ஸ்ரீதேவி - இளையராஜா

app_engine wrote:One of the biggest early hits of the Rajini-Sridevi combo, directed by Kamal's friend R C Sakthi, was dharma yudhdham.

IR gave a few terrific songs and two of them had Sridevi on-screen :

ஆகாய கங்கை (no intro needed for this classic and both actors are superb on screen):

Interesting bit of info about Aahaya Gangai - Sri Devi had a fractured leg and couldn't even stand let alone dance. So the director made her sit or used clever angles to hide that fact that she could barely stand (she had very few shots where she stands - most of the time she is just sitting and it is not even obvious - Rajni making up for his costar with a lot of moving around!)

If you revisit this song you can identify how well made the song was without making this fact public. Ask anyone to find out what is different in this song and they probably wouldn't find it unless you tell them. Art at its best I would say !

nanjilaan wrote:

app_engine wrote:One of the biggest early hits of the Rajini-Sridevi combo, directed by Kamal's friend R C Sakthi, was dharma yudhdham.

IR gave a few terrific songs and two of them had Sridevi on-screen :

ஆகாய கங்கை (no intro needed for this classic and both actors are superb on screen):

Interesting bit of info about Aahaya Gangai - Sri Devi had a fractured leg and couldn't even stand let alone dance. So the director made her sit or used clever angles to hide that fact that she could barely stand (she had very few shots where she stands - most of the time she is just sitting and it is not even obvious - Rajni making up for his costar with a lot of moving around!)

If you revisit this song you can identify how well made the song was without making this fact public. Ask anyone to find out what is different in this song and they probably wouldn't find it unless you tell them. Art at its best I would say !

padam partha podhu thondirya ennam.. vidhyasamana picturisation... heroine.. dance adamal.. simple and nice endru ninaithen.
Rajini.. dhooramaga .. stylish walking....... ipadi parthu.. nalla paatu. nalla picutirsation endru ninaika vaithargal dhan......

yen sri devi dance adavilai endru ninai vaikadha picturisation dhan.

nanjilaan wrote:

Interesting bit of info about Aahaya Gangai - Sri Devi had a fractured leg and couldn't even stand let alone dance. So the director made her sit or used clever angles to hide that fact that she could barely stand (she had very few shots where she stands - most of the time she is just sitting and it is not even obvious - Rajni making up for his costar with a lot of moving around!)

If you revisit this song you can identify how well made the song was without making this fact public. Ask anyone to find out what is different in this song and they probably wouldn't find it unless you tell them. Art at its best I would say !

இதைத்தான் தீமையிலும் ஒரு நன்மை என்பார்கள்!
(இப்படிப்பட்ட சூழல் இல்லாவிட்டால் ஒருவேளை வேறுவிதமாகப் படமாக்கி அப்படிப்பட்ட சிறந்த பாடலைத்திரையில் சிதைத்திருக்க வழியுண்டு)

நான் பலமுறை யூடியூபில் கண்டு இன்புற்ற காணொளி!

A rare chance of having both Sridevi and Rekha in a Thamizh movie got missed - meeNdum kOkilA (music album in 1980 and the movie release in 1981) had both when the initial stills came out.

Later Deepa (Unni Mary) came in place of Rekha.

Sridevi got 3 wonderful songs from IR in this album.

சின்னஞ்சிறு வயதில் (the most popular one, Sridevi looks typically innocent and beautiful)

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


ராதா ராதா நீ எங்கே (generic love song)

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


பொன்னான மேனி (has both Deepa and Sridevi in the song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15l4jINPe6A

app_engine wrote:


இதைத்தான் தீமையிலும் ஒரு நன்மை என்பார்கள்!
(இப்படிப்பட்ட சூழல் இல்லாவிட்டால் ஒருவேளை வேறுவிதமாகப் படமாக்கி அப்படிப்பட்ட சிறந்த பாடலைத்திரையில் சிதைத்திருக்க வழியுண்டு)

நான் பலமுறை யூடியூபில் கண்டு இன்புற்ற காணொளி!

Unmai....'Engengo Sellum' from Pattakathi Bhairavan and the song 'Kanmalargalin Azhaippidhal' readily come to mind.

But with R.C. Sakthi being the director for Dharma Yuddham, we would have had hope that he would have done decent justification even if Sri was fit.

But nevertheless he did a fabulous job with the picturisation of this song.

