The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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Cosmopolitan, forward-thinging, ippidi ellAm nenachuttrukkOm

That was probably the problem...me not fit

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App , Neenga ivalo 1000 Wala speed la post pannina , namma eppa padikarudhu

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(I think I'm hearing this song - vAnam adhu vAnam - for the first time, what a beautiful song. Essperts, what ragam is this song set to?

KV,

you mean,

vanam idam maarum.....


I know you calling for raga medhaigal.....Varuvaanga

I think,
the tune improvisations, humming, aalap- vaanam idam maarum...... is the same as vedham anuvil oru naadham.....Kamal, Ilayaraja masterpiece. Ragam- Hamsanandhi.



vaanam idam maarum...., raga deepam etrum nalla.... all similar tunes.

Aahaa... What a musician & singer combo!

App_eng,

thanks a lot for all the wonderful picks.

Good old 80s Ilayaraja!

தமிழ் திரைப்பாடல்கள் அப்படின்னா....80s இளையராஜா நமக்கு HEAVEN!

Vinatha

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Thoroughly enjoyed listening to Vanam Athu Vanam from Dhavani Kanavugal and reading your posts parallelly ..
App , awesome as always ..
btw Bangalore is dull even now

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#174 இனி வரும் காலம் மாறலாம் நம் காதல் மாறுமா?
(வாழ்க்கை, 1984 , வாணி ஜெயராமுடன்)

Very sweet number - difficult to do bathroom singing because of the alukkal kulukkals - by SPB-VJ pair for a Sivaji movie that featured "narai mudi ambi chEchi" as his jOdi. (That is, as per posters. I didn't have a chance to see this movie, supposedly remake of a Hindi hit...did the Hindi one have Sanjeev Kumar? The Thamizh movie was also a big success I think).

There was another vAzhkkai in 1949 *ing why-jayanthi , with the song 'eNNi eNNippArkka manam inbam koNdAduthE' and this was another case of reuse of title for a Sivaji movie, like uththama puththiran. So, Dhanush doing a comedy as "uththama puththiran (i.e.#3) " is justified Ofcourse, Plum may not agree

Those who watched the movie please confirm whether this song was picturized on NT. However, it won't be a surprise as SPB was singing for NT right from the beginning of his career. Perhaps the longest singing career which also covers star actors of multiple generations. MGR-Sivaji to Kamal-Rajini to the boys of 90's and the boys of new millennium! innum adhE iLamai, vaseegaram, thudippu! Going by his TV shows, he is still the best in the business - even though current TFMDs seem to have less use of him. Well, it's TFM's loss and not SPB's.

The orchestration for the song was one of IR's signature stuff. Though that style was used often, especially in the 80's, it was never boring. Surprised to see that this movie didn't have a single SJ number - at the peak of her career, when IR seemed to have recordings for her almost every day

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I used to listen to my favorite sublime mood compositions in my walkman while taking my son for a stroll at Sampige road and neighbourhood , vegetable market, chat corners, inhaling the fragrances of poo malaigal, kumkum vaassanaigal ...(....during mid 90s) Heaven on Earth. Some day , We are returning back, settling at Malleswaram, B'lore or Alwarpet, Chennai கஸ்தூரி ரங்கன் சாலை....ஒரு நாள் நான் திரும்பி வந்துடுவேன்

App_eng,

what are you doing to me! I am very very homesick now.

Vinatha

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App , Neenga ivalo 1000 Wala speed la post pannina , namma eppa padikarudhu

oru nALaikku oru song'nnu kaNakku. I was behind by almost a week and caught up yesterday.

nanRi, for your comments on vAnam niRam mARum's post

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I take Raja, Bala with Vani..Hamsadhwani delight.

I need no visual

thanks.

vinatha.

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even though current TFMDs seem to have less use of him. Well, it's TFM's loss and not SPB's.

Very well said App. But I would even like to include our Maestro also.

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yw, baroque

V_Sji, avaru ippavum "current" thAnE