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thiraippAdalgaLil samudhAyak karuththukkaL

Topic started by Kanchana (@ ww-tp05.proxy.aol.com) on Sun Apr 19 11:41:09 EDT 1998.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

TFM boasts of several contemporary poets like Bharadhidhasan, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, Kannadhasan and Vali (Version I) who penned several songs dealing with social issues such as work ethic (uzhaippu), labor rights, women's position in society, religion, caste, patriotism/ nationalism, money/power/greed and the such. In addition, non-film kavidhaigaL from Bharadhi and Bharadhidhasan have been included in TFM to heighten social awareness.
Let's go ahead and discuss some of these songs--old and new--which address some key social issues even as they were entertaining the masses in the context of the movie situation. Please elaborate on the lyrics and your thoughts on the same as your time would allow.

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Responses:

• Old responses
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Fri Apr 24 00:06:24 EDT 1998
  
  chinna chinna izhai pinnip pinni vara
  endru thodangum nesavaaLar paadal (padam: Pudhaiyal)
  
  seyyum thozhilE dheyvam (padam: aaLukkoru veedu)
  
  indha iru paadalgaL patriya full details yaarukkaavadhu
  theriyumaa?
  
  
• From: mayavaram (@ 161.142.189.20) on: Fri Apr 24 00:36:53 EDT 1998
  
  Vaarai Nee Vaarai is by Maruthakazi
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Fri Apr 24 01:11:46 EDT 1998
  
  Kannadhasan's SKP & related type songs ...
  
  vandha naaL mudhal indha naaL varai
  Padam: Paava Mannippu
  
  OhOhOhO manidhargaLE OduvadhengE sollungaL
  Padam: Padiththaal Mattum POdhumaa
  
  oruththaay makkaL naamenbOm
  Padam: Anandha JOthi
  
  ennadhaan nadakkum nadakkattumE
  Padam: PaNath thOttam
  
  paarappaa pazhaniyappaa pattaNamaam pattaNamaam
  Padam: Periya idaththup peN
  
  Madras nalla Madras
  Padam: Anubhavi Raja Anubhavi
  
  mayakkamaa kalakkamaa
  Padam: Sumaithaangi
  
  kavalaigaL kidakkattum maRandhuvidu
  Padam: Pandha Paasam
  
  aaRu manamE aaRu
  and sirippu varudhu sirippu varudhu
  Padam: ANdavan kattaLai
  
  ellOrum ellaamum peRa vENdum
  Padam: Karuppu paNam
  
  kELvi piRandhadhu andru
  Padam: Pachchai viLakku
  
  ondru engaL jaathiyE ondru engaL needhiyE
  Padam: PaNakkaara kudumbam
  
  vaazhndhu paarkka vENdum
  Padam: Shanthi
  
  aaROdum maNNil engum neerOdum
  Padam: Pazhani
  
  kaththiyai theettaadhE undhan budhdhiyai theettu
  Padam: ViLakkEtriyavaL
  
  varavu ettaNaa selavu paththaNaa
  Padam: Bhaamaa vijayam
  
  aalayam enbadhu veedaagum aasai vaiththaal
  Padam: Thaamarai Nenjam
  
  ammammaa thambi endru nambi (Baby Voice version)
  Padam: Rajapart Rangadhurai
  
  paramasivan kazhuththilirundha paambu kEttadhu
  Padam: Sooriyakaanthi
  
  adi ennadi ulagam adhil eththanai kalagam
  Padam: AvaL oru thodarkadhai
  
  nallavar kuralukku madhippirukkum indha naattinilE
  Padam: Dr. Siva
  
  kaRppaam maanamaam kaNNagiyaam seedhaiyaam
  Padam: engaL thanga raajaa
  
  iththanai maandharukku oru kOyil pOdhaadhu
  Padam: uNmaiyE un vilai enna
  
  oorukkum vetkamillai indha ulagukkum vetkamillai
  Padam: Yaarukkum vetkamillai
  
  iRaivan ulagaththai padaiththaanaam
  Padam: unakkaaga naan
  
  paNam ennadaa paNam paNam
  Padam: Andhamaan Kaadhali
  
  thangangaLE naaLaiya thalaivargaLE
  Padam: ennaippOl oruvan
  
  yaadhum oorE yaavarum kELeer
  Padam: NinaiththaalE inikkum
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Manisekatan (@ 202.188.91.159) on: Fri Apr 24 08:04:56 EDT 1998
  
  MARUTHAKAZI:
  Maruthakazi hails from the village called Melaikkudikkadu in Trichy district.His father Aiyam PErumaal Udayar is a village head. Mother is Milagayi Ammaal. This is a farming family. Maruthakazi was born on 13 February 1920.Paabanasam Sivan's elder brother Rajagopala Aiyer gave him sufficient knowledge in stage drama as Maruthakazi had natural inclination towards this performing art. In 1940 he did intermediate in Kudanthai Government college. He staged drama there at a time when his colleague (later writer) Thi Janakiraman used to act in the female role.
  
