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Post  app_engine Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:59 pm

#37 kAlai nErappoonguyil (amman kOvil kizhakkAlE - SJ-SPB duet & SPB solo versions on disk)

The SPB version got discussed in that long series. That thread also identified the on-screen version to be a duet (SPB-SJ). What a sweet song!

As usual, this got mentally associated with Vairamuthu those days - by default, without checking credits Embarassed Not just by uninitiated ones like me, even people who maintain a blog / website for "pAdal varikaL" happily credit this song to VM Mad After seeing this blog, I was wondering whether the disk cover in musicalaya could be wrong (that credits all songs of this movie to GA; has even a picture of him)!

So, I watched the first couple of minutes of the movie (titles) on youtube to confirm that all the songs got penned by GA. In addition, the album is for sale at flipkart and that too identifies GA as the lyricist! Smile So, for sure we have another sweet morning song from GA! (We've already discussed putham puthukkAlai & vAn meedhilE adhikAlai nEra rAgam written by the underappreciated lyricist! Well, one can also include "vaikaRaiyil vaikai karaiyil" as a morning song, though a sad one...). The line "பட்டு விரித்தது புல்வெளி, பட்டுத்தெறித்தது விண்ணொளி" vividly depicts what happens on a lovely spring morning!

This is yet another song based on AbOgi rAgam (as told by Vinatha / baroque), after the terrific 'indRaikku Enindha AnandhamE' for the same director R Sundarrajan Smile After throwing in the usual rAgam / swaram keywords, GA injects "mOhanam" (இளமை என்னும் மோகனம் இணைந்து பாடும் என் மனம்), possibly to confuse ignorant listeners like me who could assume the rAgam to be mOhanam Embarassed Or, is there any connection between these two rAgams? Any rAgamAlikA kind of mid-song changes? Experts please confirm Smile

பல்லவி

காலை நேரப் பூங்குயில் கவிதை பாடப்போகுது
கலைந்து போன மேகங்கள் கவனமாகக் கேட்குது
கேட்ட பாடல் காற்றிலே கேள்வியாகப் போகுமோ
எங்கே உன் ராகம் ஸ்வரம்?

சரணம் 1

மேடை போடும் பௌர்ணமி ஆடிப்பாடும் ஓர் நதி
வெள்ள ஒளியினில் மேகலை
மெல்ல மயங்குது என் நிலை
புதிய மேகம் கவிதை பாடும்
பூபாளம் பாடாமல் எந்தன் காலை தோன்றும் எந்நாளும்

சரணம் 2

இளமை என்னும் மோகனம்
இணைந்து பாடும் என் மனம்
பட்டு விரித்தது புல்வெளி பட்டுத் தெறித்தது விண்ணொளி
தினமும் பாடும் எனது பாடல்
காற்றோடும் ஆற்றோடும் இன்றும் என்றும் கேட்கும் என்றென்றும்

thiraippAdal link for the duet version : http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR0177'&lang=en

youtube :


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Post  app_engine Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:42 am

#38 un pArvaiyil OrAyiram kavaidhai nAn ezhudhuvEn (amman kOvil kizhakkAlE, KSC/KJY)

One of the tests for good poem (well, let's say "movie song") is whether it inspires others to write (or at least try) poems / songs Smile

Look at this blog post that starts with the first lines of this AKK song:

உன் பார்வையில் ஓராயிரம்

There's a poem written by a girl there, a simple one that goes like :

முதல் வார்த்தை இல்லை
முதல் பார்வை தான்
ஒலிக்கிறது இன்றும் சத்தமாய்

************************************************** *********

ஒன்று அருகில் வா
அல்லது தூர செல்
இரண்டுக்கும் நடுவில்
உள்ள இடைவெளியில் இருந்து
பார்த்தே கொல்லாதே!

************************************************** *********
வெட்கம் என் வார்த்தைகளை விழுங்கும் போதும்
உன் பார்வை என் பெண்மையை தட்டி எழுப்பும் போதும்
கண்கள் உன்னையில்லாமல்
மண்ணையே பார்க்கும்


Not just this sample, a simple googling with the first line of this KSC-KJY song written by GA will showcase how much it has stirred people with pen (~keyboard)! Going by another simpler sample , it looks like the song reached a number of wannabe female kavidhAyinis Laughing

In any case, some lovely words got combed together by GA to smoothly go with the terrific melody! The singers and arrangements (rAsA loop similar to 'thAmtha dheemtha' song of pagalil oru iravu) decorate the song further!

பல்லவி

உன் பார்வையில் ஓராயிரம்
கவிதை நான் எழுதுவேன் காற்றில் நானே
நிதமும் உன்னை நினைக்கிறேன்
நினைவினாலே அணைக்கிறேன்

சரணம் 1

அசைத்து இசைத்தது வளைக்கரம் தான்
இசைந்து இசைத்தது புது ஸ்வரம் தான்
சிரித்த சிரிப்பொலி சிலம்பொலி தான்
கழுத்தில் இருப்பது வலம்புரி தான்
இருக்கும் வரைக்கும் எடுத்துக்கொடுக்கும்
மனதை மயிலிடம் இழந்தேனே
மயங்கி தினம் தினம் விழுந்தேனே
மறந்து இருந்து பறந்து தினம் மகிழ

சரணம் 2

அணைத்து நனைந்தது தலையணைதான்
அடுத்த அடியென்ன எடுப்பது நான்
படுக்கை விரித்தது உனக்கெனத்தான்
இடுப்பை வளைத்துனை அணைத்திடத்தான்
நினைக்க மறந்தால் தனித்துப் பறந்தேன்
மறைத்த முகத்திரை திறப்பாயோ
திறந்து அகச்சிறை இருப்பாயோ
இருந்து விருந்து இரண்டு மனம் இணைய

thiraippadal (KJY solo) : http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR0181'&lang=en

youtube (duet version):



Balaji Sakthivel's Kalloori reused this song:


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Post  app_engine Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:01 am

#39 poomAlaiyE, thOL sEra vA (pagal nilavu, IR/SJ/counterpoints)

This song can be called "one of the finest accomplishments in IFM". There need not be any more detailed analysis as V_Sji has done a phenomenal job in the IR-duets thread of the hub. He initially created expectation by suspense in Post#1 and then came up with a series of posts to appreciate this miracle! Please check them out in the following links :

Post#2 Post#3 Post#4 Post#5 Post#6 !

