Nagar, Chennai 600 017, Tel: 8283319

4. The illustrations are by: Actor Sivakumar, Aathimoolam, Santhanam, etc. One is also done by Isaignani himself. The book says that he is a Oaviakalluri Maanavar.

5. Did you know that the book is compiled by Arivumathi. Yes, Noolakkam by Arivumathi. According to him, this was his life-time ambition.

6. Appreciation is given to Kumudham (!!!), Mu Metha, S. Thanu, Gangai Amaran, Lenin, Indran, Pazhani Bharathi, Vaasan, Shankar, Devaneyan, and Radhakrishnan.

Here is part of Isaignani's Munnurai:

Intha ulagirkkoa - athil vaazhum manitha inaththirkkoa - ethaavathu arivurai koori avargalei nanneri paduththum ennamum, munaippum enakku ellalavum illai.
Manithargalei nanneri paduththuthal patri ezhuthumpoathu, avargal sariyaaga illai endru - naan velippaduththuvathaaga neengal ennalaam.
Ovvoru manithanum - kaanum ulagam veiruveiraaga iruppathuthaan anupavarethiyaana unmai. Paarppatharkku orey maathiriyaaga thoatramalikkum ulagam yein ovvoruvaraalum viththyasamaanathaanaga uraippada veindum?
Vanna kannadiyei kannil aninthukondu entha porulei paarththaalum apporul kannadiyin niraththileiyei kaanapaduvathu poal - manithanin mana amaippei ulagaththin meethu padinthu avanavanin manam amaintha niraththil kaatchi alikirathu.
Aam, manamey kannadi........

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Adhu sari!
(Ava 36 year old aunty-nnu romba respectful-a yaaro sonnadha gnabagam :rotfl:)

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Sl thamizh la ava na TN thamizh avanga nu solra mathiri, ithulle enna siripu

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no samaalippu :notthatway: :poke:

ok ok leave it :P

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மறந்தே போய்ட்டேன், இவரையும் நேரில் பாத்திருக்கேன், திருச்சி அரிஸ்டோ ஹோட்டல் பார்க்கிங்'ல்.

நாடகம் என்றவுடன், சொல்ல மறந்து போன இன்னொரு ஜாம்பவான் நினைவுக்கு வந்தார் - ஆர்.எஸ். மனோகர்! விருதுநகர், சிவகாசி, அருப்புக்கோட்டை, சாத்தூர், கோவில்பட்டி - இது போன்ற மதுரைக்குத்தெற்கே இருக்கும் நகரங்களில் வருடா வருடம் வேனல் காலத்தில் "பொருக்காச்சி" நடக்கும் (எக்ஸிபிஷன்).

இவரது நாடகங்கள் நிறைய அப்போது பார்த்திருக்கிறேன் - துரியோதனன், ஒட்டக்கூத்தர், சூரபத்மன், இலங்கேஸ்வரன், விஸ்வாமித்திரர் - உடனே நினைவுக்கு வரும் நாடகங்கள்!

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சொல்ல மறந்து போன இன்னொருத்தர் - மெட்ராஸில் ஒரு விப்ரோ ப்ரிண்டர் எக்ஸிபிஷனுக்கு மனைவி சகிதம் வந்து சுற்றிப்பார்த்துக்கொண்டிருந்தார் - நானும் என் சக ஊழியரும் அதே போல் சுற்றிப்பார்த்துக்கொண்டிருந்ததால் பார்க்க நேர்ந்தது :-)

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From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Thu May 28 04:43:51 EDT 1998

Book Launch

The Keynote address and Book Launch was made by Dato' Seri Dr. Samy Vellu, MIC President and Minister of Works, Malaysia
Samy Vellu is to Malaysia what Karunanidhi is to India - leader of the Tamils. Dato' Seri is a pattam given by the Malay rulers and is the third highest order. MIC stands for Malaysian Indian Congress, one of the main members of the ruling coalition party.

Samy Vellu began his speech by saying, "Puthusaa vanthirukku oru paattu, Telephone mani, telephone mani (he had the grace to get the words wrong. :-)) athu maathiri intha auditorium ulley pala hand-phones-in saththam keitgirathu. Yennidamum ullathu moondru hand-phones!" He went on to give a short lecture. :-))

He then said that he was from the old school of thought and proceeded to sing two old G. Ramanathan numbers. Honestly folks, I have no idea of the songs. But Isaignani was enjoying himself, and was moving his right hand in rythm to Samy's singing.
Samy then continued by saying that as a politician for 23.5 hours, he is unhappy and only happy for half an hour a day! Even when he goes to sleep the radio is switched on, listening to Isaignani's songs and the minute somebody switches it off, he wakes up. :-))

During those unhappy peiods, he used to find solace in Isaignani's song, which he proceeded to sing! Thenpaandi seemaiyiley, therodum veethiyiley, maan poala vanthavanei yaar adithaaro.

