The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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#312 மஞ்சக்குருவி மஞ்சக்குருவி கொஞ்சப்பாக்குதடி
(பிக்பாக்கெட், 1989 , சுசீலாவுடன்)

manjakkuruvi manjakkuruvi konjappAkkudhadi (pick pocket, with PS)

A song that sounds like some Malayalam songs, some Ceylon Manohar 'poppisai pAdalkaL' and also having IR elements. The 'mAmAvukku kudumA kudumA' styled pallavi (minus the stylish drumwork ofcourse) sounds like a typical Malayalam movie song that depicts a kOttayam family

The interesting portion is obviously the saraNam, when SPB's akkA makes the entry - bringing life to the dull song. She's stylish for the most part but there is a small portion that pal iLichchifies as 'motherish' too. If one looks it purely as a fun song, it passes ok.

I cannot ignore this song for the thread as I've heard it a number of times during bus rides in the Cbe-Pollachi-Pazhani route (possibly those driver-conductors had some Sathyaraj affinity). Should have been a mild hit those days.

There's another song listed in thiraippAdal (also comes up in google search for pick pocket with youtube link etc) called 'poovum thenRal'...unfortunately, no familiarity to me. The google search also says the heroini was Radha...must have been her last active year (rAjAthi rAjA and this movie...was there any other?)