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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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Neel's VJ Songs

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• From: s0 (@ 128.119.85.50) on: Sat Aug 3 13:32:33 EDT 2002
  
  didn't upload, I mean.
  
  
• From: naaz (@ 24.76.127.63) on: Sat Aug 3 14:03:20 EDT 2002
  
  Thanks, SO.
  I guess a note to the editor should be on its way.
  Glad you read it too! :-)
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.250) on: Sat Aug 3 14:35:59 EDT 2002
  
  Yup, the photo didn't upload inspite of trying thrice separately.
  
  
• From: naaz (@ 24.76.127.63) on: Sat Aug 3 15:15:18 EDT 2002
  
  I've informed them about this absence. I am sure it will appear in a day or two. Thanks, for the feedback guys.
  
  
• From: s0 (@ 128.119.85.50) on: Sat Aug 3 15:21:43 EDT 2002
  
  Of course, I read it. I've passed it on to some of my friends and your review has inspired them to write their own detailed reviews of the movie!!!
  end DIG. back to VJ.
  
  
• From: naaz (@ 24.76.127.63) on: Sat Aug 3 16:56:41 EDT 2002
  
  Neel D -
  
  How about this VJ solo:
  Vellikizhame Vidikalai Vellakulathule Vai Kaale...
  
  from Maanthoppu Kiliye (?) the music was by SG.
  This song used to be played again and again for a few months after the film hit the screen. I think it was directed by MA Kaja or Rama Narayanan. Deepa and Sudhakar starred - with Surulirajan being the talk of the entire movie!
  
  Have you heard it?
  
  
• From: Anuradha (@ 64.169.94.74) on: Sat Aug 3 17:37:29 EDT 2002
  
  Naaz:
  
  I immensely liked the abridged version of the review you wrote in this thread a week back..but after reading it in its entirety i knew what i missed in the shorter version !!! ..that was a great one. do provide us with such gems from time to time - i am sure our film makers will provide you with enuf material for that :) i particularly liekd the las vegas bit very much and forwarded the same to as many ppl as i cud :)
  
  
• From: balaji (@ 129.130.88.131) on: Sat Aug 3 17:56:44 EDT 2002
  
  Naazz-Thanks for the excellent review. I couldn't agree more. Devdas was screened by our local ISA (Indian student association) and yeah. some of the pointers in ur review were just true-garish sets, the colours were too gaudy, seemed very distracting. There was no depth in the performances except for madhuri 's- but still i found her costumes and the back drop too much seemed to rob away the nuances. Kiron Kher's characterization was too loud. I wasn't too impressed with aishwarya rai's performance -i thought she seemed too mechanical. But for some reason i simply loved her in Iruvar.
  
  
  
• From: Neel D (@ 24.98.42.169) on: Sat Aug 3 18:59:24 EDT 2002
  
  Naaz, yes I have heard "Vellikizhame". Last time I heard it was more than 20 years ago. Still remember:
  rararararara pOngadi
  sevatha ponnu maattikitta
  sirichu pEsi sikkikitta
  
  Ragavan/Naaz/Everyone,
  
  I have uploaded "srIdEvi varam kEtkiRAL" and also a good "Baba" song.
  
  
• From: naaz (@ 24.76.127.63) on: Sat Aug 3 19:13:14 EDT 2002
  
  Anuradha, Balaji - Thank you! I am humbled (honest.)
  
  Neel D - It all came back! Yes, you were right from the outset. I had heard Sridevi Varam Kaetkiral. Especially the turn in the song - Endha Mangai Sondha Mangaiyo oh oh - that is so distinct. I remember it all now! Thank you for keeping this memory thing well-oiled :-)
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 213.42.1.167) on: Sun Aug 4 08:41:03 EDT 2002
  
  Last, but not the least, in 1975--
  
  36. Kaviri nagarinil- Vaazhndhu Kaatugiren- MSV
  
  A strictly avoidable film stg. Muthuraman, Sujatha and Padmapriya. Sujatha playing Kannagi to Padmapriya’s Madhavi. What a colossal waste of talented artists!
  
  This song has two versions. The one featuring Padmapriya is sung by VJ and Sujatha’s version by PS. (Of course, the lyrics also differ appropriately).
  Another good song from the film is ‘Kotti kidandhathu kani irandu’-SPB,PS.
  
