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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: Saravanan (@ 213.42.2.23) on: Mon Jun 21 15:02:51 EDT 2004
  
  Thanks, Udhaya! Refreshing lyrics.
  
  
• From: Kupps (@ 192.76.80.74) on: Mon Jun 21 15:20:52 EDT 2004
  
  andholan @ SOTD.page. :)
  
  
• From: Music4ever (@ 64.222.240.200) on: Mon Jun 21 21:25:43 EDT 2004
  
  Naaz, it is a pleasure to read your write-ups, due in no small measure to their eloquence and elegance.
  
  
• From: bb (@ 24.6.223.145) on: Tue Jun 22 01:09:51 EDT 2004
  
  Song of the Day: thattaan kedaikkaliyO from aLLith thandha vaanam.
  
  http://www.newtfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/thattaan.rm
  
  - Sung by Swarnalatha. Music by Vidyasagar. Lyrics by Arivumathi.
  
  - I heard this song for the first time today. This Swarnalatha solo was a real find for me. The end of the pallavi where she sings 'oru maasam azhudhiruppEn, usirOda seththiruppEn', the short flute interludes, the tune that seems familiar and yet different, and Swarnalatha's singing made this a memorable song.
  
  - All I remembered from Alli thantha vaanam were Prabhudeva and Laila's maniacal dancing, and "kaNNaalE miyaa miyaa" which was featured in SOTD earlier. I don't see any discussion on 'thattaan kedaikkaliyO' in newtfmpage.
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 195.229.241.181) on: Tue Jun 22 03:20:22 EDT 2004
  
  Naaz
  
  Sorry.If your write-up should invoke the unwritten/adhoc laws of blasphemy so should mine.I am sure neither of us had that as an agenda.My apologies.
  
  
  
  
• From: SP (@ 24.107.5.179) on: Tue Jun 22 19:49:17 EDT 2004
  
  Just few seconds into SOTD, it sounded like another Swarnalatha song from Paanjaalankurichi.
  "aathoram thOppukkuLLa
  athaana sandhikkathaan
  aasai vachen"
  
  I couldn't find it in Dhool, MIO, or Raaga for comparison :(
  
  This song is nicely sung by Swarnalatha.
  Lyrics is usual stuff; Reminds me of
  "aasai vachen un mEla; machaan araLi vachen kollaiyile"
  BUT
  look at these lines:
  "theruvoda pogurappo thirumbaama neeyum ponaa
  oru maasam azuthiruppen"
  
  Imagine being ignored when you are craving for just a glance.
  ("kadaikkaN paarvaiyai kanniyar kaattivittaal... " - ithu pasangaLukku mattum illeengov :-) )
  
  Thanks bb.
  If possible get the Paanjaalankurichi song also.
  
  
• From: From Mars (@ 69.192.108.144) on: Wed Jun 23 00:30:32 EDT 2004
  
  SP, that SL song is a copy of George Michael song, get that song instead :)
  
  
• From: bb (@ 24.6.231.170) on: Wed Jun 23 01:49:59 EDT 2004
  
  From Mars, what song is that?
  
  
• From: bb (@ 24.6.231.170) on: Wed Jun 23 01:56:34 EDT 2004
  
  Song of the Day: kaNNOdu kaNNaai ragasiyam pEsi from Madhana Mohini.
  
  http://www.newtfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/kannodu.rm
  
  - Saravanan writes:
  
  Today let us revisit the 50s, and listen to a vintage classic by an unlikely singer:
  
  kaNNOdu kaNNaai ragasiyam pEsi from madhana mohini. Sung by K.V.Mahadevan & P.Leela. Lyrics by M.P.Sivan. Music by KVM.
  
  Madhana Mohini (1953/ Liberty Pictures) was produced by M.L.Pathi. It starred an obscure actress of the 50s called C.R.Rajakumari in a dual role, and Narasimha Bharathi as the hero. I recall seeing it on DD- it was a long-drawn meandering tale, a tedious amalgam of mythology, sorcery and romance. Shoddy editing, amateurish acting, and a screenplay that displayed an appalling indifference to logic compounded the woes of this misadventure, and the proceedings unwittingly ended up in a comical farce. And I would have given up on it too, had I not been riveted by its enchanting songs, and the knowledge that I was watching a part of tfm history.
  
  Madana Mohini had songs in abundance, and there were at least 2-3 more songs than these 11 that I managed to gather over the years:
  
  vaana veedhi mElE viLaiyaadum veNNilavE- P.Leela
  aaNum peNNum aasai vechu aattam pOdum kaadhalE- A.P.Komala
  uNmaikkE ulagil uyarvu thaazh illaiyE (ennE ikkaala maatRam)- KVM
  aadhi mudhalaanava- A.P.Komala/ N.L.Ganasaraswathi
  kO kO kO kokkarakkO, kOzhiyinna kOzhi thaan- A.M.Appadurai
  pombaLaithaan endRu eNNavEndaam- A.P.Komala
  iLam kandRupOlE uLLam thuLLugindREn- Jikki
  vaazhiya senthamizh thaayE- KVM
  agara mudhala (Ega uruvaam marundhu)- K.R.Lakshmi
  pEru sollum pEru sollum- KVM/ Kasturi
  kaNNOdu kaNNaai ragasiyam pEsi- KVM/ P.Leela
  
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  The lyrics for the songs were by M.P.Sivan. Madhilakathuveedu Paramasivan Nair’s love for Tamil and theater made him leave his native Palaghat and join the famed Madurai Bala Gana Sabha. His proficiency in the language and his mastery over the Harmonium gradually earned him a revered position as a writer, lyricist, music composer and teacher in that celebrated institution. His foray into tfm was short-lived- he wrote lyrics for a few films in the 50s, and a few devotional songs.
  