Interestingly, there's no mention of GA in that analysis Smile Well, I don't recall mention of GA in any of the 100's of posts in tfmpage on this tremendous song! Given the current state of IR-GA relationship, we cannot possibly expect the mention of GA when this song gets played in rAsA concerts ; but I don't remember hearing GA's name in otherwise stage / TV shows too. In addition, half-baked blogs, like this pAdal vari blog credit this song to some other lyricist!

All this despite having to write lines to suit a complex music score where each word counted and none should become a thorn amidst a bed of soft roses! Add the additional task of interspersing phrases for better duet effect! IMHO, like a masterly rope-walker, GA deftly handled the challenges thrown in by his aNNan!

Without further blA-blA, let me get the pAdal varikaL and the music / video links Smile

பல்லவி

பூமாலையே தோள் சேர வா
பூமாலையே ஏங்கும் இரு தோள் சேர வா

ஏங்கும் இரு இளைய மனது இணையும் பொழுது
பூஜை மணியோசை பூவை மனதாசை புதியதோர் உலகிலே பறந்ததே

பூமாலையே தோள் சேர வா
வாசம் வரும் பூமாலையே ஏங்கும் இரு தோள் சேர வா!

சரணம் 1

நான் உனை நினைக்காத நாள் இல்லையே
தேனினைத் தீண்டாத பூ இல்லையே

நான் உனை நினைக்காத நாள் இல்லையே
என்னை உனக்கென்று கொடுத்தேன்

தேனினைத் தீண்டாத பூ இல்லையே
ஏங்கும் இளங்காதல் மயில் நான்

தேன் துளி பூ வாயில் பூவிழி மான் சாயல்
கன்னி எழுதும் வண்ணம் முழுதும்
வந்து தழுவும் ஜென்மம் முழுதும்
நாளும் பிரியாமல் காலம் தெரியாமல்
கலையெலாம் பழகுவோம் அனுதினம்

சரணம் 2

கோடையில் வாடாத கோவில் புறா
காமனைக் காணாமல் காணும் கனா

கோடையில் வாடாத கோவில் புறா
இரவில் தூங்காது ஏங்க

காமனைக் காணாமல் காணும் கனா
நாளும் மனம் போகும் எங்கோ

விழிகளும் மூடாது விடிந்திடக் கூடாது
கன்னி இதயம் என்றும் உதயம் இன்று தெரியும் இன்பம் புரியும்
காற்று சுதி மீட்ட தாளம் நதி கூட்ட
கனவுகள் எதிர் வரும் அனுபவம்!

thiraippAdal: http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR2627'&lang=en

youtube (has about two minutes of the "sichchuvEshan" scene prior to the start of the song, enjoy the BGM there):

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Post  Usha Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:53 pm

Un paravaiyil oorayiram..... Thank u app. idhu GA nu ipo dhan theriyum.......... kavidhai Ilakanathuku utpattu
azhagaga irukum ivaroda kavidhai ellam......

அசைத்து இசைத்தது வளைக்கரம் தான்
இசைந்து இசைத்தது புது ஸ்வரம் தான்


kavidhai ilakanam.. therindhu kondal inum rasikalam ivaroda kavidhaiyai... ( vera onum ilai. en amma marabu kavidhai
katru kondu kavidhai ezhudhugirar. adhil sandham .. adhavadhu Oliyai vaithu kavidhaiyil pizhaii irundhal sari seidhu
kolla vendum. adhanal ammavin kavidhaiyai.. vaai vittu padithu.. inga thappu anga thappu indha vaarthai endru solven.Very Happy..

GA kavidhai.. sandham... romba correct aga irukum...........

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Post  app_engine Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:07 am

Usha wrote:
GA kavidhai.. sandham... romba correct aga irukum...........

Very true, because he is also a musical Smile

nanRi akkA, for the sharp observation!

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Post  app_engine Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:42 am

#40 ennuyriE vA innuyirE (poonthOttakkAvalkAran, KSC-SPB)

This bAdAm halwA song had been discussed with a picture in the SPB-IR thread Smile Little did I know then that all the songs of this movie were written by GA.

Let me repeat that picture, which is a very big favourite with me:

Gangai Amaran - excellent lyricist for IR - 100 special picks of this combo - Page 4 261513753_a12e410562

While the EchO vinyl cover honors GA with a picture and all (courtesy musicalaya website), I got shocked to see that it credited the song to P Suseela Shocked How can they make such a blunder? Hopefully they are correct about the lyricist Embarassed I don't have many other resources on the web to check on this song reliably! (BTW, I'll post the vinyl cover pic in due time in the appropriate thread...please visit musicalaya to confirm the singer name)!

