nanRi, V_Sji for the kind words and your Cbe experience with the movie!
This should prove how far one can trust wikipedia articles - they are handy and can be referred every now and then but not totally believed :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
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nanRi, V_Sji for the kind words and your Cbe experience with the movie!
This should prove how far one can trust wikipedia articles - they are handy and can be referred every now and then but not totally believed :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
mikka nanRi, groucho!Quote:
Originally Posted by groucho070
I'm not sure what was attractive to you in Siva...
BTW, while I don't know what song you posted on FB, the only pending song from that movie is adi vAnmathi (booked for today). I haven't heard the others before and hence cannot post :oops:
I think he is Ameer "Jaan" - अमीर जान - (not yOvAn the disciple of Jesus but the urdu word for "life") :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
eppadi sAr correct'A enakku parichchayam illAtha pAttukaLai labakkunnu pidikkiReenga :-) :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by A_S
I guess those two will have to be in the 'app-missed-geethams'
Ada Mapllila
SPB / Rajni were hilarious
Esp along the lines, when usilai mani comes in
" AiyAr enga pONeenga Vangona inge adaikitu vareeng" Usilai's walk :rotfl:
Not a fan of Siva songs. Except "Ada Mappilla" - superb
App, looks like the number of songs in "app-missed-geethams' will be in double digits when you wind up covering all IR-SPB hits.
Including these two songs, the current count stands at 5.
Have provided the links for siva songs so that you can hear and then make a call on whether you can cover these.
http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000162.html
As you would have already noticed, "Adi Kannathaa" song (that Grouch has also referred to) has 5 star rating (that the two SPB-KSC duets have got). It has all the usual IR elements in it and can get into any IR-SPB hits list for sure. Ada Mappila is a situation based song (for making Super* fans happy). SPB & IR would have done their best to make this also worth listening.
Like what is being in the other IR songs thread, someone else can write couple of lines about these songs if you couldn't cover this.
A_S,
:-)
As you're aware, to define whether a song was / is hit or not is not totally an objective phenomenon.
Some are overwhelmingly popular and unquestionably hits (mAnguyilE, for e.g.)
For other songs, my criteria is "I should have heard this involuntarily (bus / teakkadai / radio etc) " to include in this compilation :-) Unfortunately, during late-80's / 90's, I could have missed listening to songs that were hits in TN. We'll request people familiar with those numbers to chip in the details later on :-)
Why does it always happen to Rajini films? :twisted: App_e, you hosted a host of mokkai blade songs from naanum oru thozhilaaLi for example..
Just kidding, pls. continue :oops: Can't wait to read about your kalyaaNa maalai..
:shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Adi vanmathi was a blockbuster. Really a romantic song! I liked "iru vizhiyin " more though :)
Nerd you outed App. He is a closet Kamal fan ! App vaanga anban thlamaiyila mandrathula serndhudunga. Bk kaila adayaala attai vazhangum vizhaa nadathidalaam
closet'lAm illenga, open only :-) But, I'm also a Rajini fan, again open only :-) Also NTF...M&M-F...not a very long list but not exclusive either :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Obviously, the only exclusivity exists among composers :-)
Shobana - Ethanai azaghu :lol2: :p :lol2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Imd...yer_detailpage
Any Shobana Fans here ? :lol2:
Plum solRadhellAm nambAdheenga, kuzhappam uNdAkka muyalkiRAr :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
