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Vani Jayaram's songs

Topic started by avvaiyar (@ 203.116.61.132) on Wed Jan 27 02:29:28 EST 1999.
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I'm a new visitor to this website. I couldn't see anyone discussing about Vani Jayaram's songs.
Let me start this one.(It had been there previously pls. forgive me!)

"Ezhu swarangalukkul ethanai paadal..
Ithaya surangathul ethanai kelvi...
Vaazhum manitharukkul ethanai salanam.."

Wow! Beautiful voice!

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• From: Saravanan (@ 213.42.2.28) on: Mon Mar 29 15:05:47 EST 2004
  
  Continued:
  
  180.Kannalam kattame- Ullathil Kuzhandhaiyadi- S-G
  
  A.C.V. Combines’ Ullathi Kuzhandhaiyadi was, in all likelihood directed by K.S.Gopalakrishnan. It starred Jaishankar and Sripriya. I seem to vaguely remember that Prameela and Thengai Srinivasan were also in the cast.
  
  The Stedman's Medical Dictionary defines ‘Amnesia’ as "a disturbance in the memory of information stored in long-term memory, in contrast to short-term memory, manifested by total or partial inability to recall past experiences." And how much this amnesia has helped our film-makers over the years! Amara Deepam, Koduthuvaithaval and Engiruntho Vandhaal, to name a few, are some instances where amnesia held center-stage. And though there seem to be numerous types of amnesia, our directors had a particular fondness for what is known as ‘Retrograde Amnesia’ - Inability to remember events that occurred before the incidence of trauma or the onset of the disease that caused the amnesia.
  
  Ullathil Kuzhandhaiyadi had Sripriya suffering from amnesia and Jaishankar taking care of her. As usual she had the mental make-up of a child while being looked after by him. While Ullathil Kuzhandhaiyadi didn’t set the cash counters jingling, 5 years later, when Balumahendra adapted the same story and presented it as Moondram Pirai, it made history!
  
  There were only 3 songs in the film:
  
  Kannalam kattame- VJ
  Mambuttiyai tholila vechchu- SJ
  Kannukku neeyoru- Seergazhi Govindarajan & VJ
  
  The lyrics for all the songs were by Maruthakasi. The veteran lyricist’s tryst with tfm had all but ended with the 60s, but S-G kept bringing him back from hibernation every now and then. We haven seen instances of their collaboration in 1977: ‘Thayaakki vecha en thangame’ (Rowdy Rakkamma) and ‘Aalamarathukkili’ (Paalabishegam).
  
  Maruthakasi scintillates in the lyrics here, for rural themes were his forte and his choice of words is appealing and apposite
  
  Kannalam kattame kadhava thaappa podame-
  pullapperu paarkkaame butti paalum oothaame-
  en machaan pethaan pulla--
  avan manasu romba vella!
  
  Vaigai perugi vara
  vaala meen thulli vara
  thulli varum meenukkellaam thoondil podum rasavaa
  en machaan pethaan pulla--
  avan manasu romba vella!
  
  Malaikku Mahalingam
  Maamaruda sokkalingam
  Sokkalingam pethedutha Surulimala Velanaattam
  en machaan pethaan pulla--
  avan manasu romba vella!
  
  Seethaiamma thirumagano
  Sriraman peththevano
  Kannan mavan mammuthano kaalaiyinnu sollumbadi
  en machaan pethaan pulla--
  avan manasu romba vella!
  
  The tape version has one more verse:
  
  Naan mundhaana virikkama munnooru naal summakkama
  sondha bandham sirikkama thondhi sariya pekkama
  en machaan pethaan pulla--
  avan manasu romba vella!
  
  VJ sounds charmingly playful, as she essays this song—her exaggerated ‘r’s add to the folksy backdrop.
  
  Click here to listen:
  
  http://in.f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/sarva1511/vwp2?.tok=bcjDKJTByAMZa1td&.dir=/&.dnm=kannalam.mp3&.src=bc
  
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 213.42.2.28) on: Mon Mar 29 15:07:12 EST 2004
  
  181.Kannukku neeyoru kannipponnu- Ullathil Kuzhandhaiyadi- Seergazhi Govindarajan- S-G
  
  This is a song that I remember listening to a lot as a child. And like many songs of the elusive 70s, this one too vanished from the airwaves forever.
  
