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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: raj (@ 203.197.142.162) on: Tue Jan 20 08:16:36 EST 2004
  
  ya you are right bb.
  
  Really Rare to see other singer's Songs in SOTD ..
  
  A nice song ..
  good music by T.R.Paapa
  
  
• From: Da Vinci (@ 128.113.109.23) on: Tue Jan 20 10:40:07 EST 2004
  
  A wonderful song. I was able to at least follow the tune almost fully, if not able to recall the lyric. That a minor composer like T.R.Paapa could produce a song like it speaks volumes about that time.
  
  From the links BB made a note of, I could find more details of a Sirkazhi song I had been looking for a long time. It is " Beautiful Marvellous Excellent Very Very Excellent Nee Pirandhirukka Vendiyadhu England!" in Manam Oru Kurangu. Can I find this song anywhere?
  
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.164) on: Tue Jan 20 12:05:37 EST 2004
  
  'The glories of our blood and state
  are shadows, not substantial things;
  There is no armour against fate-
  Death lays his icy hand on kings;
  Sceptre and crown
  must tumble down,
  and in the dust be equal made-
  with the poor crooked scythe and spade.’
  
  Reminds James Shirley (1596-1666) in his ‘Death - The Leveller’
  
  And our Ayyamperumal Maruthakasi teaches the same lesson so tellingly ‘Jaathiyil melor endrum thaanzhthavar theeyor endrum bethamilaadhu; ellorum mudivil serndhidum kaadu—aandi engey-- arasanum engey, arignan engey-- asadanum engey, aavi ponappin kooduvaar ingey--’
  
  A masterpiece--and a memorable milestone in the careers of all those great men who wrought it – Maruthakasi,T.R.Papa & Seergazhi Govindarajan. TRP and SG shared a rare rapport, and were close friends throughout their lives. In fact, SG’s very second film song was for TRP—‘Ammayappa arul purivaai’ (a rare devotional song penned by M.Karunanidhi for the film Ammaiyappan-1954). Who can forget the many wonderful TRP-SG devotional albums, Abirami Andhaadhi being the most popular of them all?
  
  Sri Kalpana Pictures’ Rambaiyin Kaathal- 1956 had other good songs too, besides the SOTD:
  
  Kattivellam neeye katterumbu naane– K.H.Reddy & A.G.Ratnamala (A.Maruthakasi)
  Bhaktar potrum Bhadrachalane Narayana- SG (Thanjai.N.Ramiahdoss)
  Aadavaareer ingey aadavaareer- P.Bhanumathi (TNR)
  Kannu therinju nadakkanum- TMS, S.V. Ponnuswami & chorus (TNR)
  Kalaignanam uravaadum naadu -N.L.Ganasaraswathi & P.Leela (TNR)
  Saanjaa saayira pakkame saayira - TMS (AM)
  Kannala vaazhviley kaadhal poi thaana- P.Bhanumathi (TNR)
  Kattumasthukkalaiyaatha- P.Leela & A.G.Ratnamala (AM)
  
  Thanks,bb!
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 217.165.104.239) on: Tue Jan 20 13:04:56 EST 2004
  
  
  A great song and SG has done full justice to the philosophical lines of MaruthaKasi.
  
  I find the pallvai very close to Manna dey's Laga Chunri mein daag from Dil hi to hai.Even the stanzas resemble a Lata song of the 50s.Gnyabagam varavillai udanadiyaga.
  
