Old Songs

[Anoushka]

paruva mazhai pozhiya pozhiya
payir ellam sezhikaatho
ival paruva mazhaiAle vazhkai
paalaivanam aagiyathe

tharuvathanaal peruvathanaal
uravu thaambathyam aagatho
ival tharavillai peravillai
thani maramai aanale

Song - Veru idam thEdip pOvalo
Movie - Sila nerangalil sila manithargal
Singer - Vani Jayaram
Lyrics - Jayakanthan

[NOV]

Watched a 60s movie this morning, Itho Endhan Deivam starring Major Sundrarajan, Muthuraman, KR Vijaya, Manohar, VK Ramasami, Nagesh, CK Saraswathy, etc. Director was Thirulokchander with music by MSV and lyrics by the Poet.

Story was quite interesting of habitual criminal Major breaking out of prison and spending time with Muthuraman's family impersonating him. Father is blind and daughter doesnt know who her father was, having never seen him. The only person who knows the truth is wife KR Vijaya, who keeps mum due to circumstances.

In one heart wrenching scene, Major clutches the daughter and sings

thaane mulaiththa maram
thaniyaaga valarntha maram
yEn mulaiththendraayo en selvame
enakke theiryaadhandro

The great Poet describes the charcter's birth and his new uravu like this goes...

thottiyil vaazhntha pillai
thottilil vaazhnthathillai
appanendrazhaithaayamaa
athil en karppanai valarnthaayamaa

meaning as a child he was dumped into garbage and now has someone calling him father and devleoping all kinds of imaginations in him.
In another part he sings...

anbendrum aasaiyendrum
panbendrum paasamendrum
oorsolla kettenammaa
athai naan sorgaththil kaanbenammaa

as an orphan who had no family of his own, can only look forward to such sondhams in death!

This moving song was sung by none other than the king of pathos TMS.

One other good song from the movie was by SPB and PS singing for lovers Muthuraman and KR Vijaya:

ambigai neril vandhaal
anbinai alli thandhaal
gopuram kannil kanden
konjidum kalasam kanden,
devi, en devi

The other two songs were by LR Eswari.