Very enjoyable lines - Chithra inimai kotti irukka SPB appadiyE bOdhai ERRi iruppAR :

பல்லவி

என்னுயிரே வா இன்னுயிரே
என்னருகே வா என்னுயிரே
மலர் தூவும் மழைச்சாரல்
மனமெங்கும் ஒரு கூதல்

சரணம் 1

காளிதாசன் காதல் காவியம் நேரில் காணும் நாளிது
காமதேவன் தேரின் ஓவியம் கூடிச்சேரும் தோளிது
பார்வை அம்பு பாய்ந்தது பார்த்துப்பார்த்துத்தேய்ந்தது
மாலை நேரம் ஓய்ந்தது மானும் மார்பில் சாய்ந்தது
காதல் பாட்டுப்பாடாது கண்கள் இன்று மூடாது
தேகம் தேடிக்கூடாது தென்றல் வந்து ஆடாது
பூவிது பொன்னிது தூவும்போது

சரணம் 2

மாலை சூடும் மாலை நேரமே காளை நெஞ்சின் பாரமே
மாலை போல கூடிச்சேருமே போதை இன்னும் ஏறுமே
காதல் என்னும் மோகனம் காதில் வந்து கூறவா
கன்னி தேக வாகனம் கண்டு நானும் மாறவா
கன்னம் என்னும் தேன் கிண்ணம் இன்பம் ஊறும் பூவண்ணம்
இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் தா என்னும் இன்றும் என்றும் நீ என்னும்
காலையும் மாலையும் காதல் ராகம்

thiraippAdal :http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR2824'&lang=en

youtube link:

(I was expecting to see Vijayakanth on the video but surprise - both the boy and girl are unknown faces!

The group "dance" is terrific fun - vizhundhu vizhundhu sirikkalAm)


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Post  app_engine Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:08 am

#41 poongAtRE theeNdAthey (kungumachchimizh, SJ)

I remember mentioning this song when I wrote about 'nilavu thoongum nEram' in the SPB-IR thread (as my fav from this album). I was pleasantly surprised to learn from the vinyl cover that this got penned by GA and thus can be hosted in this thread Smile Lovely number by SJ & kuzhuvinar!

BTW, the pallavi line has the GA keyword , poo Laughing All that I remembered about this movie was Ilavarasi suddenly becoming like a mature woman and the harmoica sound. Though I watched this movie in theater those days, I totally forgot that it had Revathy in it. While searching for the youtube of this song today, I realized that she is on-screen for this number! Though I couldn't find a youtube for this song alone, the movie is hosted in parts on youtube and this part has the song within a minute :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlU-2mtTr8M


Well, the video quality is not that great and so is the audio quality. thiraippAdal link has a slightly better version :http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR1777'&lang=en

GA being an expert of such female solos, effortlessly penned the lines it appears. And, as usual, they nicely ride along the beautiful melody! Enjoyable bass score too Smile

பல்லவி

பூங்காற்றே தீண்டாதே
என் நெஞ்சைத் தூண்டாதே
பூவிழி மாதிவள் நீ தொடும் போதிவள்
போராடும் எண்ணங்கள் தாங்காதே
என் பொன்மேனி கண்மூடித்தூங்காதே

சரணம் 1

வெள்ளிரத மேகமே செல்லுகின்ற போதிலே
என் அருமை மன்னனைக் கண்டு வருவாய்
கன்னி இளம் பூங்கொடி காதலெனும் வியாதியில்
துன்பப்படும் சேதியை சொல்லிவந்து சேருவாய்
தேகத்தில் மோகத்தீ ஆறாமல்
தேய்ந்திடும் சூடத்தில் தேகத்தின் மாடத்தில்
என் கண்ணன் கைசேரச் சொல்வாயோ
அடி என் தூதை நீ சொல்ல செல்வாயோ


சரணம் 2

கண்ணனவன் காலடி கண்டு தினம் சேரடி
என்றும் உந்தன் பாதையில் இன்பங்களடி
கங்கை நதி போலவே மங்கை மனம் ஓடுதே
பொங்கிப்பல ராகமே இந்த மனம் பாடுதே
பல்லாக்கில் ஊர்கோலம் போகாதோ
மாதிவள் மான் இனம் பூவிதழ் தேன் இனம்
உண்ணாமல் ஏங்காதோ என் உள்ளம்
இனி என்னோடு ஒன்றாகும் உன் உள்ளம்


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Post  kiru Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:32 pm

app_engine wrote:#41 poongAtRE theeNdAthey (kungumachchimizh, SJ)

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Nice tune. Reminds me of man vaasanai song. Same raagam ? Or just the instruments/orchestration ?

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Post  app_engine Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:59 pm

kiru wrote: Same raagam ?

As per the geniusraja blog, this song is set to the rAgam "Brindavana Saranga".

Poongatre Theendathe from Kunguma Chimizh (Tamil 1985). Set to Brindavana saranga, this track starts off with the female chorus singing parts of the ragam. Observe the female chorus in the charanams backing Janaki – they stick to the ragam. In the second interlude, the female chorus further expands on the ragam. Fantastic execution of the ragam.


Then there is this rAgA appreciation blog that explains this rAgam and lists the songs by various composers. Following are listed as IR candidates :

Ilaiyaraaja’s
Aathaadi Paavada Kaathaada – Poovilangu
Intha Jilla Muzhukka Nalla Theriyum – Priyanka
Maadathile Kanni Maadathile – Veera

Another blog post on the rAgam

Ilayaraja has also used this ragam in many of his compositions, even some later ones like Konjom Kuyil Paatu and Kovil Mani Ketene from the film Kanna Unnai Thedigiren. Some other compositions in this rAgam include muthunahaiye (by K.V.Mahadevan) and the more recent nenjAngootil (from Dishoom) composed by Vijay Anthony.

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Post  app_engine Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:28 pm

#42 indha mAn undhan sondha mAn (IR/KSC in karagAttakkAran)

One of the most romantic duets from the IR-GA combo ever Smile After composing a very soothing melody to which his brother wrote lovely lines, IR decided to also give his voice for the sugary number!

