The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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#129 சும்மா நிக்காதீங்க, நான் சொல்லும்படி வைக்காதீங்க
(தூங்காதே தம்பி தூங்காதே, 1983 , ஜானகியுடன்)

There's this tradition in TF right from MGR days (and possibly before). There'll be this naive girl - muRaippoNNu or neighbor or dhooraththu sontham or simply an one-time-observer-of-heroic-act, who will do a "thoraththi-thoraththi-kAdhaliththal" of the hero. In most masAlA movies, this character is a must that makes every man in the audience yearn for such a girl in his life. (Also possibly make every girl -note, not married woman but girls / adolescents - feel one of the following a) AhA, me too need to do the same to get a good boy b) what silly nonsense, En ippadi vizhundhu pudunguRA, I can't imagine doing like that )

Well, this one is such template song on screen. My guess is, after the grand success of SKV (the equivalent of mAttukkAra vElan), there was some idea among money bags to make a MGR out of Kamal (segappA, azhaggA irukkAru - silambu saNdai pOduvAru etc). So, make a double-act movie / thoraththi thoraththi loving female / free references to MGR-ism (get even the title from nAdOdi mannan song) etc. Ofcourse it wasn't as open and outright attempt like the gimmicks of KBR (dressing, dancing, silambu sandaiying exactly mimicking MGR) but a subtle one to harness such techniques to get a mass audience attraction.

A no-inhibitions-Sulakshana helped them with the task and IMO their laddu supplier IR didn't even have to think much to come up with this number. Quite a sweet one, with SPB & SJ handling the thuLLal song without much alattal. Thanks to the catchy pallavi (also the kuRumbu anu pallavi 'pArkku irukku, beechchu irukku, poNNu irukku, innum enna vENunga?') and the thuLLal rhythm arrangement, the song was an instant hit. (IMO, IR made a recycle of this success formula for his rAjAthi rAjA - 'en kitta mOdhAdhE nAn rAjAthi rAjanadA').