திரையிசைத்திலகம் கே.வி.மகாதேவன் அவர்கள் - #45 மாசி மாசக் கடைசியிலே (பல்லாண்டு வாழ்க)

Makkalai petra maharasi.. inum 3 paatu irukae app.. adhai sollalaiyae.....



en paati .... nalla padam idhu.. parunu solli.. partha padam........  padam parthadhum.. paatu ellam pidithadhu..........

Vandhadhu yarunu unaku theiryuma  -  Bhanumathi..........   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG3LrbSRpsk

Sonna pecha kaekanam

adhaiyum idhaiyum ennikittu angitu ingitu pathukittu............ lovely renditiion from Bhanumathi....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey7dOdD8sBs

Mana para maadu katti.... lovely lyric............


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

UshakkA,

maNappARai mAdu katti already got posted about (by V_Sji) in the first page:
https://ilayaraja.forumms.net/t207-25#18003

As for other two songs are concerned, as I mentioned in the outset, this is a "masAlA" thread

Means, if the song is familiar to me, then it's a hit and gets included

Those that do not ring a bell (in my mind) are not cared about

#26 மயக்கும் மாலைப்பொழுதே நீ போ போ 
(கூண்டுக்கிளி - குலேபகாவலி)

This song is an interesting case study by T Soundar in his rAgam articles, to showcase how IR brought uniqueness / respect to MD etc.

I've posted his mOhanam article link in the idhayakkamalam song's post, which is this one .

The portion that caught my eye (and eventually led me to this song) is this :

சில சமயம் விஸ்வநாதன் ராமமூர்த்தி , கே.வீ .மகாதேவன் , R.கோவர்த்தனம் , வேதா ,GK வெங்கடேஷ் இன்னும் பிற இசைய்மைப்பாளர்களின் பாடல்கள் இன்னார் தான் இசையமைத்தார்கள் என்று கண்டு பிடிக்க முடியாதளவு இருப்பதையும் அவதானிக்கலாம்.

KVமகாதேவன் இசையமைத்த ”மயக்கும் மாலை பொழுதே நீ போ போ ..” என்ற குலேபகாவலி திரைப்படப் பாடலை உதாரணம் கூறலாம். ராமண்ணா இயக்கத்தில் வெளியான ” கூண்டுக்கிளி ” படத்திற்காக KVமகாதேவன் அவர்களால் இசையமைக்கப்பட்ட இந்தப் பாடலை , தன்னுடைய மற்றொரு படமான குலேபகாவலி யில் பயன்படுத்திக் கொண்டார். குலேபகாவளிக்கு இசையமைத்தவர்கள் விஸ்வநாதன் ராமமூர்த்தி இரட்டையர்கள்.

இன்றுவரை இந்தப் பாடலை இசையமைத்தவர்கள் மெல்லிசை மன்னர்களே என்று வானொலிகள் சொல்லிக் கொண்டிருக்கின்றன.பின்னர் 1960 களில் தனித் தன்மை புலப்பட்டாலும் அதிலும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க வித்தியாசங்கள் குறைந்த அளவிலேயே வெளிப்பட்டன.நடிகர்களின் பெயர்களை வைத்து அடையாளம் காட்டபட்ட அளவிற்கு இசையமைப்பாளர்களின் படைப்புக்கள் என்று பரந்து பட்ட மக்கள் மத்தியில் புகழ் பெறவில்லை.

ஆனால் இந்தக் குறையை நிவர்த்தி செய்தது இளையராஜாவின் இசையே.அவருடைய பாடல்களைப் பாடும் எந்த பாடகரோ பாடகியோ, அல்லது  நடிகரோ யாராக இருந்தாலும் அங்கே இளையராஜா இசை என்றே அறியப்படும்..அந்த அளவுக்கு அவரது இசை அவரை அடையாளம் காட்டி இருக்கிறது.

I wanted to make sure the above claim is correct and did more googling around - which led me to our familiar place, dhool.com

Please look at this SOTD post:
http://www.dhool.com/sotd2/187.html

There is an interesting discussion between Sriram Lakshman and Manisegaran, on who is the composer for this song. The other songs in this film were composed by Visvanathan-Ramamoorthy. SL mentions that this song was composed by KVM for T.R.Ramanna before this movie was conceived. It seems the song was used in this movie even without VR's consent. 