Right from the pallavi, GA relished throwing in all kinds of sweet uvamaikaL - mostly time tested ones in TFM and other Indian litt (e.g. mAn for peN) but the appropriate placement of them makes the song so romantic. Some of these need to be picked out and emphasized here:

வேல் விழி போடும் தூண்டிலே நான் விழலானேன் தோளிலே
We've heard this வேல் விழி for many years in TFM. However, the usage is quite interesting here, GA combines that with the thooNdil that results in the boy sokkifying to fall on her shoulders. How sweet! (The fact that heroine KanagA had lovely eyes simply adds to the effect in a terrific way!). At once, the girl too responds by singing "நூலிடை தேயும் நோயிலே" - once again sanga kAla uvamai but the combination of these two lines gets that extraordinary effect!

Likewise, the conclusion of that saraNam picks the mythological metaphor of gangai as a girl but reverses it - from 'கங்கை எனும் பெண்' to 'பெண் எனும் கங்கை' - that gives it such a sensuousness and one gets into a really romantic mood & feelings : "பெண்ணென்னும் கங்கைக்குள் பேரின்பமே" Gangai Amaran - excellent lyricist for IR - 100 special picks of this combo - Page 4 2798411019

In the second saraNam too GA lets loose with mOham / dhAgam / nANam / vEdhanai / sorgam / Anandham etc (not forgetting that tricky word 'மேகலை' to add to the effectu Laughing ) As the song came years after IR's breakup with another pAdalAsiriyar, there's some kozhuppu element too in the first word of saraNam #2 Wink

Well, karagAttakkAran is always a prize catch - whichever way one looks at it!

Nice quality video :



pAdal varikaL:

பல்லவி

இந்த மான் உந்தன் சொந்த மான்
பக்கம் வந்து தான் சிந்து பாடும்
சிந்தைக்குள் ஆடும் ஜீவனே கண்மணியே
சந்திக்க வேண்டும் தேவியே என்னுயிரே

சரணம் 1

வேல் விழி போடும் தூண்டிலே நான் விழலானேன் தோளிலே
நூலிடை தேயும் நோயிலே நான் வரம் கேட்கும் கோயிலே

அன்னமே எந்தன் சொர்ணமே உந்தன் எண்ணமே வானவில் வண்ணமே
கன்னமே மதுக் கிண்ணமே அதில் பொன்மணி வைரங்கள் மின்னுமே

எண்ணமே தொல்லை பண்ணுமே
பெண்ணென்னும் கங்கைக்குள் பேரின்பமே

சரணம் 2

பொன்மணி மேகலை ஆடுதே உன்விழி தான் இடம் தேடுதே
பெண் உடல் பார்த்ததும் நாணுதே இன்பத்தில் வேதனை ஆனதே

எண்ணத்தான் உன்னை எண்ணித்தான் உடன் மின்னத்தான் வேதனை பின்னத்தான்
சொல்லித்தான் நெஞ்சைக் கிள்ளித்தான் என்னை சொர்க்கத்தில் தேவனும் சோதித்தான்

மோகந்தான் சிந்தும் தேகம் தான்
தாகத்தில் நான் நிற்க ஆனந்தம் தான்


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Post  V_S Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:51 pm

Great going App ji the clap Very nice narration. Sorry about missing the lyricist name in poo maalayE and indha maan. Embarassed A big miss indeed!. Yes, lovely choice of words in indha maan and the great thing is it is already tuned and he has squeezed in those words for that, which is really applaud-able! Kaalai nEra poongkyuile is a beauty in terms of lyrics!

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Post  app_engine Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:10 pm

nanRi, V_Sji for the appreciation!

V_S wrote: A big miss indeed!

It was my case too in most of those 400+ posts about IR-SPB songs Embarassed

Well, most of the positive discussions in IR forums tend to miss the lyricist Laughing

Such was the overpowering aspect of rAsA that either the lyricist got totally ignored or talked about only during vambu stuff (esp VM) Smile Of course kaviyarasar often got his due (e.g. during the recent concert in bay area, IR reportedly reminisced kavingar for iLamai enum poongARRu)

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Post  app_engine Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:00 am

BTW, we are nearing #50, that had been pre-determined as "sheNbagamE sheNbagamE" and I'm trying to indulge in hits that are not "outright themmAngu" until that point. That way, all other lovely numbers of karagam won't get featured until after #50 Embarassed (mAnguyil, kudagu malai, ooru vittu - all are pure nAdan stuff like niththam niththam nelluchchORu, rAman AndAlum kinds and will come later).

When I started, I never thought I'll even get to this point but musicalaya vinyls helped identify songs that got penned by GA and this growing list continues to amaze me Smile


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Post  app_engine Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:16 am

#43 adhO andha nadhiyOram (Ezhai jAthi, SJ + kuzhuvinar)

What a lovely experience this song is! A must hear on headphones (Warning - you won't be able to stop with just one listen!)

Well, this song got more coverage than the SPB number I started to write about in that old thread when the movie 'Ezhai jAthi' got featured. Me recalled and Honest confirmed that this Jayapradha number was part of the special IR feature that Doordharshan had for 1991 Deepavali. (TV program highlighted the shooting spot - dance master Prabhudeva rehearsing in place of Jayapradha with the group dancers).

While the cassette cover featured in musicalaya confirms this number to be written by GA, most internet sites fail to mention the lyricist or wrongly credit IR as the lyricist Shocked IR is known to be a lover of writer Kalki and this song somewhat reminds one of Kundavai of ponniyin selvan. ("தூது செல்லடி, தோழி வானதி!"). I watched the song video for this first time on youtube today and should admit it's quite enjoyable! Nice combo - Jayapradha & Vijayakanth in palacial settings Smile So, was it IR after all who penned the song (or at least pallavi?)



