Counting TFM hits of IR - now @1776 - year 1996 is WIP - poll for "rAman abdullA"

app_engine wrote:Though it is a very rare case, this happened to be one IR album for Panju sir which didn't go very well in TN - no hits.

Of course, IR himself is fond of the acapella (nAn poRandhu vandhadhu rAja vamsaththula) but the album apparently didn't make a sensation in TN

Pass... but let us do an honorable mention of that "concert-hit" song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqd3ZamZz9U


Next one to be in the poll is for "makkaL Atchi"

kathavukku kathavukku	Swarnalatha / Chorus
namma nAdirukiRa nilamaiyellAm	Malaysia Vasudevan / Mano / Uma Ramanan / Chorus
mElooru mAman mElAga pArkiRAn	K.S.Chithra / Chorus
kottum mELangaL enthan nenjil kEtkum	K.S.Chithra / Chorus
ippOthenna thEvai thappA yenna pArvai	Lekha

Not only the Naan Porandhu Vandhadhu song....I love all the songs in this movie esp. Adada, Oru oorile songs as well....  Disappointed the songs were not a hit in TN

Adding one song from makkaL Atchi - though other songs sound nice, they didn't become popular due to the competition I think!

#1754 mEluru mAman (KSC with chorus, makkaL Atchi)
Typical IR-only-possible dance song! Had it come a decade earlier, it should have been a trend-setter

Moving on to the next album, which definitely had hit songs (I remember seeing it in Sun TV count downs those days) - nAttuppuRappAttu

oththa roobA thArEn	Arunmozhi / Devi
kokki vachchEn kokki vachchEn	Mano / Devi
kizhakkAlE souththu pakkam	Arunmozhi / Devi
nAttupuRa pAttu oNNu nAn padikiREn	Arunmozhi / K.S.Chithra / Manorama
satti potti kazhuvavillai	Arunmozhi / Devi
Atharikkum thAyE [solladi mAriyammA]	K.S.Chithra / Chorus

So, nAttuppuRappAttu had at least 3 super hit numbers in TN.

The album seems to be moderately popular on YT as well :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edeEOK84OXo



Adding those 3 songs to our list:

#1755 otha roobA thAREn ( Devi / Arunmozhi, nAttuppuRappAttu)
Listening to this song after a long time reminds me that this should go to the "interlude repeat" thread Simple, generic song - not an IR-special (even resembles "ennadi muniyammA" of 80's)

#1756 nAttuppuRappAttu onnu (KSC / Manorama / Arunmozhi, nAttuppuRappAttu)
Simple IR song with nothing extraordinary (i.e. per his standards)

#1757 adi kezhkkAla sevuththuppakkam (Devi / Arunmozhi, nAttuppuRappAttu)
With uRumi sounds etc, nice folk number! Has IR-only-possible interludes as well, nice song!

Moving on to the next album, needs a poll - pAttu vAththiyAr - album full of KJY songs - don't know how the songs fared in TN :

sarigamapathanisa [Title Song]	ilaiyaRaaja / Chorus
neethAnE nALthORum [Happy]	K.J.Yesudas / Swarnalatha
neethAnE nALthORum [andRu itta thee] [Pathos]	K.J.Yesudas
sangeethathai vaLarkka vENAm [sangeethathai kedukka]	K.J.Yesudas
Oh mAri poo mAri pon mAri	K.J.Yesudas / Minmini
sOlai malarE nenjai thAlAttum neela kuyilE	K.J.Yesudas
muththamendRAl yennavendRu	K.J.Yesudas / Sujatha
veLLi nilavE neela kadalai pAdida sonnathu yAr	K.J.Yesudas

Looks like pAttu vAthiyAr had one super hit melody (nee thAnE - 2 versions). Other songs didn't make it big in TN.

Let us add it to the list.