And the dhool post referred to the tfmpage link, obviously:
http://www.tfmpage.com/forum/17288.11820.22.02.30.html

I'm giving below the conversation that took place in that thread for the sOmbERees who don't want to browse thru the thread:

First, SL simply says the song was by KVM, in a Creativity of KVM thread :

From: Sriram Lakshman (@ ifmxlenx.na.informix.com) on: Wed Jan 13 17:11:50 EST 1999

Interestingly, PBS was not used too much by KVM, probably because he seldom scored the music for a Gemini Ganesan movie. AM Raja too was not used all that much . The only song that comes to mind is "Mayakkum Maalai Pozhuthe Nee po po" in Kulebagaavali. 

I'm surprised to see that Manisekaran sir, supposedly a KVM expert, replies back stating that the song was by V-R :

From: Manisekaran (@ 202.188.1.83) on: Thu Jan 14 05:49:53 EST 1999

Mayakkum Malai puzhuthe ne po po is by Viswanathan Ramamurthy. 

Then SL reasserts that this was indeed by KVM :

From: Sriram Lakshman (@ ifmxlenx.na.informix.com) on: Thu Jan 14 10:46:56 EST 1999

Mani, 
"Mayakkum Maalai" had been composed by KVM for TR Ramanna even before "Kulebagaavali" was concieved. This song was brought into the movie even without VR's consent. As I had mentioned in my previous posting, the rest of the songs were composed by VR.

Manisekaran is still suspicious about this claim and posts the contents of his 78 rpm arakku record:

From: Manisekaran (@ 202.188.1.83) on: Fri Jan 15 06:14:11 EST 1999

Dear Sriram Lakshman 
I am in no way a store house please-just look at the corrections made by others on my inputs. 

I have been collecting a few thousand songs in audio cassettes and records from 1975 from several record studios around the world, mainly from Malaysia, Tamilnadu, Singapore. I have met a number of singers and Music Directors, and I share them from time to time in the appropraite threads. My interiview with KVM was lengthy, and I am not able to relate all here. 

Its news to learn that Mayakkum Malai was composed by KVM. The 78rpm record (Record number 65283)that I have mention the following details: 
Singers-Am Raja & Jikki 
Lyrics- Vinthan 
Music-Visvanathan Ramamurthy 

Finally, SL has to give another conclusive proof :

From: Sriram Lakshman (@ ifmxlenx.na.informix.com) on: Fri Jan 15 10:49:21 EST 1999

Mani, 
I had met MSV at his Santhome High road residence in '97 when I mentioned to him that a great melody like "Mayakkum.." could have been given to PBS instead of AMRaja. He revealed to me that KVM had composed the song. 

I have never ever read KVM's interview . Therefore atleast konchamavathu ezhuthungalen. Atleast the gist of it.

From: Manisekaran (@ bat-48-135.tm.net.my) on: Sat Jan 16 02:19:33 EST 1999

Sriram 

TRRamana used KVM in the initial days, and later when both he and his sister TR Rajakumary produced films under the banner of RR Films, they started to use VR. So MSV must be right in saying that KVM had composed that particular song

So, SUBHAM

BTW, unfortunately, a lot of websites continue to proclaim this song - which is the only song people like me typically recall from the MGR superhit movie gulEbagAvali - as a V-R song. The movie titles, while acknowledging GKV as "sangeetha direction" V-R's assistant, are simply silent on this great song by KVM. Similarly, the only lyricist credited is Thanjai Ramaiah Dass and he is credited with this song by many websites too 

Look at the movie's youtube : 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWyXgBtfEkY

This is yet another attempt to inform people of the original scorer of the evergreen number. Interestingly, we're not alone in crediting this song to KVM. In one of the youtubes of this song, few commenters say the same there :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5gdub7urew

Unfortunately, the better quality youtube does not credit properly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEjnj-ukgFE


In any case, this is another of our many efforts to propagating ACCURACY

Here are the pAdal varigaL, possibly by Vinthan (or Ramaiah Dass - this part is not very clear BTW):

மயக்கும் மாலைப்பொழுதே நீ போ!போ!
இனிக்கும் இன்ப இரவே நீ வா வா!
இன்னலைத் தீர்க்க வா!

பன்னீர் தெளிக்கப் பனி பெய்யுமே
பசும்புல் படுக்கப் பாய் போடுமே 

பாலூட்டும் நிலவு தேனூட்டுமே
பாடும் தென்றல் தாலாட்டுமே
கொன்றை மலர்கள் அன்பினாலே
போடும் போர்வை தன்னாலே

கனியிதழ் காதல் பசி தீர்க்குமே
காண்போம் பேரின்பமே
வானிலும் ஏது வாழ்விது போலே
வசந்தமே இனி எந்நாளும்

Very sweet number sung by the husband-wife pair (AM Raja / Jikki enRa G Krishnaveni)

(BTW, I want to know if MSV had ever "revealed" this fact on the numerous TV shows that he had been part of!
 Some ARR fanatic claimed that until SJ/MSV "revealed", he didn't know ooru sanam melody was by him.
OTOH, did MSV reveal this info about 'mayakkum mAlaippozhudhE nee pO pO' only privately to Sriram Lakshmanan?  It looks like that to me. Or, has he ever talked about his on TV?)