  One of the reasons that Madana Mohini remains a piece of tfm history, is that is was with this album that Thiruvanandapuram Kesavapillai Pugazhendhi joined KVM’s ensemble, and all of KVM’s subsequent films’ titles, till the very end, proclaimed: “isai: KVM; udhavi: TKP’’. An enduring and endearing association that, perhaps, has no parallel anywhere. And the credit for introducing TKP to KVM goes to M.P.Sivan. He was TKP’s Guru in Madurai Bala Gana Sabha, and the teacher and student shared a rare rapport. And when Sivan got an opportunity to write the lyrics (and the dialogues too) for Madana Mohini, he pulled in TKP, who had been working with C.N.Pandurangan for a short while, and his warm recommendation, and TKP’s unquestioned talents, of course, fetched TKP a permanent place in KVM’s troupe.
  
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  The other justification, for Madana Mohini’s place of pride among the landmark albums of tfm, is KVM singing (for the first time) 4 of its songs. A journalist friend once told me that P.Leela, while reminiscing on Madana Mohini, said that KVM was a reluctant singer- it was because the singer who was to have rendered the songs failed to turn up for the recording, that KVM was coaxed into rendering them himself. P.Leela added that it was her fortune to have bagged an opportunity of a lifetime of singing a duet with KVM.
  
  As we listen to the song, we realize what we have missed—with a voice that seems to be a perfect blend of V.N.Sundram’s classy, carefully honed tone and Tiruchi Loganathan’s resonant, rich timbre, KVM could have been a much sought after singer, had he willed so. To our misfortune, he deemed it more appropriate to restrict himself to composing music.
  
  However, the few songs that he did sing remain with us, as a wistful window to the enchantment that could have been---the poignant resignation to the quirky twists of fate that cloaks his ‘ennE ikaalam maatRam’ (Madana Mohini), the rollicking ride that KVM, along with Ratnamala, takes us for, crooning ‘ Lovukku lovukku love, Kissukku kissukku kiss! ’ (Naalvar), the joyous repartees that embellish KVM and K.Rani’s ‘abaraatham roobai aimbadhu’ (Naalvar), the ruminating, philosophical mien that KVM adopts, when, accompanied by A.Aandal, he sermonizes, ‘vaazhvin kadamaiyai maRandhu nee vaazhathE’ (KVM’s bigha-laden viruthams in this song are singularly spellbinding essays; from the film Nalla Kaalam). And as far as I can recall, KVM did sing for another MD- the forgotten M.S.Gnanamani was the composer who was picked for this rare favor- in the film Ulagam (1953/Society Pictures) for which Gnanamani composed 15 songs, KVM and N.L.Ganasaraswathi sang a delightful duet ‘kaadhalinaal ulagamE inbamadhE’.
  
  * * * *
  
  June 21st marked the annual summer solstice: the longest day in the year. Solstice, from Latin, means when ‘the sun stands still’ (sol- sun, sistit-stands). In the annals of tfm too, June 21st marks a solemn memory—for it was on that day 3 years back that tfm seemed to stand still, mourning an irredeemable loss, that of the beloved doyen, 'thirai isai thilagam' Krishnankoyil Venkatachalam Mahadevan.
  
  But the magic of his music will still continue to cast its spell on generations of listeners, and will continue to be cherished with reverence.
  
  
• From: vengayam (@ 203.197.203.98) on: Wed Jun 23 04:04:10 EDT 2004
  
  Most times the SOTD is familiar to me. This is one day I tear my hair in frustration- Oh only if I had a fast internet connection at home? I can only store this piece of information in my head and come back to listen to this song at a later date;-((
  
  
• From: vengayam (@ 203.197.203.98) on: Wed Jun 23 04:17:39 EDT 2004
  
  And no one apart from "author OISG" has answered my question regarding who wrote " tale of two cities" not even you naaz ;-) tell me!
  while i did not like Naaz's comments about NI in particular I rather liked the Om bit. But may be it was the agnostic " Hindu" in me which caused me to like it- MS!
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 217.165.86.92) on: Wed Jun 23 04:23:45 EDT 2004
  
  vengayam, I could mail you the mp3 of the SOTD. Would that help?
  
  
• From: From Mars (@ 207.236.82.2) on: Wed Jun 23 10:01:35 EDT 2004
  
  bb,
  I'm not sure abou the song. I think it is "Jesus To a Child" from "Older".
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 217.165.137.61) on: Wed Jun 23 15:41:13 EDT 2004
  
  The pallavi in Shanmugapriya is good.Without disclosure the guess for the male voice could go a young VNS's way.Was it supposed to have been sung by CSJ?PL's voice has "Classical"written all over,as usual.But KVM really springs a surprise.
  
  The tune is a lingering one and certainly must have lingered more for SVV- "Nenjil kudiyirukkum" a clear 6 years later!
  
  The "Nalla kalam" duet "Vaazhvin kadamai"is a good one too.Set to kalyani, nicely sung by both AndaL and KVM.
  
  another heartening feature is the relationship that had existed between MDs even when chances were not that many...MS Gnanamani using KVM and KVM himself going for GR's voice!
  
  That reminds...... has SVV tried singing?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Da Vinci (@ 24.194.149.7) on: Wed Jun 23 20:31:53 EDT 2004
  
  Saravanan,
  
  That was a beautiful song. Thank you for letting us know such songs.
  
  KV Mahadevan could certainly have shined as a vocalist too if he had chosen to be one.
  
  "Lovukku lovukku love, Kissukku kissukku kiss! ","abaraatham roobai aimbadhu ", Wow, the very phrases sound musical to me :)
  
  

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