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Topic started by Sathiya Keerthi (@ synergy.nus.edu.sg) on Sat May 30 01:10:49 EDT 1998.
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Tamil Cinema's first Chapter consisted of actors
who also sang very well. The two great stars of
that chapter were MKTB and PU Chinnappa. In the
singing department MKTB was clearly the more popular
one among the masses. But, in acting, dialogues,
fights etc., PU Chinnappa was the better one. He
was probably the first to effectively do two, three,
and even ten roles in a single movie.

We have already collected lots of information
about MKTB, thanks to Manisekaran. Shall we do
the same for PU Chinnappa?

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Responses:

• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ synergy.nus.edu.sg) on: Sat May 30 05:02:00 EDT 1998
  
  'Chandrakantha' (1936), I believe is the first
  movie acted by PUC. He acted as a prince in that
  movie. Though it was a success, several movies
  acted by him soon after that were failures. The
  movie, 'Uththama Puththiran' (1940) by Modern
  Theatres gave him a lift again. (This movie was
  remade later with Sivaji as the hero.) PUC acted
  in dual roles (maaRupatta guNangaLai koNda
  irattaiyargaL). Bharadhiyaarin senthamizh
  naadennum pOdhinilE gaNeerendra PUC voice-il
  indha padaththildhaan idam petradhu. sudhandhira
  pOraattam soodu pidiththirundha vELaiyil ip paattum
  padamum siRandha vetri petrana. Another big hit
  that came soon after was 'Aryamaalaa' (1941) in
  Patchiraja Films. aanandha roobiNiyE aariyamaalaa and
  siva kirubaiyaal were two hit songs in that
  movie. PUC acted in 10 different roles in that
  movie and impressed the audience tremendously
  as a great actor!
  
  More later...
  
  
• From: pg (@ client-116-4.bellatlantic.net) on: Sat May 30 08:49:30 EDT 1998
  
  PUC's masterpiece was namakkini bayamEdhu ?
  
  
• From: Ramaswamy Gireesan (@ m42.m59.big.ac.at) on: Sat May 30 11:51:22 EDT 1998
  
  Hi!
  
  namakkini bayamEdhu (rag : kalyani) was certainly a masterpiece, no doubt.
  
  Some other songs of PUC that I can think of are :
  
  1. kAdhal kanirasamE
  2. nadaialangAram kaNdEn
  3. ellOrum nallavarE, ulaginil
  4. a big kathaakaalakshebam in the film Krishna Bakthi.
  
  I will rake my brains to list more songs of PUC.
  
  Regards
  
  G.Ramaswamy
  
  
• From: saketh (@ calloway-b-asy-8.rutgers.edu) on: Sat May 30 13:12:50 EDT 1998
  
  Apart from the song "namakkini bayamEdhu" which is based on the raga kalyAni, there are few more superhit songs of PUC, two of which i can recollect immediately are
  
  
  1. Nadai alankAram KandEn - KaraharapriyA (superb)
  
  2. Chandrodhayam idhilE - ShankarAbharanam
  (i personally feel this is the greatest tamil shankarAbharanam song in its pure form that i ever listened to, though there are lots of songs based on that scale. (of course, another greatest song on the raga is the well-known superhit telugu movie shakarAbharanam and the song "OmkAranAdhAnu".
  
  
• From: Vadivel (@ 202-222-131.ipt.aol.com) on: Sat May 30 16:05:20 EDT 1998
  
  Though I have heard of PUC, I don't know anything about him. Waiting for Manisekaran's memoirs of PUC. Is he a contemporary of Kittappa? One song in a Paandiarajan movie goes like this:
  
  KittappA andha kAlathula kAyadha kAnagatha
  P.U.ChinnappA indha kAlathula kAdhal kani rasamE
  manmadha leelai MKT kAlathula
  ...
  ...
  So I think PUC must have come to cine field after KittappA and one of PUC's hits must be "kAdhal kani rasamE". Am I correct?
  