Isaignani, later in his speech, commented that Samy had recaptured his own feelings when that song was recorded.
Samy, avar pangukku, pugazhoa pugazha aarambiththaar, comparing Isaignani to Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and the moondru karnaadaga periyavargal. He said that Isaignani may expire, but his music will live on into the next and the following centuries.

Samy also said that if Isaignani had been born in UK, he would be greatly appreciated and his music would be all over the world. "Aanaal avar Thamizhagaththil piranthuvittaar, thurathishttamaaga!" He continued, "Yeinendraal, Thamizhargalidam oru kuraipaadu iruukirathu - short memory span," earning instant thunderous applause.

He too quoted several paragraphs from Isaignani's book, but also regretted lending the book to Dr. Poobalan, who beat him in using the best quotes. "Itharkku innaattil oru pazhamozhi irukku: Kaathirunthaven ...... neththuvanthaven...!" :-)))

One of the best loved quotations was on bribery - lanjam:

Tharmam enbatharkku lanjam endru oar unmaiyaana arththam irukkirathu.
Oru kaariyaththei seithu mudippatharkkaaga oruvarukku kodukkapadum porullukku peyer lanjam endraal.
Punniyam enbathai adaivatharkkaaga kodukkum tharmam - oru lanjamey!
Yeitho oru veindukoalai naam vanangum theivam (iraivan) niraiveitri vittathu enbatharkkaaga naam undiyil seluththum kaanikkai - oru lanjamey!

Samy Vellu then officially launched the book and the first receipient paid 3,000 ringgit to purchase the book. All donors were then requested to come on stage to obtain the book!

my experiences, next

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From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Thu May 28 04:50:38 EDT 1998


I forgot to mention one episode that Samy recounted. Apparently one day he was going at the fastest speed, the speed limit would allow, when he had a guy overtake him. Samy then showed him the "paththram" sign, whereupon the guy rolled down his window and said sorry. Samy could hear the guy's radio blasting Isaignani's song. "Avar Isaignaniyin mayakkaththil veigamaaga sendru kondirunthaar. Atharkku avar poruppei illei endru vittu vittein." :-))

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My Experiences

The compere began calling people who made the biggest donation to come first. At first nobody was going to the seated Isaignani to get his autograph, but soon enough people caught on and more and more of them began to approach him. I quickly dashed to stage, clutching the precious envelope containing the message from TFM-DFers as written by Sathiya Keerthi, paid the money, grabbed the book from the Minister and approached Isaignani!

By then the crowd was getting to be too big that the organisers feared for the safety of the stage! Before I could reach Isaignani, they stopped people from getting his autograph and told them to be patient, and that he would sign at the end of the nigalchchi. The thought of the hopeful TFM-DF patrons, wouldn't let me give up and I pressed on, until I reached Isaignani! I approached him, passed the letter telling him that it was from many of his fans, worldwide and managed physical contact with him. :D :D :D

Isaignani smiled and nodded his head and passed the letter to Manee Mohan, whom I spoke to separately to seek his assurance that Isaignani would definitely read the letter.

I did not speak to Isaignani about the symphony for a couple of reasons: One because of the mob and secondly, I didn't want to upset him by talking about this subject. :-((
Did I do the right thing? I don't know for sure whether he would have responded, but most likely he would have said something non-committal.

On the way down, I managed to squeeze my way into a line and obtained Bhavatharani's autograph instead. Now the book carries the message: Best wishes Vadi Velu - Bhavatharani! :-))
I think that "All the best" would have been more appropriate. :-))

In the end, Isaignani did not sign any more autographs (and this is going to be my lifetime regret) as he was cleverly escorted away, at the end of the function.

One consolation for all IR fans. Isaignani left behind all the poomaalais, ponnaadais and souvenir items, EXCEPT for OUR letter!!!!!!!!

Isaignani left for India this morning and I couldn't get in touch with Manee Mohan the whole day today, to find out more about the letter.

Isaignani's speech next....

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Yeirppurai by Isaignani Ilayaraaja

The short-statured dark complexioned man stepped on to the podium, to a hushed audience. He was dressed completely in white - veshti, jibba, socks and shoes (not sneakers). He was neither wearing spectacles nor was he (as popularly known here) mottai!

He said that he was very happy to be in Malaysia and promised to come again to conduct a full-scale concert (on the veindukkoal of Samy Vellu). Straight away he began to talk about his book and how it came into being - Arivumathi's contributions, etc. Basically, he had not intended to put his thoughts into words or publish a book, but was persuaded to do so by people close to him.
He said, "Enakkum manithargalukkum athiga thodarvillei. Naan aare-mukkaalukkul Prasad Studios-ukku vanthu viduvein. Pin veedu thirumba iravaagi vidum. Aanaal, enakkum aanmeegatharkkumthaan thodarvu niraya ullathu."
He also spoke on his Ramana Maalai and sang several songs from it, mersmerising the audience.