Since mistakes do happen in credits on disk covers, I chose to watch the titles of the movie. Well, that confirmed GA to be the one (IR not listed among the lyricists) Smile So, confidently hosting the song here!

The youtube above was the best I could locate, audio is not good. thiraippAdal one seems to be better(with some jerks) : http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR0894'&lang=en

This song can easily be showcased as a capability - sariththirakkadhaikkAna pAdal ezhudhuvadhilum GA sOdai pOgavillai! (Question - from MGR to Kamal to MR have talked about filming ponniyin selvan...will it ever be made on celluloid? A very worthy candidate IMHO - should be done with Hollywood kind of budget, chick scripting and sharp dialogs!)

பல்லவி

அதோ அந்த நதியோரம் இளம் காதலர் மாடம்
இதோ இந்த வனமெல்லாம் எங்கள் காவியக்கூடம்

அவன் வருகின்ற நேரம் நான் தழுவிட வேண்டும்
இது விரகத்தின் வேகம் விலகிடு என் தோழி

சரணம் 1

தூது செல்லடி தோழி வானதி
மாது நிம்மதி மறைந்தடி குறைந்தடி
சேதி சொல்லடி தேவி நாயகி
தேகம் பாதியாய்க் கரைந்தடி கலங்குதடி
அணை போட்டபோதும் நிலை மாறிடாது
அலை போல மோகம் மனம் தாங்கிடாது
நீயில்லாத போதிலே வாழ்வதேது காதலே
நினைக்காத நேரம் ஏது வாடும் போது கூறு தூது

அவன் வரவேண்டும் நான் தழுவிட வேண்டும்
இது விரகத்தின் வேகம் விலகிடு என் தோழி

சரணம் 2

கூடல் என்பது கூடி வந்தது
தேடி வந்தது திரைமறைவில் தெரிகின்றது
தேகம் என்பது கோவில் போன்றது
யாகம் செய்ய வா பலன் உடனே கிடைக்கின்றது
சுகம் மாலை சூடும் தினம் ராகம் பாடும்
சுவை நாளும் கூடும் துயர் யாவும் ஓடும்
காதல் என்ற தேசமே ஆளுகின்ற யோகமே
தலைக் கோவில் தீபம் ஏற்று பாடிப் போற்று ஆசை ஊற்று

கரம் தொடும்போது சுகம் வரம் தரும்போது
இனி கரம் தொடும்போது சுகம் தரும் பூ மாது

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Post  Usha Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:59 pm

app,
Ipodhu dhan GA paatu ellam enna nu theriyaradhu. Thanks for the thread...

adho andha nadhiyoram ilam
kadhalar maadam.....

IR isaiyai purindhu kondu ezhudhina kavidhai........

adhooooooooo

andha nadhiyoram
Ilam

Kadhalar maadam.......... ipadi oru ups and downs. IR style.. adhai disturb pannama fulfill panra madhiri kavidhai. GA really Great............

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Post  rajkumarc Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:22 pm

More magnificent compositions got penned by GA. My amazement at GA's lyrical prowess keeps growing song by song. A lot of my favorite songs are here in this list. Thanks App, lovely writeup on Kaalai Nera, Un Paarvayil, Poongatre (both me and my Dad love this song a lot and I heard this first time from his cassette), Indha Maan, Adho Andha. This is a honey sweet playlist of songs.

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Post  app_engine Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:54 am

#44 O nenjamE idhu un rAgamE (enakkAga kAthiru, SJ/DC)

Yet another dreamy number from the aNNan-thambi isai combo, that makes one float into the clouds! This song has some terrific intoxicating stuff embedded - that the listener tends to forget the surroundings and start taking off from ground slowly!

The movie was the second directorial venture of BR's cameraman Niwas (after the disastrous kallukkuL eeram directing his director). Unfortunately, this too failed to click and he slowly faded out from the scene in course of time. (IIRC, he did a Hindi movie with IR, recycled some TF songs for that etc., but nothing seemed to work positively for his career).

Whatever...rAsA did give him fantastic songs for this EK movie! While GA penned all songs for his first KE movie, this one had only 75% i.e. 3 songs by him - the fourth 'dhAgam edukkuRa' number was by VM. 'dhAgam' was a small change in the scheme of things, i.e. UR solo not written by GA.

As usual, until I saw the vinyl cover today, I didn't credit "O nenjamE" to GA Embarassed A recent Rex quiz - that's quite popular with IRF's - featured this song but the blog post or comments have no reference to GA, which is typical Smile Well, nanRi musicAlaya! Also, nanRi raaga.com for confirming what's on the disk cover Smile

The pallavi has the GA keyword 'rAgam'. One can also notice 'kOdai(kAlak)kARRil', a minor repeat from panneer pushpagaL that came around the same time. I had this song in a red color INRECO "original" CD with bad quality audio (and used to lament the same way many did in tfmpage). Quality seems to be at "radio broadcast" levels, much the same with the thiraippadal version and youtube as well...but, check out for yourselves...

thiraippAdal : http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR0796'&lang=en

youtube:



pAdal varikaL:

பல்லவி

ஓ நெஞ்சமே இது உன் ராகமே
கோடைக்காற்றில் கூடும் கூட்டில்
கொண்டாடிடும் இன்பம் கண்டு ஆடும் பாடும்

சரணம் 1

எண்ணங்களின் வண்ணங்களில் உன் தோற்றமே
என் நெஞ்சிலும் நான் காண்கிறேன் ஓர் மாற்றமே
யாரோடு யாரைக் கை சேர்ப்பதென்று
யார் சொல்லக் கூடும் நம்மோடு இன்று
சேர வேண்டும் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து வாழவேண்டும்

சரணம் 2

எங்கெங்கிலும் இன்பங்களின் ஆலிங்கனம்
என் உள்ளமும் உன்னோடு தான் சேரும் தினம்
என் ஆசை யாவும் உன்னோடு பின்னும்
என் தேவை யாவும் நீ தந்த பின்னும்
ஏங்கி வாடும் இந்த நேரம் தாங்க வேண்டும்

I just want to restate (BOAST) that the Thamizh lyrics that I'm posting here are probably the best quality (cleaned-up) versions on the web, for most songs!

