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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: BNegative (@ 206.65.94.8) on: Wed Jul 16 18:05:21 EDT 2003
  
  bb:
  It was not the swarams at the end.
  IMHO, It was the 'effect' the song created as a whole.
  
  IMHO is beast that varies with people.
  My IMHO patchi does not like this song :)
  
  
• From: bb (@ 12.234.176.52) on: Wed Jul 16 23:13:54 EDT 2003
  
  Song of the Day: Two M.M.Dhandapani Desikar Songs from Thirumazhi Alwar.
  
  http://www.newtfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/thirumazhi.rm
  
  - Thanks to D.P.Rangan for this rare song. He writes on the song:
  
  This is the last of the five films in which the doyen of
  carnatic music late Dandapani Desikar acted as "tirumazhi alwar" the fourth
  in the line of the illustrious alwars of medieval India. This was released
  in 1948. The first song is a short but sweet incantation in praise of Lord
  Narayana in the raga 'mohanam'. The next one is in praise of Lord va in
  raga 'jhenjuruti'. The alwar sings both in praise of lord Narayana and lord
  Shiva. Whether it happened really is a moot point. Both these songs were
  written by the mastereo lyrist Papanasam Sivan and set to music by S.K.
  Venkataraman another leading figure in those days. Both the songs sound
  very sweet in our ears and could be a good one to play as one rises from bed
  in the morning. May I hope that fellow music lovers would derive as great a
  pleasure as I had and would listen to it again and again. I am indeed
  grateful to Balaji, the architect of dhool.com to allow me to present the
  song in his site.
  
  - Randor Guy has written a detailed article on M.M.Dhandapani Desikar here:
  http://www.sangeetham.com/ddesikar.htm
  
  According to this article,
  Desikar's' last film venture was " Thirumazhisai Alwar" (1948). This film was long in production due to financial problems and when released it hardly raised a ripple. Sadly the disaster ruined the producers. One of them was a successful automobile businessman of Mount Road, Madras and the other was a wealthy Brahmin businessman of Vepery. Few remember this film today.
  
  
• From: Subbu (@ 203.200.198.9) on: Thu Jul 17 03:13:16 EDT 2003
  
  Satya,
  
  Would you pls tell us ho were the singers for
  
  - 'isaith thuRaiyil enakku kadhal vEgam' ("magarasi vaazhga")
  - mANikka veeNaiyin nAdham ("Veedu varai uravu")
  - paal nilAvil thottil katti Adu kaNNE aadu ("Veedu varai uravu")
  
  
• From: nagarajan (@ 62.56.251.178) on: Thu Jul 17 03:55:21 EDT 2003
  
  dear mr bb,
  thanks for MMDD songs
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 217.165.176.216) on: Thu Jul 17 05:25:39 EDT 2003
  
  Kannan Koil Paravayidhu -Nice choice.
  
  I feel that the song has not got the due it deserves.Being filmed as another Cutchery song this song cannot escape the comparisions with Ezhu Swarangalukkul and Sugamana Ragangale..
  
  Another Ilankai Vanoli favourite song.(Athe kettum NaaLachu!)After hearing it now(after a very looooooong time)Now i would like to place this one below Ezhu swarangalukkul....oops!Let me not B negative!I place this one step above "sugamana Ragangale".
  
  Saravanan,Mangai oru thingaL,Adinathan,Kannan Koil - What next from your tasteful grand archives?
  
  Venkat,En vottu SPB-VJvukku.(ethai ezhuthumbothey enkathil Bharathi Kannamma Olikkirathu!)
  
  
• From: mahroof Noor (@ 202.161.102.187) on: Thu Jul 17 05:52:58 EDT 2003
  
  Dear sir
  
  I am unable to play any of your song files. I am
  using Microsoft XP and I wonder if I need to download any drivers to play your file
  
  please advise
  
  
• From: Mythila (@ 208.220.245.72) on: Thu Jul 17 08:42:06 EDT 2003
  
  'Isai thuraiyil enakku kaadhal vegam
  Rasigargale unakku edhile mogam' is a peppy number by VJ
  
  
• From: Sathya (@ 67.85.212.31) on: Thu Jul 17 09:56:48 EDT 2003
  
  Subbu
  isaiththuRaiyil enakku kAdhal vEgam - VJ
  mANikka veeNaiyin nAdham kANikkai thanthathu mOgam - SPB, PS
  pAl nilAvil thottil katti Adu kaNNE aadu starts with MSV. I am not sure it is PS or VJ.
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.252.85) on: Thu Jul 17 12:21:17 EDT 2003
  
  bb, today’s SOTD is a pleasant surprise!
  
  Thanks, DP Rangan, for taking this effort and sharing with us these forgotten bits of enchantment from a bygone era.
  
  bb- thanks also for the link to the informative series of articles on Desigar. I beg to differ only on one point- the initials MM in Desigar’s name stand for Murugiah Muthiah, and not Madurai Muthiah as mentioned. As Mr. Randor Guy has written, Desigar was born in Thiruchengaattukkudi, which is in Thanjavur District. It was only when he got a job as a teacher in a Thevaram school that he moved to Madurai. Murugiah Desigar was his grandfather and Muthiah Desigar, his father, both acclaimed ‘Odhuvaar’s in their time.
  