The terrific combo of Sridevi-Kamal-Ilayaraja-S Janaki - SPB in one more song from that 1981 from an obscure movie Sankarlal.

The album came out in 1979 with "Ilayaraja-Gangai Amaran" music (that surprised many people). However, the reason for such a thing came to be known to the public only during recent years.

As the director T N Balu (who earlier did sattam en kaiyil with IR-Kamal) died after starting the project, it became an "eduppAr kaippiLLai".  That way, with only one song composed (possibly for the movie inauguration) IR couldn't get involved in the project anymore and GA took over to do the rest of the songs (and later the BGM).

The movie came out after a couple of years, with cameraman N K Viswanathan directing the rest of the movie (and Kamal helping him out, if one goes by some old articles) only to fail at BO.

Regardless, we got one fantastic number, as mentioned in the beginning!

இளங்கிளியே இன்னும் விளங்கலியே (Sridevi is so beautiful & Kamal literally flings her in one shot )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLnuy7IYbe0

Many of the recent tributes to Sridevi talked about how she effortlessly overtook many heroes to become a super star and she could pair with anyone and make a movie run.

She got that status pretty quickly in TF field itself (and maintained it when she migrated to Telugu / Hindi fields without much difficulty, as there was no Kamal or Rajini in those fields but far less talented men in those fields )

She had a big hit in 1981, with Sarath Babu paired to her in a ambulimAmA kind of story - bAla nAgammA.

Three songs featured her on screen (interestingly, sankarAbharaNam fame Manju Bhargavi danced for two other numbers, with VJ giving pinnaNi for her).

The three Sridevi songs :

நீர் கொடுக்கப் பிறந்ததம்மா

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJwAwP3Sec


கூந்தலிலே மேகம் வந்து

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTDUvj7sFc


பள்ளியறைக்குள் மல்லிகையை

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqjM0rC3FK4

Looks like there are only 3 more TFM albums by IR for Sridevi (2 in 1982 and 1 in 1983) - all 3 are classics.

So, I'll complete this exercise today by covering moonRAm piRai, thanikkAttu rAjA & aduththa vArisu.

One with Kamal and 2 with Rajini.

First the Kamal one of 1982, the classic moonRAm piRai - Sridevi was on-screen was all songs except ponmEni uRugudhE which had silk.

Audio jukebox available on #IR_Official_YT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlzWkb0ezOw


வானெங்கும் தங்க விண்மீன்கள் (stylish Sridevi in corduroy pants / coolers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pHM6pDGOZQ


பூங்காற்று புதிதானது (one of the best ever innovative songs by IR)

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


நரிக்கதை (the only TFM recording of IR where Sridevi had a part in studio)

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


கண்ணே கலைமானே (Kannadasan's last song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WwWrzInpvc

thankikkAttu rAjA (1982) had limited role for Sridevi, as that was a Rajini-centric movie primarily.

(Sridevi is his jOdi only for a brief portion of the movie and then gets married to Jaishankar Possibly because she became busy in Telugu they modified the story. The song 'mullai arumbE' is not on screen even).

However, in the songs where she appears on screen, she is charming - as always!

The album is available on #IR_Official_YT :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kZrjPnl54U


நான் தான் டாப்பு (fight between Sridevi & Rajini)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GMPqRS--s4


சந்தனக்காற்றே (are in love now)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdklK6z_Mv8


நான் தான்டா இப்போ தேவதாஸ் (Sridevi gets married off to villain and so Rajini gets drunk, Sridevi appears only on interlude)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLAYC2Gvryc

aduththa vArisu (1983) was the last Thamizh film that Sridevi did with Ilayaraja.

(After this there was possibly not many direct Thamizh movies - there could have been some dubbed ones or multi-linguals like english vinglish but not many she did in Thamizh itself).

For a fact, there was this "harE rAdhA harE krishnA" that got dubbed from Telugu (Kamal-Sridevi) but I don't think we should cover it here There could have been others (with Chiranjeevi etc. and I'm oblivious to them).

