The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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Again 'idhazhil kadhai ezhudhum' I prefer in Telugu for the lyrics. Seetharama Sastry in absolute crackling form.

I expected this, Sureshji

Possibly Plum has the same opinion as well... has the 'lalitha' song been already covered in the "IR's Telugu songs - lyrics" thread?

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PS: App, Judi Brown who pipped Usha by 0.01s to win bronze is from Michigan(Lansing or so..) I hope you will pass her by on way to work

That's interesting info

BTW, MDV was with Railways per my memory...it's possible she switched jobs...

I'll check out the video link at home (cannot open here)...

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Paadum Parvaigal,

was this originally a telugu movie?

Yes, sir!

All the four songs covered so far in the year 1988 are from "remake / dub" kind of movies. And there're more 'kalaichchelvangaL' to come...

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Yes, sir!

All the four songs covered so far in the year 1988 are from "remake / dub" kind of movies. And there're more 'kalaichchelvangaL' to come...

Hmm, I thought so

Annan's comedy sequence looked very odd in this movie! Probably one of the worst sequence for Annan

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#269 புஞ்சை (புன்செய்) உண்டு நஞ்சை (நன்செய்) உண்டு
(உன்னால் முடியும் தம்பி, 1988 )

This wikipedia link on pun-sey is a good read for any who have questions about what are these terms 'punjai' & 'nanjai' that the song talks about. Decades back, it was understood that any average TN-er knows the meanings of these terms (and so the song has no problems referring to them in the first line).

In this age of 'why this kolaveRi', 'asku laskA', 'heart-ilE battery', I won't be surprised if most TN-ers do not understand the meaning of these words. Which is why I start this post with the wikipedia link that talks about the grains that could grow in TN using just the sparse rain water. These give excellent nutrients despite needing less resources to grow.

In my appA's village, both kinds of cultivation were in vogue during my childhood and they very rarely ate nelluchchOru. If at all they had it, it was from 'kaikkuRRal' (and typically 'pachcha nelluchchOru' and very rarely 'puzhungal arisi'). Typically it was chOLam / kambu / varagu / kuthiraivAli, all punjai grains and the diet kept them really healthy till advanced age as per my observation (i.e. those who didn't get into alcohol and other vices). That too without any kind of "advanced healthcare support" as in the case of U.S. / Canada

(When I attended the funeral of my Detroit friend's mom -85- yesterday, the thought of my dad's eldest sis who passed away last year came to mind. They didn't even have the record of her DOB and so 'estimated' the age to around 90! She was working in the field till a couple of years before her death And without any scheduled visits to doc's office and other paraphernalia! Definitely something to think about!)

This song ofcourse, is quite a joy ride - with excellent percussion work and enthusiastic singing by SPB. So is the scene on screen where KH is full of energy! (I really loved that character in the movie who plants trees - there are people whom I've come across like him in real life and they're definitely among my "heroes" list!)

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App anna

What does Punjai and Nanjai mean ?

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App anna

What does Punjai and Nanjai mean ?

From the wikipedia article that I linked in that post :

நமது முன்னோர்கள், பயிர் வகைகளை தொன்று தொட்டு, நன்செய், புன்செய் என்ற இரு பெரும் பிரிவுகளாக பிரித்து வைத்துள்ளனர். அவை இன்றளவும் வழக்கத்தில் உண்டு.

பொதுவாக நீர் அதிகம் தேவைப்படும் பயிர்களுக்கு நன்செய் என்றும், மானாவரி அல்லது குறைந்த நீர் தேவையுள்ள பயிர்களுக்கு புன்செய் பயிர்கள் என்றும் பாகுபடுத்தியுள்ளனர்

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App - lalitha priya kamalam by jesu anna. You guessed right. Jesu anna walks away with honours inspite of much more effort and expressions by Balu. Good idea for suresh/vishnubotla to pick the song for the telugu lyrics thread

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From the wikipedia article that I linked in that post :

Thanks

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There was one Carnatic based song in UMT by KJY, I can not recall it! I guess it was for Gemini Ganeshan. I can only remember "unaal mudiyum thambi thambi" (highly motivating song), "punjai onu nanjai undu" and the Highly Expressive "enna samayalO" by SPB+KSC!