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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 (@ 213.42.2.9) on: Mon Jul 21 16:49:56 EDT 2003
  
  1978- Part 12C
  
  168. Ponna porandhava - Radhaikketra Kannan – SPB - KVM
  
  VJ: Ponna porandhava engo oru naal pogapporava machachane
  Macchanae—o--machchanae
  SPB:Yengo ennadi adiyae sittu, enakkum unakkum vechaanae
  Vechaanae-vechanaae
  
  VJ: Ayyo paavam athai pillai
  aasai valaiyil vizhundhaachu--
  SPB:Adhilae vizhundhaal valiyaedhamma
  adiyillamal ezhundhaachu!
  VJ: Aasai paartha theerathu
  SPB:Appadi chonna pothaathu
  VJ: Aasaiyai paaru-- adhukkulae yetho kanakkaiyum pottachu
  Machchaanae---o machchaanae
  
  SPB:Kannilae pudichu nenjilae pottu
  gappunnu adaichae sarithaano
  VJ: Ponnunga nenachaa singathakkooda
  pudaivaya pottu pudikkathao
  SPB:Thaaliyai pottuttu paarthukkuraen
  VJ: Tharisa naanum serndhukkiraen
  SPB:Mookukkayirai podappogum aanpillai naan thaanae
  Naan thaanae—--naanthaanae
  
  Any doubt that these songs are lifts from their Telugu originals vanishes while listening to this song, for there’s a short bit of humming in the first interlude, and the female voice for this humming sounds suspiciously like PS (who must have sung the Telugu original with SPB)!!
  
  To listen to this song, click here:
  
  http://in.f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/nat_saravanan/vwp2?.tok=bcldn5RBAUG6EboO&.dir=/&.dnm=ponna.mp3&.src=bc
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 213.42.2.9) on: Mon Jul 21 16:51:28 EDT 2003
  
  1978- Part 12D
  
  169. Aadungal paadungal – Radhaikketra Kannan – SPB & chorus - KVM
  
  SPB:Aadungal paadungal
  Amman peril paattu paada koodungal
  VJ: Athaipponnu vandhalaa-
  maman ponnu vandhaala
  endhapponnu vandhaalum
  indhapponnu aavaalaa?
  
  VJ: Maangalyam yaaralae
  Kungumamum yaaralae
  Manjal vandhadhaaraalae
  Thaayaalae-- Thaayaalae
  SPB:Andhapakkam ponaalum
  indhappakkam ponaalum
  Annaippotta saalaiyil thaan
  Pogonum-- vaazhonum
  VJ: Kanniranja purushanaiyum ava thandha
  SPB:Ice vechi nice panni kaathal panna iva vandhaa
  
  VJ: Aasai irukku manasoda
  anbu irukku kannoda
  pasam irukku nenjoda
  Podhaadho-- ponnu vaazha
  SPB:Maman veettu Mariamma
  Idhu sami senja velaiyamma
  Kannukkullae nikkudhaadi
  Andhakalam-- indhaneram
  VJ:Katti katti pudichathellaam vittu pochaa
  SPB:Nee yengae naan engae paaradi vaayadi
  
  VJ: Ammanoda arul venum
  aayulukku vara venum
  ponnporulum perugonam
  sugamaaga--- padhamaaga
  SPB:Bhakthiyoda kettaalae
  alli alli tharuvaale
  Sakthi ulla thaai thaandi
  nam amma--- ponnamma
  VJ: Kannagikku thangachi naan thaanae
  en karppinai nee paarthaye sarithaane
  SPB:Pona jenmam kannagi
  Indha jenmam ennadi
  
  Seems to be a grand Thiruvizha song, chorus voices and all.
  
