Pick of the week: 1 Mar to 5 Aug 2006

Raj:) adhukkum pinnaadi poga enakku vayasu ille:)

Pick #209

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

Song: mai vacha kaNNamma
Film: Sridevi
Singers: PSuseela, SPB
Lyrics: ?
Music: Shyam


Thanks to Naaz for sending this song. Before going to what he has to say, here's my 2 cents.
'Sridevi' i think is another 'kurangu' film by RamaNarayan. If im not wrong the monkey is sridevi(Maybe the director was mad at actress sridevi:)). The song is picturised on Saritha and Rajkumar.

Now over to Naaz:
Imagine embroidered cotton with threads of silk.
Imagine spring rain with peek-a-boo sunshine. Imagine
the sweet rush of tangerine on pointed tongue.
That's Shyam's music to me. Light and Shade. Quiet and
Rush. Soft and Robust. All at the same time.
This song is no exception.
The strum of a guitar followed by the serene and
seductive Suseela (yes, she can be both - and
simultaneously!) as she pushes the gates to a rustic
heaven wide open...Vaasamulla Sandhanamae
Vachchurkkaen Kunkumamae...Soothing as sandalwood,
vivid like vermillion - Isn't that her voice in its
true essence?
I have no idea about the who what when of this film.
But like I care? Surrender, drown...you won't miss
escapes and surfacing.
Suseela the sky. SPB the cloud. Shyam the creator.
The film is Sri Devi, I believe.
The song is ambrosia all over.

Ramki

The song did start well and not sure why it turned to folksy?

Shyam always impresses me , even in his background scroe(CBI Iyer series...). After an impressive opening, the song goes in all directions like a SG score

Bala

Ramki & Naaz thanks for the unheard song from Sridevi. Naaz, your preface is interesting :-)

PS !!! Her seductive way of singing was seen in few songs, this being very different.

Her maintaining the quality of singing and melody besides showing the seductiveness is something special. One will sense this in her "enna sugam mmm enna sungam... unnidam naaaaan kanda sugam". Great going indeed !

Vel, I understand that your criticism on a song was misunderstood/misinterpreted as a personal attack ??? If yes, why do you withdraw? You should have left them continue with that responsibility of correcting himself/herself. Your withdrawl would have conveyed message as if the mistake was your's. Anyway, you are best person to decide :-)

Ramki -

Thank you for featuring this song. It is a rare one, but not all that unknown (was featured quite regularly on VB and Ilangai Vaanoli - and left a lasting impression (on me at least).

SN23 -

P Suseela is an institution. Anything I say about her has already been said - and said in a better way!

Among her uniquely seductive modulateds...: Yaarum Illai Ingey and Naalai Indha Velai Paarththu...such different tunes, and yet PS brings such a distinct aura to both!
I could go on and on and on... Maampoovae, Sugamo, Mella Mella, Orae Idam, Kalyaana Valaiosai, Kandaen Kalyaana Penn Pondra, Megame Thoodhagavaa, Oru Kaadhal Devathai, Rendu Kannam, Paada Vanthadho Gaanam....

All deliciously drownable in! :-)

Thanks to Naaz and Ramki for this lovely song.
I like Naaz's poetic way of appreciation.
If you listen to this song once, you will be humming it for more than a week esp PS's mhummhum part:)

Lyrics:

PS: mhuhum mhuhum mhuhum mhumhum
SPB: mai vachcha kaNNammaa
vetkaththaith thaLLammaa
PS: mhuhum mhuhum mhuhum mhumhum
maargazhik kuLirammaa
maNi manjam pOdammaa
vayasO irubadhu iLasaa irukkudhu
manasO mayangudhu
thudiyaath thudikkudhu

PS: vaasamuLLa santhanamE
vachchirukkEn kungumamE
manasai vachcha un mElE thaan mayangi ninnEnE
vaasamuLLa santhanamE
vachchirukkEn kungumamE
manasai vachcha un mElE thaan mayangi ninnEnE
manjak kuLichchu aLLi mudichchu
unnai ninaichchE naanum irunthEn

vaasamuLLa santhanamE
vachchirukkEn kungumamE
manasai vachcha un mElE thaan mayangi ninnEnE

SPB: ennammaa sinnap poNNu
naaNamenna nIyum sollu
thEnE unnai pUvaa aLLik kavidhai sollavaa
ennammaa sinnap poNNu
naaNamenna nIyum sollu
thEnE unnai pUvaa aLLik kavidhai sollavaa
thenna marath thOppOram kanni iLa maanE vaa
thenna marath thOppOram kanni iLa maanE vaa
nenjaNaiyil aLLi vachchi thaalaattavaa
vaNNap pUvE kannith thEnE
nenjaith thaanE aLLith thaayEn

