#321 உட்டாலக்கடி பட்டான கொடி மொட்டான கிளியே
(மை டியர் மார்த்தாண்டன் , 1990 , கங்கை அமரனுடன்)
uttAlakkadi of MDM
It's not a duet with GA or anything like that, GA sings only in the beginning - the pallavi lines with chords & the string-plucking instrument (mandolin? bulbul tarang? banjo?) but no drums. What follows is a thunderous arrival of drums and grand prelude before SPB starts mesmerizing us!
I've posted in the last song thread almost a year back that this song is a demo / quintessential example of how a film song should be sung! IMO, all male playback singers of present TF field will have to listen to this number each morning before they start for work (i.e. if they want to succeed). I don't want to explain the details - but if someone disagrees with me, I would request him / her to please listen to the song one more time, closely paying attention to the little details that SPB packs into this number! (As a sample, the hurried but powerful 'appA' after the 'kattilil iNangippAduththA')...
I watched the youtube last night - has some interesting lighting (fire) stuff but otherwise typical group dance. By and large, vizhalukku iRaiththa neer, despite having Pratap Pothen as director. (I used to think those days that GA was the director, seeing how many songs has his voice listed...recently realized it's the musically stylish guy...)
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