  Unfortunately he could not complete his studies. He concentrated in farming and song writing. The first song he ever wrote was "kalaimakal uRainthidum kalasaalai" sung by Madurai Shanmugavadivu Subbulachumy(-MS Subbulachumy). Thereafter he adored the golden voice of MSS.
  
  At this time Devi Nadaka Sabai(run by KN Ratnam and Sri Ramulu Naidu) invited Maruthakazi to write songs for a drama called "SooravaLi" by pulavar AK Velan. There is where he wrote his first drama song and got to meet KM Sheriff for the first time. He wrote for several other dramas and acted too in small roles. The first song he wrote for cinema was in the film called Mayavathi. He and KM Sheriff were very close friends, and many films used Maruthakazi and KM Sheriff. Maruthakazi had written mostly for KV Mahadevan. Th rest is history that we are familiar with.
  
  SOME TITBITS
  
  His first song for MGR was "Manushanai Manushan Saappidaranda" in Deva's Thaikku Pin Thaaram. I have given somne interesting info on this song elsewhere. After that film Devar used Ranjan and took Neelamalai Thirudan, to which MGR gave Devar some trouble. The angry Devar requested Maruthakazi to hit MGR in a song. So Maruthakazi wrote Sathiyamey Lachiyamai Kollada. Later MGR, Devar and Maruthakazi patched up.
  
  In Mannathi Mannan MGR used Mar8uthakazi for a song called "aadatha manamum uNdo" the only song that TMS and MLV sang together, in which Maruthakazi penned lines in praise of Makkal Thilakam as follows:
  
  naadengum koNdaadum ougazh paathayil-veera
  nadai podum thirumENi tharun bothayil...
  
  eedEthum illatha kalaichEvayil-thani
  idam koNda umaik KaNdu ippoomiyil..
  
  pasunthangam unathu ezhil angam..
  
  Of course later he wrote many many more for MGR films. When Maruthakazi was almost retired MGR requested him to write for ninaippathgai mudip[pavan to hit at a political figure, and that song is "kaNNai nambathey uNNai Emaatrum"
  
  There are two songs that I could remember that were jointly composed. One is veNNila kudai Pidikka from Abalai Anjugam, by TRM and PS. The other is Kanvazhi pugunthu karuthinil kalantha minnoli yEn mounam by TMS and MS Rajeswari from "Thookku Thooki". The latter was started off by Maruthakazi but the tail end was jointly completd by Maruthakazi and Udumalai Narayana Kavi. That tail end is:
  
  kanvazhi pugunthu karuthinil kalanthu
  kaNivuRum kaathal jothy
  kaaNbOmEy paathy paathy
  kaaNbOmEy paathi paathi
  The song "maruthamalaiyaanEy" from the film Thunaivan earned him Tamilnaadu government award.
  
  Likweise Sirippu athan siRappai seerthooki paarppathu namathu poRuppu was started off by Udumalai Naarayana Kavi, but as he could not complete it on time, Maruthakazi rewrote almost the entire song.
  
  There are too many spicy stories about Maruthakazi's songs, but our area is his samooga paadalkal.
  (Sooner or later we can include these titbits in a separate thread, maybe to be named "SPICE AND JUICE" if onle BONES could join in.)
  
  Let me just quote my favourite samooga paadalkal of Maruthakazi.
  
  1. from Paasavalai by CSJ
  ithuthaan ulakamada-manitha
  ithuthaan ulakamada
  poruL irunthaal vanthu koodum-athai
  izhanthaal vilaki Odum
  
  uthaithavan kaalai muthamidum
  uthamar vaazhvai kothividum
  uthattil uRavum uLLathil pagayum
  vaLarthEy aRivai maaithuvidum
  
  uzhaippavan kayyil Odu tharum
  uNavukku pathilaai nanju tharum
  pazhiyEy puriyum kodiyOn pusikka
  palum pazhamum thinam thEdi tharum
  
  meiyyai poiyaai maatRividum
  veeNEy siRayil poottividum
  poiyum purattum niRainthavan thannai
  pugazhnthEy paadal punainthuvidum..
  