RajiniRams has informed based on a book that the lyricist was indeed Vinthan!
(and not Thanjai Ramaiah Dass as told by the movie titles or some websites):

https://twitter.com/rajinirams/status/542041323377659904




I've also asked him if the book says anything about KVM (as told by TKR in that function referred)...

Let us see

Plum says in twitter that this was a well-known thingy...possibly it was that way for the gulEbagAvali / kooNdukkiLi generation

However, based on the SL / Manisekaran discussion, by 70's such info got forgotten. Unfortunately, the movie titles or vinyl credits do not seem to do any justice to KVM  So are many of today's websites that base their crediting purely based on what is on titles. A classic case of composer losing his child to someone because some idiotic producer / director didn't feel the need to credit properly.

It is pretty much a similar case with Manivannan during 80's when he indiscriminately used songs "made and never-released" across his quickie projects. 

He missed crediting IR for the 'oru kAdhal enbadhu' song in chinnathambi periyathambi & many of us were kept wondering (pEru GA, soundO IR, how can it be)...until GA opened out on TV.

One big difference exists between "oru kAdhal enbadhu" and "mayakkum mAlaippozhudhE nee pO pO", however, as noted by Nerd on twitter

That, even common people can identify the OKE song as one by IR

With the kind of trademark arrangements / orch, rAsA puts his signature indelibly, even when the producer-director failed to credit him on titles / disk!

That is the power of IR - unlike ANY OTHER IFM COMPOSER! 

Which is why many kept referring to that song simply as a rAsA song on tfmpage and other websites (e.g. tamilwire) just like that (even before GA opened out on TV). 

That cannot be said about the kooNdukkiLi - gulEbagAvali song

Actually, all those years when I heard the song on radio, never even connected it with MGR or gulEbagAvali. (I've watched the movie during school days, in the school campus but don't recall anything. Rare for a MGR movie of those days. Even from a kuppai kudiyirundha kOvil movie, I remember some scenes. It's possible I slept when watching gulEbagAvali. Also, don't recall ANY OTHER SONG from that movie).

Honestly, prior to this T Sounder post, I never cared to check the MD of the song
(Automatically took for granted that it was some pre-KVM / pre-MSV "OLD" MD   Such as Chalapathi Rao, Aswaththama, Rajeswar Rao, GR kinds ; that it is credited to V-R itself is news to me)...

BTW, RajiniRams had replied on twitter that the book does not mention anything about "TKR mentioning KVM as composer"

So, I ended the conversation wondering if ever MSV-TKR made appreciative remarks on KVM in public...

(Of course, it is not necessary that they do that...after all, it was / is a competitive field. How often we hear Coke CEO praise Pepsi CEO or product....or vice versa?)

For record :

MSV openly says KVM is his favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-3Yh385IPA&t=2388s

Not surprising at all. When MSV can praise some composers who came 2 generations after him why would he not do the same with KVM, who I guess, had also helped him in his initial years? Vairamuthu in a recent youtube video recalled an incident where he had approached MSV and told him (intentionally with an attempt to provoke) that he thought KVM was the better composer to which MSV had said "obviously, yes" and mentioned kadavuL manidhanaaga pirakka vendum as one of his favorities and explained why the song was a terrific composition

counterpoint wrote:Not surprising at all. When MSV can praise some composers who came 2 generations after him why would he not do the same with KVM, who I guess, had also helped him in his initial years? Vairamuthu in a recent youtube video recalled an incident where he had approached MSV and told him (intentionally with an attempt to provoke) that he thought KVM was the better composer to which MSV had said "obviously, yes" and mentioned kadavuL manidhanaaga pirakka vendum as one of his favorities and explained why the song was a terrific composition

idhaye VM MSV'ta pOi "I am better than Kannadasan nu sollirukkaNum." MSV koNNE pOtruppAr 

Drunkenmunk wrote:
idhaye VM MSV'ta pOi "I am better than Kannadasan nu sollirukkaNum." MSV koNNE pOtruppAr 

Ha ha yes. I guess VM wouldn't even try that with MSV.

