Yeithoa Ninaivugal - Memories of Another Day

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"Malai chaaralil ilam poonguyil.
Athan Maarbunil oruaan kuyil."

- Oru Kudumbathin kathai.

Ennoda favorite paatu.

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GV - There are two versions of Alai paayuthey Kanna. The short version was in Alaigal Oivathillei.

Ravy - I'm sorry. A thousand apologies. Ennai manniththuvidungal. ))
PS is excellent in that song, isn't she?

Udhaya - Our tastes seem to run parallel. (I hope I'm not insulting you!) Except for the alst one, the rest are very good.

Pirabu - There must be hundreds more!

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The next album remembered is my favouritest favourite. )

Aananda Raagam

I remember the movie starring Sivakumar in a fishing village setting. The musical score of Ilayaraaja was at one of his best.

Meigam karukkuthu mazha vara paakkuthu is superbly introduced by Gangai Amaran and taken to great heights by KJ Jesudass and S. Janaki.

Oru raagam paadaloadu by KJJ and SJ again is one of the sweetest sentimental songs of that period. A must in any TFM collection.

Kanavugaley kanavugaley is a stirring soulful number by KJJ.

Kadaloaram, kadaloaram befits the story of thsi movie, but a little to fast for me.

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NOV:

you are really taking me back to those lovely school days! A small request: please write first four words of the line atleast as I am slightly getting confused with certain songs. (if possible, pl. mention the singers too)!

thanks in advance

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raaja_vetti - Ennappa peiru ithu? )
Glad you are enjoying it as well. I will try to meet your requests in my later recollections.

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Ethanai konam ethanai parvai based on on a story by Jayakanthan is available on video although the film was never released.
Ramamurthy

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I have a few songs that I used to hum when I was a school kid. These songs belong to the mid 70's and were hits for a short span of time just before/after IR burst into TFM. I'm not going to elaborate much on these, but just enough to make one nostalgic.

1. Neram, pournami neram - SPB, VJ - Meenava Nanban - Nice, hummable tune by MSV
2. Thangaththil niram eduththu - KJY,VJ - Meenava NaNban - Another nice song
3. sugam aayiram, en ninaivilae - VJ - MayangugiraL Oru mAdhu - MD- Vijaya Baskar (This is one of VJ's best, the tune is still fresh in my memory)
4. kaNNanin sannidhiyil - two versions, one is a KJY solo and the other is PS & Jayachandran. Both were popular. (Oru kodiyil iru malargaL).

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Thanks Ramamurthy & Ravy for your valuable inputs.

I have two very popular movies for review today, both with music my Isaignani.

Kaatriniley Varum geetham

I can't recall anything about the actors in this movie. The songs, on the other hand, really caused a stir then.

Kandein engum poomagal, naatiyam, kaanbathellam athisayam, aanantham, kaatriniley varum geetham.
by S. Janaki is truly haunting. I didn't see the movie, but I can very well imagine the scene. S. Janaki is fantastic in this song and sounds even better in the slower version of this song. Enchanting and vintage stuff.

Oru vaanavil poaley, en vaazhviley vanthaai
by Jayachandran and S. Janaki is another great number and a charming sentimental.
Un vaarththaiyaal ennai vendraai....
Hmmmm.

Siththira sevvaanam sirikka kandein, thaiyara thaiyaa, en kannaana Kannamma, en ponnaanna Ponnamma
The thaiyara thaiya by Jayachandran is too good to be true! I remember the excellent reviews this song received back then.


Mullum Malarum

This movie was Mahendran's effort and brought together Rajani Kanth and Shoba as Mullum Malarum - brother & sister.

Senthaalam poovil vanthaadum thendral, en meethu moathuthamma
Lyrics by Kannadasan and vocal by Jesudass carried this song to super heights.
Azhagu miguntha raajakumaari megamaaga poagiraal What a killer combination!

Niththam niththam nellu choaru, nei manakkum kaththirukka. Neththu vachchaa meen kolambu enna izhukkuthaiyya
Who would believe it that this song was sung by Vaani Jeyraam. Only IR would have thought of it! )

Adi penney, ponnunjal aaduthu ilamai and
Raaman aandaalum Raavanan aandalum enakkoru kavalai illei are the other two songs in this movie.

There's one more movie in this cassette, Ival Oru Seethai in which
Pallava naattu raajakumaarikku paruvam pathinettu by SPBala is worth mentioning.