  VJ: Kannukku neeyoru kannipponnu
  karuthukku nee vaerum pachchai mannu
  kannukku neeyoru kannipponnu
  en karuthukku nee verum pachchai mannu
  unnadiyo soru unnadiyo
  ottaaram pannuvathennadiyo
  nee ottaaram pannuvathennadiyo
  
  SGR: Vanna chemba kuthi soraakki
  vaala meen thundathai saaraakki
  vanjam ariyaatha pennunakku
  vanjara meenum porichirukku
  nalla vanjara meenum porichirukku
  VJ: unnadiyo soru unnadiyo
  ottaaram pannuvathennadiyo
  nee ottaaram pannuvathennadiyo
  
  VJ: uruvathil neevoru senkarumbu
  ullathil sinnanjiru arumbu
  nee odiyaadi pannum akkurumbu
  ulagam ariyappillai kurumbu-
  indha ulagam ariyappillai kurumbu
  
  SGR: pinjil pazhukkura kaalaamadi-
  padhinanjil ithu ennakkolamadi
  idhu pinjil pazhukkura kaalaamadi
  padhinanjil ithu ennakkolamadi
  nenjile un ethirkaalam vandhu
  sanjalathukku aalaakkuthadi-
  enna sanjalathukku aalaakkuthadi
  
  I think (not certain though, hazy ‘oliyum oliyum’ memories) that Thengai Srinivasan and Prameela worriedly sing this song to Sripriya, as she stubbornly refuses to eat. KSG must have remembered that SGR sang the folksy ‘Aathadi maariyamma soru aakki vechen vaadiyamma’ for his Aadhiparasakthi, and hence called him to sing this one.
  
  We have seen earlier that SGR and VJ had sung together ‘Oru kodi aasaigal’(Uravukku Kai Koduppom-1975), and ‘Neeyindri yaarumillai’ (Varuvaan Vadivelan-1978). They come together again to sing this lovely song.
  
  VJ commences by wondering at her child-like mental state and pleads with her to shake off her adamant stance and come to eat. SGR chips in by describing in tantalizing detail the lavish spread of delectable delicacies, and urges her to partake of it. VJ forgives her for all her pranks, as she is but a child in her thinking. SGR bemoans her strange ailment, and almost breaks down as he fretfully expresses his fears over what the future would hold in store for her. This song is a wonderful illustration of how such talented playback artistes verily lived the roles they were singing for.
  
  Listen on:
  
  http://in.f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/sarva1511/vwp2?.tok=bcbZKJTBXVbzWBh8&.dir=/&.dnm=kannukku.mp3&.src=bc
  
  
  With this we find that we have finally come to the end of the 1978 narrative. Starting from VJ’s songs for MSV, we have now dwelt at length on her songs for S-G, and in between we have discussed VJ’s songs for KVM, V.Kumar, Vijayabhaskar, MBS, IR, Chandrabose, HMV Raghu, R.Ramanujam, Shyam and Ramesh Naidu. And though we have covered 59 songs in this year, I still can’t help feeling that there would be some more VJ songs in 1978 that we are yet to rediscover.
  
  On refection, I feel 1978 must have been an immensely satisfying year for VJ, as she got to sing many wonderful songs for an assorted array of MDs, and she did justice to each one of her songs.
  
  Many of the films we discussed were pedestrian fare, and many of the songs too are seldom heard these days.
  
  However, as Wordsworth says,
  
  ‘And, when the stream which overflowed the soul was passed away,
  a consciousness remained that it had left,
  deposited upon the silent shore
  of memory, images and precious thoughts,
  that shall not die, and cannot be destroyed’.
  
  -Lets take up the 1979 chronicle soon-
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.167) on: Mon Mar 29 15:13:18 EST 2004
  
  Dear all, thank you for your patience. My apologies for the long break.
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.89) on: Mon Mar 29 21:02:58 EST 2004
  
  Saravanan
  The long break was all worth waiting for. Thanks for the nice write-ups. It was so long that I read one such. It felt good. Now that you attach songs to the article, it is even more enjoyable.
  