Another old instance I remember reading of MSV paying his tribute is where he supposedly mentioned that he had thought of something along the lines of kalyani for his maadhavi ponmayilaaL song, but after hearing KVM's Mannavan vandhaanadi he had lost all hopes of composing something new in kalyaani and switched to karaharapriya instead

#27 பசுமை நிறைந்த நினைவுகளே (இரத்தத்திலகம்)

Farewell song (well, not for this thread  )

Possibly anyone who did their schooling in 70's & 80's can certify that this song was a de facto requirement / standard for farewell occasions then. 

With autographs getting signed, addresses getting collected, tears being shed...Oh, those were really memorable occasions. (Especially for someone who grew up inside a school campus )

I'm not sure if such singing / songs are still in vogue - in this internet based social networking kind of era.  However, one cannot easily dismiss that old world charm this song brings to the mind!

Of course, Kavingar gets more credit in this number as his simple words - especially the terrific first line - captured the situation so emphatically! KVM had the opportunity to lend a sweet melody to those lines which then got beautiful rendering by the TMS-PS pair.

A personal favourite!

பசுமை நிறைந்த நினைவுகளே
பாடித் திரிந்த பறவைகளே
பழகிக் களித்த தோழர்களே
பறந்து செல்கின்றோம் நாம் பறந்து செல்கின்றோம்

குரங்குகள் போலே மரங்களின் மேலே தாவித்திரிந்தோமே
குயில்களைப் போலே இரவும் பகலும் கூவித்திரிந்தோமே
வரவில்லாமல் செலவுகள் செய்து மகிழ்ந்திருந்தோமே
வாழ்க்கைத் துன்பம் அறிந்திடாமல் வாழ்ந்து வந்தோமே 
நாமே வாழ்ந்து வந்தோமே

எந்த ஊரில் எந்த நாட்டில் என்று காண்போமோ
எந்த அழகை எந்த விழியில் கொண்டு செல்வோமோ
இந்த நாளை வந்த நாளில் மறந்து போவோமோ
இல்லம் கண்டு பள்ளி கொண்டு மயங்கி நிற்போமோ
என்றும் மயங்கி நிற்போமோ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FXUPnu1bJs

Please note - the above song / movie is from the year 1963 ; but was the standard for school farewells in 70's / 80's as mentioned in the post.

Terrific song. Invokes such nostalgia. I think in this present day facebook era the value of nostalgia itself is fading.
Rathathilagam, to me, is also memorable for the English play enactment(Othello) by Sivaji ad Savithri

While no other song can be called a big hit from this movie, I do remember listening to the 'pOgAdhE pOgAdhE en kaNavA' & 'nava rAththiri siva rAththiri' songs on radio every now and then.

Since both weren't big enough, I'm not featuring them here

However, listening to the பசுமை நிறைந்த நினைவுகளே song after a long time triggered off a lot of activities in my brain.

Which was possibly the reason I woke up at an unusual 4 AM today and was all of a sudden reminded of my onnAm class teacher and her family

While those are mostly personal memories and may not warrant sharing in a forum thread, I have an agenda for them and will have to post here!

Let me put together my thoughts and present here first. Afterwards, I'll share the reason / agenda in the protected forum section

Coming from a "no kindergarden / straight to onnAngLAss" kind of village / time period, Thayamma (what a lovely name, mother-mother) was my AnA AvannA teacher

Like my parents, both she and her husband were teachers in the same school and stayed in the same campus. Similar in # of children too (4) with a minor difference, 3 girls and one boy. During childhood, I didn't know that it made so much of difference in some communities.

That it put so much stress on the parents and making them work harder, to save money for the "forthcoming wedding expenses for 3 girls".

In any case, the teacher perfectly fit the description of "கொத்தவரங்கா போல ஒடம்பு". Add grey hair, paridhAba spectacles and a permanently worried look in the face. Fortunately, I don't remember noticing all these features when she was actually my class teacher but only after some years I did see her that way!

Her hubby tried his hand in many things in pursuit of money and was a loser all the time. (e.g. tried lorry service, it met with an accident and all the money gone). He was the reason for my dad ever going to court (surety - guarantor - co-signor business) that taught me the danger of pledging on behalf of another at a very young age. (Interestingly, that didn't make me hard - of going to the other extreme! To this day I follow my dad and fortunately none had put me in trouble  ).

Well, one bad day, the man lost his life to an accident! While the compensation from the vehicle owner / insurance covered for some of his loans, the lady was now given the burden of settling all four children. Though the boy, the second among them, had an education to be a physical edu teacher, he didn't get any job and thus ended up running a tea shop / hotel in the village.  (For those who are familiar with my umpteen number of "tea-shop" references in forum posts, this fellow was one main source of music for us between 77-81 with the original vinyls of iLamai oo, kallukkuL ee and the likes).