(BTW, the only Thamizh movies that I watched in "theater" in amerikkA are sivAji & enthiran...and idhu varai DVD-il kooda pArkkAtha pada listil uLLavai : dasA & ambu :oops:)
app - someone is calling for you!!Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Not a big fan of her appearance but I liked many movies of her in Malayalam, especially the ones with M & M...she has a nice overall screen presence, like her auntee!Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Ada vidunga we all know about Naradar :)Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Naradar Kalagam Nanmayil mudiyum :lol:
:xQuote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
May Fav Beauty list (though they are old enough to be my aunties :oops:) of 80's
1) Madhavi
2) Polladhavan - Lakshmi
3) Rati Agnihortri
4) Thalayai Kuniyum Thamarai -Suma Latha
5) Shobana
Ofcourse, she gets extra marks for eyes!Quote:
Originally Posted by genesis
:-)
:thumbsup: U do have good taste :) Add Madahavi Pon mayilal to the list of Eye beauties!Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
#304 அடி வான்மதி என் பார்வதி
(சிவா, 1989 , சித்ராவுடன்)
adi vAnmathi en pArvathi of sivA
Another SPB-KSC duet from the same movie, as already told in a number of posts above. In my personal rating, way below the 'iru vizhiyin vazhiyE' - too simple and masAlA sounding song- but a bigger hit I think. Also, any reference to dEvadAs / pArvathi is a big turn-off for me in film songs (unless the song is the old 'O, O, O dEvadAs' :lol2:). There's no question SPB & Chitra do perfect justice to the average (except the first line of saraNam which is fabulous as usual) melody , nailing every bit to perfection and add a lot of value by their own capability. But from rAsA side it is so-so IMVHO. So what, it was a hit and that's what counts :-)
I haven't seen the youtubes yet but my general observation on usage of Shobana in MF v/s TF - she never even had a decent costume in TF (with the exception of thaLabathi) I think. She was mostly nicely saree-clad in MF (except song sequences where the northie style colorful pAvAdai sattai was given) and got elegant roles also (e.g. nAdOdikkARRu or veLLAnaikaLude nAdu, very likeable). OTOH, the TFs (i.e. the few I've seen where she was heroini) showed her horrible, the worst example being idhu namma ALu. I think she was doing a silukku kind of role in that KBR / Balakumaran movie.
Going by the year, Rajini should have had his typical "air-blown" hairstyle, leather jacket etc and showed all his thuLLal / thudippu. Even an average storyline could have easily made the users like the movie but the producer / director thought otherwise I think. For whatever reason, they took a 70's kalaichchelvam and produced a very-unwatchable flick, inexplicable considering that KB was in the equation too...well, like the earlier quoted Sujatha's remarks - film industry has never figured out exactly what works and what does not...
bass guitar, flute & violin melody, lilting tune, I love the song always. Pahadi melody, just like ore naal unai naan..... or indha maan undhan......etc..
சின்ன ரோஜா இதழ் அது கன்னம் நானேன்றது... andha kutti konjal podhumey enakku, I crawl under S.P.Bala's feet:musicsmile:, there you go... he satisfied my emotional need for today! I will run with a huge smile whole day!:-D
Raja truly enhanced the joy with charanams, App_eng.
vinatha.
Hi app sir ,
The journey has successfully reached the triumphant 300!! Thank you for the wonderful posts and your stories , kept me hooked to this thread. :) Melum thodarattum intha payanam ... :clap: :clap: :bow: :bow:
Here we come 90's!
youtube links for the 2 sweeties Iru Vizhiyin Vazhiye & Adi Parvathi .. The man really made Ray-ban sun glasses famous those days :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mlEti1lzVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NdoyW1CG1A
Adi kantha yenatha - was quite an Ordinary tune in the movie, well for IR standards!
BTw, can some tell me what "vaanmathi " means? Is it moon?
nanRi for your comments, baroque!
