The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[tvsankar]

Gavanikalaiyae app. miss panniten. thanks for the lilnks.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Gavanikalaiyae app. miss panniten. thanks for the lilnks.

நெற்றிக்கண் திறப்பினும் குற்றும் குற்றுமே

[tvsankar]

PS,
enna band panradhulayae irukeengalae......... Nyayama...............

[venkkiram]

நெற்றிக்கண் திறப்பினும் குற்றும் குற்றுமே

என்னது! "குற்றும் குற்றுமேவா"..கிழிஞ்சுது கிருஷ்ணகிரி!

[app_engine]

From dhool / tfmpage archive :

From: sabesan (@ 68.215.231.147) on: Sat Jan 10 09:26:51 EST 2004


Saravanan, "Enggengum Kandenamaa" - this used to be played in Ceylon radio regularly.....

BTW, check out that archive page for some interesting comments on germanyin by Saravanan / Vijay / bb...

[groucho070]

App, correction.

Enggenggum Kandenamma, SPB was singing for Tenggai. Kamal recalled this in an interview. Song was recorded and Tenggai pulled out last minute, despite Kamal pleading and pointing out that SPB did Tenggai mimicry for that song. Too bad, Tenggai never joined them. He was replaced by VA Moorthy. So, the voice was for VAM in the film, still kinda suited.

[app_engine]

App, correction.

Enggenggum Kandenamma, SPB was singing for Tenggai. Kamal recalled this in an interview. Song was recorded and Tenggai pulled out last minute, despite Kamal pleading and pointing out that SPB did Tenggai mimicry for that song. Too bad, Tenggai never joined them. He was replaced by VA Moorthy. So, the voice was for VAM in the film, still kinda suited.

OhO, there is such a historical background Thanks for the correction.

Now, doubttu (as my memory on the movie is so faded):
1. Who does the joLLu and gets thrashed by the EU girl? Is it VAM or Suruli?
2. Accordingly, 'pOittALA avaL enru' line is for who, VAM or Suruli - it sounds like MV singing to me
3. Finally, if SPB is not singing for Suruli, is it MV for him?

[PARAMASHIVAN]

1. Who does the joLLu and gets thrashed by the EU girl? Is it VAM

pap pap paraapa .. VAM is famous for such scenes

[app_engine]

ok, while the correction on engengum is pending to be done (will do after my doubts get cleared), let me move on to 1981 with a phenomenal song...

[app_engine]

#56 ஆயிரம் தாமரை மொட்டுக்களே
வந்து ஆனந்தக்கும்மிகள் கொட்டுங்களேன்
(அலைகள் ஓய்வதில்லை, 1981 , ஜானகியுடன்)

Not for nothing BR calls IR as 'ennuyir thOzhan'.

After his phenomenal run of the first four jubilee movies, NMP took some shine off despite being a moderate success. 'kallukkuL eeram' (nadippu+dir mERpArvai) and 'nizhalgaL' disasters followed and people were quickly writing off BR. Some kisu kisoos were even talking as if K Backiaraj were the main reason for his prior successes. BR must have been feeling really low while his sishyan had already started tasting successes...

Well, IR didn't think the waves of BR were ending. His first movie production got launched - with who else but BR as the director! (It was RDB's company in their eldest brother's name, but generally understood to be a Raja prod). Friend in need indeed.

It was summer of 1981, I had just finished the +2 exams when the AO songs hit us. Though the brothers saved some money by singing quite a bit (all 3 in kappakkezhangu), SPB got one great number with SJ. Even before the movie's release, the songs started hitting the loudspeakers like a storm! (It was and is still a pleasure to listen to the broom-broom prelude of 'puththam puthukkAlai' in big woofers).

The real stunner portion of Ayiram thAmarai is the start of the 1st interlude - what a magnificient, powerful sound!

Add some Vairamuthu novelties (kAdhal thozhukai, kaL vadiyum pookkaL etc), delightful percussion sounds and great singing by SPB / SJ ('O-O-O koththu malarE amudham kottu malarE', 'Ayiram thAmarai-thana nana -Ayiram thAmarai -thana nana nAnana nAnana' delicious portions) to a stunner kummi melody. The result is a song that can take one out of any depressing mood just like that!

One of my college yearmates has acted in this movie (as a companion of Karthik) and he was such a multi-talented person and great to have in the college! (Mainstay of Festember each year and was the cultural coordinator in final year, great singer, could play almost any instrument / play any game, terrific skit writer etc).

The other pleasant memory related to 1000 lotus is watching it in Chennai B&W tholaikkAtchi oliyum oLiyum when visiting my cousin (mentioned earlier in another post - for the Guindy interview). Radha came into the scene with AO when I finished +2 and did that phenomenal 'mudhal mariyAdhai' when I was finishing up engg - a nice actress.