gAna gandharvan K J Yesudoss - பாடகராக 50 ஆண்டுகள்!

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kaNNE kalaimAnE a few times last evening and this morning.

Perhaps the most famous KJY number with IR.

enna oru inimai - kEtkum pozhudhellAm sugamO sugam!

Even the Hindi version (slightly inferior orchestration IMO) seems to be popular - going by the fact that it got featured in the "KJY-Hindi-best-collection-cassette" of my Palakkad Malayali friend, frequent humming of my previous co-worker from Assam and the references here and there on the net, including youtube.

Very soothing number, adorable picturization by Balu Mahendra with Kamal-Sridevi.

Has this additional honor of being among the last couple of film songs by Kavingar, given to IR -with a declaration that 'rAsA adhirshtakkAran, thirumbi vandhu pAttu ezhudhuvEnO theriyAthu' - prior to his leaving to US for treatment