  Ramesh Naidu did a wonderful movie for KViswanath called Svayamkrushi in 1988, I think. It had some lovely songs which were melodious and popular as well. Meghasandesama, Anandabhairavi, Svayamkrushi etc stand as testimonies to his genius. Being one of my favorite music composers, I loved his choice of orchestration in his songs. Great man! Thanks for reminding his songs/movies.
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.89) on: Mon Mar 29 21:03:35 EST 2004
  
  Saravanan
  The long break was all worth waiting for. Thanks for the nice write-ups. It was so long that I read one such. It felt good. Now that you attach songs to the article, it is even more enjoyable.
  
  Ramesh Naidu did a wonderful movie for KViswanath called Svayamkrushi in 1988, I think. It had some lovely songs which were melodious and popular as well. Meghasandesama, Anandabhairavi, Svayamkrushi etc stand as testimonies to his genius. Being one of my favorite music composers, I loved his choice of orchestration in his songs. Great man! Thanks for reminding his songs/movies.
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.89) on: Mon Mar 29 21:05:31 EST 2004
  
  Saravanan
  The long break was all worth waiting for. Thanks for the nice write-ups. It was so long that I read one such. It felt good. Now that you attach songs to the article, it is even more enjoyable.
  
  Ramesh Naidu did a wonderful movie for KViswanath called Svayamkrushi in 1988, I think. It had some lovely songs which were melodious and popular as well. Meghasandesama, Anandabhairavi, Svayamkrushi etc stand as testimonies to his genius. Being one of my favorite music composers, I loved his choice of orchestration in his songs. Great man! Thanks for reminding his songs/movies.
  
  
• From: Naaz (@ 24.87.30.219) on: Mon Mar 29 23:03:20 EST 2004
  
  Saravanan -
  
  Whoa!! It will take me a good three days to read and reread your latest instalment and respond with detail....but I have to tell how thrilled I was to discover Muthamma Chinna Chittu after even god doesn't remember how long!! It is up there in VJ rustic renditions along with Aalamaraththukili, MaasiMaasa Kadaisiyile, Niththam Niththam, Vellikkizhamai Vidikaala, Cheppukkodam Thookipora...
  But Muthamma had dropped off in my memory. After 26 years to find it here today, like running into a schoolmate in a superstore line-up...Bless you!
  
  I am really looking forward to reading evey small detail in the above. By the end of this week (or end) I'll post my thoughts on the songs you have presented. It looks like a good week already! :-)
  
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.170) on: Tue Mar 30 13:04:23 EST 2004
  
  Thanks Naaz/ Kaumudi : )
  
  Kaumudi, yes Swayamkrushi is another great Ramesh Naidu album. I wanted to write more on RN, but some well-meaning friends have (quite rightfully) pointed out that I get too verbose in my posts, and tend to digress a bit. Hence thought I’ll try to be more ‘to the point’!
  
  I also must admit that I don’t know much about Telugu film music. I discovered the brilliance of Ramesh Naidu only recently, and have been trying to know more about him. I have been spellbound by many of his songs- ‘Ee roju chaala manchi roju’ (Devadas/ SJ), Chandamama rave(Manorama/PS), ‘Nayanahridaya’ (Sangeetha Samrat/SPB), ‘Abinava thaaravo naa abimaana taaravo’(Sivaranjini/SPB), ‘Yevaru yevaro theliyakeeda’ (Bahudoorapu Baatasari /SPB&PS) , ‘Lalithakalaradhanulu’ (Kalyani/SPB), ‘Vennela Vendaga’ ( Suvarnasundari/SPB), ‘Kamudu kamudu’ (Swayamkrushi/ SPB & SJ), ‘Aliveni aanimutyamaa nee kanta neeti mutyamaa’ (Muddu Mandaaram/SPB & SJ), ‘Sinni sinni korikaladaga’ (Swayamkrushi/SJ), ‘Tolisaari mimmalni choosindhi modhalu’(Sri Vaariki Premalekha/ SJ), all the songs of Ananada Bhairavi and Meghasandesam. I was amazed that he has made the great Talat Mehmood sing in Telugu! Talat’s song ‘Andaala seemaa sudhaa nilayam ee lokame divya prema mayam’ in Manorama is truly a classic creation! Talat seems to have sung two duets with PS as well in the same film. ( apologies for the poor spellings :)
  
  I have also read somewhere that ARR was playing in RN’s troupe for a while.
  
  I am now trying to learn more about/ listen to more of RN’s songs :)
  
  

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