  
• From: Pagalavan (@ bbn-cache-3.cisco.com) on: Sat May 30 21:24:52 EDT 1998
  
  Ramasamy Gireesan
  
  Your mention about kaathal kanirasamE song brings back my childhood memories. (Then in cylon radio, (very) old songs were played at 5:15 AM or so, and my father was an ardent fan of MKTB ad PUC). There is a line avaL kANakkidaikkAtha thangam.. that gets repeated couple of times in one of PUC's song. Is this line from kAthal kanirasamE song? Is this song from the film jagathala pradAban? Thanks for any info.
  
  
• From: pg (@ client-116-85.bellatlantic.net) on: Sat May 30 23:47:18 EDT 1998
  
  One more PUC masterpiece :
  
  sArasam vaseegara seer tharum
  mugam chandra bimbam
  
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Sun May 31 00:18:54 EDT 1998
  
  
  In 1942 PUC acted in Jupiter Pictures' kaNNagi. SV Venkatraman
  was the MD and Udumalai Narayana Kavi wrote the lyrics. The lyrics
  were very very good and the music was excellent. Several songs by PUC
  became big hits:
  
  anbil viLaindha amudhamE
  dhEva magaL ivaL yaar
  maanamellaam pOna pinnE
  
  But the song mentioned above, chandhrOdhayam idhilE was the most
  special song in this movie. adhil isaiamaippaaLar SVV Shankarabharanam
  raagaththai saaRu pizhindhaar; chandhrOdhayaththai senthamizh sandham
  aakkinaar udumalaiyaar; indha mayakkum rasak kalavaiyai than saareeram
  enum paLinguk kOppaiyil parimaaRinaar PUC; moththaththil andha paadal
  oru mukkanich chaaRu. -- ippadi solgiRadhu PUC patriya oru pazhaya
  journal article.
  
  adhE padaththil naNdu - sippi vEy kadhali naasamuRungaal, thaan
  koNda karuvaiyE azhikkum koLgaiyadhu pOl endru naakkil nuzhaiyaadha
  oru paadalum uNdu; adhaiyum thiruththamaagavum laavagamaagavum
  paadinaar PUC.
  
  1942-il PUC Prithiviraj endra padaththilum nadiththaar.
  adhil thanakku jOdiyaaga nadiththa Sakunthala-vaiyE than nija
  vaazhkkaiyilum manaivi aakkik koNdaar.
  
  SVV-yin isaiyil PUC pala inimaiyaana paadalgaLai paadiya padam
  kubErakuchElaa (1943). Pabanasam Sivan acted as KuchElaa. kaayakalpa
  vagaiyaRaavil ondrai saappittu kuchElar kubEranaaga maaRum pOdhu,
  vatral vadivam koNda paabanaasam sivan, vaattasaattamaana PUC-yaaga
  maaRividuvaar. 'paNam pandhiyilE' endra karuththai veLiyeedum
  selvamE suga jeevaadhaaram miga inimaiyaana paadal. Saamaa
  raagaththilum Ranjani-yilum amaindha indhap paadal PUC-yin paavam
  thadhumbum bhaaNikku nalla eduththuk kaattu. kubEra Chinnappa,
  kaadhal maiyam koNdu TR Rajakumari-yai thodarum pOdhu, nadai
  alankaaram kaNdEn endru uruguvaar. Karaharapriya-vai kadaindhu
  eduththa siRpamaaga veLikkaattum inimaiyaana paadal.
  
  The song, namakkini bayamEdhu in Kalyani raagam, it seems,
  was made for the movie, Jegathala Pradhaaban (MD: GRamanathan).
  But, it seems the song was never used for the movie.
  
