Pick of the Week: Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

Pick #393

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Song: ithazh irandum
Movie: Rani Samyuktha
Singers : APKomala, TMSoundararajan
Lyrics: kaNNadasan
MD: KVMahadevan
Year : 1962.


My friend reminded me of this song. A non-PS song for padmini was a rare occurence in 1960's .
I first listened to this song few years back in oli. I was not aware of the detail. Sathya kabali gave me the info here

http://www.tfmpage.com/forum/11749.oldsongs.html.

I was surprised to learn that the song was from a MGR film.
Padmini and MGR acted together in 10-12 films?
Madhurai veeran, mannadhi mannan, raja desing, rickshawkaaran...and?

Well i hope this is a rare song:)

Ramki..

yes.. In this film even Jamuna rani sings a song for Padmini
you have to change the details...
its still showing "mannadhi mannan".

Seekazhi Govindarajan and AP Komala sing for MGR and Padmini in Rajarajan... tha popular "nilavOdu van mugil viLaiyAduthE" !

raja desingu ?

"VarugiRaal ummai thedi" by MLV in "thanga padhumai" - Is it for pathmini?

One more question:
1.Mullai malar kaadu
engaL mannavar than naadu....from rani samyuktha..
2. kaaLai varuvadhaRkuL kanni bali aavadhaRkuL ..from the same movie.
Who is the singer? Thanks in advance. :)

Ramki: I got oruvanukku oruthi endu song. Shall I send? If yes, whats ur mail-id?

I started listening to APKomala song with genuine interest. But oh... sOham.. With due to respect to APK, I would say she straine herself too much to complete the song. When she sings "pudhiya kaalam pirandhadendru" abaswara kOlam.

Whereas MLV song is great. I was told that Padmini dances (forced to dance by PS Veerappa) for this song. Really feel like watching the movie, at least for Padmini.

vel1970,

POW email address is in the first post of this thread. You can send it there!

raajarajan' another song 'ithyam thaanayE enathu ithyam naaduthE(umathu) SRG APKOMALA
aadum azhage asainthu aadum azhagE azhagu - PLEELA SRL

Pick #394

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/thandhai_thai.rm



Song: thandhai thai
Movie:
Singer : NCVasanthakokilam
Lyrics: ?
MD: ?
Year : ?.



NCVasanthakokilam negizha vaikkum Mahatma-vai ninaivu koorum paadal.

Gandhi was remembered in cleveland today. A 7 foot Gandhi statue was unveiled in our Rockfeller park . The bronze statue was cast by Gautam pal in Calcutta.

Happy Birthday to mahatma.

Pick #394

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/ilangaiyin_pp.rm



Song: ilangaiyin iLamkuyil
Movie: Pilot Premnath
Singers : TM Soundararajan, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: kaNNadasan
MD: MS Viswanathan
Year : 1978

This song is one of Madhus request and my favorite number too. The song was a regular in vividh bharathi during the late 70s. IMO, the song was the only good thing about this movie. It was a typical sivaji film. A rich, silk lungi wearing, pipe smoking sivaji , father of few adults, reads a letter from his late wife that one of his child is not his. He immediately suspects his wife's fidelity and starts singing 'who is the black sheep' and doubts each and every one of his kid. Three of them i guess. Vijaykumar, Jaiganesh and sridevi. Finally he learns that the blind sridevi is the black ewe(female sheep?:) ) and she was adopted by his wife(or something like that).
A srilankan actress malini fonseka was paired with Sivaji.
'azhagi oruthi iLani' is a foottapping number from PP. There was also a anniversary-bday song by a group of singers..cant remember the lines.
Todays song is picturised on Sivaji and MF. The locations were splendid. I guess it was picturised in Colombo.

Ramki..

thanks ..
the b-day song is "kOpi thotta modhalALikku kozhumbulathAne kalyANam"

Ramki,

Great pick 'thanthai thaai'.. I have been rewinding so many times that I just had time to post comments :P Asathal singing. What a singer NCV is!

BTW, is this a film song? Vere enna films-la paadi irukkaanga. Raj, any ideas?

A tidbit: my maternal grandfather is apparently a staunch fan of NSV (as told by mom) that he named my chithi Vasanthakokilam. But chithi is never fond of the 'kokilam' part and calls herself only 'vasantha'. :smile2: The 'v' part seems to have stuck though. She has named her grandchildren vaishnavi, viswa and varsha.

ilankuyil VJ paadiya arumaiyaana pattu Ilangaiyin ilamkuyil. Somehow, I could feel oldness in TMS's voice. TMS - VJ pair best song, i feel is ammanaai and chozhanin magalae vaa.

azhaghi oruththi - a rare PJ-LRE combination song. Is there any other song by the duo??