#1758 nee thAnE nAL thORum (SL - KJY duet / SL solo, two versions, pAttu vAththiyAr)
What a lovely melody and superb singing! (Unfortunately, at this time period, there was risk of the song being identified with S A Rajkumar as he had many hit songs in the same style or rAgam  )

Next album to be in the poll is "periya kudumbam" - another album not known to me (has names such as R V Udhayakumar / K S Ravikumar associated with it)

yE muththammA yE rAkkammA [Title Song]	Malaysia Vasudevan / Mano / Sunandha / K.S.Chithra	R.V.Udhayakumar	K.S.Ravikumar
thaththi thaththi thAvidum	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra / Chorus	R.V.Udhayakumar	K.S.Ravikumar
Akki vachcha sORu [ai vA mAmA]	Mano / K.S.Chithra / Sunandha	Pazhani Barathy	K.S.Ravikumar
raththaththai pangu vachchu	K.J.Yesudas	Vaali	K.S.Ravikumar
muRRathu mAdapuRA kAdhalukku	Mano / K.S.Chithra / Chorus	R.V.Udhayakumar	K.S.Ravikumar

Based on inputs from multiple tweets, including one song from periya kudumbam (though the album is unfamiliar to me).

#1759 thaththi thaththi thAvidum (KSC-SPB with chorus, periya kudumbam)
Nice melody - but the arrangements, especially rhythm, are of the phase that I'm not a big fan of  Possibly the arrangers had an upper hand or were trying to do something different during this time (as the major "IR loops" have obviously been borrowed and heavily reused by the likes of SAR / Deva in this time period)

Moving on to the next album, that needs a poll as well - rAja enga rAjA (never heard of it before)

intha rAjA enga rAjA [Title Song]	ilaiyagangai
ooru vittu ooru vanthu mAman veettai	Gangai Amaran / Malaysia Vasudevan / Mano / K.S.Chithra / Chorus
kungumam thAnE oru peNNukku azhagu	S.P.Sailaja
panthalai kattunga [mELam kottu]	K.S.Chithra / B.S.Sasireka

No hits from 'rAjA enga rAjA' - so let us pass.

Next album also has a "rAjA" in title  Yet another album not familiar to me.

rAjAvin pArvaiyilE - needs a poll :

oru sudar iru sudar	Mano / S.Janaki / Chorus
ivaL yArO vAn vittu maN vanthu	Arunmozhi / S.Janaki
kottunga kottunga	Vijay [Actor] / Arunmozhi / Chorus
amman kOyil yellAmE	Arunmozhi
ammaNikku adangi pOchuthA	Vadivelu / Chorus

Adding 2 songs from rAjAvin pArvaiyilE that have over half a million hits on YT (and also based on views from TN-ers based on their TV channel memories),

Both can only be termed "hits" (and not super hits)

#1760 oru sudar iru sudar (SJ-Mano duet with chorus, rAjAvin pArvaiyilE)
Song styled in the "malaikkOvil vAsalil" format (even picturization reminds one of the veerA song) - excellent arrangements and chorus!

#1761 ivaL yArO (SJ-Arunmozhi duet, rAjAvin pArvaiyilE)
Nice melody and enjoyable song - though I would have categorized this as a "non-IR" song those days, if it got played in a bus

Moving on to the next album, which definitely had a couple of very popular songs (possibly because of the then high popularity of Prabhu Deva) - rAsaiyyA

masthAnA masthAnA	Arunmozhi / Bavadharani / S.N.Surendar
kAdhal vAnilE kAdhal vAnilE	S.P.Balasubramaniam / Preeti Utham Singh
karuvAttu kuzhambu	Mano / K.S.Chithra / Chorus
pAttellAm super hittuthAn kEttukkO	Mano / Chorus
unnai ninaichu urugum vaNNakiLi	Mano / K.S.Chithra
dhiNdukallu dhiNdukallu [mANikka kallu]	ilaiyaRaaja / S.P.Balasubramaniam / Mano / Arunmozhi

Adding the 2 super hit numbers from rAsaiyyA...

#1762 masthAnA masthAnA (Bavadharini / Arunmozhi / SNS, rAsaiyyA)
Sweet song with the innocent yet distinctly identifiable voice of IR's daughter. Not a fan of some unnecessary sounds / yells here and there but overall catchy song!

#1763 kAdhal vAnilE kAdhal vAnilE (Preethi Uttamsingh / SPB duet, rAsaiyyA)
Another sweet number with enjoyable arrangements. Catchy and all but somehow the song didn't earn a place in the heart (as in the case of many SPB duets, some artificiality felt and didn't age well over the years)

Some have said "dhindukkallu" song was a hit - but since others have reservations, not including it. The song is a personal favorite - especially the choral arrangements are awesome!

