Ramki: Music for Devadas(1953) was by C.R.Subbaraman and lyrics by K.D.Santhanam and Udumalai Narayana Kavi. I don't know who wrote this one, probably UNK. Good choice! :)
I have posted the lyrics in the 'Lyrics compilation of old songs' thread.
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Ramki: Music for Devadas(1953) was by C.R.Subbaraman and lyrics by K.D.Santhanam and Udumalai Narayana Kavi. I don't know who wrote this one, probably UNK. Good choice! :)
I have posted the lyrics in the 'Lyrics compilation of old songs' thread.
RC how about 'amma varuvaa' and 'gnana pazham'?
Raj thanks for the corrections
Ramki: I did not watch Amma Vandhaachu(?) and Gnanapazham. I think AV was directed by P.Vasu who directed 2-3 movies with baby sridevi (Vijayakumar-Manjula's daughter). Was Gnanapazham directed by R P Viswam?
Ramki, Amma vandhaachu, and Gnapazham both were utter flop. Gnapazham sagikka mudiyaathu :) Amma vandhaachu So so
Ramki, however Veetile Visheshanga did have a moderate run. When it runs for 30-35 days in Pondy/Kadalore then I think it is a moderate hit. VV had good songs, particularly 'PTC bus than' was superb in the range of 'Chitterumbu song'..
Bala
Pick #158
http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/polla_kkv.rm
Song: polladha aasai vandhu
Film: kuva kuva vaathukaL
Singers: SPB, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: Gangai amaran?
Music: iLaiyaraja
Thanks to Naaz for the song. He writes:
Well, it definitely wasn't funny.
Amusing? Not.
What it was, was plain go-ahead-burst-a-blood-cell
annoying, angry making, arrested development stuff.
The technique, I mean.
The one where big-head Manjulas chased slim-waisted
Sivajis, while cross-eyed Manoramas and greasy-meesai
Nambiars bawled, bounced and boo-hooed all over the
screen. Veettukku Veedu to Vaalibame, Va! Va!
Surungiya Udambu. Periya Mandai. Kaiyila Karandi,
Kaasi Maalai,Korada, KrishTV
Antenna...Kandadhu.
Remember? It was title-card staple that would embarass
a kindergarten doodler. Plot synopsis ha-ha-kiri.
The upside was you could walk out of the auditorium
right after the first three minutes fully certain of
what you wouldn't miss, or you could sit through the
following hours hours and still be clueless.
The directors hoped and prayed that you were dumb and
- stayed.
Now,imagine those three minutes actually stretching
for three full hours, and every frame filled with
Sivakumar (Kuva), Sulakshana (Kuva), Paandian (Kuva),
Ilavarasi (Kuva)...Vaaththukal? Us!
That's all the synopsis of the film you need - and are
going to
get!
The head-warden of this asylum was Manivannan.
Ilayaraja wrote the compositions, recorded the songs,
transferred them onto a tape -and threw it in from
this side of sanity.
VJ-SPB grab the looney-tunes mood of the
exercise with (retard) relish, and IR lets it rip
around
2:35 on your player.
Good choice, Ramki. I think "Pollaatha Aasai Vandhu" is a different Ilayaraja number, and I mean that in a good way. I don't know what specifically to say about it.
huh!! Me too????Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitya
Pick #159
http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/pachai_eok.rm
Song: pachai vayal pakkathile
Film: enga oor kannagi
Singer: Sjanaki
Lyrics: kaNNadasan
Music: MSViswanathan
Thanks to NeelD for the song: He writes:
Enga Oor Kannagi was directed by K.Balachander and was released
sometime around 1980. The film starred Seema, Sarita and Madhavi.
Sarathbabu may have been there too, not quite sure. The three women
live in village and Sarita is blind. This song is for Seema. As she
rides a bullock cart through the dirt-roads of the village and the
fields, she sings this song to the blind Sarita describing the beauty
as well as ugliness of the world that Sarita cannot see.
This film has the rare honor of being one of those few films to which
all four songbirds PS,LRE,SJ&VJ lent their voices.
PS & SPB - a nice duet "ithaththaan romba rasichchen"
VJ & LRE - a folksy female duet "adi aaththi adi kaNNu sokki"
SJ - today's presentation
Kanndasan beautifully writes this long song to expose the irony in the
world and the unfairness in God's creation. If he was trying to
convince a blind person that there is not much being missed by not
being able to see this world, he has done a good job. And that is what
friends do, be supportive and provide encouragement. Seema does that
for Sarita through Kannadasan's lines.
The audio quality is a little poor at the beginning and at the end of
the song, especially where vaNdi chattham is mixed with the song. But
most of song is clear. SJ's modulations at "rengammaa" are so beautiful
and she breezes through the song just like the cart through the roads.
I don't remember the other songs from this film but all three mentioned
here are nice songs. However, in this film that went unnoticed by many,
the clear winner was the exotic sounding PS-SPB duet "ithaththaam romba
rasichchEn". MSV, as always, has given songs that are nothing but
pleasure to listen to.
Naaz, Neel , Ramki :
VJ * SJ pattu irandumae first time ketkiren. On hearing for the first time both of them did make any impact. After more listening, started liking the song. Neel - song quality pramathamagha thaanae irukku.