  
  2.from pRantha NaaL by S.G
  
  ellaam thiRaimaRaivey-ulakil
  ellaam thiRaimaRaivey
  kalvi irunthaal enna
  kaRpanai irunthaalenna
  kaNdu rasikka kaNkaLillathavarkku-(ellaam)
  
  
  katRukkodukkaatha kavi vaaNarin pulamai
  kanjathanamudaiyOn kaakkum paNap perumai
  kavaikkuthava padippu uNarchiyillaaa nadippu
  kathiravan jothi munnEy kodathil itta viLakku
  
  aadambaram illa aRivaaLi naavaNmai
  avaniyai uruvaakkum thozhilaali kaivanmai
  naadikkadal kalantha nathineerin nalla thanmai
  nanriyillathavarkku nallavar seitha nanmai
  ellaam thiraimaRaivey
  
  3. from kongu naatu thangam by MLV
  
  irunthum illathavarey-ellaam
  irunthum illathavarey-avarkal
  iruppathu uNmayil perunthavaRey ulakil
  
  selvam irunthenna? siRappukkal irunthenna?
  kaLLamilla uLlam illathavar ellaam(irunthum)
  
  maNakkum jaathiualli malarai thaLLi- kaNNai
  paRikkum kaakithappoo vaanguvOr-veli
  azhagil aasai koNdu Enguvor
  malar vittu malar thaavi mathuvuNNu vaNdaaki
  mananilai thadumaari vaazhnthiduvor ellaam-(irunthum)
  
  
  4. from Marutha naattu veeran by TMS
  
  samathaanamEy thEvai-antha sanmaarkkam thazhaithida seivOm sEvai
  
  amaithiyaaga naam vaazhnthidavEy
  anbum aRamum vaLarnthidavEy
  samarasa paathai thOndridavEy
  saanthamum inbamum soozhnthidavEy
  
  pOtti poRaamaikal illaatha-oru
  puthiya samuthaayam uruvaaga-puthar
  kaattiya vazhiyil naam poga-avar
  kaNda kanavukal nanavaaga
  
  katchi pEthangaL ethaRkaaka?-pala
  kalakamum pagaiyum etharkaaka?
  otRumayaai naam uyanthiduvOm!
  orEy katchiyaai irunthiduvOm!
  
  5. from Yaar paiyan by Gandasaala
  
  suyanalam perithaa pothu nalam perithaa
  intha sollin uNmai thannai eNNI paarada
  mathi mayakkathilEy varum thayakkathilEy
  manam thadumaari thavikkum manitha
  intha sollin uNmai thannai eNNi paarada
  
  thunbam illamaley inbam uNdaaguma
  anbu illatha ithayam ithayamaa
  nalla thEmaangani enRum vEmbaaguma
  intha sollin uNmai thannai eNNippaarada
  
  naam thEdamaley vantha selvamenraal
  athai theru meethu veeNEy yeRivathaa
  thenRal puyalaavatha-uLlam theeyavathaa
  intha sollin uNmai thannai eNNI paarada
  
  6. from Aadavantha Deivam by PS
  
  sonnalum kEtkatha ulakamunga!
  sollama pOnaalum puriyaathunga-ithil
  munnaalum pOgamey pinnaalum pOgamey
  muzhikkira kumbal yEraLanga
  
  sOmbERi aaguthunga-silathu
  thoongaamath thoonguthunga
  puthu thozhilai thuvakki palar
  tuyarathai theerkkama
  thuttukkaLai pettiyiley poottuthunga
  
  paadu padum yEzhaikaLum
  paNam uLlavarum sErnthidunga
  puthu paathaiyai vaguthidunga
  pangu pOttuch chAappidunga
  paarapatcham illama vaaazhnthidunga -endru sonnaalaumkEtkaatha ulagamunga!
  