Divine22, Thank you for the kind words & the youtube links! As I mentioned in the vAnmathi post, Shobana's costumes are (expectedly) horrible :-(
Param, vAnmathi - made up of two words, vAn = sky & mathi = moon :-)
Thanks App anna :)
// Has any one seen 47 natkal?? any good ? thanks //
#305 கல்யாணமாலை கொண்டாடும் பெண்ணே
(புதுப்புது அர்த்தங்கள், 1989)
kalyANamAlai koNdAdum peNNE (puthupputhu arththangaL)
Evergreen sweetie in SPB's voice (there're brief versions by MV & IR too in the soundtrack but SPB is supposedly the voice for the lead singer character in the movie, played by Rahman). From a movie that has the notoriety of providing the setting for IR-KB rift. With terrific strings score in the prelude, the song raises goose pimples at once! As it progresses, the sweet melody and excellent rendering by SPB (azhagAna manaivi, anbAna thuNaivi, amaindhAlE pErinbamE...) melts one's hearts! The cassette was a big favourite in our bachelor home and this song was obviously the top favourite to me!
I haven't seen this movie. Neither did I watch many Rahman movies overall - simbly because his TF career mostly had non-IR movies (unlike most heroes of 80s). Perhaps PPA was his first movie with IR music. OTOH, the very first MF I saw in Kerala (kaNdu kaNdarinju) had him in a main role, along with M & M. It may be of interest to know that he was a Padmarajan find and debuted with Suhasini in her first MF, the movie being a very acclaimed 'koodevidE' (hero Mammootty).
Since human brain can do strange things, I'm not surprised that the 'kalyANa mAlai' song had somehow got wired to the first kalyANa function that I attended in interior Kerala. So, that trip often comes up in memory when I hear this song. Well, it was a memorable one - being my first ride to the beautiful Thrissur district which was filled with evergreen trees and a sweet landscape. Of course, memorable, for other reasons too :wink:
It was in a place called 'erumappatti'. (May be spelt 'erumappetti' in English :lol2: 'Patti' means dog in Malayalam i.e. male, which is also a mild swear word; true to every (un)culture, the worse word is 'nAyinda mOn' as nAy / nAya means female of patti :oops: ) It was a surprise to me when I got the invitation with this name of place since 'patti / petti' is typical to TN and not Kerala. (I think there're one or more buffalo-patti's in TN too, after all even amerikkA has the buffalo city).
I was perhaps a year old in the job / Kerala and was excited to jump into one of the 2 cars in a crowd of 10, including two "officers" to whom the groom reported to. Never a big-fan of 'pandhikku mundhu', so I ensured filling in a nice nool puttu + pAl breakfast at 7 AM, while most others started empty (nool puttu = idiyAppam). I was reading aloud all the Malayalam boards on the way during the 2 hr drive (new skill acquired at that time), much to the humor of car mates which was a Thamizh / MalayaLam mixed group.
When we reached the boy's house, it was a culture-shock to me as there was no pandhal, vAzhai etc and none at the entrance to greet us even. Also, no music or speakers. We were wondering whether to enter inside the house or not and after a few minutes, the maternal-uncle of the boy came out. Without even smiling, he informed us 'mOLil chellAmallO'. ("Let's go upstairs"). It was motta mAdi with no chairs and we were leaning / some sitting on parapet walls.
Then someone brought a stool and a whisky bottle and placed in the middle with a "dang" sound, at 9 AM :shock: (Me soup / juice ghosti at that time; since those weren't options, settled for water that came for mixing). No 'kadi' (snacks) also but only ooRukAi was available and most of the gang shamelessly drank including the senior officEzhs. By now, I was "seasoned" and was not expecting any breakfast to be served, which proved to be the case. The hunger of the gang appeared pretty obvious to me.
By 10, we drove to the huge campus where a big size church + school + hall + other buildings were located, the venue of wedding. The wedding was going on while we hung around in the campus (too crowded inside and the sight-seeing was better outside). The mAppiLLai briefly came out and informed us that the ceremony will last much longer (with the priest telling many unintelligible things in a church equivalent of Sanskrit, possibly Latin or Syrian or something). So, he politely informed that he won't be able to meet us again and begged to be excused, pointing to the same uncle to take care of the hospitality.