Hereafter, for these songs, I would strongly recommend using this thread as the first reference. (Please feel free to spread across that point to any of your associates too!)

To that end, I would also request all who read to point out to me any mistakes / blunders found. I would love to fix them at once!

We'll shoot for top quality Thamizh lyrics here!


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Post  app_engine Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:33 am

#45 pani mazhai vizhum paruvakkuLir ezhum (enakkAga kAthiru, SPS/DC)

Like I mentioned in the previous post, GA wrote three songs for this Niwas movie and this duet too was quite popular at the time of arrival, frequently getting aired in the radio. During the late 70's and early 80's, SPB's sister was recording many songs with rAsA and had a high hit percentage. She also did a few with other MDs (unlike Jency who worked mostly with rAsA and had only one or two numbers with others).

This song should automatically remind one of Ooty / Kodaikkanal Smile Though a normal spring day in Michigan (well, even some days during summer) is like Ooty weather, one can't help but get into nostalgia of those hills - it was definitely a thrill to be there and spend such chilly nights cuddling with layers! Both the music and lines of this song gets one such a feeling Embarassed

Listen to the song at thiraippAdal: www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR0798'&lang=en

பல்லவி

பனி மழை விழும் பருவக்குளிர் எழும்
சில்லென்ற காற்றாட சேர்ந்த மனம் தானாட
கனவுகளின் ஊர்கோலமே

சரணம் 1

மாறாத காதலுக்குத்தூது செல்லுதே பூ மேகமே
பூவான காதலிக்குச்சேதி சொல்லுதே என் மோகமே
வா வா அன்பே தா தா என்பேன்
நீரோடை போல ஓடும் நெஞ்சோடு காதல் ராகம்
காதில் கேட்கும் கல்யாணத்தாளம்

சரணம் 2

நீங்காமல் வாழுகின்ற காலமென்னுதே என் உள்ளமே
நெஞ்சோடு சேருகின்ற ஆசை கொண்டதே பெண் உள்ளமே
வா வா இன்று நீ தா ஒன்று
எங்கெங்கும் தேவ கானம் என்னுள்ளில் காணும் மோனம்
வாழும் காலம் உன்னோடு சேரும்

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Post  SenthilVinu Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:37 am

Wow! Some great songs. I don't think I have listened to these songs. Especially Niwas movie. Great going App_engine. I'm enjoying this thread immensely.

Listened to "pani mazhai vizhum paruvakkuLir ezhum" five times already!

I always wondered if Raja was interested in Gamelan music. Looks like they said this will be shot in Indonesia so Raja used Gamelan sound in the intro. It doesn't seem like Raja had access to gamelan instruments but in the prelude, still manages to produce gamelan sound with a single gong (?)

In the second interlude, seems like he used "Kudam" to produce that extra gong touch (overlap). The ending that interlude with another gong-like sound is a nice touch Rasa!

Overall the song has a nice gamelan-like feeling without using the actual gamelan instruments. Only Raja can grasp a genre and project it back using different instruments without losing the essence and native genre feeling.

Btw, very well shot by Niwas. Nice camera movements and use of the setting. Notice how Niwas used almost all low angle shots to make the structures big. He also used the structures to frame the actress and foreshorten the structures in the background. Pleasant direction.

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Post  app_engine Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:30 pm

nanRi SenthilVinu for the appreciation as well as the insight on Gamelan music + that film-shooting technique!

It's not surprising to know that 'enakkAga kAthiru' songs aren't very familiar with next gen, given the way the music company treated the tracks over the years Shocked

When I bought that RED colored CD by INRECO (Ilayaraja hits) - that fancied songs like ninaivO oru paRavai, germaniyin senthEn malarE, ennuyir nee thAnE etc. - I had high expectations that I'm going to hear the "CD" quality of those songs for the first time. Alas, they weren't any better than what I used to hear in the noisy valve radio those days Embarassed And the worst was 'O nenjamE' song from this Niwas movie...

In addition, the movie couldn't boast of any long-lasting star actor /tress/director...IR was the lone star and his audio wasn't available in decent quality.

I think it's just because of some old-timers from AM radio era that these songs are still remembered Smile

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Post  app_engine Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:38 am

#46 yAr thoorigai thandha Oviyam (pAru pAru pattaNam pAru, SPB/UR)

Got it covered earlier in the SPB-IR as the first duet hit for this combo. Duly omitted the lyricist as usual then Embarassed despite the song having some nice, poetic lines! As mentioned in that thread, the song got hosted in the SOTD thread of the tfmpage (that later became part of dhool.com).

thiraippAdal link: http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp?sngs='SNGIRR2555'&lang=en

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பல்லவி

யார் தூரிகை தந்த ஓவியம்
யார் சிந்தனை செய்த காவியம்
புது மாலை தரும் சுகம் சுகம்
கோலமிடும் மேகங்களே

சரணம் 1

கடல் அலைகளின் தாளம் பல ஜதிகளும் தோன்றும்
நினைவினில் ஒரு ராகம் நிதம் பலவித பாவம்
ஆடும் கடல் காற்றும் அங்கு வரும் பாட்டும்
ஓராயிரம் பாவம் ஏற்றுதே
நிதமும் தேடுதே ராகம் பாடுதே
மனதினிலே கனவுகளே வருகிறதே தினம் தினம்

