The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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Yeah I thought so. I had an inkling bean was in the 90s. Might be from a common source like Jerry Lewis or someone? I know Nagesh was a big fan of Lewis and there are stories of him incorporating Lewis stuff in KB movies so presumably, KB was a fan or atleast knowledgable about Lewis?

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I know Nagesh was a big fan of Lewis and there are stories of him incorporating Lewis stuff in KB movies so presumably, KB was a fan or atleast knowledgable about Lewis?

Nagesh's wiki too says the same :

Nagesh's style of comedy was largely inspired by Hollywood actor Jerry Lewis. Similarities between Nagesh and Lewis earned Nagesh the sobriquet "Jerry Lewis of India".

Interestingly, the wiki article talks about Manorama & Nagesh being not in good terms

"History" is quite interesting

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#310 வைகாசி மாசத்துல பந்தல் ஒன்னு
(நினைவுச்சின்னம், 1989 , சித்ராவுடன்)

vaikAsi mAsaththula from ninaivuchchinnam with KSC

Soft, enjoyable and melodious duet where both SPB & KSC sing nicely together. Looks like in this year, KSC has a decisive lead over any other female singer in duetting with our man. (We've hosted nine songs so far, which is more than the # of SPB-SJ duets in this year, perhaps for the first time in a given calendar year). The saraNam portion of the song somehow reminds me of the singaLaththu sinnakkuyilE. Nice tabla work enhances the listening pleasure. The interludes are mostly routine rAsA stuff with nothing out of the world, IMHO. Nevertheless, the song gives one a very soothing feeling and a recommended listen for bed time.

My connections with this number were strictly limited to bus travels in TN those days - as neither this movie nor the song was a biggie at Palakkad. Prabhu, Murali & Radhika are seen in the images if one googles for ninaivuchchinnam, with Prabhu in both young and old make-ups. If one browses through the other songs (no SPB in them), most without any familiarity to me, it sounds like a grAmaththu movie. Absolutely no idea what kind of run it had or the general reception of the other songs inside TN. However, without a doubt, this vaigAsi number was well-known

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Looking for the next film for tomorrow...

1989 thiraippAdal list has a movie called 'aNNanukku jAy' directed by GA - it has 3 SPB numbers but none I've heard before...thookkippOttAchchu...

Let's see nextu...

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nexttu 'chinnappa dAs'.

Direction C V Rajendran, Sathyaraj acting-AmAm, has one SPB song - never heard before case - vittuththaLLu case again...

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'dharmam vellum' - K Rangaraj direction (who had colloborated with IR in the past for some fantastic IR songs)...Vijayakanth Gowthami acting it seems...

There's a dEvi dEvi song with KSC, kEttadhE illai, chapter closed

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idhayaththai thirudAthE - all Mano - so cannot host here, even though the Telugu originals supposedly had SPB

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idhu unga area...please do the needful...nAn indha Attaththil illai...

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So, it will be pAttukkoru thalaivan tomorrow

Vijayakanth movie, yes I have some nostalgia with the song too

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idhayaththai thirudAthE - all Mano - so cannot host here, even though the Telugu originals supposedly had SPB

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idhu unga area...please do the needful...nAn indha Attaththil illai...

Great, let's avail ourselves in another round of Mano bashing

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Nagesh's wiki too says the same :



Interestingly, the wiki article talks about Manorama & Nagesh being not in good terms

"History" is quite interesting

I recollect KB recounting the PPA janakaraj comedy track as a direct tribute to Nagesh - not in any Jerry Lewis connection, but the
personality called Nagesh - A man who worked 20 hours round the clock, with little sleep, managing shaving, brushing teeth etc., with the
help of assistants in his car - The man was on a literal inertia scurrying between sets of movies and yet delivering comic moments without failure...