Pick of the week: 1 Mar to 5 Aug 2006

Pick # 64:


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

Song: dhisai maari poyaachu manasu
Film: unnaiye kalyaanam pannikiren
Singer: Rajesh
Lyrics: Vairamuthu
Music : Sandeep Chowta

I think it was middle 90's when i first listened to the telugu original 'eto veLLi poyindhi manasu' of today's pick. I thought 'oh SPB sounds so young and different' but later found out it was sung by a new singer Rajesh. Rajesh became quite popular after this film. SAR brought him to tamizh for 'megamai vandhu pogiren'(ThuLLadha manamum thuLLum).
UKP ('Ninne Pelladatha' in telugu) had Nagarjuna, Tabu, Manju bhargavi, chandramohan etc. NP was directed by Krishavamsi, his first directorial venture. Unlike NP which was a superduper hit, the tamil and hindi versions came and went unnoticed.
'Grekaveeradu' is another super hit song from this film.
I think this is also sandeep chowtas first film .

jn :(

Raj,
Lyricist name added to 'aadhavan ezhundhaan' song. Thanks

Ramki: was this movie, a sort of, rehash of Hum Aapke Hain Kohn? I remember reading something like that.

JN : "Appada" pottadhu avLO periya azhvar perai type panni mudichachukkaga ! :P

RC it could be. padam paarkkalai

madhu: enna indha oorkkaran maadhiri pesureenga! neeLamaana peyar namma ooru vazhakkamaache! :)

Raj :

enna irundhalum thondaradipodiyazhvar... enru type pannuvadhu konjam kashtam illaiya ?

Ramki, padam vandhichO theriyala, aanaa paatu Devathai paatu release aanapO vandhathu. Year marandhiduchu, CD coverila Thabu padam thaan pOtirukku :)

Pick # 65:


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

Song: naaLum en manam
Film: nilavu suduvathillai
Singers: SJanaki, krishnachander
Lyrics: ?
Music : iLaiyaraja

This is one of the 80s IR films that is still remembered just for the songs.
'poove pani poove'
'paarijaadham pagalil poothadhe' and today's pick are 5 * gems.
Todays pick is vintage IR song. The starting music and the interludes are classic IR.

Krishnachander did not sing many songs but all the songs he sang are hits
Some examples:
'edho mogam'(kozhi koovudhu)
'poovaadai kaatru'(gopurangaL saivadhillai)
'pudichaalum pudichen'(")
'aLLi vacha malligaiye'(with PS from 'iLamai idho idho')

He is married to actress Vanitha . Their daughter amritavarshini came as a participant in jayatvs 'raagamaalika'. She was just amazing. She sang kaNNa karumai nira kaNNa and thamthana thamthana thaaLam varum(with sudha raghunathans daughter) to total perfection.