Manidharul Punithar, Maha-Avatar RAJINIKANTH News and Update

[Plum]

Hamid - my daughter is already a Vijay fan. Ofcourse, being still a kid, one can excuse her

[hamid]

Of course.. we can excuse her. but not you, when you dont take her to her favourite star's movies regularly

[Plum]

Oh she doesn't like going to theatres. Fan just to the extent of watching songs on TV. That too, just mild preference. I am confident as she grows, she'll mature

[hamid]

Sari.. Thamizarasan vanthu dont Spam this thread-nu solrathukulla letz get back to Rajini.

was hearing Oora therinjikitten song while driving today morning... the best ever Rajini song i think..

Would like to get the list of best of Rajini songs... suggesions please...

My Instant list of songs:

Oora therinjikitten
Oru Panpaadu illaiyendraal,
sittukku sella sittukku

kaala, kaala
annanukku Je
enkitta moothaathe
Manithan Manithan
Ennamma Kannu
My name is Billa


Maama un ponna kodu
naarkaalikku sanda podum

Vetri Nichayam
Vaanatha paarthen


yep.. many more missing.. Hope you all will help..

[groucho070]

One song I listen to very frequently: kAthOdu Poovurasa, poova vandurasa, unnodunAaann...ennodu nee....beautiful.

[directhit]

Annan enna thambi enna sondhamenna (also Aanenna pennenna from DD)
Vandhenda Paalkaran is also nice (in parts)...

and ofc Kaadhalin Deepam

[lydayaxobia493]

Oh she doesn't like going to theatres. Fan just to the extent of watching songs on TV. That too, just mild preference. I am confident as she grows, she'll mature

Apo mature aanavanga, vijay padathai paarkka maattangala..?

[Plum]

1.Ramen aandaalum - the essence of Rajini, this song is.2.Oru thanga radahthil 3. Aagaya gangai - dripping with romance, rajini style. This is my favourite over kaadhalin dheepam as the essence of Rajini romance 4. Johhny, Johnny, Johnny - how can you make a list without *ALL* songs from Johnny, Hamid? 5. Kaadhalin Dheepam ondru 6. Raagangal padhinaaru 7. Appane appane - playful rajini 8. Nadhiyoram and Nandhavanathil - free spirit Rajini, again the essence of late 70s Rajini. Appo win paNNina hearts dhaan basis for his superstar image sustenance 9. Naan Polladhavan and Naane Endrum Raja- the wild, wild, unchained, irreverence that pre-marriage Rajini was 10. Maappillaikku maman manasu - the performer par excellence. 10a) Ramanin mohanam - vengala kinnam in Rajini romance category. Obviously, all my choices are from late 70s-early 80s

[groucho070]

1.Ramen aandaalum - the essence of Rajini, this song is.2.Oru thanga radahthil 3. Aagaya gangai - dripping with romance, rajini style. This is my favourite over kaadhalin dheepam as the essence of Rajini romance 4. Johhny, Johnny, Johnny - how can you make a list without *ALL* songs from Johnny, Hamid? 5. Kaadhalin Dheepam ondru 6. Raagangal padhinaaru 7. Appane appane - playful rajini 8. Nadhiyoram and Nandhavanathil - free spirit Rajini, again the essence of late 70s Rajini. Appo win paNNina hearts dhaan basis for his superstar image sustenance 9. Naan Polladhavan and Naane Endrum Raja- the wild, wild, unchained, irreverence that pre-marriage Rajini was 10. Maappillaikku maman manasu - the performer par excellence. 10a) Ramanin mohanam - vengala kinnam in Rajini romance category. Obviously, all my choices are from late 70s-early 80s

This, especially late 70s/early 80s part.

[Plum]

As I typed that, I realised that I said "Essence of Rajini" more than once. Obviously, behind that superstar facade lies an awesome actor, whom you could define in multi-dimensional terms, and had his own indescribable "it" thing, something that you could identify as Rajini-ness. Among the wannabe superstars in his footsteps, who has that "it" thing? ANother thing is though I defined the phases of his craeere based on my life and my movmement in and out of his camps, it seems to me my peak fandom of him is up to his free-spirit phase. The phase that moved me away is the phase he got co-opted into the system as the conservative, family-types, lovely, lovable man image. After marriage. So there is something beyond just the quality of the movies he acted in - what we lost because of his superstardom in terms of Rajini's acting skills cannot be measured at all. From the rebellious free-spirit capable of a range of emotions through bhairavi, mullum malarum to polladhavan, he became the lovable cuddly brother, lover, thalaivar. Obviously, he lost some of the zing associate with the free-spiritedness in the process. A lamentable loss to tamil filmdom. I also remember one among Kannadasan/MGR/AVMSaravanan advicing him that "ennappA polladhavan, billa padikkadhavannu padathukku pEru negativEA; nalla positiveA pEru vayyi". Hence the titles became Manidhan, oor kavalan etc. While not explicitly, I think this also saignified his move from his earlier persona to the conventional persona of mid 80s onwards. Wonder if that's got something to do with my migration...indha artistlaam edhukku kalyaanam panni kuzhandhai ellaam pethukkanum. Indha NT, Rajini ivangulekellaam nalla family life illaama irundhirundhaa namakku nalladha irundhirukkumo?