Pick of the week: 1 Mar to 5 Aug 2006

Romba naal kazhichchu POW vanthaal, ada en favourtie Deva raagam songs irukku - my best pick is karuneela vandugal by PJ, chinna chinna, short and sweet chithra song (todays POW), yaayaaa yaadhava unnai and of course classical song by sujatha.

ramki : thiraikathai was quite boring. Raj TVil adikadi intha padam thiraiyiduvaargal. only grace is Maragathamani's music. have to listen a lot of missed POWs. chinna thaayee was a box-office hit, if I am correct. my best pick is arumbarumbaa and naan Erikarai - duet by KJY, SL. Ennamo kootaiya vittu pattai kettalae oru vitha veruppu.

"Arul Kan Paarvai" kicks off with raaga Simmendramadhyamam, and then, the charanam changes to Sarasaangi, and then back to Simmendramadhyamam.

ThirumagaL un mugam kaaNa, another devotional song by Arunmozhi composed for Veera by IR in Lalitha, was later used in a comic situation in Vanaja Girija. Veera had another short unreleased devotional - kaNNai thirandha karuNai kaar meghame, in Dharmavathi, a good song again sung by Arunmozhi.

Thanks RR and Nithya

YVSM, thiraikadhai pathi theriyalai but i thought the theme was good.

Do you know who sings the song in the film?

Pick #174

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

Songs: puthumugame siru madhu kudame
Film: antharangam
Singers: Psuseela, KJYesudoss
Lyrics: KaNNadasan?
Music: GDevarajan

I recently watched(for the first time) 'gnayiru oLi mazhaiyil'. It looked like one of the exercise videos you see on american television except that Deepa exactly didnt look like someone who exercised regularly:). It was just a typical 70s film song sequence that exploited the heroines curves and carbs :).
I think andharangam is Deepas first film. But from the lyrics of todays pick it sounds that she was popular even before(and than kamalhassan). The whole song is kindof dedicated to her(the 'Deepa deepa' line included:).

Very nice song Ramki, Thanks

Another favorite of Ilangai Vanoli, hardly heard this song on madras/Trichy stations or on Vividh Bharathi..

Bala

I remember the song from an old KJY duets tape (the song "Puthumugame"). Another thing is that it's by one of my favorite MDs ever.

Devaragam, touted as Sridevi's comeback to southIndia was an eminently forgettable fare. Thanks to the visibly ageing Sridevi's desperate attempt to pass off as a teenage "dhaavani" queen, Arvindswamy with a "I have drunk castor oil" kind of face who could not act for nuts, pathetic characterization of Sri's husband, an irritating RevaLi. Only Sri's acting histrionics and MMKeeravani's lilting melodies saved Devaragam.
Both the picks are short and sweet. Esp the ending of "kaadhal ragam" makes me yearn for more

Pick #175

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

Song: adiye vanitha
Film: pookaLai parikaadheergaL
Singers: Psuseela,Sjanaki, SPB
Lyrics: TRajendar
Music: TRajendar

This is a rare combo of PS-SJ-SPB. The only other song i know in this combination is 'naan oru poNNoviyam'.
I like this song for its meaningful but playful lyrics. I think this is the first 'outside' film TR worked and he came up with some good songs.
'Maalai enai vattudhu' ,'pookaLaithaan parikadheenga','thozhikku thaan kalyaanam', 'solaigaLellaam' are some good numbers from PP
Nadhiya and Suresh were paired again for nth time. But like most of their films nadhiya was the real hero of the film. The film had a tragic end and it was a hit (super hit?).

Ramki: kiLinjalgaL should be the first outside film for TR. TR's films always had very good songs until Mythili ennai kaadhali.. adhukkappuram onnum thEralai...