  Sri Kanna Films’ Thirumazhisai Alwar-1948 was the last film in which Desigar acted. Other than the two songs that feature as SOTD, other songs by Desigar in that film that come to mind are:
  
  Kuvalaya thala neela baala Gokula paripaala (A good chorus supported Bhajan song, set in Kaapi ragam, Desigar’s voices casts a spell in the bit beginning with ‘Nandakumaara Yamuna vihaara’)
  
  Vaaramal irupparo orukaal vaaramal irupparo, orukaal varuvaaro ariyaen, enai aala vaaraamal irupparo, Paaraamal irukkindra oror kanamum yugam (a soulful Ragamalika, sung with piety drenched fervor)
  
  Shantham thavazhum siraichaalaiyil (Sindhu Bhairavi)
  
  Indre pirandha payan adainthen, vaazhvil indre pirandha payan adainthen, ingenakkinai yevane- puvithanilae ingenakkinai yevanae--(a scintillating show in Simmendramadhiyamam, of particular enthrallment is the verse beginning with ‘paramaguruvin arulaal’)
  
  Yezhaigal vaadavo Emperumaane, idharkkor mudivillayo (haunting in its melancholic feel, and bedecked with excellent lyrics)
  
  Thandhaiyum nee, en thaayum nee vindhayum nee deivamum nee--unadhadimai unnodendrum naan vaazha ---(a dazzling Desh, which begins with such a slow tempo, and progresses to an unbelievably fast finish, with Desigar repeating the words ‘Kamalakkananae manivannanae’ in breakneck speed at least twenty times!)
  
  With this film ended Desigar’s short but glorious career as a film actor.
  
  The ragams that he set for Bharathidasan’s ‘Thunbam nergaiyil’ (Desh) and ‘Vennilavum vaanum polae’ (Jayanthasena?) were retained when R Sudarsanam and TG Lingappa composed music for Or Iravu-1951 and Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari-1954 respectively.
  
  Later TG Lingappa made Desigar sing in Mudhal Thedhi-1955. ‘Yaen padaithaai Iraiva’ (I haven’t heard this song). However, I have listened many times to the two songs that Desigar sang for Chithoor Nagiah (himself a gifted singer), in the film Thirumanam-1958. Music: SMS. Both the songs ‘Aadiya paadham mandraadiya paadham, aadiya paadham nindraadiya paadham’ and ‘Karunaikkadalae, karpaga tharuvae charanam--Yaadhum unarndhava deva, idhu unaraayo deva’ are absolute treasures.
  
  Listening to the SOTD prompted me to dig up my Desigar collection, as I have been typing, I have been listening to ‘En appan allava, en thaayum allava, ponappan allava ponnambalathava’-Nandanaar- as I listened to this joyous paean to Lord Siva, the nearby Mosque sounded the call to the evening prayer, and as both blended harmoniously in the serene evening air, I was left wondering at the Oneness of the Almighty--
  
  Now I am listening to ‘Thaamarai pootha thadaagamadi, gyana thamaizh manathen pongi paayudhadi’ and ‘Nalla samayamada idhai nazhuva viduvaayo’ –both immortal classics from Desigar’s prized Thanippadal collection—and I am engulfed in the magic of the mystic voice of ‘Iasai Arasu’ MM Dhandapani Desigar all over again--
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.252.85) on: Thu Jul 17 12:23:02 EDT 2003
  
  Sathya: paal nilaavil thottil katti- it is VJ with MSV.
  
  
• From: bb (@ 206.154.118.2) on: Thu Jul 17 12:45:04 EDT 2003
  
  Saravanan, great info!
  
  I am trying to recall a song in Arabhi from the film Nandanaar. Any ideas?
  
  
• From: raj (@ 12.30.122.10) on: Thu Jul 17 13:39:52 EDT 2003
  
  nice songs thanks bb
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.231) on: Thu Jul 17 15:29:28 EDT 2003
  
  bb- Ennudaiya ragappulamai patri nangu arindha neengal ennidam ippadiyoru vina ezhuppalaamo :)
  
  Anyway, these are the songs of Nandanar that I have in my Desigar collection. For some I have jotted down long back some raga references:
  
  Sivaloga naathanaikandu sevithiduvom vaareer (Naathanamakriya)
  
  Piththam theliya marundhondrirukkuthu perinba mandrinullae (Senjurutti)
  
  Aiyae meththa kadinam (Punagavarali)
  
  Varugalaamo Aiya undhan arugil nindru kondaadavum paadavum (Maanji)
  
  Enappan allava en thayumallava
  
  Thillai ambal thalam ondrikkuthaam
  
  Pirava varam thaarum (Lathangi)
  
  Pavi p*rayan indha ooril vandhum
  
  Ellorum vaarungal sugamirukkuthu paarungal (Bilahari)
  
  Kaana vendaamo kannirukkum pothae (Sri Ranjini)
  
  Kaamam agatriya paadhan avan
  
  Mudiyiloru kaal vaiththa viththaga
  
  Hara hara hara hara shankara
  
  Jaathiyenum thadai yaen
  
  Perhaps by seeing this list, you can identify the Aarabhi song you're trying to recall?
  
  Anyway, its something wonderful that thanks to SOTD, many of us who weren't even born during the life and times of Desigar, are, sitting in various corners of the world, today remembering him and his songs. And that precisely is the magical power of film music- from Sivaloga nathanai kandu of 1942 to Yaar yaar Sivam of 2003, good songs will live on forever.
  
  
  
  
• From: bb (@ 206.154.118.2) on: Thu Jul 17 16:27:20 EDT 2003
  
  Not able to recall, Saravanan.
  
  
• From: Raj (@ 206.97.63.112) on: Thu Jul 17 17:50:43 EDT 2003
  
  bb: Thanks for the song by MMD. I was reminded of my days in Annamalai University when MMD was the head of the dept of Music. He gave a concert once and when he sang 'Thamarai Pootha' the whole audience roared. We used to see him taking a walk from his house towards the railway station clad in white with the silk angavastram. Those days are gone, but the memory lingers. Thanks again. Any chance of hearing Vasanthakokilam?
  
  

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