  Kavinjar Kambadhaasan 'kadhaiamaippu, paadalgaL' varaindha padam
  Mangaiyarkkarasi (1949). Thaaththaa-Thandhai-Magan endru
  moondru vEdangaLil PUC nadiththu asaththiya indhap padaththil varum
  paadaldhaan kaadhal kanirasamE. Thyagaraja swamigaLin
  naadha dhanum anisham endru Chiththaranjani raaga varNa mettai
  appadiyE thazuviyadhu ip paadal. indha Carnatic mettin azhagu,
  thuLiyim baadhikkap padaamal paadiyuLLaar PUC. idhE padaththil
  paarththaal pasi theerum endra paadalil Chenjuritti raagaththaik
  koNdu nenjuruttiyuLLaar PUC.
  
  The article that I have also talks about a movie, manOnmaNeeyam
  (1942) acted by PUC and TRRajakumari. It seems the songs in that
  movie were a feast in Classical music. I will write about them later.
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Sun May 31 00:23:07 EDT 1998
  
  PG:
  
  The last song that you mentioned is from the movie,
  Krishna Bhakthi.
  
  
• From: S.Suresh (@ dwarpal.wipsys.soft.net) on: Mon Jun 1 02:15:23 EDT 1998
  
  Hi Guys,
  
  Keep up the good work. Unfortunately I cannot comment much since my knowledge of PUC is almost non-existant. I hope we come up with lot of material on other greats of yesteryears like G.Ramanathan, Papanasam Sivan, S V Venkatraman, Subbaraman etc. We can archive these. It will benefit everyone. I am sure lot of people will be interested in these topics. It will also be a good history about the evolution of TFM.
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ synergy.nus.edu.sg) on: Mon Jun 1 03:03:23 EDT 1998
  
  Suresh:
  
  For PPP I am collecting articles on SMSubbaiah Naidu,
  CRSubbaraman, and PUChinnappa. The article on
  SMS is ready. Since it will take some more time
  to get the other articles ready, I will put the
  SMS article for preview here:
  
  http://www.cadcam.nus.sg/~mpessk/sms.html
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ synergy.nus.edu.sg) on: Mon Jun 1 06:55:14 EDT 1998
  
  PUC and TRRajakumari sang three duets in the movie,
  manOnmaNeeyam (Modern Theatres, 1942).
  They are:
  
  1. kaNdEn kaNdEn, en kaadhal kaniyai kaNdEn
  
  2. mOhana maamadhanaa
  This song, it seems, is a very attractive tune made in
  Punnagavarali raagam.
  
  3. undranukkO iNaiyaavaar is in Bhairavi raagam.
  
  PUC also sang two beautiful solos in the same movie:
  
  4. vaanamudhE, maan vizhiyE, unaik kaaNbEnO
  
  5. mOhanaanga vadhani -- Kanada raagaththil
  amaindha indhap paadalil Dharbari Kanada-vum
  izhaiyOdugiRadhu.
  
  It seems all these 5 songs are wonderful. Would
  we ever get a chance to listen to them? I don't know.
  
  
• From: Satish (@ cs-line13.cs.umn.edu) on: Mon Jun 1 22:37:54 EDT 1998
  
  PUC Song list
  
  
  Here is a PUC song list. There are more empty spaces to fill this time, feel free to add to or correct the list.
  
  One question: Do the names "Kunnakudi Venkatrama Iyer" and "S V Venkatraman" refer to the same person?
  
  
  
  
  Song: Aanandha Roobiniye Aariyamaala
  Film: Aryamala (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa (ten roles)
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: ??
  Lyric: ??
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Anbil Vilaindha Amudhame
  Film: Kannagi (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: S V Venkataraman
  Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Chanddrodhayam Idhile
  Film: Kannagi (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: S V Venkataraman
  Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
  Ragam: Shankarabharanam
  