As memories drift back, my mind sees him behind the copper boiler - hidden behind the steam for most of the time or fighting with the charcoal that gets stuffed into it, busy busy for most part of the day, making tea or serving the home-made idly / chutney / rice / sambar and such stuff to customers!

That idly-chutney reference takes me to their home, where I used to frequent during my school days. Mainly to meet and "race" with his younger sister (#3, he had a pAvam elder sis , #1 and another kadaikkutty sis, #4), who was a couple of years older than me! She was an extremely fast runner (winning most of the girls' races at school) and we younger boys were no match for her! Also, she had a lot of story books to give us to read and thus was always a favorite akkA. 

Now this akkA's after school activities included a LOT OF WORK. It was the same case with her elder sister, younger sister and mother. They had to grind using Attukkal (no mechanized grinder those days) for the "hotel". Day after day. Also, cook in the early morning before school. Hard work! (So much physical work - that even though her face was one of the most beautiful from my school day memories of any girl, she was also possibly the leanest ones ever seen. involuntarily I've heard village women -who did their arattai with my mom- talking about her as to why she didn't "age-attend" even until late teens. I don't know if she ever did)

That was not all - the family needed to do more work, to accumulate their funds. And they had taken up additional work - "work-from-home" for the small match factory in our village (which was also owned by the school management). 

It was a typical vocation for poor families in the village. (Though not in the scale of places around Sivakasi). They get packs of wooden sticks (would-be-matches) and will have to arrange them on wooden jigs called "chakkai & kattai". 

The girls used to be extremely fast in arranging the sticks. On occasions, I tried to do the same at their home and used to be terribly slow - because of many reasons - lack of skill / inexperience / disinterest etc. OTOH, they were committed / busy / hard-working, all the time.

Well, unfortunately, I don't know what happened to all of them  

After I joined college, most of my time was spent in hostel and the visits to the village were brief with no socializing with them. And once I joined a job, totally no connection. (I'll have ask my mom what happened to them, when I call next).

Well, this HARD WORKING family was in my mind this morning. Easily a good example of 'வேர்வை சிந்த உழைத்தல்"!

End of my பசுமை நிறைந்த நினைவுகள் here - now I need to move to the agenda in the other section!

Very moving story. Caused a lump in my throat. Thanks for sharing!

nanRi V_Sji, MayilSK, rajkumarc & Nerd for reading the story and posting your comments (here and twitter).

I was able to cleverly bring the subject of this family during my phone call to ammA ; got all the needed details, for the conclusion of the varalARu...("cleverly" = just one simple question. That's all needed for ammA to talk for many minutes on the subject  )

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The last girl (#4) of the family, who also happened to be my sister's classmate, is serving as a school teacher somewhere in the same area, happily married / having kids / enjoying life

The akkA (#3) who used to race with me is the one with highest education from that family...thus having some high quality job...happily married with just one kid  Not living in that area but in some big city...

The boy managed to finally get the job for his qualification, as a physical edu teacher, somewhere in the same district. Once again, happily married / kids / routine life etc.

The eldest akkA's case is the most interesting. She became a teacher in the same school her parents served  And later moved to another branch of that in the neighboring village as HM. Marriage / kids etc all happened as desired

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Now, the story won't be complete if I miss two important details...

1. The eldest has recently retired  Means, she must be 58 years...reminding one how fast events have overtaken one's journey of life...and the idea of getting old is not a very nice feeling  

2. The mother, my AnA AvannA teacher, had her 2nd retirement (i.e. from life) two years ago  

She must have had a fulfilling life, seeing her kids do well in life. Reminds me of my own grandfather  11 kids including my dad. 8 sons and 3 daughters. Sometime around the time the youngest son (the 11th) was 2 yrs old, thaatha faced heavy losses in business (had a chit fund company on paati's name and his partner swindled him. Something like Mahanadhi film) and thaatha was left in the lurch. The losses amounted to 1 lakh then around 1970. For 10 yrs, he faced herculean struggles trying to feed the 11 mouths and educate them (and marry the 3 girls) and eventually, all the sons qualified well and lifted him out from the debt. He passed away a satisfied man 6 yrs back at the age of 86 #PasumaiNiraindhaNinaivugal

Just for record, another source authenticating 'mayakkum mAlaippozhudhE nee pO pO' was by KVM:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/article3023424.ece

(Randor Guy writing TF history on The Hindu)

The music was by K. V. Mahadevan. Not many are aware that the tune composed for this film by Mahadevan, ‘Mayakkum maalai pozhudhu...’, could not be used for many reasons and was subsequently used by Ramanna in Gulebakavali for which the music composers were Viswanathan-Ramamurthy. This song is still popular. 