As for aduththa vArisu is concerned, there had been four superb songs featuring Sridevi. (She wasn't in the other two iconic songs, Asai nooRu vagai & pEsakkoodAdhu that had Silk)

வாழ்க ராணி வாழ்க ராஜாங்கம்

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y6aAa1pMHw


காவிரியே கவிக்குயிலே

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCzJsiMW9_M


வா ராசா வந்து பாரு

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqjAxNF0qNE


ஏனய்யா ஏபிசி

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctF_f_ZAn9Q

Completed collecting the youtubes and other links for ALL 69 THAMIZH ORIGINALS that of this combo (IR-Sridevi) and the job is completed!

The whole list is as below :

1977 kavikkuyil kuyile kavikkuyile
1977 kavikkuyil chinnakkaNNan azhaikkiRAn
1977 kavikkuyil kAdhal Oviyam kaNdEn
1977 kavikkuyil chinnakkaNNan azhaikkiRAn female
1977 16 vayadhinilE senthoorappoovE
1977 16 vayadhinilE manjakkuLichchu
1977 16 vayadhinilE sevvanthippoo mudichcha
1977 16 vayadhinilE Attukkutty muttai ittu
1977 gAyathri kAlaippaniyil
1977 gAyathri Attam koNdAttam
1977 gAyathri vAzhvE mAyamA
1977 sAyndhAdammA sAyndhAdu aththai magan muthazhagan
1977 sAyndhAdammA sAyndhAdu kaNNan enna sonnAn
1977 sAyndhAdammA sAyndhAdu ulagil enakkuththAn adhika rasigargaL
1978 priyA Ey pAdal onRu
1978 priyA dArling dArling dArling
1978 priyA sriramanin sreedEviyE
1978 idhu eppadi irukku engum niRaintha iyarkaiyil
1978 idhu eppadi irukku Oh my love
1978 idhu eppadi irukku dhinam dhinam oru nAdagam
1978 sigappu rOjAkkaL indha minminikku
1978 sigappu rOjAkkaL ninaivO oru paRavai
1979 latchumi mELam kotta nEram varum
1979 latchumi thenna maraththula
1979 latchumi velAyi veerAyi
1979 latchumi pandhayaththula kalandhurukkiRa
1979 kavari mAn pooppOlE
1979 kavari mAn malar koNda poongodi
1979 dharma yudhdham AgAya gangai
1979 dharma yudhdham ada pOyyA pOyyA
1979 dharma yudhdham disco sound
1979 kalyANa rAman malargaLil Adum iLmai
1979 kalyANa rAman kAdhal vandhiruchchu
1979 kalyANa rAman kAdhal deepam onRu
1979 kalyANa rAman ninaiththAl inikkum
1979 pagalil oru iravu iLamai enum poongAtRu
1979 pagalil oru iravu ponnAram poovAram
1979 pagalil oru iravu kalaiyO silaiyO
1979 pagalil oru iravu thOttam koNda rAsava
1979 pattAkkaththi bhairavan dEvadhai oru dEvadhai
1979 pattAkkaththi bhairavan varuvAy kaNNA neerAda
1979 pattAkkaththi bhairavan nenjukkuLLE singakkutty
1979 pattAkkaththi bhairavan jill mAlish boot polish
1980 guru paRandhAlum vidamAttEn
1980 guru pEraichchollavA
1980 guru nAn vaNangukiREn
1980 guru endhan kaNNil
1980 guru AdungaL pAdungaL
1980 Johny oru iniya manadhu
1980 Johny en vAnilE
1980 Johny kAtRil endhan geetham
1981 meeNdum kOkilA chinnanchiRu vayadhil
1981 meeNdum kOkilA rAdhA rAdhE nee engE
1981 meeNdum kOkilA ponnAna mEni
1981 sankarlAl iLangiLiyE
1981 bAla nAgammA neer kodukka piRandhadhammA
1981 bAla nAgammA koondhalilE mEgam vandhu
1981 bAla nAgammA paLLiyaRaiyil malligaiyai
1982 moonRAm piRai vAnengum
1982 moonRAm piRai poongAtRu
1982 moonRAm piRai narikkadhai
1982 moonRAm piRai kaNNE kalaimAnE
1982 thanikkAttu rAjA nAn dhAn tAppu
1982 thanikkAttu rAjA sandhanakkAtRE
1982 thanikkAttu rAjA nAn dhAndA ippO dEvadAs
1983 aduththa vArisu vAzhga rANi
1983 aduththa vArisu kAviriyE kavikkuyilE
1983 aduththa vArisu vA rAsA vandhu pAru
1983 aduththa vArisu EnayyA ABC