PS: vaasamuLLa santhanamE
vachchirukkEn kungumamE
manasai vachcha un mElE thaan mayangi ninnEnE

PS: nIraadum nEraththilE nI vanthu paarkkaiyilE
machchaan unnaik kaNNil kaNdu thayangi ninnEnE
nIraadum nEraththilE nI vanthu paarkkaiyilE
machchaan unnaik kaNNil kaNdu thayangi ninnEnE
thaali kattum munnaalE thaaNdi varalaamO naan
thaali kattum munnaalE thaaNdi varalaamO naan
naaLum vachchu mELam kotti naamum sErvOm

manjak kuLichchu aLLi mudichchu
unnai ninaichchE naanum irunthEn

vaasamuLLa santhanamE
vachchirukkEn kungumamE
manasai vachcha un mElE thaan mayangi ninnEnE
manjak kuLichchu aLLi mudichchu
unnai ninaichchE naanum irunthEn

vaasamuLLa santhanamE
vachchirukkEn kungumamE
manasai vachcha un mElE thaan mayangi ninnEnE

PS: mhuhum mhuhum mhuhum mhumhum
SPB: mai vachcha kaNNammaa
vetkaththaith thaLLammaa
PS: mhuhum mhuhum mhuhum mhumhum
maargazhik kuLirammaa
maNi manjam pOdammaa
vayasO irubadhu iLasaa irukkudhu
manasO mayangudhu
thudiyaath thudikkudhu

Excellent song...Shyam's compositions are very enjoyable...(another fav. in a somewhat similar format - ivaL dhEvadhai, idhazh mAdhuLai from `vA indhappakkam')

Pick #210

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

Song: innaikku nadantha
Film: koottu puzhukkaL
Singer : Chitra
Lyrics: Uma KaNNadasan
Music: MSViswanathan

After 'sirai's success, many of Anuradha Ramanans novels and stories made their trip to the big screen.
'thavam', 'oru malarin payanam', 'kootu puzhukkaL' , one of the vaasals of 'oru veedu iru vaasal' etc. None of them found the success as sirai. Failures doesnt mean they were bad. KP was indeed good. The story is about Manga(Amala) who lives in a agrahara ondi kudithanam with 'once an actress' and now a 'madam' Asakunthala and Deepa.
Manga hates her family and their profession. She is in love with her unemployed neighbor Raghuvaran and believes she will one day lead a normal life. How her hopes shatters and how she ends as a group dancer forms the rest of the story.
I Think KP came as a thodarkadhai in saavi. I remember my sisters raving about the story.
RCSakthi did add some new characters to the story ike Sarithas ,Chandrasekhars and the married but raghuvaran lusting YVijaya.
Amala was a total misfit. She couldnt emote well and looked too sophisticated for Manga's character.
MSV's 'nitham nitham or inba kaNaa' (with SPB) is an excellent melody so is Suseelas 'indha malligaipoovukku kalyaanam'(For Saritha).
I like todays solo. Chitras voice sounds so innocent and slightly childish but pure.
I believe this is the only song Uma Kannadasan wrote for a film.

Good Song Ramki!

Why is the "Too.." "Too", disco sounds in the beginning of such a melodious misfit. MSV songs in the 80s used to have this bit too often..


Bala

jn -

The day I received the Mai Vachcha song file in my Mai Vaikkaadha mailbox, all it said was "Surprise" below the attachment. The moment I clicked on the enclosure, I was hooked. You are right, the opening humming is addictive and just won't quit! Thank you for making the time to write down the lyrics (kavi yaaru? vaali?) - the words capture all the susurrations of soft love along a red-earth trail...

Ramki -

Didn't mean to add to the "kurangu" pattaalam :lol:
But allow me to throw in another monkey wrench :
Lakshmi, the film, starred Sri Devi with a.....Monkey! :twisted:
I think Rama Narayanan was on to something here!!

Can't help this thought either: If the Mai Vachcha Kannamma was Saritha, Mai-kku thaniya oru pangu irundhirukkum production budget-il? :roll:

--------------

A few queries about today's preamble:
Wasn't Thavam a novel by Sivasankari? And the Lakshmi's "Thavam" ( she was the producer of the film) was a remake of the hindi (Shabana Azmi) film "Bhavna"

Also clarify this, please: Malligaippoovukku Kalyanam was a duet by VJ-MVD from Oorkaavalan...that's a totally different song, yeah?