#28 பொன்னான வாழ்வே மண்ணாகிப் போமா (டவுன் பஸ்)

Another 50's song (1955) that still had considerable radio time in the 70's / 80's during my main listening period.

While I never liked the song (too sad and not suitable for my age at that time), I cannot deny that the song was popular in TN.

Pugazhendhi is credited as the assistant to KVM on this movie titles. So, he was assisting the MD for MANY decades

The lyricist is K M Sheriff for this movie and there are at least two songs that reached me.

This song has that childish-sounding M S Rajeswari and Trichy Loganathan. (On screen are Anjali Devi & Kannappa).

One more interesting this about this movie is A P Nagarajan is listed as "kadhai-vasanam" (his early days, not a director yet).

Here are the pAdal varigaL & youtube :

பொன்னான வாழ்வே மண்ணாகிப் போமா
துயரம் நிலை தானா உலகம் இதுதானா?

பண்போடு முன்னாளில் அன்பாக என்னோடு வாழ்ந்தாரே
வீணான பாலாய் விரும்பாத பூவாய்
என்றெண்ணி விடுத்தாரே என்னன்பை மறந்தாரே

பண்பாடு இல்லாமல் மண் மீதே பாழாகி நொந்தேனே
தேனான வாழ்வு திசைமாறிப் போச்சே
நிம்மதி இழந்தாச்சே தீராத பழியாச்சே

பெண்ணென்றும் பாராமல் எல்லோரும் என் மீது பழி சொல்வார்
உள்ளன்பு கொண்டேன் அவர்மீது நானே
ஊராரும் அறிவாரோ? என் வாழ்வை அழிப்பாரோ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0PzX8gqYs



The youtube also has a scene leading to the sobbing song. To listen to the song alone, one can use the link below:

http://www.artistsrights.org/town-bus-full-album-tamil/

#29 சிட்டுக்குருவி சிட்டுக்குருவி சேதி தெரியுமா? (டவுன் பஸ்)

This is another song that was a regular on radio those days in that childish MS Rajeswari voice.

The song seems to have both happy and pathos versions. 

Both must have been penned by K.M.Sheriff, being the sole lyricist for the movie. Also, both songs share the lines 75% (only the last two lines are different, with a total of 8 lines).

The first one is sung to a literal chittukkuruvi in kooNdu while the sobbing one is to the child that asks "When will daddy come back?"

Here are the pAdal varigaL:

சிட்டுக்குருவி சிட்டுக்குருவி சேதி தெரியுமா? 
என்னை விட்டுப் பிரிஞ்சு போன கணவன் வீடு திரும்பலே

பட்டு மெத்த விரிச்சு வச்சேன் சும்மாக் கிடக்குது
பசும்பாலைக் காய்ச்சி எடுத்து வச்சேன் ஆறிக் கிடக்குது

தலைய வாரிப் பூ முடிச்சேன் வாடி வதங்குது
சதா தெருவில் வந்து நின்று நின்று காலும் கடுக்குது
வழிய வழியப் பாத்துப் பாத்துக் கண்ணும் நோகுது
அவர் வந்தால் பேச நிறைய சேதி நெஞ்சில் இருக்குது

The youtube of the happy version : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy-nGNGAnDQ


The last two lines are replaced by the following in the sOga version:

குழந்தை அப்பா எங்கே என்று என்னைக்கேட்குது 
நெஞ்சம் வருந்தி வருந்தி அழுது அழுது கண்ணும் நோகுது 

This video too is on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxj_l5WEcCo


Not a big favorite with me, as in the case of the previous song from this movie. 

Nevertheless, cannot deny the claim on popularity.

#30 மயக்கமென்ன இந்த மௌனமென்ன (வசந்த மாளிகை)

Since this thread is not a chronological exercise but free-form, I'm jumping to the 1972 biggie featuring NT.

The song needs no intro, one of the biggest hit numbers of TFM from that decade. The song's popularity to this day in unquestionable. 
(Shankar showcased it as a NT-era-sample in his Rajinikanth movie "Sivaji" for the 1st night scene. Just oru sORu).

