Kannada songs of Maestro IR / Fully compiled Kannada songs of Ilayaraja / Complete Collection of Ilayaraja's Kannada Songs / YouTube Playlist Kannada songs of Ilaiyaraaja

1981 Kannada movie: Shikari   

Director: C.R. Simha   

Singer: SPB  

Lyricist: Shyamasundar Kulkarni 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPD_81pCYzk  



I will update this thread frequently.  Please feel free to add any rare songs for this thread.

rare song

Swe

Good thread - a territory that I very rarely ventured into

Here is MR's first movie (I think this was debut for Anil Kapoor also) :

pallavi anupallavi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu7L0AfTA_w


A BGM from this movie was as famous as the songs (may be more famous than them). That BGM got remade into a TFM song in the Sivaji movie vAzhkkai (mella mella ennaiththottu).

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


Also, the song "hridaya rangOli" got included in our #IR_misrA thread

Kr wrote:Nammora Mandara Hoove

 
Yes, that is an Album Takeaway!

app_engine wrote:Good thread - a territory that I very rarely ventured into

Also, the song "hridaya rangOli" got included in our #IR_misrA thread

 Thank you, app_engine.

Good to know.  Yet to visit IR_misra thread.

Another Album hit: Nee Nanna Gellalare (1981).  

Director: Vijay   Lyricist: Udayashankar   Singers: S. Janaki & Rajkumar

Featuring the ever-popular Jeeva Hoovagide in which the music and vocals remind you of a perennial river. 

Probably, the only time Rajkumar sang for IR (2 songs including the title song)

BC wrote:Good to know.  Yet to visit IR_misra thread.

That song was included much later than the initial set of songs that got documented for the "tha-ki-ta-tha-ka-dhi-mi" seven beat cycle time signature songs :

https://ilayaraja.forumms.net/t259p100-misra-chapu-raja-63-ambilikkalayum-posted-waiting-for-more


This misra nadai songs are quite rare among non-IR in TFM (it is more common in MFM, however) and we have collected only 31 so far, for all other composers (in the other forum):
https://ilayaraja.forumms.net/t260-non-ir-misra-chapu-7-beat-cycle-songs-in-tfm-30-31

Bhoomi Geetha

IR kannada film..

goro goro

Usha wrote:Bhoomi Geetha

indha padathu paatu ellam Best......

are kamali kamali....... indha paatuku naan rombave kirukku...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAc2c37CE60

 
Thanks for this!  Listening to this song after a very, very long time (how long?!).

Yet another evergreen Album chart-buster!  All the songs are worth their weight in diamonds.  

Movie: Geetha (1981)   Director: Shankar Nag    Lyricist: Udayashankar    Singers: SJ, SPB.

A jackpot for SPB +SJ!  

SN would have worked more with IR, if not for that fatal accident.  Strangely co-incidental is his movie "Accident" which is a song-less movie, with IR scoring the Background Music.  Eerily similar to the much-later Salman Khan's real life crime, almost like a harbinger.

The actress (Padmavati Rao) is the sibling of Arundathi Nag (Shankar Nag's wife & screenplay writer of this movie).  Arundathi Nag could be seen in some episodes of SN's stunning TV series: Malgudi Days and in movies like Accident, Dil Se, Paa etc.

Jotheyali is of course an anthem, that later became hits in Tamil and Hindi as "Vizhiyile mani vizhiyil" in Nooravadhu Naal AND "Jaane do naa" in Paa.

Kelade nimageega, a tribal-themed stage song, became "Devadhai ilam devi" which itself is another sober, heart-wrenching song.

Santhoshakke is the un-Official party song!

My favourite number is Nanna jeeva neenu (which I remember sharing in Song of the day? thread) which is enough to melt even the Himalayas!!   That song is eXtremely close to my heart and soul.  That tune was later re-used for "Devan thandha veenai" (in a happier tone) in Unnai Naan Sandhiththen movie.

Usha wrote:Bhoomi Geetha

indha padathu paatu ellam Best......

are kamali kamali....... indha paatuku naan rombave kirukku...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAc2c37CE60

Beautiful song. Never heard of it.

rare song..

one more song

An old article from Deepa Ganesh, that should give pointers to a number of Kannada albums of IR :

https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/raja-in-kannada-land/article29973034.ece

Tired of saying this, but still,

Another musical.  Another evergreen, chart-buster album featuring the haunting "Thangaliyalli", breezy duet "Yaava shilpi" etc.

Movie #4. Janma Janmada Anubandha (1980)   Director: Shankar Nag (starring his brother Anant Nag, the "Mithaiwaala" of Malgudi Days, Jayanthi, Shankar Nag)    

Lyricist: Udayashankar   Singers: SJ, SPB, S.P. Shailaja, Sulochana 



5 songs.  16+5=21 songs

First Kannada movie of IR.  A good album, overall.

Movie #1:  Maathu Thappada Maga (1978)    Director: Peketi Sivaram, starring Anant Nag, Rajinikanth, Sharadha, Aarathi

Lyricist: R. N. Jayagopal     Singers: SPB, SJ, P. Susheela

1. Entha Sountharya Nodu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bffE1Xk3fW0

2. Baanu Bhoomiya (tune later re-used for the haunting "Edho ninaivugal") - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JGh0kz_QLw

3. Heloru Keloru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drHD4FBFtoU

4. Mareyada Harushada (PS) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slew41C3MhI

BC wrote:First Kannada movie of IR.  A good album, overall.

Mathu Thappada Maga[size=13] (1978)    

3. Heloru Keloru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drHD4FBFtoU

Muthu engal soththu has this "yAr yAru ennannu thAn solvEndA kaNNA" song which is similar :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgmYBBuHwYc


Also, wiki page of that Kannada movie says that was Rajini's "குவார்ட்டரு"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maathu_Tappada_Maga
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Prema

app_engine wrote:

BC wrote:First Kannada movie of IR.  A good album, overall.

Mathu Thappada Maga[size=13] (1978)    

3. Heloru Keloru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drHD4FBFtoU

Muthu engal soththu has this "yAr yAru ennannu thAn solvEndA kaNNA" song which is similar :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgmYBBuHwYc

Also, wiki page of that Kannada movie says that was Rajini's "குவார்ட்டரு"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maathu_Tappada_Maga

Good to know.  Never heard of the movie or the song 

#2. Priya (1978), a bilingual.  

First South Indian movie to have Stereo recording.  Tamil songs sound great in the original source.  I think KJY got -all the songs because the music was recorded in his Tarangini studio!

Director: S. P. Muthuraman      Lyricist: Udayashankar     Singers: KJY, SJ

5. Hey kavithe neenu (Hey paadal ondru) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q-dVJKOkaw

6. Sagara dacheya (Akkarai cheemai) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmZbW38ZQ0Y 

7. Darling darling - CHECK this out for sure!  SJ gives it all, probably somewhat better than PS in Tamil (IMHO)



8. Nannali neenagi (Ennuyir neethaane) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwsEYsf0jo 

Also, check this out.  It has SJ here instead of Jency (but here, I think Jency had that raw innocence which gives this song a different dimension, while SJ is the typical grand old playback voice) 

9. Thangaaliye (Sri ramanin) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM_mqtGfS30

BC wrote:Priya (1978), a bilingual.  

First South Indian movie to have Stereo recording.  Tamil songs sound great in the original source.  I think KJY got -all the songs because the music was recorded in his Tarangini studio!

nanRi for sharing!

I am listening to these for the first time

BTW, here is the sixth song (equivalent of 'akkarai cheemai azhaginilE manam AdakkaNdEnE') :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGyTJL1Cvbk