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NOV: I fell in love with KVK songs the first time I heard them. I remember the reviews for this movie that it started with a lot of promise but that was it. The leading pair was Muthuraman and Kavitha & directed by SP Muthuraman.

Also the slower version of KandEn engum is sung by VJ. This was the first song IR used super-imposing technique . Other such songs are En KaNmaNi from Chittukuruvi and KaNmaNiyae from 6ril irundhu 60 varai.

Another movie songs that I would love to have in my collection is Chittukkurvi. Recently I added a couple of them thanks to Nitin Sreedevan.

1. En KaNmani
2. Ponnula ponnula paNNina mookuththi
3. Ada da da mamaRakiLiyae
4. Unnai nambi nettiyilae

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Ravy 'kaatrinile varum geetham'was directed by Sridhar-probably one of his bad films.

NOV-archanai pookal was directed by Sankaran AIyer and not BaluMahendra and the artistes were Mohan,Rajalakshmi and SUbhadra.

I long to listen to these favs of mine:

Kovil pura(*ing Saritha,Sankar)

1)Sangeethamae en deivamay-SJ
2)Vedham nee iniya naadham nee-KJY
3)Amudhae tamizhae azhagiya mozhiye-PS,UR

This film should probably be IRs first attempt on classical music

Raagam thedum Pallavi(Sankar,Anu,Rajiv)-TRs brillaint lyrics and soothing music:

1)Paarkadalil thathalithu-SPB
2)Moongilile pattisaikkum-SPB
3)Indha malligai manasae en maaman parikka-SJ

KIlinjalgal(Mohan,Poornima)-an award winning film with nice songs by TR

1)chinna chinna kanna seidhi sollum manna-PS
2)Vizhigal medaiyaam imaigal thiraigalaam-SJ,Dr Kalyan
3)There is one more solo by JC(sad song)


Anbullae Malarae(Shanthi krishna,sarath and Srividhya)-a very less known film by Mahendran with soulful music by IR and meaningful lyrics by Vmuthu

alai meedhu thadumaarudhe siru odam-SPB,VJ
thaiye thaiye kan munn neeye-SPB
One more duet by PS and SPB

Kavidhai paada neramillai-a kinda artistic film with Nasser and AMala in the lead-music by LVaidhyanathan and lyrics by VMuthu(very meaningful lyrics)

putham pudhu ulagam kannil therigiradhu-SJ,LV
thodu vaanam nijamalla thoduvadhu sulabamalla-KJY,SJ
one more solo by KJY

Raagam thedum pallavi(totally new cast)- a musical film by Kunnakudi vaidhyanathan had couple of excellent songs:

sarigamapadhanee enum swapthaswara raagam-SPB,VJ
malaro nilavo malaimagalo - JC

Oru malarin payanam(Lakshmi,Oorvasi,SUlakshana,Murali)-film based on ANuradha Ramanans story had good songs by Chandrabose

pillai manam vellai manam-VJ,Rajseetharaman
thedum un parvaai pen paavai-VJ,Ramakrishna

Oru gramathin adhyayam(new actors)with very nice songs by IR
aathu mettule oru pattu kekkudhu-SJ,MV
vaadadha rosappoo naan onnu parthen-SPB
oodha kaathu veesaiyile kuyilu koovaiyile-JC,SJ



Miscallaneous songs:

1)poomele veesum poongatre en mel veesa maattaya-echill iravugal-KJY,VJ-IR
2)ingum naam kaanum paasam ellame vesham-poi mugangal-KJY-CHandrabose
3)ninaithaal unnai than ninaippen-unidathil naan-KJY,VJ-thaianban
4)Indha vannakiliye ennai thannandhaniye-mridhanga chakravarthy-TMS,PS-MSV
5)indha pachaikilikkoru sevvandhi poovil-needhikku thalai vanangu-KJY-MSV
6)nee varuvai ene naan irundhen-SUjatha-Kalyani menon-MSV
7)Yaaro oruthi ezhudhugiraal-anbulla athaan-Kovai sounderrajan-MSV
8)kalyaanam kacheriyaam kondattamam oorgolamaam-Mohan punnagai-TMS-MSV
9)Selvamae ore mugam parkkiren-amarakaaviyam-TMS-MSV
10)raagam pudhu raagam ini naalum paadava-nenjil oru mull-Deepan,SPShailaja-Rajan Nagendra

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