The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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Very nice and interesting write-up with your nostalgic touch. Thanks for posting this song.

I can't resist posting this song which I always love and admire.

I remember arguing about this song with my friends days together, after they trashed it. The songs beauty is the narration. The whole situation is very interesting. Maestro takes unstructured approach which is unique only to Kamal films. Take for Kanmani AnbOdu which starts as a dialogue and seamlessly gets to a song. When we were listening to Kanmani song, my friends were distracted, while I was trying hard to convince them. Same way Mahanadhi bengali song, it will start as some bengali prose and adds tune to that gradually. Many such cases. This one is again such strong case in that approach. Takes a unconventional start and when it gets to charanam, we start to hear the melody. Very juicy melody there.
If you dig the lyrics, it may sound silly, but that's again the beauty of the narration. You can't say it is a complete song, yet you can't say it is only dialogues, very innovative composition by Maestro, but it has the brain of both Maestro and Kamal.

suththa thamizh veeran raththaththula oorum
singa thamizhan thanga thamizhan
eththanayO naadu suththi vandha aalu
budhdhi irukku sakthi irukku

I love those four lines. Then the chorus joins beautifully

Chorus- ooraarum annanaa thambiyaa paarkkum
anbaana ullamdhaan ullavaru
yaaraachchum muttina mOdhinaa pochchu
anjaama kuttuvaar thattuvaaru

Then takes the colloquial version:

oru vaaikkozhuppeduththaa
aduththavan varattizhup pizhuththaa
avan thOl urippavandaa
thamizhachchi paal kudichchavandaa
ada vishayangal pala arinjavan naan
vevarangal pala purinjavan naan
sandaikku vandhaa savaal vitta
thadiyaththaan pudichchiththaan
kai viralila suththura suththula
annaachchi unna naan punnaakku thinnavappaen

Amazing, amazing! Kamal and IR only fossible! Visuals with that almost brown-orange tinge sands with gorgeous landscape behind, it is a treat to both eyes and ears. One of my favorite Kamal song.