RR..

I think MKT and NCV sang "vasantha ruthu manamohanamE" in sivakavi. or is it "haridas" :roll: ?

RR, the song is from a private album.
According to my mom, she has sung the following songs:
enadhu manam thuLLi,kathiravan udhayam kaNdu and thottadharkellaam in Haridas and
navaneetha krishna in krishna vijayam.

My mom said that she was a good competition
for MS but unfortunately died at a very young age.

Pick #395

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/oru_mr.rm



Song: oru paarvai
Movie: Manoranjitham
Singers : TM Soundararajan, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
MD: VKumar
Year : ?

Thanks to Bala for reminding this song. I have listened to it couple of times before but havent thought about it in years. Fortunately NeelD had the song and i got a chance to listen to it again.

I have no clue about this film Manoranjitham. According to JN there is a title song by SJ.

Actors?Was it even released?

Ramki: I have never heard this vasanthagokilam song. I loved listening to it. Apt pick for celebrating Gandhi jayanthi. I don't know where you get rare songs like this. Thanks.

When I listened to Ilangaiyin ilamkuyil today, I could remember the lyrics very well though I am listening to it after ages. It happens with only some songs you like. :) Looking forward to the other rare TMS and VJ duets in this week. :)

Ramki: I have totally forgotten about this oru paarvai nooru kavidhai song. My memory these days...hmm :(
Thanks to Neel. :)

I think the title song I told you about goes something like this:

manoranjithame manoranjithame
mangai ivaL?? ....mayakkum vaasanaiye....

Manoranjitham had Vijaya Kumar and Sumithra. I doubt if the movie was released, but if it did, must have been released in 78-79

Thanks for the song

Bala

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Ramki,

BTW, is this a film song? Vere enna films-la paadi irukkaanga. Raj, any ideas?

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RR,
I don't think this is a cinema song. She died a few years after independence. Those days a number of singers were singing patriotic songs about independence and Mahathma Gandhi. I remember some songs - Gandhiyaippol oru saantha swarupanai, kaimaaRu seivadhuNdo, aadu raatte, vaazhga nee emmaan etc.

NCV popularised Sudhdhaananadha Bharathiyar's songs as DKP popularized Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar' song . Some of his songs we sang in school prayer are:
sakala kalaa vaaNiye
aruL purivaai karuNai kadale
aasai kOnden vaNde
I think NCV sang these in concerts. They seem to have gone out of the concert circuit these days as many other songs. Two of the songs she popularised are:
yen paLLi koNdeer ayyaa (mohanam)
thanthai thaai irundhaal umakkindha thaazhvellaam(shanmukapriya)

I remember Haridas, Gangavathar and Venuganam where she acted. I think I will post some songs in NCV thread in MOY:

http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewt...=761263#761263

Ramki & Neel,

Superb song (ragamalika - sri ranjani, sahana, etc)! Sounds unconventional for a V Kumar song, isn't it?

Raj, thanks. The other 'thanthai thaai' is an excellent one too. The moment she opens the starting line, you can feel shanmugapriya in full bloom. When I first saw PoW, I thought it was this one. :smile2:

Nice song. After very longtime you have given chance to listen again this great. Anyway, what movie it is? Lyrics sound like pulamaipittan.

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Pick #395



http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/oru_mr.rm



Song: oru paarvai
Singers : TM Soundararajan, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: ?
MD: VKumar
Year : ?

Thanks to Bala for reminding this song. I have listened to it couple of times before but havent thought about it in years. Fortunately NeelD had the song and i got a chance to listen to it again.

I have no clue about this film Manoranjitham. According to JN there is a title song by SJ.

Actors?Was it even released?

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Ramki
Ilangaiyin Ilanguyil was a Ilangai vanoli favourite.It is a good song but at the same time Ilangai vanoli always gave it the top place in count downs even when there were other better songs than this one.
The other song ' Kopi thota ' was also quite popular with whose the black sheep.
The 'olichithiram ' of Pilot Premnath was also a regular feature in its programmes
details of'kopithota' discussion on dhool.com
http://www.dhool.com/sotd2/586.html
I am listening to 'oru paarvai' after a very looong time.nice song.
Great picks in the last 1 month Ramki!

JN i pray that i can have your kind of memory when im at your age :)

RR the song reminds me 'naanandri yaar varuvaar'(maalaiyitta mangai)- same raaga?

Welcome back Mahesh.

