Mr. "Get the job done" Mano

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The 80s was the year of the giant trio, SPB, Malaysia Vasudevan and KJ Jesudass, as far as singing is concerned in TFI. But quietly, behind their gigantic shadows (not helped by the fact SPB was there), grew Mano (original name Nagoor Babu).

Read here and here on his background and stuff.

Mano is not as great as SPB, nor can he stake Carnatic credibility ala K.J. Jesudass and no way his voice can be immediately associated with the likes of NT AND Rajini like the late Malaysia Vasudevan is remembered. Maybe Ramarajan, but what the heck.

When Vasudevan was exhausted for singing for Rajini, they got Mano in and the man did justice. Of course, who can forget the Ramarajan/IR flicks where it’s okay to watch the movie with your eyes closed, except when Annan and Senthil appears.

So he gets the job done. He’s the courteous delivery boy. He is the Sous Chef. He is the Luca Brassi of TFI, except he didn’t sleep with the fishes. Here’s one I get to sing back in my school days when someone bigger hijacked the SPB song (yes, I could do the "silusilu" part):

Oh, Raghu (Paramu), you are banned from here, unless you have something nice to say about Mano.