சரணம் 2

சிறு மலர்களின் வாசம் பல கவிதைகள் பேசும்
சில மனங்களின் பாவம் பல நினைவினில் வாழும்
அலை என ஓடும் ஆசை வந்து கூடும்
உன் வானமோ பூவைச்சூடுதே
பல நூறாசைகள் உள்ளிலே ஊறுதே
இள மனதில் புது உறவு தெரிகிறதே தினம் தினம்


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Post  app_engine Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:27 pm

#47 Radha azhaikkiRAL kAdhal rAgal isaikkiRAL

(SJ sweetie from "theRkaththikkaLLan")

This 1988 song from a Vijayakanth movie was a big favourite with all the buses / rentals and such "recorded cassette enthusiasts" in that time period. Why, as one of my associates observed, the song was a big favourite even with the recording centers themselves - who loved playing this nice song (with great audio quality for the time period) in their big music systems to impress not just customers but everyone passing by the road / street!

SJ is in her special elements! For a sample, listen to the eLLal smile at the end of the first line of second saraNam - i.e. just after the "ஊடல் எனும் நாடகம் ஏன் தேவையா?" - teasingly, mockingly she laughs Laughing

GA in decent form here - throws in a number of similes / metaphors effortlessly. Though most are time tested ones (like the woman becoming a தோளிலே மாலை or her smile compared to பூ மல்லிகை which are deployed in poems / film songs from time immemorial),the appropriate placement showcases a brilliant song writer! Especially when no compromise is done for the melody or musical sweetness! Quite a neat achievement!

The first line of the pallavi can be called a "reply" to the kavikkuyil song by Panju Arunachalam (chinnakkaNNan angE azhaiththAn, ingE rAdhA azhaikkiRAL) Smile Another interesting thing about the song is a mild Kannadasan flavour where strong adult content is embedded but neither explicitly nor in a tastelessly double meaning way Laughing (One gets reminded of 'iLamai enum poongAtRu' which is the best example among movie songs - it describes kalavi only but in a flowery language, tastefully - at the same time, one can listen to the song with absolutely no neLiyal in any setting - because underages / uninitiated and such won't even know it's about 'that' Laughing )

பல்லவி

ராதா அழைக்கிறாள்
காதல் ராகம் இசைக்கிறாள் உன்னை ராதா அழைக்கிறாள்
மின்னும் வண்ணக்கண்ணன் தோளிலே மாலையாக
கூடிடும் வேளையாக உன்னை ராதா அழைக்கிறாள்

சரணம் 1

பொட்டு வைத்துப் பார்க்கிறேன் நீ காணவே
பூ மல்லிகையே என் புன்னகையே

மொட்டுவிட்ட பூவை கட்டிக் கொள்ள வா வா
மெட்டி சத்தம் கேட்டு மெட்டுக்கட்டு தேவா
நீயும் நானும் பாலோடு தேனாய்ச்சேர

சரணம் 2

ஊடல் எனும் நாடகம் ஏன் தேவையா?
வா கட்டிக்கொள்ள நீ தொட்டுக்கொள்ள

மின்னல் இடை நோகும் கன்னி இவள் தேகம்
மன்னனுக்கு யோகம் மன்மதனின் யாகம்
பாரம் தீர தோளோடு தோளும் சேர

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Post  app_engine Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:46 pm

We've earlier hosted the classic 'uRavugaL thodarkadhai' in this thread (#12 of the listing).

Interestingly, when jumping through the links in dhool / tfmpage (because V_SJi hosted 'vAzhkkai Odam sella' in the SJ thread), I landed on the tfmpage SOTD link of uRavugaL thodarkadhai :

http://tfmpage.com/forum/23247.20880.03.21.22.html

During those days, bb was an admin at tfmpage.com and was handling the song of the day there (SOTD). He was a connoisseur of music & IMG also an IRF. Nice guy and quite knowledgeable.

Still, look at his statement about the lyricist there :

bb wrote:

The lyrics too are good in this song (Vairamuthu?)


I just want to post that comment here, to demonstrate how even reasonably informed people never thought GA could've written that song Laughing

Another thing to note there is this automatic "benefit of doubt" to Vairamuthu Shocked This B&W movie came in 1978 - two years prior to the arrival of VM into the TF field, when Kamal & Rajini were still "upcoming heroes", acting together etc!

However, people from the 90's gen do not want to peer into details as to who could have been the lyricist. They didn't even want to guess whether it could have been Kannadasan, who was quite known for such interesting thaththuvams as 'uRavugaL thodar kadhai, uNarvugaL siru kadhai'!

pOgattum - at least Vaali?

Interestingly, in that same post bb has posted an eloquent writing by MS on the lyrics, with a line by line analysis comparing to Vaali's 'nalam vAzha ennALum en vAzhththukaL'. (BTW, great analysis by MS!) Despite that, bb was guessing it could be VM (and not KD or Vaali, let alone GA)!

That is what I attribute to "ஊடகங்கள் ஊதிப்பெரிதாக்கிய வெறும் மாய பிம்பம்". Even informed people can succumb to such propaganda Embarassed I'm not singling out bb because such group includes me too Embarassed (Didn't I argue with genesis in the IR-SPB thread that rAsA did the "VM song" - putham pudhukkAlai - in the Jaya TV concert? I was totally ignorant about the fact that GA wrote the song and automatically assumed it was VM!)