Moving on to the next album, which was a smash hit in Malayalam - some of the Tamil dubbed songs were hits I think, let us ask TN-ers - "siRaichchAlai" :

sempooVE poovE un mEgam nAn	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra
AlolangkiLi thOppilE thangidum kiLi thangamE	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra / Chorus
suttum sudar vizhi pArvaiyilE thooNdilidum dhEvi	M.G.Sreekumar / K.S.Chithra
mannan kooRai sElai manjam pArkkum mAlai	Gangai Amaran / K.S.Chithra
ithu thAi piRantha thEsam	Mano / Chorus

Adding the 4 hit songs from siRaichAlai to the thread's list:

#1764 sempoovE poovE (KSC-SPB duet, siRaichAlai)
Lovely song, though I've mostly listened to the Malayalam version only. Heard the TF version a few times which is very similar.

#1765 AlolangiLi thOppilE (KSC-SPB duet, siRaichAlai)
Ditto as the previous song

#1766 suttum sudar vizhippArvaiyilE (KSC-MG Sreekumar duet, siRaichAlai)
Fantastic interludes for a lovely melody - one of my all-time-fav songs, I mean the Malayalam original.

#1767 mannan kooraichchElai (KSC solo with GA in interlude, siRaichAlai)
I think IR did the interlude folk part in Malayalam and that song was a super hit in Kerala when the movie arrived - not a single day passed then without listening to this song involuntarily from somewhere or other!

Moving on to the next album, that needs a poll - thEdi vandha rAsA

rAsAvai thEdi vantha rAsA	ilaiyaRaaja / Chorus
nYAyam kidaikkAmal	Mano
mAmA manasukkuLLE ragasiyam	Malaysia Vasudevan / Uma Ramanan / Chorus
chinnanj chiRu vayathinilE	Malaysia Vasudevan
police mattum yenna mattamA	S.N.Surendar
vambu paNNa vENAm	Malaysia Vasudevan
ethaiyum thAngum idhayam vENdum	Malaysia Vasudevan

No hits from "thEdi vandha rAsA" and thus that album is a "pass"

The last album from this year as per Anbu sir's spreadsheet is "rAja muththirai" and it has 2 songs listed, Let us find out from TN-ers if they heard them.

R K Selvamani was the director of the movie it seems.

yAru rambAvai pArthathu	???
mYnAvE mYnAvE [sOmbERi suppanukku]	???

There were no hits from "rAja muththirai".

And thus ends the listing of hits for 1995 - relatively less in number compared to the previous 15 years or so

Let me compile the stats and then start the next year

Statistics screenshot - from the hits spreadsheet, at the end of 1995 :



1995 is the lowest in many many years

Anbu sir's spreadsheet lists only 6 albums for the year 1996  It is almost like we've gone back to 1976!

Perhaps IR was doing more in other languages than in TFM at this time. Well, let us get them all polled and documented ASAP.

First album to in poll for this year is "irattai rOjA" :

pombaLainga kaiyilE [Title Song]	ilaiyaRaaja / Arunmozhi
unnai pAdAtha nAvum	S.P.Balasubramaniam
ada mAmA yEnyA samsAram unakku	Mano / Geetha
unnai vida mAttEn kAdhal varam kEttEn	S.P.Balasubramaniam / Bavadharani
siRuvANi Aththu thaNNi	Mano / K.S.Chithra
arasanai nambi purushanai vittuputtA	Malaysia Vasudevan / K.S.Chithra

While the earlier movie of director Keyar with IR had terrific / awesome songs (eeramAna rOjAvE), the irattai rOjA did not seem to enjoy the same popularity.

What is worse, I've not even heard any of the songs  After checking with TN-ers, adding 2 songs to the list (possibly hits because of TV time - not my personal preference after the first listen  )

#1768 unnai vida mAttEn (Bavadharini - SPB duet, irattai rOjA)
Simple melody (something that Bavadharini kind of singer can manage  ) and nothing extraordinary IMHO

#1769 siRuvANi Aththu thaNNi (KSC-Mano duet, irattai rOjA)
Nothing special IMHO - actually the orchestration is unpalatable to me

Moving on to the next album, kattappanjAyAthu - needs a poll - personally I remember the Kovai AIR station often playing the Bavadharini song those days!

thalaivan oruthan [nalla kAlam] [Title Song]	ilaiyaRaaja / Chorus
yen meesai mElE kaiyai pOttu pAduvEn	Mano / Chorus
oru chinna maNi kuyilu sindhu padikuthadi	Jolly Abraham / Bavadharani
mAyavathu mAya kuthiraiyoNNu	Arunmozhi / Chorus
vENdinA vENdum varam tharubavaLE ammA ammA	Arunmozhi / Devi