  
• From: bb (@ 206.154.118.2) on: Tue Jan 20 13:26:04 EST 2004
  
  Hi Raj,
  FYI, and for what it is worth, singers featured in SOTD so far:
  A.L.Raghavan
  A.M.Raja
  A.R.Rahman
  A.S.Mahadevan
  Adnan Samy
  Anitha
  Anupama
  Asha Bhonsle
  Aslam Mustafa
  B.S.Sasirekha
  B.Vasantha
  Balasaraswathy Devi
  Banumathi
  Bhavatharini
  Bombay Jayashree
  C.S.Jayaraman
  Chandra Babu
  Chinmayi
  Chitra
  Chitra Sivaraman
  D.K.Pattammal
  Deepan Chakravarthy
  G.K.Venkatesh
  G.N.B
  Ghanshyam
  Ghantasala
  Hariharan
  Harini
  Harish Raghavendra
  Ilayaraja
  J.Jayalalitha
  Jamuna Rani
  Jayachandran
  Jency
  Jikki
  K.J.Yesudas
  K.Veeramani
  Kamalhaasan
  Karthik
  Kausalya
  Kovai Soundararajan
  Krishnachander
  L.R.Eswari
  Lata Mangeshkar
  M.K.T
  M.L.Vasanthakumari
  M.M.Dhandapani Desikar
  M.S.Rajeswari
  M.S.Subbulakshmi
  M.S.Viswanathan
  Madurai Somu
  Malaysia Vasudevan
  Malgudi Subha
  Mano
  Minmini
  N.C.Vasantakokilam
  N.S.Krishnan
  P.B.Srinivas
  P.Suseela
  P.U.Chinnappa
  Periya Karuppu Devar
  Pushpavanam Kuppusamy
  Radha Jayalakshmi
  Raja Govindarajan
  Rajkumar Bharathi
  Ramesh Vinayagam
  Ramola
  S.Janaki
  S.P.B
  S.P.Shailaja
  Sadan
  Sadhana
  Sadhana Sargam
  Sandhya
  Saritha
  Seergazhi Govindarajan
  Shreya Ghoshal
  Sirpi
  Sivaji Ganesan
  Srivardhini
  Sujatha
  Sunandha
  Sundar
  Swarna
  Swarnalatha
  T.A.Madhuram
  T.A.Mothi
  T.M.S
  T.N.Seshagopalan
  T.R.Mahalingam
  T.S.Bhagavathi
  Tippu
  Trichy Loganathan
  Udit Narayan
  Uma Ramanan
  Unni Menon
  Unnikrishnan
  V.J.Verma
  V.N.Sundaram
  Vani Jayaram
  Yugendran
  
  
• From: Ramki (@ 161.150.2.31) on: Tue Jan 20 14:53:35 EST 2004
  
  Saravanan, if im not wrong
  'bhagawaane mounam aeno
  idhu yaavaum needhithaano' is also from Rambaiyin kaadhal.
  
  
• From: nagarajan (@ 82.128.3.112) on: Tue Jan 20 15:23:52 EST 2004
  
  the most famous devotional of TRP-SG combination is 'chinnajjiru pen pole' - very simple lyric (u.shanmugam?).
  
  After, 'aayiram kan podhaadhu vanna-k-kiliye', it was 'chinnajjiru pen pole' was played by most of the nadaswara vidwans on various occasions.
  
  
• From: SP (@ 65.69.81.2) on: Tue Jan 20 17:33:47 EST 2004
  
  bb,
  P.Suseela should have been in BOLD letters :-)
  
  
• From: vijay (@ 68.51.215.28) on: Tue Jan 20 21:58:21 EST 2004
  
  bb, a couple of nominations for future SOTDs based on my recent hearing of them:
  
  1. yenakkena yerkanave- MD-Bharadwaj from Paarthen Rasithen. Its his best so far and one of the best in TFM in the last 3 or 4 years. The tune, orchestration(second interlude especially) everything is fabulous.
  
  2. Isayarasi ennalum - Thai Mookambikai. I believe this song was overlooked in favor of the simpler-yet-appealing Janani Janani. A singing competition between SJ,PS and Rajeswari. Easily IR's best semi-classical effort. I have the file for this if you need it.
  
  Pl. store the above two in your RAM somewhere :-)
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.166) on: Tue Jan 20 22:54:14 EST 2004
  
  Yes, bb, Vijay's 2 recommendations for SOTD are absolute stunners. Hope to listen to them soon on SOTD!
  
  Ramki, I recall the song you mention, but not sure if it is from Rambaiyin Kaadhal.
  
  
• From: GCT_Kuil (@ 67.115.104.26) on: Wed Jan 21 01:17:17 EST 2004
  
  Ramki, Yes, Bhagavaanee Mounam Yeenoo by SG is from this movie too..
  
  I think there is another song by SG, in this movie - Kandathai Kaettathai Nambaathee
  
  
  
• From: raj (@ 203.197.142.162) on: Wed Jan 21 01:56:25 EST 2004
  
  bb thanks for the list
  
  IF you have put the no of times those singers featured in brackets .. will answer y i used the word RARE..
  
