The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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#125 அடுக்கு மல்லிகை
(தங்க மகன், 1983 , ஜானகியுடன்)

The flute / violin / tablA / santoor sweetie! SJ switches to a very different kuRumbu voice here while SPB sings with a lot of "srungAra rasam". Ofcourse, another bedroom song but even with some mukkal munagals this one doesn't sound as virasam as rAththiriyil, for some reason. Nicely brings in a rich country side to mind -some rich bungalow located in the middle of a coconut grove which is on a river side. Well-watered, green, breezy kind of a setting that invites one for a lazy evening fun with lover on the huge corridor, with no one around!

Well, if one had imagined things like these prior to watching the movie (which I did), terrible jolt in the theater (which too I expected). IIRC, it turned out to be another silukku number. Looking back, one can understand how much clout she had with the distributors - demanding an important timeslot for her in the movies of even the biggies of the field. bayangarams!

I remember posting in the "last-heard-IR-song-thread" about a south-TN MSV fan who started appreciating IR with this number. I can still hear him in my mind - singing aloud in the hostel "mAmpoovE eLam poongAththE, mArbOdu enaiththAlAttE"! He had such a sweet voice and singing capability, we often pushed him to sing and enjoy the occasions! Interestingly, his name too had "gold" in it

One occasion which I clearly remember with this song is when the prelude started in a town bus when my stop arrived. Could not let it go (the bus had such a great sound system and the bass was sounding great as was the treble) and there was no question in my mind of getting down. Possibly a "TsT" bus - a company that ran many town buses in Trichy those days. Student life had so much of vetti time and I could afford to travel until the song was over and return to my destination by another bus