  7. from naan sollum ragasiyam by TMS
  
  naan sollum ragasiyam kaN kaanUm athisayam
  nanRaaga eNNIpparunga
  ithai avasiyam-avasiyan avasiyan
  
  uNavukku oru kumbal pOradum velayilEyt
  pathavikku oru kumbal
  pOrattam nadathuthu
  Oyvillaa vElaiyaal
  usirai vidum yEzhaiyin
  uzhaippalEy oru kumbal ullaasam theduthu
  
  kalyaaNam seiyyavEy singarap panthalum
  kachEri sathuraattam oorvalamum vENuma
  ivai illaamal evarEnum kalyaaNam paNNinaal
  inbasugam piLLai kutti illaamal pOguma
  
  thanga nagai vaira nagai sarnjaramaai thonginaal
  mangaatha azhagu varum enRu eNNum peNkaley
  pakkam varum thirudarkaLum paarthuvittaal ivaikaLai
  paRithiduvaar appozhuthu kalangathO kaNgalEy
  
  8. from naan Sollum Ragasiyam
  polatha ulagathilEy nallathukku kaalamillai
  pOliyellaam poduthaNNEy koNdaattaam
  intha pOkku maaRa selutha vENum kaNNOttam
  
  kaLlavarkaLum kayavarkaLum kaNNiyavaan pOrvayilEy
  koLLayittu paNathai sErthu kuvippathaa
  nalla manam uLLavanga sillaRaikal paarvayiley
  naaNayamillaathavaraai thavippathaa
  veLlaichaLLai irunthaathaan mathippathaa
  athu illaiyinna kaalil pOttu mithippathaa
  ini intha nilai maaRidavEy inba nilai nErnthidavEy
  onRupattu uruthiyOdu uzhaikkaNum
  
  uLlapadi vayiReriyum uthadu mattum pazham soRiyum
  thillumullu thirugu thaaLam koottamEy
  pallaipallai kattikkittu paadikaarda kattikittu
  kulla pOttu seiyuthu aarppaattamEy
  moLLamaaRi kumbal kuNam maaRaNum
  athan mooLayilEy soRanai konjam yEraNum
  athu nallapadi nadanthidaNum
  namma nilai UyarnthidaNum
  nallavanga athukku naalum uzhaikkaNum
  
  9. from sabash maapillai
  
  veLLi paNathukkum nalla kuNathukkum vegu thooram
  ithu uLlapadi intha ulakam uNarthum oru paadam
  
  piLlai Enum pantha paasathai thaLLi pirinthOdum
  than uLlathai irumbu pettagamakki thaaL pOdum
  illathavar evaraana pOthilyum eLLi nagayaadum
  iNai illatha annai anbukku kooda
  sollaamal thadai pOdum
  
  veLlathinaal varum paLla mEdupOl
  selvam varum pOgum
  ithai eLLaLavEnum eNNaatha kancharkku
  thunbam varavaagum
  kaLLamillathga anbu chelvamEy enrum nilayaagum
  kashtam theeRum kavalaikal maaRum inbam uRuvaagum
  
  10. from sabash mappillai
  
  sirippavar sila pEr azhubavar palapEr
  irukkum nilai enRu maaRumo
  
  uzhaippavar vaazhvEy veethiyilEy
  uRanguvatho nadai paathayilEy
  irakkam kaattaththaan naathiyillEy
  
  uyarnthavar thaazhnthida thEvayillai
  uLlathai izhanthida sollavillai
  uzhaippavar uyarnthaal potumaiyaa..
  
  Now we know why Marithakazi is called "THIRAIKAVI THILAKAM"
  
  VANAKKAM
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Kanchana (@ ww-ta02.proxy.aol.com) on: Fri Apr 24 11:47:10 EDT 1998
  
  Sathya:
  Thank you for adding to the discussion on Bharadhi. I am glad to have found yet another Bharadhi fan who appreciates the breadth of his vision, the depth of his thoughts and the passion in his words--yet to be matched by any contemporary thamizh poet (IMHO).
  
  Bhaskar:
  Enjoyed your analysis of the TNRamiahdoss song complete with the "hi-tech sAmiyArgaL who run the underground Mafia"--creative choice of words!
  A perspective on your thought "ingE US-il En kuppai kottugiROm, India-vil samooga sEvai seivadhaRku badhil": where anyone chooses to live and why, are personal decisions obviously. But Bharadhi's yAdhum oorE yAvarum kELir is very very true of today's Global Village with its extensive transportation & communication networks.
  engE vAzhndhAlum, samooga sEvaikkum seerthiruththaththiRkum manam irundhAl mArkkam uNdu; manam illaiyendRAl, ulagil piRandhum piRakkAdhadhu pOlthAn, indhiyAvilEyE irundhum illAdhadhu pOlthAn. samudhAya maRumalarchchi enbadhu ovvoru thani manidhanum manadhAl uNmaiyai uNarndhu, thannaiyum, mudindhAl piRaraiyum seerpaduththuvadhAl ERpaduvadhu enbadhu en karuththu. Again, this is a personal perspective only based on my own experiences.
  