  To listen to this song, click here:
  
  http://in.f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/nat_saravanan/vwp2?.tok=bcldn5RBzeVIR_K3&.dir=/&.dnm=aadungal.mp3&.src=bc
  
  
  I have not dwelt at length on these songs, for I have to admit that they are not are not very impressive. One would expect much more from a veteran like KVM. Though SPB and VJ try valiantly to salvage the proceedings, the singularly unimaginative lyrics and equally uninspiring music puts paid to their efforts. Perhaps KVM and Pugazhenthi were hard pressed for time and were coerced into copying their Telugu tunes—
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 213.42.2.9) on: Mon Jul 21 16:53:56 EDT 2003
  
  1978- Part 12E
  
  I know I said that we have completed the list of VJ’s songs for MSV in 1978. Well, I was mistaken in my belief… Recently, while idly going through my music collection, I discovered two more songs that VJ sang for MSV in 1978. Hope you all will forgive me for this lapse.
  
  Let us now look at these songs-
  
  170. Oorai thiruththa oru pillai- Vandikkaran Magan- Seergazhi S Govindarajan,
  Kovai Soundararajan- MSV
  
  We have in an earlier chapter talked about the lovely ‘Medaiyil aadidum melliya poonktraatrae’ SPB-VJ duet from this film. As discussed, Poompuhar Productions’ Vandikkaran Magan starred Jaishankar, Jayachitra, Rojaramani, Ashokan and others.
  
  The other songs in the film are ‘Paduththaal, purandaal, urakaamillai’-SPB & Ramola, ‘Oru pakkam neruppu’-LRE and ‘Nadagam nadakkuthu naatiley’-TMS.
  
  Kovai Soundararajan has sung the last part of the song. His real name is Chinnasami Srinivasan. When Aringnar Anna heard him sing in a programme in Coimabatore, he renamed him as Kovai Soundararajan, as his voice bore a striking similarity to TMS. KS struggled for opportunities, as while TMS himself was still going strong, there were very few takers for a TMS clone. However MSV, Vijayabhaskar and S-G gave him some memorable songs, and KS made the most of them. Songs like ‘Engaladhu bhoomi kaakka vandha sami’-Neethi, ‘Jambulingamae jadaathara’ and ‘Mella pesungal’- both from Kaasethaan Kadavulada, ‘Indha naal nalla naal’-Aasirvaatham, ‘Kadavul potta kanakku’-Maalai Soodavaa, ‘Aanjaneya Anumanthayya’-Kaasi Yaathirai, ‘Sonpappdi sonappapdi’-En Magan, ‘Punnaimaram onnu thennai maram onnu’-Muththana Muththallavo,’ ‘Kannankarutha kuyil nirathavalae’-Dr.Siva, ‘Manjal poosi manjam konda’ and ‘Appappa thambi’- Both from Ungal Viruppam, Ilaya Thalaimurai title track, ‘Naan summa thodavae maataen’-Aval Oru Adhisayam and ‘Gopurathilae oru chittukkuravi’ –Shankar Salim Simon, ensure a place, humble though it may be, for KS, in the galaxy of Tamil singers.
  
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.231) on: Mon Jul 21 16:56:14 EDT 2003
  
  1978- Part 12E (Continued)
  
  This song seems to be the exultant celebration marking the birth of a son- perhaps of Jaishankar & Jayachitra. The song exudes an air of festive and boisterous merry making.
  
  VJ:Oosimel raapagalaa ukkaarndhu thavamirundhaa--
  Urakkam varaama orukkalichu paduthirundhaa--
  Pesi vechcha pechchuppadi paththaam masam peththeduthaa--
  Aasaikkadal kulichava thaan-- azhagaana muththeduthaa--
  
  SG:Oorai thiruththa oru pillai porandhaan-
  Appan peyarai nirutha rendukkannai thirandhaan;
  Thaarai thambattam kottungadi,
  Kai thaalam thappama thattungadi!
  SG&VJ: Oorai thiruththa oruppillai pirandhaan-
  Appan peyarai nirutha rendukkannai thirandhaan;
  Thaarai thambattam kottungadi,
  Kai thaalam thappama thattungadi!
  