  
• From: raj (@ 203.197.142.162) on: Wed Jan 21 01:58:41 EST 2004
  
  yes bhavagavane mownam yeno is from Rambayin KAdhal
  Oli 96.8 airs this frequently
  
  
• From: bb (@ 24.6.216.148) on: Wed Jan 21 02:10:48 EST 2004
  
  raj, it will reflect the number of songs each person has sung (that is worth SOTD), and simply, the songs that I have and listen to :)
  If PS is your problem, I just saw that PS has been featured more times that SJ.
  
  
• From: bb (@ 24.6.216.148) on: Wed Jan 21 02:47:01 EST 2004
  
  Song of the Day: mELam kotta nEram varum from Lakshmi.
  
  http://www.newtfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/melam.rm
  
  - Saravanan writes:
  
  ‘mELam kotta nEram varum’ from Lakshmi. Sung by B.S.Sasirekha. Music by Ilayaraja. Lyrics by Alangudi Somu.
  
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  Nageswari Films’ Lakshmi -1979 starred Sridevi and Jaiganesh.
  
  The other songs in the film were:
  
  Thenna marathile thendraladikkudhu- IR & PS
  Velaayi veeraayi vetkkam enna poovayi- SJ & chorus
  Pandhayathile kalandhadikkira singara kuyile- VJ
  
  In 1979 alone, 9 Tamil films had Sridevi playing the heroine. And though throughout her career in Tamil most of her films were with frontline actors, there were a few films in which the story revolved around her, with some nondescript actor playing second fiddle. Arumbugal-1979, Balanagamma -1981, Deviyin Thiruvilaiyaadal-1982 were instances in this genre. Lakshmi was also such a film, where Sridevi played the chief protagonist. In fact, the record cover shows Sridevi with a monkey perched snugly at her shoulder!
  
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  Alangudi Somu’s inconspicuous entry into tfm was through the song ‘Aambalaikku pombalai avasiyam thaan’ (Yaanaipaagan- 1960). However he soon gained recognition when MGR took him under his fold. Out of the 9 songs of Kanchi Thalaivan- 1963, Somu penned 6 (‘Oru kodiyil iru malargal’, ‘Makkal oru thavaru seithaal’, ‘Uyirai tharugindren’, ‘Vaanathil varuvathu’, ‘Mayangaatha manam yaavum’, ‘Avani yellam pugazh manakkum’). MGR continued to patronize him, and Somu got to write memorable songs in films like Thozhilaali, Deivathaai- both 1964, Thaazhampoo, Enga Veettu Pillai- both 1965, Naan Aanaiyitaal-1966, Arasakkattali-1967, Kudiyirundha Kovil, Kannan En Kaadhalan- both 1968 and Adimaippenn-1969.
  
  Meanwhile, Joseph Thaliyath Jr. of The Citadel Film Corporation gave Alangudi Somu some good opportunities in 1965. If Vilakketriyaval had 3 songs by Somu (‘Kaththiyai theettaadhe’, ‘Muthamma aasai muthama’,‘Thoondiyile maattikkitta’), Iravum Pagalum was a wholly Somu album, wherein his lyrics for songs like ‘Ullathin kadhavugal’, ‘Iravum varum’, ‘Irandhavana sumandhavanum’, ‘Kaalai neram oruthi vandhaal’ won acclaim. Other films in which Somu got to write in this period were Poompuhar- 1964 (‘Iraiva Iraiva’), Karthigai Deepam-1965 (‘Malai saaindhu ponaal’), Thenmazhai-1966 (‘Ennadi chellakkannu’), Sadhu Mirandaal- 1966 (‘Arulvaaye’, ‘vanakkam vanakkam’), Madras to Pondicherry-1966 (‘Enge payanam enge’), Rajaathi- 1967 (all songs), and Sorgam-1970 (‘Pon magal vandhaal’).
  
  Somu was part of the first two KB- V. Kumar collaborations too. He wrote 2 songs each in Neerkkumizhi (‘Kanni nadhiyoram’ & ‘Neeril neendhidum’) and Naanal (‘Ennathaan paaduvadhu’ & ‘Kuyil koovi thuyilezhuppa’).Emboldened at KB’s high success rate in the late 60s, Somu ventured into producing a film in 1970, with KB at the helm, and V Kumar composing the tunes for Somu’s lyrics. But as luck would have it, Alangudi Movies’ Paththaam Pasali (Nagesh /Gemini Ganesh/ Rajasri) was a dismal failure, and Somu was left facing financial ruin.
  