  Some more random musings based on the input & background provided by Manisekaran, Keerthi, Sathya, Bhaskar, Shyam on the pre-kannadhasan era TFM & social issues:
  1. Nationalistic fervour was still running high in the late 40s and early 50s resulting from the euphoria of independence. Several Bharadhi kavidhaigaL were used in TFM since they reflected the optimistic vision for the pudhiya Bharadham with a passion that matched the audience's passion, hopes and dreams.
  2. As several socio-political forces came into play in TN and tried to forge their own identities versus the Congress Party which was then identified with the freedom movement, other "isms" beside nationalism start getting reflected in TF/TFM: communism, thamizhism, atheism, agnoticism, Dravidarism etc etc, resulting in some hefty contributions from the likes of Bharadhidhasan, PattukkOtai Kalyanasundaram, Ka. Mu. Sheriff, Marudhakasi and Mu. Karunanidhi.
  As observed earlier, regardless of the original intent and agendas behind these kavidhaigaL, the thoughts and means for a better society stay evergreen and are applicable today.
  
  Back to Topic:
  We have not discussed Bharadhidhasan who has penned songs specifically for TFM too as part of the Dravida movement, since his works were discussed in another thread already.
  
  Now, we can really move into the kaNNadhAsan-vAli era in TFM. Yet another interesting era for TF/TFM for several reasons. A few of them: (1) kaNNadhAsan himself had different political affiliations at different points in time and reflected their visions in his kavidhaigaL; (2) this era's TF/TFM forged and shaped the political history of TN for several years to come.
  
  Amar:
  Thank you for kicking off the kaNNadhAsan-vAli era very well yesterday.
  Good to see you back after a gap!
  
  Let's continue the analysis of social issues in these poets' works...........
  
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ freeway.proxy.lucent.com) on: Fri Apr 24 13:32:16 EDT 1998
  
  
  Kanchana:
  
  Ungal Vizhippu Unarchi Kodutha
  Vasagangalukku mikka naNdri.
  
  Enakku endha perspective-la varutham endraal
  naan Indiavula padichuttu, government panathula
  padichuttu, kadasiyula Indiavukkaga vaelai
  seiyyamal inga USA vukku vandhu vaelai seyvadhu
  enakennamO Kuppai kotti kondu (KKK) iruppadhu
  pOla dhaan thoninadhu. I was talking about the
  Brain Drain Situation.
  
  where anyone chooses to live and why, are
  personal decisions obviously.
  EnnOda case appadi illai, ennOda friends
  ellarum inga vandhutaanga, adhunaala
  naanum Gumballa Govindha pOttutaen :-))))
  
  But neenga sonna sila karuthukkal ennai vizhikka
  vaithulladhu. Naan ingu KKK irundhaalum ingulla
  technologies and advances ellam therindha pin
  avattrai nam nattukku marubadiyum eduthu sella
  oru vaaippu varum endru ennugiraen. Infact
  ippozhudhu ingulla ella vidhamaana Hi-Tech
  companies kooda Indiavil oru Base illamal
  iruppadhillai. So andha maadiri oru oppurtunity
  vandhaal meendum Indiavukku sendru nam nattukku
  edhavadhu seiyyavaendum endra oru positive
  and optimistic thinking vandhulladhu.
  
  
  engE vAzhndhAlum, samooga sEvaikkum
  seerthiruththaththiRkum manam irundhAl mArkkam uNdu;
  
  Konnuteenga! manam irukku aanaal mArkkathai
  dhaan thaedanum. But most of the time inga
  USA-la irukkum bOdhu materialistic pleasuresil
  moozhgi pOi approm, ennOda manamum adhukkoda
  moozghi pOi vidura maadiri oru feeling.
  So mArkkam kidaikkum bodhu manam iruppadhillai.
  manam irukkum bodhu mArkkam kidaippadhillai.
  Indha maadhiri situation enakku niraya murai
  vandhu irukku. Neenga sonna piragu atleast
  enakku manamum mArkkamum rendum onna saerndhu
  varavaendum endru ennOda Kadavulai vaendugiraen!
  
  Thanks again for the Vizhippu Unarchi Varigal.
  
  Keerthi Sir:
  
  Thanks for your Kannadhasan SKP Songs.
  
  Mani:
  
  Thanks for your Marudhakazi's Life History,
  Titbits and Songs. It was very informative
  and entertaining, sometimes referred to as
  Infotainment here in the US.
  
  Will be back later today with
  kaNNadhAsan-vAli era songs on SKP! ......
  
  

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