The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[groucho070]

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என் மனதில் அன்பை விதைத்ததென்ன உந்தன் மோகம்தானா!

பாலு-ஜானகி குரல்களில் ஒரு ஐஸ்கிரீம் சுவைப் பாடல். அழகான பாடலில் திருஷ்டி போல எனக்குப் படுவது அந்த "உய்யலா உய்யாலூலா" கோரஸ் தான். அதற்கு பதிலாக ஏதேனும் வார்த்தைகளை நிரப்பியிருக்கலாம்.

Yeah, uyaalaa part was annoying. Also the heavy drum machine during interval breaks the breeziness of the song.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Which film is this song from ? 'Chinamani KuyiliyE .... MayilE engE un jodi' ... I think it is a VK movie

[app_engine]

Which film is this song from ? 'Chinamani KuyiliyE .... MayilE engE un jodi' ... I think it is a VK movie

amman kOyil kizhakkAlE (yes, VK / Radha starrer directed by R Sundarrajan)

[PARAMASHIVAN]

app anneh

[app_engine]

#13 ராமன் ஆண்டாலும் ராவணன் ஆண்டாலும்
எனக்கொரு கவலை இல்லே
(முள்ளும் மலரும், 1978)

This song needs no intro One of the early "tribal" numbers of IR that happened in great company - SPB / Rajinkanth / Mahendran!

I believe MM was a mutually beneficial colloboration between Mahendran & IR with more benefits to IR One can see a distinct jump in IR's class when objectively looking at his prior movies v/s the score for this movie from an OST perspective.

As a sample, one can appreciate the significant contrast between senthAzham poovil and this song - signs of great maturity of a composer. I think IR's time arrived with this movie as a composer who'll be the best fit for story telling on celluloid

I remember posting about this song's connection to our school's participation in a science exhibition (contest between schools) in "town". There was a sensor based item on our display in which something when warmed up (or touched or light interrupted - don't exactly remember, there were a few on display then) will power up the cassette player for a few seconds.

The prelude humming (thiraippadal says L R Anjali) was in an endless loop cassette (I think, or may be a spool) that got played 100's of times during the exhibition. Any time I hear the humming, I'm instantly thrown into that school building (St.Mary's, Dindigul)

[groucho070]

slight digression, there was an excellent post by Jai on the song with regards to Rajini's performance. If Yaar antha nilavu was triumph of one layer over the other when NT did better than TMS who did better than MSV, I'd say the same here. That is the strong foundation laid by IR/SPB.

[venkkiram]

if yaar antha nilavu was triumph of one layer over the other when nt did better than tms who did better than msv, i'd say the same here. That is the strong foundation laid by ir/spb.

எழுதின கவியரசை எங்கே சேர்ப்பது? Imo, இசை-வரிகள்-குரல்-நடிப்பு இந்த வரிசையில் "யார் அந்த நிலவு.." கவர்ந்தது.

[groucho070]

Absolutely.
MSV->Kavingar->TMS->NT
IR->Kavingar->SPB->RK.

Again, built on strong foundation. Wait, Raman Aandalum is Kannadhasan right?

[Divine22]

I happen to watch Ullasa Paravaigal recently, and the most famous number from tht movie, Germaniyin Senthen malare, although its an absolute delight listening to the song, but the visualization is so dreadful. with Kamal & Rathi running around the naked statues in Paris or Germany, I'm not sure, konjam nerudalaana kaatchigal avai. but they do make a cute couple though,
SPB & SJ singing the song, as though they themselves are taking a stroll down the park... lovely number ....

[Plum]

"I believe MM was a mutually beneficial colloboration between Mahendran & IR with more benefits to IR "
app, wink kUda thEvaii illai. This is fact. He was doing Bhadrakali ThuNai iruppAl meenakshi and family drama stuff before.(although none of you raise one word against songs from these movies. None, I mean. I can be quite cruel if you dare.)

Mahendran was one of the earliest guys to shape the IR I love most - the one that touches corners of my heart that I didnt knew existed, and can ostentatiously tell a story through his notes. I dont care if BGM is considered integral part of moviemaking or not - to me, IR's craft is one reason I'd like to watch a movie. Highest respect to Mahendran.
(incidentally, one of the earliest HCIRFs in this forum was a malaysian called Mahendran and he used to remorselessy post inane praise of IR and irate attacks at other MDs, particularly Rahman. I dont know what this tidbit has to do with my previous paragraph - I have just got into this senile, rambling mode where snippets howsoever unrelated to the subject matter keep cropping up and I cannot resist the temptation of throwing them in ).