  SG:Anippillai- thennampillai
  kilippillai- keerippillai-
  aththanaikkum usandhadhu ennappillai?
  Ada-- sollu pulla!
  VJ:Oru aaththaa madi sumandha chinna pullai-
  Thottu paartha kai manakkum vanna pullai-
  Thottu paartha kai manakkum vanna pullai!
  
  SG:Vellarikkai vidhaiyaippola sirikkudhadi
  pillai vellaritham poovaattam irukkudhadi;
  VJ:Kallirukkum thaamaraippo-
  kaadirukkum malligaippoo-
  mullirukkum seriyilae porandhadhadi,
  ingae ullirukkum seithiyellaam arijidhadi!
  Peththeduththa ammaiyoru panakkaari-
  nalla peru vecha appanoru thozhilaali!
  SG:Melidathai keezhidathil
  Oridathil serthuvaikka-
  kaaranamaai vandhadhadi indhappillai-
  indha kaariyathai verevanum senjathillai!
  
  KS:Anandha thenae-- arumai maganae--
  naan sollapporadhai kettukkada-
  nee nallathai kaathulappotukkada
  nee nallathai kaathulappotukkada
  
  KS: alaiyil uzhaikkum thozhilaali-
  unna arisayaikkodukkum vivasaayi-
  mootaiyai thookkum paataali-
  indha moovarum namakku kootaali!
  
  The song begins with a pleasant flute bit, and VJ enters with the gentle thogayara. The graceful line endings are typical VJ, while the extra soft last line beginning with ‘Aasaikkadal kulichchava thaan’ is of particular appeal. This prelude is the hushed calm before the exuberant storm- all hell breaks loose when Seergazhi begins with ‘Oorai thiruththa oru’- rumbustious revelries commence in right earnest—and KS (for Jai?) joins the party toward the end, singing a few words of socialist advice to the infant son!
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.231) on: Mon Jul 21 16:58:21 EDT 2003
  
  1978- Part 12F
  
  170. Pudhu manjal meni chittu- Rudra Thaandavam- SPB-MSV
  
  Alarmelu Manga Productions’ Rudra Thaandavam starred VK Ramasamy, Nagesh,Vijayakumar,Sumitra and others. It was directed by VKR himself, and proved to be a modest hit. The film was based on VKR’s own play for propagating the 20 Point Programme during the Emergency years, and VKR played the lead role of Lord Siva with savoir faire.
  
  Virudhunagar K Ramasamy (1926-2002) was among the most enduring actors in the long history of Tamil Cinema. His early apprenticeship in the drama troupes of Ponnuswami Pillai and Kalaivanar NSK served him in good stead throughout his career as an actor. At the age of 21, he played an elderly man in his first film- AVM’s Naam Iruvar-1947, and fate willed that he would play only predominantly elderly roles. Over the years, he gave memorable performances in hundreds of films like Parasakthi, Penn, Veerappandiya Kattabomman, Paavai Vilakku, Pudhiya Paravai, Paar Magalae Paar, Ooty Varai Uravu, Lakshmi Kalyanam, Vasantha Maaligai, Kasi Yaathirai, Aanpavam, Mounaragam, Velaikkaran, Varusham 16, Agni Natchathiram, Poo Pootha Nandavanam, Arangetra Velai, Arunachalam, Dum Dum Dum etc. His last film was University.
  
  He was the recipient of the Kalaimamani Award instituted by the TN Govt. He bagged the TN Govt.’s Best Comedian Award in 1982-83, and the ‘Kalaivanar Ninaivu Virudhu’ (also from the TN Govt.) in 1988.
  