It was 11:30 and the gang was happy to go the dining hall as they were starving without b/f & the alcohol eating the tissues inside. It was literally a run to grab tables and get seated :-) Me and another guy got a table in one corner while the rest of the gang got seated in the other end of the hall. The food was getting served from our end. Meanwhile, I noticed some commotion in the other end, with the gang angrily getting up and rushing out :shock: Their seats were filled with other eagerly waiting guests!
Me & the guy sitting with me wondered what happened and were perplexed as to whether to get up or continue. Since food was already served, for decency's sake, we decided to finish and then find out what happened. The boy's dad was a big engineer in state gov and I thought it will be an expensive lunch. It really was, but to me that food was a disaster, 1/4 loaf of bread + chicken curry that appeared to have 90% coconut milk, big size brown rice (matta ari) to which I was still not used to, pickle-like-fish that had 'kodampuLi' which is different from the regular tamarind we are used to, and, ofcourse, "iRaichchi". iRaichchi of what? erumappatti'nA vERa enna? pOththu dhAn :lol2: The image of "adi-mAdu-buffaloes" coming in from TN on lorries came to my mind, churning the stomach! I hurriedly took a few bites of rice with the kappai-kizhangu-koottu and the meal was over in a few minutes.
The gang was angrily waiting for us two "traitors" - who continued with the food after them being shown the door. They were asked to get up and come later, to give seats to "more important guests" from the girl's family. The uncle was apologetic - "Are'nt you friends of the boy, hope you'll understand" - but the hungry-drunk group, that had the bosses of the boy, were in no mood to relent and our cars rushed out to the nearest available restaurant (chAyakkadai with a few tables).
When I saw them eating the "obviously-re-heated-previous-day's-parOttAs" as if they were seeing food for the first time in life, my TFM mind was singing "kalyANa samaiyal sAdham, kAi kaRikaLum pramAdham" :lol:
Disclaimer : This experience was an isolated one and had nothing to do with the "group" that the boy belonged to, so please don't think I'm making fun of any group
Sorry for the long post but I didn't know how to shorten the story :-(
Nerd, once again geography :oops: but I feel it will be incomplete without that...
gorgeous composition, App_eng.
wonderful violin, soothing flute, chorus embellishment for Bala's caressing sindhu bhairavi voice with a trace of pathos & yearning.:musicsmile:
thanks,
Vinatha.
கல்யாணமாலை கொண்டாடும் பெண்ணே!
என் பாட்டைக் கேளு உண்மைகள் சொன்னேன்!
சுதியோடு லயம் போலவே,
இணையாகும் துணையாகும் சம்சார சங்கீதமே!
(கல்யாணமாலை)
வாலிபங்கள் ஓடும், வயதாகக்கூடும்,
ஆனாலும் அன்பு மாறாதது!
மாலையிடும் சொந்தம், முடிபோட்ட பந்தம்,
பிரிவென்னும் சொல்லே அறியாதது!
அழகான மனைவி, அன்பான துணைவி
அமைந்தாலே பேரின்பமே!
மடிமீது துயில சரசங்கள் பயில
மோகங்கள் ஆரம்பமே!
நல்ல மனையாளின் நேசம் ஒரு கோடி!
நெஞ்சம் எனும் வீணை பாடுமே தோடி!
சந்தோஷ சாம்ராஜ்யமே!
(கல்யாணமாலை)
கூவுகின்ற குயிலைக் கூட்டுக்குள் வைத்து,
பாடென்று சொன்னால் பாடாதம்மா!
தோகை மயில் தன்னைச் சிறை வைத்துப் பூட்டி,
ஆடென்று சொன்னால் ஆடாதம்மா!
நாள்தோறும் ரசிகன், பாராட்டும் கலைஞன்,
காவல்கள் எனக்கில்லையே!
சோகங்கள் எனக்கும், நெஞ்சோடு இருக்கும்,
சிரிக்காத நாளில்லையே!