Adding 2 songs from katta panchAyAthu - based on feedback as well as YT stats :

#1770 oru chinna maNikkuyilu sindhu padikkudhadi (Bavadharini / Jolly Abraham, kattappanjAyaththu)
Sweet melody and enjoyable song! Possibly the first song for Jolly Abraham with IR, not sure if this or the mAyA bazAr song got recorded first - but this was popular unlike the other (even though he was singing from late 70's or early 80's, malairANi mundhAni for MSV / reenA meenA for T Rajendar etc)


#1771 vENdinA vENdum varam (Devi / Arunmozhi, kattappanjAyaththu)
Heard today for the first time (I mean consciously) and just an average number. However, has million plus views and also got vetted by TN-ers.

Next poll is for "poomaNi" - this album had some super hit songs IIRC :

then pothigai kARRE [Title Song]	K.S.Chithra
en pAttu en pAttu nenjinikkum poongkARRu	ilaiyaRaaja
sAmy kodutha varam [Happy]	S.P.Balasubramaniam / Chorus
sAmy kodutha varam [Pathos]	S.P.Balasubramaniam
thOL melai thOL mElai poomAlai poomAlai	ilaiyaRaaja / Sujatha / Chorus
eduthu vidudA mAppiLLai mAppiLLai	S.P.Balasubramaniam / Manivannan [Actor]
iLa vatta vatta kallai yArukkAga	Mano / K.S.Chithra / Chorus

3 hits from poomaNi, as confirmed by many TN-ers (me myself used to hear two songs frequently on CBE radio)...

#1772 EmpAttu EmpAttu nenjinikkum poongAththu (IR solo, poomaNi)
patti-thotti super hit and this scene is often written by many as a much awaited one in theaters by audience in silence

#1773 sAmy koduththa varam (2 versions, SPB, poomaNi)
I don't think this got included in my IR-SPB series on mayyam. Possibly not known to me at that time, nice song!

#1774 thOL mEla thOL mEla (Sujatha-IR duet, poomaNi)
Song that played regularly on radio - I think this was a patti-thotti hit as well.

Moving on to the next album (with a very similar sounding name) - poovarasan

I remember listening to the "poovukkoru arasan" song frequently those days, with that lovely flute bit. Let us see what TN-ers say about this album :

Arambam nallA irukkum [Title Song]	Malaysia Vasudevan
rAsa maharAsanukku [thookki serugum sElaiyA]	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra / Chorus
pottu vachcha kiLiyE	S.P.Balasubramaniam / Chorus
yEthudA lOdu	S.P.Balasubramaniam / Chorus
kattikidalAm kattikidalAm kattinathukkappuRam	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra
rAsAthi rAsAthi unnai yeNNi manam urugi	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra
intha poovukoru arasan poovarasan	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra

Looks like poovarasan had 2 hits in TN, as per people who lived there in those times.

Surprisingly one song that I was familiar with (pottu vachcha kiLiyE) does not feature in their list - even though I've captured in the IR-SPB thread. Well, let me leave that out for this thread

#1775 kattikidalAm kattikidalAm (KSC-SPB duet, poovarasan)
Interesting song with those late-90's sounds of IR. First time listen for me today!

#1776 intha poovukkoru arasan poovarasan (KSC-SPB duet, poovarsan)
Very sweet song and listened to this many times on radio those days. Looks like this had a wide reach!

Next album on poll is "rAman abdullA" - for a Balu Mahendra movie IIRC. 'En veettu jannal" was the song I was familiar with those days (having listened to it in a Palakkad saloon).
 

un mathamA yen mathamA [Title Song]	Nahoor.Hanifa
en veettu jannal etti yEn pArkiRAi	Arunmozhi / Bavadharani / Chorus
muththamizhE muththamizhE	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra
puthithAi kEtkum puththam puthu keerthanam	K.S.Chithra / Chorus
chembaruthi peNNoruthi	S.P.Balasubramaniam / K.S.Chithra
machchAn un machchiniyai [uththaravu pOdu]	Malgudi Suba / Chorus

Not able to spend time with this exercise or spreadsheet with a lot of work and family commitments nowadays....

Any one who wants to continue the baton / volunteer? There are only few more years to be covered (with not too many albums)