Unfortunately, this song was such a big irritation for me during school days - didn't like the song those days but was subjected to involuntary listen 1000's of times. Every kalyANam - kachchEri had it and the loud TMS voice blasting thru loud kOlAmbi speakers at high decibels was such an attack on my ears those years  Even PS wasn't sweet to my ears in this song at that period of time and I used to consider the song as an assault on me.

Not that I like it that much now - but I've developed appreciation for some splendid lines by kavingar in this song over the years.

அன்னத்தைத் தொட்ட கைகளினால் மதுக்கிண்ணத்தை இனி நான் தொட மாட்டேன்

உன்னையல்லால் ஒரு பெண்ணை இனி நான் உள்ளத்தினாலும் தொட மாட்டேன்

உன் உள்ளம் இருப்பது என்னிடமே அதை உயிர் போனாலும் தரமாட்டேன்

Terrific lines!

KVM had the benefit of setting melody to these evergreen lines that got etched in the memory of millions of ThamizhargaL around the world!

He did a decent job but the loud TMS killed any possible softness / feelings in the poem or melody by shouting it out!

Anyways, here are the youtube and pAdal varigaL...(there's this famous scene from the movie that precedes the song included in the youtube, enjoy!)

மயக்கமென்ன இந்த மௌனமென்ன மணி மாளிகை தான் கண்ணே
தயக்கமென்ன இந்த சலனமென்ன அன்புக்காணிக்கை தான் கண்ணே

கற்பனையில் வரும் கதைகளிலே நான் கேட்டதுண்டு கண்ணா
என் காதலுக்கே வரும் காணிக்கை என்றே நினைத்ததில்லை கண்ணா

தேர் போலே ஒரு பொன்னூஞ்சல் அதில் தேவதை போலே நீ ஆட
பூவாடை வரும் மேனியிலே உன் புன்னகை இதழ்கள் விளையாட
கார்காலம் என விரிந்த கூந்தல் கன்னத்தின் மீதே கோலமிட
கை வளையும் மை விழியும் கட்டி அணைத்துக் கவி பாட

பாடி வரும் வண்ண நீரோடை உன்னைப் பாத பூஜை செய்து வர
ஓடி வரும் அந்த ஓடையிலே உன் உள்ளமும் சேர்ந்து மிதந்து வர
மல்லிகைக் காற்று மெல்லிடை மீது மந்திரம் போட்டுத் தாலாட்ட
வள்ளி மலைத்தேன் அள்ளி எழுந்த வண்ண இதழ் உன்னை நீராட்ட

அன்னத்தைத் தொட்ட கைகளினால் மதுக்கிண்ணத்தை இனி நான் தொட மாட்டேன்
கன்னத்தில் இருக்கும் கிண்ணத்தை எடுத்து மதுவருந்தாமல் விட மாட்டேன்
உன்னையல்லால் ஒரு பெண்ணை இனி நான் உள்ளத்தினாலும் தொட மாட்டேன்
உன் உள்ளம் இருப்பது என்னிடமே அதை உயிர் போனாலும் தரமாட்டேன்

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wufr44qn1xk


The interludes in the movie are additional extensions that were not in the vinyl. Also, I don't remember most vinyls having the middle saraNam...I think the ones that were on loudspeakers had only two saraNams...or it could be my loss of memory

#31 ஓரு கிண்ணத்தை ஏந்துகின்றேன் (வசந்த மாளிகை)

Another TMS shouting special from this NT hit movie that used to tear my ears apart those days.

However, I do remember liking the lady voice portions ( B Vasantha it seems) that had variation between saraNam to saraNam

These portions were / are delectable to me:

சொர்க்கம் இருப்பது உண்மை என்றால் 
அது பக்கத்தில் நிற்கட்டுமே வெறும் வெட்கங்கள் ஓடட்டுமே

& 

கட்டழகானதோர் கற்பனை ராஜ்ஜியம்
கட்டி முடிந்ததடா அதில் கட்டில் அமைந்ததடா

Immediately after the female voice finishes these portions, TMS shouts the same lines taking away the pleasing experience one had only seconds prior

Regardless of my like / dislike, this song was a patti-thotti-city hit of the 70's. There's no question about the good tune smith-ing of KVM but the orch is pathetic and sans any imagination IMHO...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su0lZwoaUfE


ஏன் ஏன் ஏன்
ஓரு கிண்ணத்தை ஏந்துகின்றேன் ஏன் ஏன் ஏன்
பல எண்ணத்தில் நீந்துகின்றேன் ஏன்