துக்கம் சில நேரம் பொங்கி வரும்போதும்
மக்கள் மனம் போலே பாடுவேன் கண்ணே!
என் சோகம் என்னோடுதான்!
(கல்யாணமாலை)
Azhagaana paadal varigal by Vali :bow:
kuyil,mayil, koondu, aadu, sounds vr familiar with another sad song frm Chinna Thambi.. Was it written by Vaali too ?
App - Belated wishes for the 300th song. Your contributions cannot be just praised by words. Lucky to have been active in the hub when this thread took flight.
Kalyana Maalai - That starting string section in prelude alone is just to enough to bring all sort of emotions in me, just Goosebump stuff that one. SPB's singing is top notch, the yearning in his voice expressing a tinge of sadness, only he can bring out. Waiting for your posts on the other songs in this movie. I think all of them were quite popular.
:lol: Kadamai, kanniyam, kattupAdu.Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
So, they do eat pOtthu over there, don't they? Used to hear about it from my relatives.
Very true, I feel the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
:rotfl: KalaiyilE aarambichutangala , that too without any snacks. Poor Liver!Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
baroque,
nal varavu :-)
Divine22,
nanRi for the lyrics...if you closely look at the lAAAAng story posted by me, there's some relationship to the "failed expectations" of the couple in that song to the "failed expectations" of the gang that went to the wedding :lol2:
rajkumarc,
ungaL anbAna vArththaikaLukku mikka nanRi! I wouldn't have possibly had the motivation to keep posting but for the wonderful feedback in this thread. However, the obvious & primary driver is the gratitude towards IR & SPB who enriched our lives with wonderful music / soulful singing!
groucho,
:lol: thanks to your KKK comment.
Param,
One thing I've observed with liquor is the very sight of it could drive extremely balanced / decent / moral people crazy! This is under various settings / cultural backgrounds / groups etc.
That is why Sivakumar's performance in Sindhubhairavi got much better appreciated during my very recent watches.
There are two versions of kalyANa mAlai on youtube...I don't know which one is from the movie and which is the one reworked by youtube-enthusiast :
Looks like this one is authentic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5JJIuo4pEo
This may be the tweaked one (that has rAsA singing, Sithara etc):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VchhlBn9wjg
Thanks App for wonderful post on Kalyana Malai mixed with your bachelor time memories. This is one song where we can give everything to SPB. SoththayE ezhuthi koduthadalaam.:smile: Even trained classical singers and professionals of today should learn the bhavam, layam (whatever you call it) from SPB through this song. A perfect composition in every respect, either be the tune, singing, mood or visuals all take it to a level, no one can reach. More than admiring SPB's singing, this is one song where everyone want to atleast try a hand in singing. Singing this song and relishing within us and admiring the beauty of every note and lyric is another dimension which no other song can give. My biggest complaint (sorry for repeating) in most of today's composition is we are mere spectators when it comes to listening to a song, in spite of it having all the best musical ideas (IMHO). I cannot even try singing those songs, as there are lot of breaks here and there with no flow, and we cannot feel and relish singing it. Even if I try I can go to a maximum extent of finishing the pallavi, that's it. Still this song is fresh like a dew after twenty years and will remain as such. Lifetime composition, singing and visuals by the greats!
Neenga namma settu :live to eat:Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Very well said V_S sirQuote:
Originally Posted by V_S
SPB emotes the "Navarasams" like how NT does with his acting skills. This is why SPB is regarding as "Padagar Thilagam". I was a kid when I heard this song, This was the year we migrated to UK from Eezham. Even though SPB become a formidable force in the 70's ,my amma used to play mainly Dr.SG and TMS songs mainly, that too from Radio Ceylon.
My mum was a Carnatic singer those days, and her brothers were Mirudungam, Violin, Harmonium professionals. This was one of the SPB songs I thrive for frequently! I used to sing this Along with Shankaraparanam songs very often.
Sorry, If I have bored any one with my personal background .