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Topic started by bb (@ 24.4.254.104) on Tue Feb 20 03:21:22 EST 2001.
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Hi! We've made a major addition to newtfmpage, and that is a big song bank. Dhool features thousands of songs for your listening pleasure. This site is a part of the newtfmpage.com - swara.com group. Together with newtfmpage, we wish to make this the best place to listen to tamil film songs online and know about tamil film music. Our collection includes old, new, famous, rare and unheard of songs. We are still fine tuning and fixing the database errors, so please bear with us. We value your feedback, and this will help us build the site better. Please post your comments below or mail to comments@newtfmpage.com.
This work was done by us (bb and RR) with MS and swara.com ravi.

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• From: Subbu (@ 203.200.198.9) on: Wed Jul 30 01:06:19 EDT 2003
  
  SS, sariyaa nyabagam illai. Kumari Sachu-aaga irukkalaam!!! Getting old :-)
  Thanks for all the sharing Friends!!
  
  
• From: bb (@ 12.234.176.52) on: Wed Jul 30 01:20:28 EDT 2003
  
  Song of the Day: sugamO aayiram from ThuNai iruppaaL meenakshi.
  
  http://www.newtfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/sugamo.rm
  
  - Saravanan writes on this song:
  
  'Sugamo aayiram' - Thunai Iruppaal Meenakshi-1977. Sung by PS, Music by IR.
  
  
  S.P.V Films’ Thunai Iruppaal Meenakshi- 1977 had Sivakumar, Vijayakumar, Thengai Srinivasan, Mouli, Thangavelu, Sujatha, Swarna, Manorama, CK Saraswathi, Vijayachandrika and others in its cast. It was a rehash of Gemini’s Samsaram-1951, albeit with a slightly modified screenplay by Valampuri Somanathan, who also directed the film.
  
  The lyrics (Panju Arunachalam) are as follows:
  
  Sugamo aayiram
  uravo kaaviyam
  sugamo aayiram
  
  vaazhkai endraal adhil naalumundu
  andha vattathilae oru thittamundu
  valarndhaalum kuraindhaalum
  nilavondru oli veesum
  adhai kaanum balam vendum
  vilaiyaadum manam vendum
  
  kaalangalil pala kolam undu
  andha kolangalil pala pulli undu
  dhinandhorum rasithaalum
  oru naalum thevittaadhu
  adhudhaane samsaram --
  adhilthaanae sandhosham
  
  punnagaiyil vandha pennazhagu
  oru ponn nagaiyil illai nalluravu
  enai neeyum, unai naanum
  unarndhaalae adhu podhum
  adhuthaane panbaadu--
  adhai naalum pann paadu
  
  The story is a meandering tearjerker of a family whose head is separated from his wife and kids by a quirk of fate hastened by the malevolent machinations of his stepmother. The testing travails they undergo over the years, all the while steadfastly up holding honesty and integrity in their daily life, and the contrived climax wherein the family unites in Madurai (the justification for the title!) forms the rest of the (s)tale--
  
  Those were the early years of IR, and he was weaving magic in film after film- he was the King of Phrygia newly fortified with the power granted by Dionysus.
  
  Thunai Iruppaal Meenakshi was no exception--It was IR and his score, which added polish to the plebeian proceedings, and to this day, it is the songs, (and the SOTD in particular) which retrieve the film from total obliteration. This song’s appeal is enhanced tenfold by Gayatri and her veenai. She played the veenai for some of IR’s unforgettable songs in those heady years. In an interview some years back, she recalled this song, and claimed that this was a song that she cherishes in memory.
  
  Besides ‘sugamo aayiram’, the other songs in Thunai Iruppaal Meenakshi were:
  Setril oru senkazhani, thingal oru poo malarum- TMS-SJ
  Vaarthai illamal oru kavi paadavaa-PS
  Harichandran drama- MV & chorus
  Ammamma pasikkudhamma, aadharam illayamma- BSS & chorus.
  
  ‘Sugamo aayiram’ finds place in the first few reels of the film itself- Sivakumar and Sujatha have two children. They belong to the salaried middle class segment, and each month is an exacting endeavour for dignified existence. However, the immense love and perfect understanding that they share, brings sweetness in midst of this struggle too, and the family is happy, even in its poverty---Sivakumar forgetting the sress he faces at work, when he relishes Sujatha’s ‘vathatha kuzhambu’ served so lovingly, Sujatha offering her mundhanai to him for wiping his hands after the meal, the kids pretending to look the other way when their parents indulge in a bit of morning romance, Sivakumar and the kids going up to the street corner and waving to Sujatha who stands at the doorstep watching them go to office and school---precious moments of daily domestic bliss!
  