  This song is sung by Padmapriya on stage at the Wedding Reception of Muthu- Sujatha. The lyrics give a clear indication of Padmapriya’s intentions. Muthu making eyes at her and Sujatha looking sufficiently irate—
  
  Kaviri nagarinil kadarkkarai orathil Madhavi aada vandhaal
  Oru mannavan kooda vandhan—
  Avar pooviri manjathil porundhiya pinbe Kannagi vaazhavandhaal
  Adhayum Madhavi kaanavandhaal-
  
  She seems to assert that he was her man much before he married Sujatha.
  And she will continue to be a part of his life. In the following lines- she suggests hopefully that Muthu will soon tire of Sujatha, and will find solace in her own arms-
  
  ‘Thiru’ vum, ‘manam’um serndhathuthaane thirumanam endruraithaar,
  angu thiru ver aagavum, manam ver aagavum, iruvarum thanithirundhaar,
  maalai anindhaval sooriyan poley kaaigindra gunamum undu-
  anaal mayakkathil vandhaval ven mathi poley manathinai kulirvathundu—
  
  She gives a veiled threat to Sujatha, hinting that she will be following a ‘Wait and Watch’ policy-
  Aayiram kaalathu thendralai poley vaazhiya kulamagaley,
  Unnai aruginil irundhu paarthu kondiruppaal azhagiya kalai magaley—
  
  
  Kannadasan, with his known felicity, thus brings beauty even to a pedestrian situation like this. And VJ, in her own sweet way, makes it a memorable song.
  
  37. Engirundho oru Kural- Avan thaan Manithan- MSV.
  
  (Solos page 3)
  
  I have not seen this film- so I have no idea about the situation. Can some one help? I know it starred Sivaji, Manjula, JJ and Muthuraman and was directed by AC Thirulogachandar. I have seen the lovely TMS-PS duet ‘Anbu nadamaadum kalaikoodamey’ on TV (Sivaji, Manjula, Singapore). The other songs – solos by TMS- ‘Oonjalukku Poochooti’, ‘Manithan ninaippathundu’ and ‘Aatuvittaar yaar oruvar’ were also very popular and were played often on the radio in the late 70s.
  
  The songs begins with a lovely humming by VJ and proceeds beautifully:
  
  Engirundho oru kural vandhathu-
  athu endha devadhayin kuralo?
  Engal deepangalil oli vandhathu-
  athu endha kailgal thandha oliyo?
  
  Thaazham kudaigal thazhuvum kodigal
  Thaamarai pookalin thotram
  Maalai manigal mandira kanigal
  Mazhalai endrodru thotram
  
  Maalayile oru madhi vandhathu
  athu endha vaanathu madhiyo?
  Mayamaaga oru oli vandhathu
  athu endha alayathin maniyo?
  
  -An enchanting song, sung engagingly by VJ- don’t you dare miss the softening in the last line in the end ‘Athu endha devathayin kuralo’ ?
  
  Nichayammaga, ithu Engal Devadhayin kural thaan--!
  
  
  38. Enakkum unakkum vazhakku- Thaai veettu Seedhanam- SPB-MSV
  
  The film starred KRV, with either Jaishankar or Ravichandran as the hero.
  Other good songs in it include ‘Kaalathai vellum intha kaadhal vaazhga’-KJY-PS, and ‘Yaarukkum vaazhkkai undu- MSV.
  
  Enakkum unakkum vazhakku
  Irandum sugathin kanakku
  Kai inaithu,
  Thottanaithu,
  Naam kalandhaal enna—
  
  Today’s singers could learn a thing or two from VJ’s enunciation-
  Listen to her lines, where she distinguishes ‘la’ and ‘La’ so clearly:
  
  ULLam thannil uLLam ondru oLigindrathu
  PaLLam kandu veLLam vandhu paaigindrathu—
  
  -Heartwarming!
  
  
  39. Ezhu swarangalukkul- Apoorva Raagangal- MSV
  
  (Solos page 3)
  
  What does one say about this immortal song, which has not been said already? Do phrases like ‘ the sparkling jewel in the crown of VJ’ or ‘the brightest feather in her cap’ do any justice to the ethereal beauty of this song? Can mere words describe the auditory ecstasy that thrills you even the 100th time you listen to it? Can you ever, ever tire of listening to it?
  
  I’ve listened to it as a child, listened to it as a teenager, listened to it when in my 20s, and am listening to it as I have commenced my 30s-- I’ve listened to it at the crack of dawn, listened to it in drowsy, ennui filled afternoons, and listened to it in the still of night—I’ve listened to it when delirious with joy, when overwhelmed with sorrow, when jumping with excitement, when inconsolable with disappointment, when recuperating from illness, while at home, when at work, while travelling,- and even now each time I listen to it again, I am drenched anew with a sense of rapture, with peace, hope and faith. What magical potion have Kannadasan, MSV and VJ jointly concocted- how wonderfully it serves as an elixir for depression, nay a musical panacea for all ills!
  
  Ezhu swarangalukkul eththanai paadal
  Idhayachurangathull eththanai kelvi
  Kaanum manitharukkul eththanai salanam
  Varum karpanai sandhoshathil avanadhu gavanam—
  
  Kaalai ezhundhavudan naalaya kelvi
  Adhu kaiyil kidaitha pinnum thudikkuthu aavi
  Yen endra kelvi ondru endraikkum thangum
  Manithan inbam thunbam ethilum kelvi thaan minjum
  
  Enakkaga nee azhalaam iyarkkayil nadakkum
  Nee enakkaga unavu unna eppadi nadakkum?
  Namakkendru bhoomiyile kadamaigal undu-
  adhai namakkaaga nam kaiyaal seivathu nandru
  
  Aarambathil pirappum un kaiyil illai
  Endrum aduthaduthu nadakkum un kaiyil illai
  Paadhai vaguththa pinbu bayandhenna laabam
  Payanam nadathi vidu, maraindhidum paavam!
  