  Together with Akkammappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan, VKR started producing films under the banner ‘Sree Lakshmi Pictures’. The films that came from this collaboration include Makkalai Petra Maharasi-1957, Nalla Idathu Sambandham-1958, Thaayaippola Pillai Noolaippola Selai-1959 and Vadivukku Valaikappu-1962. Later APN broke away from VKR, and started making his own films under the banner ‘Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures’- Navarathiri-1964 was the first film under this banner, followed by the famed string of grand mythologicals. Meanwhile, VKR produced Selvam-1966, under the banner ‘VKR Pictures’. VKR has produced 13 films, and Rajinikanth made him one of the many producers of Arunachalam. However, years of dissipated living eroded all his earnings, and with his son bringing financial ruin upon the family with his film ‘Sundarapandiyan’ (stg. Karthik) which is still lying in the cans, VKR died in penury after a brief illness on 24th December 2002.
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.229) on: Mon Jul 21 17:00:44 EDT 2003
  
  1978- Part 12F(continued):
  
  Other songs in Rudrathaandavam were ‘Nee mannavana chinnavana sollividum pirappu’-TMS and ‘Oru aaththukku karaiyum iruvar pannum koothukku thiraiyum’- LRE & ?.
  
  SPB: Pudhu manjal meni chittu-
  pudaivaikkul oonjal ittu
  Nadanangal aadidum nayamaana azhagu
  Vizhiyae—idhu enna rajangamo
  Vizhiyae—
  idhu enna rajangamo
  VJ: Idhazh thottu thendral poojai-
  idai thottu Kaaman poojai
  udalengum ungal poojai
  idhu thaanae ungal aasai--
  Moham azhaikkindrathae—nanam thadukkindrathae—
  Hmm hmm- naanam thadukkindrathae—
  
  VJ: Neer konda megangal kudai podavum
  nilai konda pushpangal manam thoovavum
  ther konda paravaigal sruthi meettavum
  thirumeni valam vandha sugam ennavo
  SPB: Kaarkoondhal kadal kanda alaiyaagavum
  Ther konda manichangu oli kaattavum
  Nizhal konda rathi devi uru vandhadho
  VJ: Angam thodaamal sangam illamal kannil sugangal illai
  SPB: Mannan varaamal Maharaniyennum pennnmai nalangal illai
  
  SPB: Then sindhum sirukkoodu nadamaaduthu
  sirumullai magarandhappodi thoovuthu
  maan vannam madi meedhu vilayaaduthu
  mazhaiyaaga thamizh veenai isaippaaduthu
  VJ: Uravendrum sugamendrum ninaiyaadhadhu
  oru nenjil nilayaana idam theduthu
  iravendrum pagalendrum ariyaamalae
  idhamaana sugam kaana unai naaduthu
  idhamaana sugam kaana unai naaduthu
  SPB: Thanjam pugundha manjal nilavai endrum marandhadhillai
  VJ: Anjum nadungum pinjaaga nindrum aasai izhandhadhillai
  
  If MSV based the opening tune of ‘Ilangaiyin Ilam kuyil’ on his own ‘Bhale bhale’ from Maro Charithra, for ‘Pudhu manjal meni chittu’, he seems to have heavily borrowed from ‘Yae theegappovuno’, another unforgettable number from Maro Charithra. Thanks to OISG for bringing this similarity to my notice, when I was discussing this song with him recently.
  
  However, this inspiration doesn’t in the least deter the fact that this song is an absolute delight, with SPB and VJ at their euphonious best. The ‘Nayamaana azhagu’ part and its progression to ‘Vizhiyae—ithu enna raajangamo’ has both the singers adding their individual touches, and these cherished moments are alone enough to bring lasting allure to the song. Nayamaana azhagugal niraindha paadal--
  
  To listen to this song, click here:
  
  http://in.f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/nat_saravanan/vwp2?.tok=bcHKn5RBAcoiS8kS&.dir=/&.dnm=pudhu+manjal+meni.mp3&.src=bc
  
  We’ll continue the next part with VJ’s songs for yet another MD in 1978--
  
  

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