The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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Appn anneh

Nathiyoram song from this movie , by SPB+PS is lovely one !

That's my number for the day, will be posting later today Listened to that song a few times since this morning!

[PARAMASHIVAN]

param, digg aarambichadhae neenga dhaan...
anyway.. continue guys, sorry for contributing to the digg..

I know I did, but it is going all over the place

[SoftSword]

// digg

thats one song of VS which i dont like...
my most lovable of him would be Poo vaasam.

[genesis]

Params,

MSV was quite active through out 80's, often composing for big stars and directors (Rajini / Kamal / Sivaji / K Balachandar / K Balaji)

S-G had their share of successes (Devar films / remake of Bappi Lahiri stuff in TF / Rama Narayanan kind of low bud movies / partnering with Bagyaraj for a couple of films - one with Bagyaraj named as MD)

Gangai Amaran was composing quite a bit till he started spending more time in direction (vAzhvE mAyam, sattam kinds)

Late 80's saw AVM productions heavily promote Chandrabose (manithan, for e.g.)

TR of course - mostly for his own but occasionally did movies of other directors (kiLinjalkaL, pookkaLai paRikkadheerkaL)

Composers from other lang fields - Shyam, Rajan Nagendra, L-P, Bappi Lahiri, Hamsaleka, even RDB - these were here and there.

Our KVM, who was busy with Telugu field, did one or two every now and then.

Then there were some onesies twosies kind of MD's - V S Narasimhan, Sivaji Raja, Manoj-Gyan - such were always coming and going

It looks like app covered well.. but here is my thought..

There were lot of other MDs in the field...

1. MSV - KB, Visu few some other houses stayed with him, KB first came to Raja in 1986 for Sindhu Bhairavi?
2. Shankar Ganesh - They were very far behind Raja and most of time the movies they worked on had other major attractions like Elephant, Snake or Baby Shalini.
3. Chandra Bose - I really do not know when he came to TFM scene, but he became quite know after becoming AVM's in-house MD.
4. T. Rajender - Probably he is the only MD that was able to get some attention away from Raja in the early-mid 80s. But unlike Raja he had lot of supporting elements in his favour like Success of his movies. To be honest lyrics in most of his songs are damn good. TR-SPB combo has produced some great numbers. I think TR once said in an interview, if SPB was a woman, he will marry him(er).
5. Gangai Amaran - Ok, most of the people thought and continue to think those songs were composed by IR.


I do not think I shall include Deva - by the time Deva arrived in 1988, some people in the industry were desparetly looking for an alternative to IR.

[raj_musing]

By the time IR was big in the market, MBS was practically full-time on "sErndhisai" stuff, mostly for AIR-DD kinds, I think.

He was still doing a few Malayalam movies, Fazil's "maNivaththooril 1000 sivarAthrikaL" (Mammootty / Suhasini, "muththE,mhoom muththE, mhoohoom") was by him IIRC...

Thanks for that...Though very less in numbers,there were some wonderful compositions from this great man! Iam just listening to an album "Bhava Geethangal" composed by MBS in Malayalam...Actually a friend of mine recommended me thIs album...There are some amazing songs in that....Anyways Not to digress,,,carry on !

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#18 நதியோரம்
(அன்னை ஓர் ஆலயம், 1979 )

Second song from the same movie, a flute / strings / tabla delight!
PS is such a sweet match for the flute and SPB gives happy company in this jolly ride of a tune.

"நானந்த ஆனந்தம் என் சொல்ல" "தேயிலைத்தோட்டம் நீ தேவதையாட்டம்" - simple, poetic lines that flow so freely and smoothly in a fast paced song. No word is felt as an odd one and the lyric nicely sits on the tune with nothing out of place. As the lines suggest, a song meant for running and dancing around in the banks of a river stream in a mountainous terrain Well, I've not seen the movie and don't know how it's actually done on screen but the poet has let free his imagination and the music supports it very well to transport one to mooNAR kind of place instantly! Those who watched the movie please tell whether the story happens in Idukki area (elephant, hills, forest, tea estate, river side - the movie's setup and the song lines strongly suggests such an area).

PS was the only female singer used in this movie IIRC. SPB had three numbers while TMS was given the "ammA" number

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2. Shankar Ganesh - They were very far behind Raja and most of time the movies they worked on had other major attractions like Elephant, Snake or Baby Shalini.

They are so and so, but I hate their title scores. No matter which point they are, when the title card announces the director, they do a full blaring of winds and strings to announce the director. Very annoying.

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App, they do exactly the lyrics suggest, ie, outdoorish duets.

Always confuse this with Kaathoodu poovurasa from Anbukku Naan Adimai. SPB's voice here sound like he's working for MSV...slightly muffled, rather than open when he sings for IR. Do I make sense here?

[KV]

App, your reminiscences are really enjoyable. Thanks and keep it going!
BTW, RDB in TFM? I know he's done a couple of Kannada ones, but haven't heard of his work in TFM. Movie name? Any links?

[Plum]

" I think TR once said in an interview, if SPB was a woman,"
SPB, great the escape!

RDB - tamil movies
1. Poo Mazhai Pozhiyidhu * Nadhiya, Suresh, Vijayakant. As is usual with Nadia movies, there are two heroes and both try desparately to "sacrifice" their love for Nadia to the other. I briefly wrote about this phenomenon in Films section. Needs to be further analysed in full-groucho-mode
2. Ulagam Pirandhadhu SathyarajukkAga - or atleast Gouthami and Roobini in the movie