  Song: Damodhara
  Film: Sudharsan (1951)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan
  Lyric: Papanasam Sivan
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Dheva Magal Ival Yaar
  Film: Kannagi (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: S V Venkataraman
  Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Ellorum Nallavare, Ulaginil Ellorum Nallavare
  Film: Krishna Bhakthi (1948)
  Star: P U Chinnappa
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan
  Lyric: ??
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Enna Seithai Appa, Enna Seithai
  Film: Sudharsan (1951)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan
  Lyric: Papanasam Sivan
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Kaadhal Kani Rasame
  Film: Mangayarkkarasi (1949)
  Star: P U Chinnappa (triple role)
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan, Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer, C R Subbaraman
  Lyric: Kambasadan
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Kanden Kanden, En Kaadhal Kaniyai Kanden
  Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Sing: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Md: ??
  Lyr: ??
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Maanamellaam Pona Pinne
  Film: Kannagi (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: S V Venkataraman
  Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Mohana Maamadhanaa
  Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Sing: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Md: ??
  Lyr: ??
  Ragam: Punnagavarali
  
  Song: Mohanaanga Vadhani
  Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: ??
  Lyr: ??
  Ragam: Kaanada, Darbari Kaanada
  
  Song: Naadha Dhanum Anisham
  Film: Mangayarkkarasi (1949)
  Star: P U Chinnappa (triple role)
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan, Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer, C R Subbaraman
  Lyric: Thyagaraja
  Ragam: Chittharanjani
  
  Song: Nadai Alangaaram Kanden
  Film: Kubera Kuchela (1943)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer
  Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
  Ragam: Karaharapriya
  
  Song: Namakkini Bayamedhu
  Film: Jagadala Prathapan (1944)
  Star: P U Chinnappa
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan
  Lyric: Papanasam Sivan
  Ragam: Kalyani
  
  Song: Nandu Sippi Vey Kadhali Naasamurungaal
  Film: Kannagi (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: S V Venkataraman
  Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Paarthaal Pasitheerum Pankajavadhana Senkani Vaai Sirippai
  Film: Mangayarkkarasi (1949)
  Star: P U Chinnappa (triple role)
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan, Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer, C R Subbaraman
  Lyric: Kambasadan
  Ragam: Chenchuruththi
  
  Song: Sarasam Vasigara Kangal Seer Tharum, Mugam Chandrabimbam
  Film: Krishna Bhakthi (1948)
  Star: P U Chinnappa
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan
  Lyric: ??
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Selvame Suga Jeevaadharam
  Film: Kubera Kuchela (1943)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer
  Lyric: Udumalai Narayanakavi
  Ragam: Saama, Ranjani
  
  Song: Senthamizh Naadennum Podhinile
  Film: Uttama Puththiran (1940)
  Star: P U Chinnappa (double role)
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: ??
  Lyric: Bharathiyaar
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Siva Krubaiyaal
  Film: Aryamala (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa (ten roles)
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: ??
  Lyric: ??
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Unakken Veen Kavalai
  Film: Sudharsan (1951)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Md: G Ramanathan
  Lyric: Papanasam Sivan
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Undranukko Inaiyaavaar
  Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Sing: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Md: ??
  Lyr: ??
  Ragam: Bhairavi
  
  Song: Unnadiyil Anbu Vaithen Kanna Paramatma
  Film: Sudharsan (1951)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: G Ramanathan
  Lyric: Bharathiyar
  Ragam: ??
  
  Song: Vaanamudhe, Maan Vizhiye, Unaik Kaanbeno
  Film: Manomaneeyam (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, T R Rajakumari
  Sing: P U Chinnappa
  Md: ??
  Lyr: ??
  Ragam: ??
  
  
  
  What are the songs in the following movies:
  
  
  Film: Chanda Kantha (1936)
  Star: P U Chinnappa (first movie)
  
  Film: Prithviraj (1942)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Sakunthala
  
  Film: Harischandra (1943)
  Star: P U Chinnappa, Kannaamba
  
  
  
• From: saketh (@ calloway-a-asy-6.rutgers.edu) on: Mon Jun 1 23:32:55 EDT 1998
  
  satish,
  
  The song "Enna seidhAi appa, enna seidhAi" is in the raga Sindhu Bairavi (The song which is closest to the tune set in the same ragam is "vAzhndhAlum Esum, thAzhndhAlum Esum, vaiyagam idhuthAnadA".
  
  
  

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