  V Kumar continued to give him opportunities (Ponn Vandu-1973, for instance), and from time to time, IR brought Somu back from oblivion in films like Lakshmi, Niyayam-1984 & Kettimelam-1965.
  
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  Remember ‘ Unnai enni ennai marandhen’, the wondrous PS song from Ragasiya Police 115? It was this song that Bangalore Saravanamuthu Sasirekha sang when her uncle took her to meet MSV and the Mellisai Mannar asked her to sing (Hotel Woodlands, Bangalore / Circa 1972). Pleased with her voice, MSV asked her to come to Madras. And BSS came down to Madras to become a permanent fixture in MSV’s stage shows. She made her debut in tfm in 1973 singing two songs – ‘Thanjavooru seeemaiyile’ (Ponnukku thanga Manasu/ GKV) and ‘Aanjaneya Anumanthayya’ (Kasi Yaathirai/ S-G).
  
  She made steady progress in the following years—‘Madhyana velayil mayakkam sugam’, ‘Pesaadha mozhiyondru undu’ (Pandhaattam –1974 /S-G), ‘Kelviyin nayagane’ (Apoorva Ragangal-1975/ MSV), ‘Malaichaaralil ilam poonkuyil’ (Oru Kudumbathin Kathai-1975/S-G), ‘Penngalukkendru’ (Thangathile Vairam-1975/ S-G), ‘Punnai maram onnnu’ (Muththana Muththallavo-1976/MSV). ‘Veenai pesum’ (Vaazhvu En Pakkam-1976/ MSV), ‘Welcome hero’ (Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga- 1977/ MSV), ‘Veliye sonnaal vetkam’ (Enna Thavam seithen-1977/ MSV), ‘Azhagar malaiyil annangal irandu’ (Aaru Pushpangal-1977/ MSV), ‘Mangai endraal vaanam kooda’ (Iraivan Kodutha Varam-1978/ MSV), ‘Nadigai paarkum nadagam’(Oru Nadigai Nadagam Paarkiraal-1978/ MSV), ‘Rathi devi sannithiyil’ (Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam-1978/ MSV), ‘Adiyenai paaramma’ (Vanakkathukkuriya Kaathaliye’- 1978/ MSV).
  
  However, it was Ilayaraja who ensured that BSS acquired a distinct identity of her own, when the haunting ‘Vaazhve Maayama’ (Gayatri-1977) earned its rightful place amongst the most popular songs of the decade. ‘Ammamma pasikkuthamma’ & ‘Unmaikke pirappeduthen’ (Thunai Iruppaal Meenakshi- 1977), ‘Idho idho en nenjile’ (Vattathukkul Sathuram-1978), ‘Aanpillai endraalum’ (6-rilirundhu 60 Varai-1979), ‘Kozhi potta kozhi’ (Sakkalathi- 1979), ‘Sevvaname ponmegame’ (Nallathoru Kudumbam-1979) were the other songs that BSS sang for IR in his early years. And in the future years some of IR’s unforgettable compositions found pulsating life in Sasirekha’s voice.
  
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  ‘Padichuttu veetla summa thaan irukken’- this was the standard reply that many female listeners used to give, when they were interviewed as part of the Indraiya Neyar programme (Radio Ceylon/ Late 70s), and invariably the first song that they picked as their choice was ‘Melam kotta neram varum’. Perhaps this simple enchanting song mirrored their feelings, longings and hopes. ‘Maalai ida poravanai kannil kalandhu, mangai manam alayudhadi mella parandhu!’ –the lines hide within them long nights heavy with suppressed yearnings. ‘Oorukkellam paaku vechu kaathiruppen, oorai ellam paarka vechu manam mudippen; koora sela sarasarakka anji nadappen, kondavanin gunam arinji konji sirippen’—the naïve pride here is so endearing. And how much aching wistfulness Sasirekha reflects as she avers ‘ammamma, chellamma, indha mayakkam enakkum porakkum, pudhu sugamirukkum!’
  
  I have also appended the tiny pathos version---the same lines that were earlier filled with hope, now sound so forlorn, as her castle of hope comes crashing down.
  
  
• From: raj (@ 203.197.142.162) on: Wed Jan 21 03:02:33 EST 2004
  
  bb,
  
  I dont know what you understood!! I never mentioned any Particular Singer anywhere ..
  
  How did you assume some problem??
  
  Please put the count of SPB and compare it with others..
  
  By seeing Seerkazhi song i posted the comment not on any other day ..
  
  
  
  
  

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