  It is then that Sujatha discovers that they are soon to have another addition to the family. When she breaks the news to Sivakumar, he is worried about the financial implications- this added burden to their already hand–to-mouth existence looms threateningly in his mind—She understands his fears, and puts them to rest by her song—she takes the veenai in her hands—and the enchantment starts—music is the food of love and she plays on--
  
  How tenderly she brings peace to his troubled mind! And even while applying a soothing balm to his mental torment, she gives a fetching lecture on how life is to be lived in its fullest sense. Like the moon that waxes and wanes in its inexorable cycle, she reminds him, life too has its ups and down. One has to have the resolve to face the trying tribulations that life, as its wont, keeps springing at every turn. And one should meet these hardships with a hardy smile. When he has her and she has him, and they share so great a love, cemented by perfect understanding, wouldn’t they together overcome all adversities with ease?
  
  Of course, even as the song ends, the stepmother ( CK Saraswathi) arrives , and soon this tranquil nest to torn asunder--
  
  The simple, yet apposite lyrics, the gracious presence of Sujatha, the spellbinding skills of Gayatri on the veenai, the voice of PS-liquid of vowels, kind to consonants, dainty and dulcet in every note - the song is the treasured apotheosis of vintage IR in euphonious flow—
  
  If the pallavi, just consisting of four words, is ethereal in its execution, the almost continuous charanam gathers grandeur in its glide—And if Suseela’s caressing voice is the hearbeat of the song, Gayatri’s nimble fingering on the strings and adept actions on the frets form the diastole and systole of the prelude and the interludes.
  
  This song was very popular in the late 70s. It was among the earliest film songs that I heard as a child, and ‘Sugamo aayiram’, along with ‘Thaenil aadum roja’ (another wonderful IR/PS collaboration) takes me back to ‘Thaen Kinnam’ at 7.45 of the 70s—Nostalgia time--
  
  
• From: bb (@ 12.234.176.52) on: Wed Jul 30 01:23:46 EDT 2003
  
  I forgot to add, very well written, Saravanan! Keep it coming!
  
  
• From: Prabhu (@ 161.114.64.71) on: Wed Jul 30 01:49:11 EDT 2003
  
  waah, Saravana, nice exposition...even Juan Bossicard would nod his head in appreciation!!
  
  
• From: raj (@ 202.54.137.100) on: Wed Jul 30 03:35:59 EDT 2003
  
  Thanks bb for such an immortal Song..
  
  This Song is one of the best among PS-IR combination
  
  The Veena Piece & PS's Voice Creates MAgic & Sujatha does with Ease.
  
  Great Composition by IR
  Only these kind of Tunes would have made People Compare with Salil Chowdry(as this has his Touch a little)
  
  A Great Song !!!
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Whatever (@ 203.131.109.66) on: Wed Jul 30 06:46:07 EDT 2003
  
  Saravanan, the writing is as melodious as the song. With a pen like this, do you need another job? :-)
  
  
• From: Mythila (@ 208.220.245.72) on: Wed Jul 30 06:53:07 EDT 2003
  
  Paadalum , Saravanan slaagippum sugam sugame. Veenai Gayathri's role was a real news!!!
  
  
• From: Mythila (@ 208.220.245.72) on: Wed Jul 30 06:57:39 EDT 2003
  
  I used to esp like the very tiny flute bit that is played immediately after PS sings
  'Punnagaiyil oru pennazhagu'. Iam not able to listen to this song from SOTD. Iam playing this song from my heart, recorded probably 20 years back.
  
  
• From: Naaz (@ 24.87.30.219) on: Wed Jul 30 10:25:13 EDT 2003
  
  Sugamo Aayirathu Onnu (includes saravanan's singular elaboration.)
  
  
• From: AV (@ 132.206.72.95) on: Wed Jul 30 11:34:32 EDT 2003
  
  Saravanan:
  
  Your description of this song is so beautiful (just like your write-ups on VJ's songs). If I may ask you, are you a professional writer? Rather, let me ask you whether you are a poet? This write-up of yours is not only a very lucid description of the song and the situation in the film, but your diction is amazing and striking. The similes and metaphors you use from time to time are really inspiring and an absolute treat for the readers every single time. Let me take this opportunity to thank you immensely.
  
  (Digression - In your VJ chronology when, o when, will you arrive at the year 1985, so that I may get to read a critique of "Thottili Thodangidum" :-)).
  
