The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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I saw a song with RK + Sridevi and it was sung by PJ and VJ, it goes like "Swing swing oru oonjal", It was a BW film, name of the Film pls

vaNakkaththukkuriya kAdhaliyE

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BTW, Param, I got that info by "googling", i.e. the youngster way (and not the "uncle" method of scratching backhead)

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#152 தாழம்பூவே வாசம் வீசு
(கை கொடுக்கும் கை, 1984 , ஜானகியுடன்)

KKK was a Rajinkanth movie that was supposed to benefit / rev up the fortunes of ace director Mahendran. Another case of a flop movie that fits the logic posted earlier on kAdhal Oviyam (refer rAja pArvai too). The vizhi illAmai of the lead character -not the hero but his wife in this case, role done by Revathy- didn't help Mahendran's cause. Actually, per admission by the director in dhinathanthi varalARRu suvadukaL, this movie virtually ended his career. (After all, if Mahendran couldn't hit it even with Rajini, what else is there to expect from him was the money bags' logic).

Mahendran was actually blaming on some disagreement with the producer about the climax or something like that - regardless of the exact reason, this movie relieved him of the pain of putting up with money bags anymore He probably did a couple more works that struggled to get released and is happily in retirement now, basking in the glory that Rajinikanth publicly declared - that too in a Q & A session with his guru ace director KB - that Mahendran is his fav director!

Superb song, right from the prelude one gets thrown into the 70's evening feel. rAsA picked up some of his favourite, melodious sounds for Mahendran and the song gives an annakkiLi / adi peNNE kind of soothing feel in the interludes and saraNam. SPB starts the song in a very sweet manner and later SJ joins to pour honey on the sarkkaraippandhal. A big favourite for me those days and almost anyone who had a cassette player recorded this song and treated themselves with the thiththippu. A song in rAsA's strongest area - thAlAttu - and a big hit - regular on radio / bus / teakkadai media and evergreen until this day!

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What a madhyamavathi song is this?
beautiful - the imagery it evokes is that of a weaver weaving a special saree for his grandchild. Thats the care that went in to this song.
BTW the story was not per se from Mahendran - the credit must go to the kannada ace director Puttanna Kanagal who had directed a "multi story" movie called "Katha Sangama".
KKK is an expansion of one of the stories in that original movie in which Rajini had played the role of villain.
Now the tables are reversed and Rajini played the hero. Incidentally this was the first movie for chinni jayanth.
Coming back to the song - it is a given that even raaja's simplest of melodies have complexities that people with "vishaya gnaanam" often slagichufy.
Now in this song, the intricate worksmanship is interwoven with the beautiful tune which is laden with pauses - which the monster lead singers take
complete advantage of . even in the interludes, there are pauses and echo effects that enhance the melody and create a very soothing and touching
ambience. Not your typical hero and heroini walking in the park kinda love song - so once u see this with the nice soft visuals that Mahendran has created,
the whole thought process behind those pauses (not too long to be dramatic) becomes very clear to a viewer. The initial humming portion is one of my favourity
humming melodies - signatures of Raaja. The whole restrained and honorable affection of the hero and heroine is established in that very humming itself.
another segment of the song that remains etched in my memory is when the flute and its accompaniments run around it a riot and kind of get stuck (like a
paper boat rushing with the flow but unable to move ahead because of an obstacle in its path) Tries to go forward, try 1, try 2 try 3... and then magic happens,
floods of notes pours from the violins that drown out the entire sound scape in a grand, but yet soft scale - not one sharp note, not one screeching glaring sound..
all cooked to not just our ears, but for our hearts and soul too... This is one soul train of a song..
there are many posh velvet like substances that give that comforting feel to human skin, but sometimes, an old worn out cloth that grand mother used to put as
cushion to many a cradles in the family can create a feeling that no advanced foam mattress or blankets can give you. When one hears songs like these, that is what
dawns on you - the guys simply doesnt create music using instruments, he creates music from a soul train that has been running from ages, passing from grand mothers to mothers
to grand children - there is no question of rating this guy's music - coz this is not music that we are experiencing - it is this soul train of our warmth -or to put in thamizh parlances..
our "eeram". No wonder his music creates invariably the "inexplicable" feeling in so many of us..

[kiru]

app..thx for the thazhampoovE song..what a low key singing by spb. Soft and gentle and melting your heart types.. Should remind any guy of the first love kind of situation in his adolescence/teens.. Are youngsters these days this soft ? (I must be really getting old).

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AhA, what a flow of imagery! Thank you jaiganes for the sweet write-up!

kiru, I'm glad that this number rekindled your "first-love" feelings

BTW, really sweet video - this :

[PARAMASHIVAN]

vaNakkaththukkuriya kAdhaliyE

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[PARAMASHIVAN]

AhA, what a flow of imagery! Thank you jaiganes for the sweet write-up!

kiru, I'm glad that this number rekindled your "first-love" feelings

BTW, really sweet video - this :

Love this song!SPB sir is truly divine!

[Shank]

If I recall, KKK has an alternate climax as well...

Coming to Thazam Poove, what I love about it, besides everything that has been said, is the count....compare the first two lines (thazam poove etc) and the where "veedethum illai" begins....same rhythm though. Truly amazing!

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Nice observation, Shank, on the rhythm -yes, it's awesome!

The female duet kaNNukkuLLE yArO is an excellent number as well. (BTW, there had been a movie in the new millennium with the title 'kaNNukkuLLE' , music by IR , which fellow hubber Shankar calls as 'maNNukkuLLE' )