He spoke very little on TFM. He lamented directors who just come asking for a song, to introduce the heroine, without giving the proper situation. He spoke a bit about his favourite isai amaippaalar, RD Burman. He sang a few thannanathaanaas of one song, which I was not familiar with and another one, which was re-made into Tamil as Raatheiyin nenjamey Kannanukku sonthamey.
"Enakku intha raagam rombavum pidithirunthathu. Eppadiyaavathu oru paadalil use panna vendum endru ninaiththein. Athuthan Maaliyil yaaro," Frankly, I could not see much resemblance, but that is the sheer magic of Isaignani!


I will end this review of the programme with an excerpt from the book:

Boomikku sooriyan vazhi thunai
Sooriyanukku vazhi thunai yaar?
Yaarukku yaar vazhi thunai enbathu
Vazhi thunaiyei kandu kondavan
Solla veindiyathu
Enakkoa intha ulagil naan santhiththa
Ovvoru vishayamum - vazhi thunai thaan!

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Thanks guys for bearing with me. I hope it was as much fun for you to read it as it was for me to write it. :-)))

Oru periya baaraththai irakki vaiththa nimmathi enakku ippo. :-))

Looking forward to your comments.......

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1998 la ungaluk 12 vayasa :shock:.... alathu 12th standard padichukitu iruntheengala 1998 la

konfuusan :

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1998 la ungaluk 12 vayasa :shock:.... alathu 12th standard padichukitu iruntheengala 1998 la

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1998 la ungaluk 12 vayasa :shock:.... alathu 12th standard padichukitu iruntheengala 1998 la

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I said that this happened 12 years ago. :P en vayasa paththi naa onnum sollala :oops:

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I yaam saary yaar :)

Thank you NOV, for the detailed posts!

For some reason, I missed them when they were originally posted...

I have seen many celebrities, :?

actor,

nd 1st to see his kamal haasan followed by sarath kumar, ajith,vijay,vikram,surya,arjun,prakeshraj,sibi,nak ul,srikanth,prasanna,karunas,vivek,vadivel,vijayka nth & dhanush

movie~music directors,

ksr,vikramn,shanker,vijay antony,arr,manisharma

actress,

trisha(many times in leather bar),shriya,9thara,kushboo,sandhya,nila,namitha,la ila,jothika,anushka,ranjitha :o ... list goes on.... :P

have interact~ed with some celebrities like vijay,vijay antony,arjun , nila ,shriya(she is the only actress wth down to earth attitude),vikram,dhanush,sibi,nakul,trisha,jothika ......

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I have seen many celebrities, :?

actor,

nd 1st to see his kamal haasan followed by sarath kumar, ajith,vijay,vikram,surya,arjun,prakeshraj,sibi,nak ul,srikanth,prasanna,karunas,vivek,vadivel,vijayka nth & dhanush

movie~music directors,

ksr,vikramn,shanker,vijay antony,arr,manisharma

actress,

trisha(many times in leather bar),shriya,9thara,kushboo,sandhya,nila,namitha,la ila,jothika,anushka,ranjitha :o ... list goes on.... :P

have interact~ed with some celebrities like vijay,vijay antony,arjun , nila ,shriya(she is the only actress wth down to earth attitude),vikram,dhanush,sibi,nakul,trisha,jothika ......

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Trisha :P :P

Avangala muthul padathila paatha mathiriyE ipavum irukanga... :shock:

Oh so u have met anNan VJ huh :lol2:

hey oks...nice thread.

The ppl I am talking about may not be FAMILIAR to many. (and this is nto MET, btu SEEN...as in literal sense)

1. Ive seen KOVAI anuradha, sinec he stays in nanganallore.

2. Seen devilalitha in saidapet busstand. She looked just the same as she was presented in movies or drama.

3. Ive seen "edhir neechal jayanthi's mom " driving her car near ra puram during my morning walk.

4. Ive seen drama venki (crazy mohan drama ), in "drive in" restaurant. Me and my friend just stopped our car to have tea and snacks. We were in our car and venki was in his car and it was my friend who spotted him much later almost when were about to "drive out" lol.

5. Ive seen vaaNi Jayaram, related to us, so attended a close relative's marriage

6. Ive seen actress Gautami, as her brother was my classmate in my computer dip course. So he brought her to our class just to say hi and introduced us. whoaaaaaa she looked like wax doll :bow:

7. Ive seen deepan chakravarthy, he had come to our college as judge.

8. Ive seen crazy mohan and madhu balaji in my cousin's wedding as they are distantly related to us.

thats all i think :? ninaivu vantha ezhutharen.