  
• From: Cinema Virumbi (@ 210.214.85.175) on: Wed Jul 30 13:15:56 EDT 2003
  
  
  bb and Saravanan,
  
  What is the mechanism of today's SOTD? Does bb correspond with Saravanan first over e mail for getting the WUOTD (Write up of the day!!)?
  
  
• From: bb (@ 206.154.118.2) on: Wed Jul 30 13:38:24 EDT 2003
  
  nope, Saravanan, among others, sends me write-ups (and songs if i don't have them) for sotd. i pick and choose. you are welcome to send me too. balaji at newtfmpage.com.
  
  
• From: bb (@ 206.154.118.2) on: Wed Jul 30 16:03:44 EDT 2003
  
  and i don't need write-ups with details on the song. i am looking more for why you like the song, any stories, nostalgia etc.
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 213.42.2.8) on: Wed Jul 30 23:56:43 EDT 2003
  
  Thanks all! Sugamo aayiram is a wonderful song--dhinandhorum rasithaalum, oru naalum thevittadhu--
  
  AV- twas the enchantment of the song, and the nostalgia that it stirred, that made me write--I am far from being a writer, much less a poet--though I do show some creativity in cooking up figures to make the Balance Sheets and P & L A/Cs look better:))
  
  
• From: RR (@ 203.199.213.4) on: Thu Jul 31 00:04:41 EDT 2003
  
  Saravanan: Can you tell us what raaga "Sugamo.."
  is based on?
  RR
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 195.229.241.231) on: Thu Jul 31 00:33:41 EDT 2003
  
  Saravanan ,
  
  doing a perfect balancing act? VJ chronology,started your weekly offerings with SOW.Janaki (song of the week!) and now a classic from PS.
  
  Whenever you talk of PS s great ones you try to associate with MSV-TKR,KVM and generally the 60s.But this one from IR puts beyond doubt,both IR s and PS s class.Pallvi is superbly sung bringing in lot of memories.Frankly got to listen the charanams after 1970 s only now.though the lyrics particularly charanams are pedestrian,PS has lived thru the Housewife's role.
  
  PS can live the Housewife's role thru her songs:
  
  Malargal Nanaithana paniyale (4.30 AM)
  Aalayamaniyin oosayai (5.00 AM)
  Aalyam aagum mangai manathu (5.30 -6.00 AM)
  Kadavul oru Naal Ulagai Kaana (7.00 -8.00)
  Sugamao aayiram (after 8.30 alone at home)(Actually I had Aani muthu in my mind earlier;but that s a chorus song)
  Mayangugiral oru maadhu(evening awaiting the husband)
  Paalirukkum pazhamirukkum
  Sign off the day with
  Athan ennathan .........
  
  Well,Rani Padmini, I think the MCP in me is alive and kicking!!
  
  Saravanan
  something about the writeup-When a movie like "thunai iruppal Meenakshi" could bring out such a write up I await your write ups on my favourite movies like "sumaithangi"-Nice one boss!
  
  
  
  
• From: bb (@ 12.234.176.52) on: Thu Jul 31 00:40:24 EDT 2003
  
  Song of the Day: boom boom from Boys.
  
  http://www.newtfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/boomboom.rm
  
  - Sung by Adnan Samy and Sadhana Sargam. MD is ARR in this Shankar film, in case you've been to Mars recently and just came back.
  
  - The album of Boys left me ambivalent. From our traditional mentality, this appears to be a cacophony of sorts, an album that is squarely aimed at the teens and college-going-MTv-listening generation. The singers didn't have good thamizh diction, and the album could have easily passed off as an english one. The choice of singers is non-traditional, names like Lucky Ali and Adnan Samy showing up in the credits. After listening to the songs for a while, I stopped trying to decipher the lyrics.
  
  On the other hand, this would have happened sooner than later. Credit must go to ARR for transforming his music and creating the new sound for the next few years. He could have done an average album with minimum risk, a soft unnikrishnan song, a hariharan song, a fast number sung by himself or devan and so on. But, he has taken a big risk and done this. This seems to be what the film-seeing-cassette-buying community of Tamil Nadu would like. Singers with poor pronounciation are giving more hits, the music is turning more and more pop-ish (if that is a word). Shankar clearly has his pulse on the masses and his strategy seems to define what the next wave in TFM will be. Time will tell whether the people will accept this music or not, but hey, don't fault ARR for trying. If anyone can transform the sound in TFM, he can.
  
  - Thread on Boys: http://www.newtfmpage.com/forum/9516.23.23.20.html
  
  
  

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