The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[PARAMASHIVAN]

(was Raghuvaran the hero?). .

Yes he was, He is not made for songs and dance, he is a very good actor/villain but romance is not his area,his dance movements were hilariously awkward! The director really made mockery out of Raghuvaran! The dance movements for "thendral ennai muthamitathu" were hilarious. and he had to bend down all the time when he sang, because the heroine was 2 feet shorter than him

[PARAMASHIVAN]

// Did Bagyaraj act with yester year's beauty "Rati Agnihorthri" ??
I watched a song (dunno which movie it is from) called "Namthana namthan thaalam varum puthu padal varum" //

Bagyaraj uncle ku ivanga ellam too much

[app_engine]

// Did Bagyaraj act with yester year's beauty "Rati Agnihorthri" ??
I watched a song (dunno which movie it is from) called "Namthana namthan thaalam varum puthu padal varum" //

Bagyaraj uncle ku ivanga ellam too much

Both got introduced as hero / heroine in the movie you're talking about - puthiya vArppukaL - by none other than Bharathiraja. Bagyaraj was a "boy" at that time and not "uncle"

[app_engine]

Bagyaraj uncle ku ivanga ellam too much

Look at this compilation of KBR's kadhA nAyakikaL !

AFAIK, he has not done more than one movie with any girl other than Radhika.

[Nerd]

Great going app saar

Also, going by the fact that Krishnachandar features in this album, it has to be from that time period as his tenure was so short in TFM, despite getting one of TFM's best ever 'EdhO mOgam'.

Never understood the rationale behind IR using him. Horrible voice, unidimensional / non-expressive singing and terrible diction. (ஈர வன்டுகல் தேன் குடிக்குமே ) Mano/Arunmozhi ellaam SPB in front of this guy.

[app_engine]

nanRi, Nerd!
I think KC is judging singers on TV shows nowadays (in Malayalam channels)

[app_engine]

#119 ஆடி மாசக்காத்தடிக்க வாடி கொஞ்சம் சேத்தணைக்க
(பாயும் புலி, 1983 , ஜானகியுடன்)

An album with just three duets (this one + poththukkittu ooththudhadi vAnam & Appakkadai annakkiLi - both MV-PS) and one SJ solo (silukku kind), however good its songs could be, wasn't going to satisfy Rajini fans. AVM / SPM / IR should have known better.

The first one to show total displeasure in the hostel was none other than our Thanjavur HCIRF who also happened to be a HCRKF and not so much of a KHF. Coming as the next after that 'nAn thAn sakala kalA vallavan', it was natural for such people to expect a 'nAn mattum thAn pAyum puli' kind of solo which was badly missed and there was a lot of negative talk. (It was years later that Chandrabose did a 'pAyum puliyum nAn thAndA')

There was another question by them - "how can IR do this silly 'yamma yammA yammA mOi' to RK after doing a grand 'yammmmA' to KH?". KH-RK-neutrals like me too had the initial feeling that this album lacked the catchiness of SKV. In addition, IMO, two songs to PS in a commercial biggie movie like this in 80's wasn't that smart an idea.

Well, those were the initial reactions - but we liked the songs nevertheless. The duets did become hits and were played everywhere. The movie too didn't fare all that badly, though SKV possibly did better biz. With KH letting his 'appAvi' image go, there began the "masAlA level" competition between the two biggies!(Well, whether the stars seriously thought so or not nobody can tell but their HCF's started arguments / fights etc over budget / collection details which are going on to this day )

SPB sings in a different tone, possibly to indicate "intoxication" while maintaining an RK-like-voice, terrific job! For SJ, it was just another day in the office.

[genesis]

IR always did average songs for Rajni. IR's best for Rajni was before he became super star - Jhonny, Mullum Malarum etc. There were some bright spots here and there like Thanikattu Raja, Thambikku Entha Ooru. IR probably knew for Rajni/Masala story his contribution does not carry much weight. On the other hand KH regularly got better music from IR.

After becoming Super Star, the only movie Rajni got good songs from IR was for Rajathiraja, which happens to be IR's home production. Later on there was Veera, but that's after ARR'a arrival. (I do not categorize Yejaman as Rajni movie).

[Nerd]

After becoming Super Star, the only movie Rajni got good songs from IR was for Rajathiraja, .

Not even thalapathy? Actually I think Rajathi Raja is one of the weakest albums of Ilaiyaraaja (not just Rajini). The following albums are much much better than RR - Thanga magan (brilliant songs, each one of them), Nallavanukku nallavan, Dharmaththin thalaivan, Kazhugu, Adutha vaarisu, Sri Raghavendra. Actually Kamal's masalas did not get better songs either -

Worst - Per sollum pillai, naanum oru thozhilaali etc
Comparable to any Rajini masala album - Vetri vizha, kakki sattai etc.
Obviously albums like moondraam pirai, salangai oli etc were better because the films were classics.

[groucho070]

+1 Nerd.

Kamal himself in an interview said that he used to chide IR for not giving him better songs, and he hummed an example, "Hey, pAdal ondru" from Priya. Of course, his "auteur"ed films got the best of them all...