The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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#312 மஞ்சக்குருவி மஞ்சக்குருவி கொஞ்சப்பாக்குதடி
(பிக்பாக்கெட், 1989 , சுசீலாவுடன்)

manjakkuruvi manjakkuruvi konjappAkkudhadi (pick pocket, with PS)

A song that sounds like some Malayalam songs, some Ceylon Manohar 'poppisai pAdalkaL' and also having IR elements. The 'mAmAvukku kudumA kudumA' styled pallavi (minus the stylish drumwork ofcourse) sounds like a typical Malayalam movie song that depicts a kOttayam family

The interesting portion is obviously the saraNam, when SPB's akkA makes the entry - bringing life to the dull song. She's stylish for the most part but there is a small portion that pal iLichchifies as 'motherish' too. If one looks it purely as a fun song, it passes ok.

I cannot ignore this song for the thread as I've heard it a number of times during bus rides in the Cbe-Pollachi-Pazhani route (possibly those driver-conductors had some Sathyaraj affinity). Should have been a mild hit those days.

There's another song listed in thiraippAdal (also comes up in google search for pick pocket with youtube link etc) called 'poovum thenRal'...unfortunately, no familiarity to me. The google search also says the heroini was Radha...must have been her last active year (rAjAthi rAjA and this movie...was there any other?)

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There are four SPB hits from the movie VVP that will start from tomorrow and that movie marks the conclusion of the year 1989 and the fabulous 80's. These songs were strictly "heard-in-buses-only" hits and don't have any special personal nostalgia.

So, I'm taking VV's advice : 'ethaiyum plAn paNNip paNNanum'

Since we've had a few 'wedding function' tales while posting the 1989 songs, I'll have to keep the 'maNa mAlaiyum' song as the last one for the year and will feature a somewhat sad tale of a relative, one with a happy ending (includes a personal experience).

Prior to that, there'll be a single crazy incident related to a wedding / couple on the post for 'aNNana vittu'.

For the remaining two duets, one will have a post on our thread's "Laurel / Hardy" & the other will have some variety of unusual things noticed around matches / marriages / wedding ceremonies.

So, 4 more days booked

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stylish composition, app_eng!
brazilion style orchestration, percussion.

poovum thendral kaatrum endrum udal kollalaamo.....is a melodious pathos.
I love it.
I often listen.

soodu romba soodu indha paalu.....is a beautiful composition, app_eng.

fantastic guitar & humming prelude with water kumizhi sound & flute, chorus humming .. wonderful rhythmic delight.

Rasa oru maadhiri steamy aa eruppaaru! peppy song!
Shaila with Mano.

it is a HOT album from late 80s Raja.

kadhal thiruda.... has a Irish, Scottish style music in the interlude.

I listened my copy of PICKPOCKET - cd while driving yesterday
Vinatha.

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baroque,
pickpocket CD-yellAm vachchirukkeengaLA?

:surprise:

neenga uNmaiyilEyE periya IR-visiRi!

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neenga uNmaiyilEyE periya IR-visiRi!

Ileeng

Avanga periya SPB visiri apuram than IR visiri

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PICK POCKET, EN UYIR THOZHAN & MAVEERAN combo from Oriental records.

run & search in the indian music stores & vangunga!

yeah.. LOVE S.P.B.

vinatha.

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#313 அண்ணனை விட்டு ஒரு கல்யாணமா
(வாத்தியார் வீட்டுப்பிள்ளை, 1989 )

aNNana vittu oru kalyANamA (vAthiyAr veettuppiLLai)

The title of the movie sounds like 'enga veettuppiLLai' - like A_S mentioned recently, part of Satyarajar's efforts to attract MGR fans during this time period. Movie was with Shobana it seems, very interesting combination. As mentioned yesterday, I have absolutely no memories related to this movie / album - except listening to these songs many times on the Cbe area buses. Quite popular, I must say. SPB sings with adequate emotions in this song (that must have been a situation of 'EmARRam' on the movie). rAsA nicely blends the marriage mELam sound plus possibly shenoy (or is it nAdhaswaram?) to bring the wedding house plus disappointment feel. Being the master of the craft / art, he easily touches the dil with his "backhand shot" tricks

As per the plan outlined yesterday, this post should include a 'crazy incident related to a couple & their wedding'. Since the song starts as 'aNNana vittu', let me get the incident my thambi narrated (about a wedding that he attended without me)

During the bachelor days, it was my practice to visit parents / siblings in the village once a month. Like I posted many times before, it was typically like - chEran or KSRTC bus to Cbe on Sat evening, 2nd show at Cbe, then 4+ hours of musical bus journey to town, get the early morning first bus to village, spend the day at home and leave in the last bus from the village.

During one such visit, a sleepy me was told that we'll have 'virundhu' at home for a newly married couple from the neighborhood and they'll be here by 11 AM. Well, the couple were from a different village but the groom's akkA was married to our neighbor and that's the connection. So, we don't know much about the boy-girl and I wasn't very thrilled to meet them. However, my brother, who attended the marriage told me they're quite an interesting couple. The girl is a malayALi from Palakkad dist and the wedding was in one of those pARai's.

It's not unusual for relatively dark TN boys to joLLufy relatively fair KL girls and get married. That way, this bride's elder sis / chEchi got married to a TN-er. Our groom saw the chEchi and agreed to the proposal to marry her younger sis it seems. He never saw / met the girl. Wedding was planned, invitations distributed (our family got one and my brother was sent). Wedding was in the girl's home and all crowd were there on the day and the groom's group arrived. My thambi too reached just about the same time. This was when the mAppiLLai actually saw the girl - who was not fair as her chEchi but very dark skinned - and was shocked and refused to sit in the maNappandhal, ran to upstairs of the building

There was total chaos and my brother watched the whole comedy scene. Finally, after the boy got convinced "somehow", the marriage took place.

It was this couple I'll be meeting and I was suddenly very interested

Well, the boy was looking like 'angAdiththeru' hero and the girl was of course not very attractive at the first look. There was lively conversation during the lunch and one could see that she was a nice woman - could even speak a few words in Thamizh, very shyly. The boy was shy too as he was in total embarassment seeing my brother, who was part of the group that "took care of him" on his wedding day

Then the most shocking thing happened - after the lunch, the boy wanted to talk to me separately - and told me that 'though the girl is ugly, the family is rich and I'll get property share, good money'

One of the absolutely dumbfounding moments of my life!

I've never met them again and hopefully they are still living happily together

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I remember only Vaanam Thodatha Megam (by KSC) from Pickpocket and I love that song, need to listen to the numbers suggested by App and baroque.

App - VVP has Gauthami and not Shobana IIRC. Really unbelievable marriage episode, the one in your last post. I thought stuff like this only happens in movies. How can one agree to a wedding without seeing the bride/groom . Maybe it was not unusual those days but I thought they would atleast see the picture before marrying.

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App - VVP has Gauthami and not Shobana IIRC.

The following link further confuses, telling that Suganya is the heroine but the picture has Shobana:
http://tamilxprez.blogspot.com/2010/...lai-songs.html


About the 'marriage without seeing the girl's pic' - it wasn't totally uncommon until 80's as per my knowledge, especially among villagers. As for this incident, it's still something that me & my thambi laugh about for a long time when we talk about

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BTW, wikipedia says VVP was SR's 100-Avadhu padam
(Must be counting from the adiyAL vEsham in sattam en kaiyil)