VM - the biggest beneficiery of propaganda machinery of 90's! (Perhaps plum can throw more light on the role KB played in that. From the vinyl covers, I could see that he used VM for ALL songs in the first two movies he did with IR, besides some produced by him as poovilangu. Also, somebody reported that IR-VM ladAi happened during the making of punnagai mannan)...


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Post  V_S Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:17 pm

Nice post app ji on the concerns.

Oh No, that's bad! Even I know when VM came and how long he worked with IR. Definitely VM is very good, but luckily VM is enjoying huge accolades and cross-credits where others should have been credited. People nowadays are becoming theists, believing more what others to say rather than researching themselves.

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Post  app_engine Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:50 pm

Just to keep the record straight, I must post here that the tfmpage discussion identified GA as the lyricist and helped in increasing the respect bb had for GA, as can be seen from the following course of discussion :

page 1 where the song got hosted

page 2 , discussions on the song

page 3, further discussions on the song

page 4, more

page 5, the lyricist thingy went on for a while there

The following posts are relevant to GA and I'm quoting them here :

tfmpage wrote:

vijay(r) :

The lyricist has to be somone else, not VM I guess, as it was before 1980.

OISG:

bb, Good song and a nice write up by MS.The lyricist was Gangai Amaran!

Udhaya, As a lyricist Won t u accept "Vedhanai Theernthidum" "Venpani Vilagidum" -when you try to console you push in words of optimism and not an uncomfortable "Theeralam ,Vilagalam".

The pallavi is simple and elegant.But the charanams are a bit confusing.
Nadhyile pudhupunal - the joy of the river undoubtedly!
Kadalile kalanthathu - Why use this Eduthukattu Uvamai for "Nam Sondhamo endru enaithathu"?

But setting aside Amaran s wordplay it was IR who just takes over you by the simplicity of the tune- a great one for Piano.An immortal song.

bb:

My respect for Gangai Amaran went up a couple of notches, knowing that he wrote this song!

Saravanan:

bb - Gangai Amaran has written quite a few great lyrics.

bb- GA has penned some great songs- Senthoora poovae, Raman aandaalum, Enullil engo engum geetham, Kaatril endhan geetham, Oru iniya manathu, Kaalai nera poonkuyil-- If only he had restricted himself to lyrics and music, perhaps he would still be in the reckoning--

sabesan:

bb - iam sure u know this, but just in case, the song "Endraikku enindhaa Anandamaeee" in Vaidhegi Kaathirundaaal was also by GA....

interpreter:

From my now-rusting memory, here are some more good lyrics from Gangai Amaran:
thamthana namthana thALam varum (puthiya vArppugaL)
un pArvaiyil OrAyiram (amman kOvil kizhakkAlE) - many people thought it was Vairamuthu
siRu ponmaNi asaiyum athil theRikkum puthu isaiyum (kallukkuL Iram)
maNNil inthak kAdhal inRi yArum (kELadi kaNmaNi)

Also, some "janaranjaga" songs like:
Oram pO Oram pO rukkumaNi vaNdi varuthu (poNNu Urukku puthusu)
aNNE aNNE sippAi aNNE (kOzhi kUvuthu)
vAdi en kappakkezhangE (alaigaL Oivathillai) - not sure about this - can somebody confirm?

Saravanan:

interpreter, yes, vaadi an kapakkizhange was by GA, as was Niththam niththam nellu choru.

Yes, all songs in Amman kovil kizhakkaalae were by GA.

But- mannil indha kaadhal- wasn't that by Pavalar Varadharajan- I remember there was some controversy about it- is it in fact by GA?

Another great GA creation- Poonkathavae thaazhthiravaai--

Prabhu:

3-4 months back, some channel showed some function which GA compered and some singers were present. There was a interesting duet between SPB and GA which went like this:

SPB : tere mere beech mein
GA : naanum neeyum beachiley

SPB: kaisa hai ye bandhan...anajaaaanaa
GA: Sundal vaangalaama, ye maaaama?

SPB: maine nahin aanaa, tu ne nahin jaanaa
GA : .....Dhuttu illayeyyyy, ma!

In another TV xview GA said he'd been MD for upto 90 movies

venkat:

GA is one of the sharp wits on the stages. He had(s) an excellent partnership with SPB and the duo's stage magnetism is great > they can bring humour aliging as parellel or antiparallel poles.

There are several songs where GA shone brilliant. Some of them incl. anthi varum nEram, athikAlai nEramE.

interpreter:

Saravanan, I remember reading an interview of Gangai Amaran, where he said he wrote the song "maNNil inthak kAdhal inRi" with the specific intention of writing a song in the style of his older brother PAvalar VaradarAjan. Also, he said that he wrote "sIr koNdu vA veNmEgamE" (nAn pAdum pAdal) with the intention of writing like his (and probably every lyricist's) idol, KaNNadAsan.

raj:

GA himself had told many times that he wanted to Work with Vaali. He asked vaali whether he can be his Asst. Vaali asked what will u do as an Asst. HE said u tell the lyric i'll Write in paper(he meant Panju Arunachalam)Vaali said that is what i'm doing .. so no Asst. U write individually. U'll come up..


interpreter:

Apparently, Vaali once sought permission from Gangai Amaran to borrow one of GA's ideas in an existing song to pen a new one. The idea is "ninaivAlE aNaiththal". GA used it in "un pArvaiyil OrAyiram" in the lines "nidhamum unnai ninaikkiREn ninaivinAlE aNaikkiREn". Vaali borrowed that idea to write "enai nI thAn pirindhAlum ninaivAlE aNaippEn" in the song "nilAvE vA" from "mouna rAgam". I wonder how thrilled GA was, given what raj said about how GA wanted to be Vaali's assistant.

Saravanan:

interpreter, Thanks for the info on 'Mannil intha kaathal'


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