The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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Allov

Enangaiya nadakithu inga ??? "பனி விழும்" is by far better than " நீ தானே எந்தன் பொன் வசந்தம் " !!!!

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"Ninaivellam Nithya" Karthik padama ? நிச்சயமாக பார்த்தே தீர வேண்டும் ! யார் Heroine ?

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யார் Heroine ?

Jiji, daughter of GG, who acted in only one movie (half sister of Hindi actress Rekha).

BTW, it appears nee thAnE takes the #100 spot.

However, since I'm behind by two days, I need to host three songs today and all three will be written about in course of the day. (Moved during the weekend and didn't get any time to hub)

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Jiji, daughter of GG, who acted in only one movie (half sister of Hindi actress Rekha).

Oh ithu avaroda leelaigalil ondrO

However, since I'm behind by two days, I need to host three songs today and all three will be written about in course of the day. (Moved during the weekend and didn't get any time to hub)

Take your time app anna , you are already doing the "mission Impossible " !

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Jiji, daughter of GG, who acted in only one movie (half sister of Hindi actress Rekha).

app - I appreciate you being so nice and decent about introducing the heroine of the movie.

Param - I can guarantee one thing; VM did not get to see the heroine before writing the lyrics.

Sridhar is all guilty of using such beautiful songs on such uninspiring pair. Kannan-Radha were 100 times better in K-O compared to Karthik-Jiji in NN.

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Param - I can guarantee one thing; VM did not get to see the heroine before writing the lyrics.

So normally the lyricist needs to see the heroine before writing a song?

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#100 நீ தானே எந்தன் பொன் வசந்தம்
புது ராஜ வாழ்க்கை நாளை உன் சொந்தம்
(நினைவெல்லாம் நித்யா, 1982 )

ok, we've hit (i.e. catalogued) the first century of SPB-IR hits! And, it's also nooRAvathu nAL as we did one song a day (well, train delayed by 48 hours)!

to all the contributors / supporters / encouragers / old TFM pages & DFers / dhool / thiraippadal / youtube / rakkamma & several other web resources!

It's a very appropriate song that took this spot - a song that's a highlight in the careers of both the singer and MD who are being glorified here. And one that has a special place in the hearts of those who frequent this thread. As mentioned before, the second interlude is very close to me, especially the last 'trAn-trAn' lightning mirattal by the guitar - wAh!

As observed by my classmates, it is in this song that the heroine first gets different costumes (other than the same tribal one that she wears until that point of time). It was kind of weird for the new intro actress as she had been appearing in all kinds of fancy attire on mags for months and then didn't have any modern dress for the most part of the movie - possibly a big disappointment for some. I still remember my shocking observation of a mid-age man on a bus, kissing her cover pic on some magazine when the movie was being filmed / advertised (Sridhar made sure no such disappointments to such joLLu parties when he filmed his next movie - 'thenRalE ennaiththodu' - with another intro actress ).

The violin usage in this song was quite different for the time of appearance. That is, even considering the huge variety from the Raja shop. I don't remember hearing anything of such sophistication prior (there was some interesting solo usage in 'enRenRum AnandhamE' but this one is more majestic IMO). OTOH, the flute portions are traditional stuff - including the one in the prelude which is similar to prior use by IR and other masters. Ofcourse we had those guitar tricks in the second interlude that reminded senO ritA days. Overall, in the NN album, IR was running an orchestrational riot while SPB was full of enthu and we had Vairamuthu's significant contribution with interesting similies and such stuff - to make this song and others so cool. (More of VM in the next song's post )

And one'll have to give a large credit to "Mr music-ears", director Sridhar, who always got the best from his MDs!

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How to congratulate you? Huge applause for your monstrous contribution and non-tiring commitment. App'in 'Nooraavathu Naal' and brilliant post . We are proud of you App for having your here!

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நன்றி V_S !
படிக்க யாரும் இல்லையேல் கிறுக்குவது வீண் தானே? ஆதலினால் அதிகம் சென்று சேர வேண்டியது வாசிப்போருக்குத்தான்

Another memory from NN days :

I didn't make it to the theater during its main release (mainly because it didn't last longer). IIRC, it was in BHELEC that I saw this movie. BHELEC was a theater in the BHEL boiler plant. The name expands as "BHEL entertainment center" which was within bicyclable distance from hostel. It was there we saw most of those "new" films that had a second run after finishing the first run in Trichy. They used to have a smooth jazz track when "upping" the screens and play similar jazzy stuff during intervals. One of those interval stuff is what HJ's 'azhagiya theeyE' is inspired from.

Well, I clearly remember the "bulb" on the projector going dim right when this 'nee thAnE endhan pon vasantham' started and many fellows shouting It took a few seconds before it got brighter again and some of those "costumes" had gone off by then

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nee thAnE endhan pon vasantham youtube :