The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

**al_gates** · 20th March 2012, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by app_engine

A few days later, I went to school with a hmt avinash (beautiful white dial with a black circle, cost Rs 237)

This one?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40789318@N06/4065384317/

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**V_S** · 21st March 2012, 12:05 AM

App,
One quick question. Is puthu nellu puthu naathu a 1990 film?. I remember seeing it in 1991 when it was released. Even IMDB, wiki says so. En Uyir ThOzan was in 1990.

**app_engine** · 21st March 2012, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by V_S

App,
One quick question. Is puthu nellu puthu naathu a 1990 film?. I remember seeing it in 1991 when it was released. Even IMDB, wiki says so. En Uyir ThOzan was in 1990.

Good question - as you can see from my post, I didn't even notice the movie coming & going those days

So, I really don't know...thiraippAdal lists this under 1990 and that's how it landed today in this thread

al_gates,
I can't see the image now, will check when I reach home and comment...

**app_engine** · 21st March 2012, 12:15 AM

I think there are only three more songs for this thread from 1990...from the movies 'nadigan' & 'ooru vittu ooru vandhu'...

**app_engine** · 21st March 2012, 12:22 AM

ok, there's a small (rather big) change...

Some web resources state that kizhakku vAsal was a 1990 movie...(thiraippAdal counts that under 1992)... Is that so? Then we have a few more numbers...

**Plum** · 21st March 2012, 12:28 AM

Pnpn - 1991. Kvaasal - probably 90. Kvaasal kkanmani anjali came in quick succession

**V_S** · 21st March 2012, 01:36 AM

Yes Kizhakku Vaasal was in 1990. May be thiraipaadal got year of some films wrong.

Coming to BR-IR break-fix session, IR had totally changed his approach in the next three BR movies, including PNPN. It was totally different and great experience. Poo Poo Poo and other songs in this movie are no way inferior, even though there is not much SPB in these movies. Karutha machhan (SJ, no words there) and chittaan chittaan are enough to take on several other songs quite deservingly. Sameway, Nadodi thendral. Naadodi Thendral is one the best, if not the best BR-IR movie in terms of music (IMHO), even though we have some minor casualties.

Tunes and orchestration are memorable.

**V_S** · 21st March 2012, 01:56 AM

Originally Posted by app_engine

Suganya - did her debut in this movie. Also the Trichy politician (now a central minister) Napolean acted for the first time in this movie it seems.

So, two more BR introductions who went on to achieve some fame on celluloid.

I guess this is the only movie which had the most number of new faces in terms of even the supporting cast, apart from the hero-heroine. Suganya-Raghul - (hero, heroine), Rudra, Ashok (2nd pair), Renuka - Ponvannan (parents), Napolean (villain) and probably two more, which I could not recollect.

**al_gates** · 21st March 2012, 05:18 AM

Here's the chronology, fellas.

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Pudhu Nellu Pudhu sapling - Diwali 1991(with dalapathi, guna etc)
Ennuyir Thozhan - Feb 15 '90

**al_gates** · 21st March 2012, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by Plum

Pnpn - 1991. Kvaasal - probably 90. Kvaasal kkanmani anjali came in quick succession

Plum has nailed the years plumb in front(sorry!). I drafted a post earlier in the week but it was not auto-saved for some reason. In my observation of the 80's, usually 6 to 9 months is the average life of a chartbuster song those days. So even though Raja had like 9 albums releasing for Diwali 89, the frequently heard ones were from movies like Peculiar Brothers and Varsham-16 released in the summer. It was only around Feb 90 that I heard Vetrivila and Karagattakaran songs(good 3 months after their release) while traveling around in the city.

So yeah, it takes 2-3 months for a song to pick up airtime after the movie's release. This is because TV sets had not yet proliferated into tier 2 and tier 3 cities of Tamil Nadu. It is usually Oliyum oliyum which is your first window to spot a potential hit.

The summer of 90 had us focussing on the soccer world cup. Tamil New year 90 had no major IR album but it gave Pudhu Vasantham. The 2nd half of '90 started with Kizhakkuvaasal, Mounam Sammadham getting lot of time on Oliyum Oliyum. Even though Keladi kanmani was released on the same day as Kizhakkuvaasal, it took about a month before people started noticing Mannil Indha or Nee Paathi naan paathi. But this is just my perception, since I was not the kind to read Vikatan or other tamil mags

In my area, Sundari Neeyum was the most heard of song in the 2nd half of 1990. It remained so till Chinnathambi came along in Apr 91.

And yeah, Sep 90 had India go to the Beijing Asian games where India turned in a terrific performance(1 gold to China's 183, thanks to our national sport Kabbadi).