  Naalai pozhuthu endrum namakkena vaazhga
  Athai nadatha oruvan undu, kovilil kanga--
  Velai pirakkum endru nambikkai kolga
  Endha vedhanayum maarum meghathai pola!
  
  
  What a song! What a comforting assurance of ‘God is in his heaven and all is well with the world’!
  
  The picturisation was a major disappointment, though. Who would have thought that this masterpiece would be wasted for the titles?
  (MRB (MR Bhairavi= Srividya) singing for ‘Karthik Fine Arts’). Isn’t it absolutely to VJ’s credit that this song fetched her the National award for the best female playback singer of 1975, despite being bereft of any ‘situational’ value in the film’s story?
  
  I have heard from various people-people who ought to know-that this song is a Ragamaligai- that the foundation of this elegant edifice is in Panthu varali-though it has short and sweet forays into Khamboji and Sindhu Bhairavi, it unfailingly returns to base Panthu varali. (Please correct me if I’m wrong- I am a gynaanasooniyam in these matters).
  Learned musicologists were said to be awed by this complex composition. Even, Subbudu, if I remember right, finding it without blemish, comforted himself in faulting Srividya’s thaalam!!
  
  Everyone, right from Avvaiyar who started this thread (God bless her!), upto Balaji and Naaz recently, have expressed their feelings about this song. I remember Neel succinctly saying that this is the best song of the 20th Century- I would go a step further- this song will transcend aeons- it has a magical timeless quality about it--- Posterity will discover afresh the beauty of Vani’s voice- generations to come will scarce believe that such a singer existed, and will never forgive our lot for being myopic enough to banish this exquisite artist, when still in her prime, from the portals of tfm.
  
  Take heart, friends, with ‘Neela’, there is hope yet. Velai pirakkum endru nambikkai kolga--
  
  
  40. Kelviyin Nayagane- Apoorva Ragangal-BSS-MSV
  
  (More Tamil page 2)- I don’t think I have to dwell on the situation- everyone I’m sure is familiar with this twisted tale, with a twist in the tail---
  VJ is the Aadhi and the Antham of the film- it begins with her ‘Ezhu Swarangalukkul’ and ends with her ‘Kelviyin Nayaganey’.
  
  Another Cutcheri song. If ‘Ezhu swarangal’ lacked in situational value, ‘Kelviyin nayagane’ had it in abundant measure. Kannadasan (he makes a brief appearance too, playing himself, in the film), gives a brief synopsis of the story in the song and proceeds to entangle the mess as well. Everything falls into its rightful place in the course of this long song. Indeed, ‘A place for everyone and everyone in his/her place’ seems to be the theme of this song- ‘Yaarum irukkum idathil irundhukondaal ellam sowkkiyamey’- to borrow the great bard’s words from another film!
  
  Each saranam is replete with striking analogies- ‘Pasuvidam kandru vandhu paal arundhum, kandru paal arundhum pothaa kaalai varum’ and ‘Thalaivaan Thiruchanoor vandhu vittan, Devi dharma darisanathai thedugiraan’’- hark at VJ’s emotion-choked prolonging of ‘theduginraan’-astounding!
  
  BSS (Jayasudha) comes to her rescue as she breaks down after asking, with a sob, ‘Indha kelvikku—‘? Then there is a lovely musical conversation between the re-united mother and daughter. What pregnant questions by the anxious mother and what equally loaded answers by the reassuring daughter-
  
  VJ: Oru kannum maru kannum paarthu kondaal—
  BSS: Paarthu kondaal?
  VJ:Avai ondrodu ondru sollum seithi enna?
  BSS:Iru kannum ondraaga serndhu vittal,
  Avai irandukkum paarvayile bedham enna
  VJ:Bedham maraindhadhendru kooru kanne
  BSS:Namadhu vedham thanai marandhu nadakkum munne
  VJ:Kanne un kaalam sendra kathai enna?
  BSS:Unnai kaana pizhaithirundhen, veru enna?!
  VJ:Udal Eppadi?
  BSS: Munbu irundhaarpadi!
  VJ:Manam Eppadi?
  BSS: Nee virumbumpadi!
  
  VJ continues alone with ‘Pazhani malayil ulla vel Muruga’ when Prasanna (Kamal) goes back to his father (Major). All is well that ends well—er-not quite- MRB finds her husband (Rajini)—dead!
  
  
  I think that completes the 1975’s journal – an unforgettable year for VJ. I do realise that definitely there would have been some more songs by VJ this year- Can anyone help?
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.242) on: Sun Aug 4 08:51:48 EDT 2002
  
  Neel, thank you for 'Sridevi varam ketkiraal'.
  
  Anuradha, thank you for your kind words. I am afraid, though, that I don't know enough to write about VJ's Hindi or Telugu songs. Even in Tamizh, I look to all of you for inputs.
  
  

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