சொர்க்கம் இருப்பது உண்மை என்றால் 
அது பக்கத்தில் நிற்கட்டுமே வெறும் வெட்கங்கள் ஓடட்டுமே
இந்தக் கொக்குக்குத் தேவை கூரிய மூக்கினில் 
சிக்கிடும் மீன் மட்டுமே இதன் தேவைகள் வாழட்டுமே

கட்டழகானதோர் கற்பனை ராஜ்ஜியம்
கட்டி முடிந்ததடா அதில் கட்டில் அமைந்ததடா
கொடும் சட்டங்கள் தர்மங்கள் ஏதும் இல்லை
இன்பச்சக்கரம் சுற்றுதடா அதில் நான் சக்கரவர்த்தியடா 

The disk version had only the above two saraNams. The movie version (refer the youtube above) has an extra first saraNam, with nothing extraordinary and I didn't take pains to get those lines. Not worthy.

#32 யாருக்காக  (வசந்த மாளிகை)

Another big hit song that needs no intro. Also, a song that had been made fun of over the years
(There is even a Manorama comedy song with the same tune, that goes like " இந்த மாளிகை ரத்ன மாளிகை" that came in another movie).

Typical Sivaji-TMS-loud-shouting-dramatic-ear-shattering-70's-number

I must confess, however, that the saraNam is quite nice. Especially, this portion:

கண்கள் தீண்டும் காதல் என்பது அது கண்ணில் நீரை வரவழைப்பது
பெண்கள் காட்டும் அன்பு என்பது நம்மைப் பித்தனாக்கி அலையவைப்பது

Though I'm not sure if anyone would want to watch this youtube, I'm posting the link here as a kadamai :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4sX_5LL8e8


Also, here are the pAdal varigaL by Kavingar that were made into a song with a typical KVM melody and typical Pugazhendi sounds :

யாருக்காக இது யாருக்காக
இந்த மாளிகை வசந்த மாளிகை
காதல் ஓவியம் கலைந்த மாளிகை

காதலே போ போ 
காதலே வா வா 

மரணம் என்னும் தூது வந்தது
அது மங்கை என்னும் வடிவில் வந்தது
சொர்க்கமாக நான் நினைத்தது
இன்று நரகமாக மாறிவிட்டது

மலரைத்தானே நான் பறித்தது 
கை முள்ளின் மீது ஏன் விழுந்தது 
உறவைத்தானே நான் நினைத்தது 
என்னைப் பிரிவு வந்து ஏன் அழைத்தது 

எழுதுங்கள் என் கல்லறையில்
அவள் இரக்கம் இல்லாதவள் என்று
பாடுங்கள் என் கல்லறையில்
இவன் பைத்தியக்காரன் என்று

கண்கள் தீண்டும் காதல் என்பது
அது கண்ணில் நீரை வரவழைப்பது
பெண்கள் காட்டும் அன்பு என்பது
நம்மைப் பித்தனாக்கி அலையவைப்பது

எங்கிருந்து சொந்தம் வந்தது 
இன்று எங்கிருந்து நஞ்சு வந்தது 
அங்கிருந்து ஆட்டுகின்றவன் 
தினம் ஆடுகின்ற நாடகம் இது

#33 கலைமகள் கைப்பொருளே (வசந்த மாளிகை)

This popular song from this movie happens to be my favorite from this album. 

While PS has some extra emphasis on one or two Thamizh letters here and there (and those are not very appropriate IMHO), such do not diminish her overall terrific delivery of this excellent song. 

Very sweet melody by KVM. Obviously the variation that he brings in for the second saraNam enhances the beauty (and that portion happens to be my most desirable portion within the song...நான் யார் உன்னை மீட்ட வரும் நன்மைக்கும் தீமைக்கும் வழி காட்ட? ஏனோ துடிக்கின்றேன் அதன் இனம் தெரியாமல் தவிக்கின்றேன்)

One of the evergreen treasures of TFM!

On-screen is not that great, though tolerable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3SFR5vwhGE


Kavingar excels with his simple yet powerful lines :

கலைமகள் கைப்பொருளே உன்னை கவனிக்க ஆளில்லையோ
விலையில்லா மாளிகையில் உன்னை மீட்டவும் விரலில்லையோ

உன்னிடம் ஆயிரம் ராகங்களே என்றும் உனக்குள் ஆயிரம் கீதங்களே
இசையறிந்தோர்கள் மீட்டுங்களே இல்லை எனக்கேனும் வழி காட்டுங்களே

நான் யார் உன்னை மீட்ட வரும் நன்மைக்கும் தீமைக்கும் வழி காட்ட
ஏனோ துடிக்கின்றேன் அதன் இனம் தெரியாமல் தவிக்கின்றேன்
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