The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[Plum]

I kind of lost steam on Swathi Muthyam and since I believe in our man's philosophy that you either do something spontaneously, or not at all, couldn't manufacture a post on Manasu mayangum. But there is - apologies to genesis - my usual "telugu pride" to show case and just wanted to capture one comparison: the pallavi in tamil and telugu - I think the telugu version is awesome. Here are the lines: Tamil: **** manasu mayangum mouna geetham paaaaaduuuuu...****Telugu:**** manasu palike mouna geetham neevEeee...**** telugu in my biased ears is sweeter and has the perfect phrase for the tune. I think from geetham to neevE is a smoother transition than geetham to paadu. Plus, what the telugu lyrics say: "thou art the silent symphony spoken by my heart" as opposed to "sing a silent symphony that will capture my heart" in tamil. This is ok - each has its own charm. Next line: Tamil: manmadha kadalil chippikkul muththu thEdu is nowhere before "mamathalolikE swathi muthyam neevee". The perils of dubbing as usual.