Pick #396

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/pudavai_ss.rm



Song: pudavai kattikkondu
Movie: simma soppanam
Singers : TM Soundararajan, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: vaali
MD: KVMahadevan
Year : 1984

One of Naaz's request. The song was aired for few weeks after the movie was released. I have never listened to it since.
I remember watching the song in Oliyum oLiyum(on the day the film was released). The song was picturised on saritha and sivaji.
I believe the film also had Sujatha and Prabhu.
SS could be one of KVM's last 10 films in tamil cinema.

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JN i pray that i can have your kind of memory when im at your age :)

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:rotfl:
I wish I had YOUR memory now at my age :D:D:D

KVM 60-s lirundhu veliyae varavillai enbhadhai prove Panniyirukkirar.

TMS - Mookalaye paadi vittar

VJ - Ennathan saivar paavam.

However, thanks for the song. Saritha appave Gunda than iruppar indha Padalil.

Bala

Ramki,

You are close. 'naanandri' is abhogi which is only a whisker away from Sriranjani - the raga of the pallavi of 'oru paarvai'. One thing I noticed after a more listenings of 'oru paarvai' is: all the ragas are almost pure without much of filmy dilutions. VK has done a good job.

'pudavai kattikkondu' - :( . Sounds too uninspired like some IR's 90's songs. Vj seems the only saving grace. Anyway let's wait for Naaz comments.

oru paarvai nooru kavithai pattu kettu decades achchu. Thanks Ramki and Neel for this great treasure. Due to internet problems, I am unable to listen to this great song

appadiyov..... oru paarvai pattai kettachchu....... somehow it reminds me chozhanin magalae vaa sundara thamizhae vaa....... I dont know why

Nandri Ramki.
'Pudavai kattikondu ' kettadhae illai

Ramki -

After Naal Nalla Naal, you bring us Oru Paarvai Nooru Kavithai! What a fine juxtaposition of versatility! Interestingly, both by V.Kumar, who is always a pleasure to rediscover.


RR -

Admittedly, the duet is a downer. Adhu oru "random list" nnu solli konjam jagaa... :lol:

Sidebar:
While TMS, deservedly or undeservedly, gets his due share of criticisms, the equally aged and annoying latter-day Sivaji picks up a few wardrobe barbs here and there, and... that's it? How about we list those "mookkaaleyae" performances, too? Here's my title to start it off: Pon Oonjal :)

elangayen elaam kuyel-is by vaali and not kannadasan.Infact all the songs in Pilot premnath is by vaali(dirn:ACT)

suri

What a way to start the song with VJ's fabulous humming! But then comes TMS' s humming mmhum..mhum...:(
Sivaji and Saritha jodiyaa?!!!
nalla vELai, padam paarkkalai. :)

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JN i pray that i can have your kind of memory when im at your age :)

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:rotfl:
I wish I had YOUR memory now at my age :D:D:D

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Nov anna: I also wish I have Ramki's memory and expertise in tfm songs NOW and for ever. :)
Ramki: When you are my aga aa? You're getting there buddy... andha naaL romba dhooraththile ille. :) Don't worry, you will have better memory than me. :)

Thanks suri

JN adhukku innum 15 yrs irukku..appavum ungaLukku idhe maadhiri memory irukkum :)

Pick #397

http://tfmpage.com/stream/pow06/ulagam_pb.rm



Song: ulagam nee
Movie: pattum bharathamum
Singers : TM Soundararajan, Vani Jairam
Lyrics: kaNNadasan
MD: MSviswanathan
Year : 1975


Thanks Neeld for sending this song. When another song from PB was featured in POW, (http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewt...?p=40527#40527) somehow this song was never discussed.
I think this song is for the (in)famous mayil dance by JL and sivaji.

Regarding the voices of TMS and VJ, both have very strong voice and sometimes it doesnt gel very well. PS had the perfect voice to match with TMS. VJ voice sounds very good with JC's. All IMO's :)

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Thanks suri

JN adhukku innum 15 yrs irukku..appavum ungaLukku idhe maadhiri memory irukkum :)

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JN, Ramki : 15 varusham kazhichu indha thread-la naan vandhu idhai pathi ketpen.. rendu perum correct-a badhil sollanum :froggrin:

madhu: appayum neenga ippadiye kutti paapaava thaanE iruppeenga? :)

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madhu: appayum neenga ippadiye kutti paapaava thaanE iruppeenga? :)

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theiryla.. :( oru vELai innum kuttiyooNdu paappava mAriduvEnO ennavO ? :P

Ramki,

This one is better :smile2: Raga sounds like Revagupti (S R1 G3 P D1). The song is somewhat similar to 'anbu nadamaadum' (right from prelude) but less creative.

I like KJY,VJ combination. I look fwd to a week for this pair.. !

madhu,RC: chat thread is elsewhere.. :twisted: