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T R Pappa passed away

Topic started by app_engine (@ 136.1.1.154) on Fri Oct 15 14:45:27 EDT 2004.
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http://dailythanthi.com/article.asp?NewsID=143315&disdate=10/15/2004

Heartfelt condolences to his family members...

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Responses:

• From: application_engine (@ 136.1.1.154) on: Fri Oct 15 14:46:58 EDT 2004
  
  The report says his first TF is `anbu' and the last one `vAyillA poochchi' (1976). He has also served in AIR for a while...
  
  
• From: SK (@ 199.90.34.67) on: Fri Oct 15 15:17:14 EDT 2004
  
  He had his own style and did give pleasing songs for the period he was in.
  May his soul rest in peace!
  
  
• From: SK (@ 199.90.34.67) on: Fri Oct 15 15:20:07 EDT 2004
  
  More info.
  "First movie: "Anbu". His "neelavanna kannane"(Mallaikaa) was a very famous song during his days. "aayarpaadi kaannaa"(Rangon raatha) apparently got praises from Perarignar Anna and Kalaignar. Another song that impressed Anna was "kutraala aruviyile kulithathu pola irukkuthaa"(Nallavan vaazhvaan). Other hits soodi koduthaval - teacher amma onnume puriyale - kumaara raajaa He has used Anna's saying "kathiyai theettathe thambi buthiyai theettu" in the movie "Vilakketriyaval".
  
  nanRi:: TFM page !!
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.183) on: Fri Oct 15 15:30:16 EDT 2004
  
  Heartfelt condolences. May his soul rest in peace. His music will live on forever.
  
  
• From: MS (@ 24.168.196.217) on: Fri Oct 15 15:45:01 EDT 2004
  
  Saravanan - konjam avarai paththi enlighten paNNa mudiyuma ?
  
  
• From: bb (@ 64.181.143.2) on: Fri Oct 15 16:57:25 EDT 2004
  
  This is what Saravanan wrote for an earlier SOTD:
  
  MSV recently hit the headlines when the Tamizh Isai Sangam conferred the title ‘Isai Perarignar’ on him. But years ago when T.R.Papa was honored with the same title by the same august body, it went mostly unnoticed. Some men are destined to remain in the sidelines, despite their abundant achievements, and Thiruthuraipoondi Radhakrishnan Papa stands in the forefront of such forgotten masters of tfm.
  
  Papa (real name Sivasankaran, born 1923) boasts of a pedigreed musical lineage, and started training on the violin from early childhood. In due course Papa was playing the violin in production houses like Modern Theatres and Jupiter Pictures. In the late 40s, Papa and TK Ramamoorthi were the highest paid violinists, and were always in demand.
  
  It was Joseph Thaliyath Jr of Citadel Film Corporation, who gave Papa his first break as an independent MD, and the Malayalam film Aathmasaanthi- 1952 (also dubbed in Tamil) proved an auspicious beginning, for Papa went on to compose for many of Citadel ventures like Mallika, Vijayapuri Veeran, Vilakketriyaval, Iravum Pagalum and Kaadhal Paduthum Paadu. Papa also composed music for many Singhalese films (The timeless appeal of 'Siriyame sara', sung by the great H.R. Jothipala is a telling instance of T.R.Papa’s numerous popular hits in Singhalese)
  
  In all, Papa composed music for only around 30 Tamil films, and though some his songs were lifts (‘Aasai pongum azhagu roopam’/ ‘Nilavo aval irulo’/ ‘Iru maanganippol idhazhoram’), he deserves commendation for some unforgettable compositions like ‘Enna enna inbame’, ‘Samarasam ulaavum idame’, ‘Sirippu- idhan sirappai seerthookki paarpathe’, ‘Thalaivaari poochootti unnai’, ‘Varuven naan unadhu’, ‘Chinnanjiru vayathu mudhal’, ‘Yaar solluvaar nilave’, ‘Sirikkindraal indru sirikkindraal’, ‘Ullam thedaathe endru solluthe’, ‘Muththaitharu paththithala’, ‘Onnume puriyale ulagathile’, ‘ullathin kadhavugal kanngalada’, ‘Muththama aasai muththama’, ‘Soodi koduthaval naan thozhi’, ‘Iarivan endroru kavignan’, ‘Vennila nerathile venugaanam’---
  
  As a Nilaya Vidwan of AIR from 1946, Papa played the violin for many great classical vocalists. He composed music for many wonderful devotional albums; many were landmark works with Seergazhi Govindarajan. The magic of the classic ‘Chinnanjiru penn pole’ is something very special. ‘Abirami Andhaadhi’ is, of course, the glittering jewel in Papa’s crown. Papa has also served as the Principal of Madras Music College.
  
  Ramanna and Papa were classmates in Thanjavoor, and when G.Ramanathan, Ramanna’s original choice as Arunagirinathar’s MD took ill, Papa was Ramanna’s next choice. And Papa ensured the film’s success with his scintillating score. Except for this film, in the early 60s Ramanna worked only with MSV-TKR, and after 1965 alternated between MSV and TKR. However, in the early 70s, he made some quick low budget films, for which he again picked Papa. Yaen-1970, Marupiravi-1973 and Vairam-1974 were such collaborations.
  
  
• From: bb (@ 64.181.143.2) on: Fri Oct 15 16:59:22 EDT 2004
  
  T.R.Papa songs that I've put up in SOTD:
  
  varuvEn naan unadhu from mallika : http://www.dhool.com/sotd2/467.html
  
  yEdi poonkodi from Marupiravi : http://www.dhool.com/sotd2/404.html
  
  Samarasam ulaavum idamE from Rambaiyin kaadhal : http://www.dhool.com/sotd2/368.html
  
  sirippu from raja rani : http://www.dhool.com/sotd2/138.html
  
  
• From: raja m (@ 24.44.133.41) on: Fri Oct 15 17:59:28 EDT 2004
  
  My condolences. One melodious song from TR pappa is Melaadai Kaatrada with PS doing the honours. Here is a link to this song:
  
  http://psusheela.org/tam/raresongs/raresongs055.html.
  
  
• From: Gnanasambandam (@ 203.145.187.253) on: Fri Oct 15 22:04:20 EDT 2004
  
  Tamilnadu has lost one of its well cultured music director .Heartfelt condolences to his family member.
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.181) on: Sun Oct 17 15:12:57 EDT 2004
  
  In homage:
  
  Actor S.A. Asokan singing in T.R.Papa's music. Film: iravum pagalum (1965/ Citadel Film Corporation)
  Thought provoking lyrics by Alangudi Somu.
  
  http://in.f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/sarva1511/vwp2?.tok=bcT2ePUBUWdDKF2n&.dir=/&.dnm=trp.mp3&.src=bc
  
  
• From: sk (@ 66.125.152.176) on: Sun Oct 17 21:59:15 EDT 2004
  
  Saravanan:
  
  Thanks for the song. Let me include a few songs to remember the great TR Pappa ...
  
  TRP has given some very nice dancy tunes. Here are two rare ones.
  
  isai paadi vaazhvinba suvai kANuvOm by MLV in anbu...
  http://asia.f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/geethakee/vwp2?.tok=bcPGwPUBR7nol4TB&.dir=/PS&.dnm=isai+paadi+vaazhvinba.mp3&.src=bc
  
  mangaamal vaLarum singaara nadanam peNgaLukkE thani urimai by PS in mallikA...
  http://psusheela.org/tam/raresongs/raresongs053.html
  (This song didn't become very popular only because it was overshadowed by `neela vaNNa kaNNanE' from the same movie.)
  
  Here is the popular AMR-Jikki song, `eNNa eNNa inbamE' from anbu...
  http://asia.f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/geethakee/vwp2?.tok=bcPGwPUBpBC9EB18&.dir=/PS&.dnm=eNNa+eNNa+inbamE.mp3&.src=bc
  
  More sweet songs from the PS raresongs page...
  http://psusheela.org/tam/raresongs/raresongs010.html
  http://psusheela.org/tam/raresongs/raresongs013.html
  http://psusheela.org/tam/raresongs/raresongs037.html
  http://psusheela.org/tam/raresongs/raresongs042.html
  http://psusheela.org/tam/raresongs/raresongs054.html
  
  
• From: a.a. (@ 69.199.179.235) on: Sun Oct 17 23:46:16 EDT 2004
  
  T.R.Pappa was one of many under utilized composer in TFM. He may be dead, but his creations will not.
  I have uploaded few of his songs:
  1. “Aadi varum” by S.Govidarajan and S.Janaki from Thai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali.
  This may not have been a hit, but definitely a soothing melody.
  http://www.coolgoose.com/music/song.php?id=141491
  
  2. One of all time Sinhalese hit `Seriyama sara’. Until I read Saravanan’s posting above, I had no idea that T.R.Pappa was the composer of this everlasting song.
  http://www.coolgoose.com/music/song.php?id=141489
  
  3. T.R.Pappa was the only MD who paired A.M.Rajah with T.V.Ratnam. Here is the song `Oviyanin Ullamthanai’ from Aasai.
  http://www.coolgoose.com/music/song.php?id=141499
  
  
• From: B.P. Thiagarajan (@ 61.11.35.69) on: Mon Oct 18 06:07:26 EDT 2004
  
  It is sad to hear TR pApA's demise. I think sErkAzhi's many good songs were for TR pApA, who utilised sErkAzhi's potential fully in the play back singing. The songs namely Andavan ulagil and onralla irandalla tambi for MGR, kOthAdum kondaiyilE for a dance master, samarasam ulavum for a fakhir were classical.
  I think he was sometimes MD for Megala pictures like Kuravanji and did some political party songs also. All the songs in kuravanji were nice, mostly CSJ for Sivaji. Of course for Citadel pictures, he put all his efforts. Probably he experimented well within his limited resources in those times. adichirukku nallathoru chance in nallvan vazhvAn was a real experimentation. Even used actors to sing like SA Asokan, Jayalalitha. He was fit for the low budget movies very nicely. I think he also did the music for sakkaram ( Gemini and AVM Rajan), pantahyam ( Gemini and AVM Rajan) and kalaiarasi (MGR). Always good tunes are his strength.
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.184) on: Tue Oct 19 00:20:40 EDT 2004
  
  Thank you, sk and a.a. for the vintage treat!
  
  
• From: raj (@ 61.246.255.3) on: Tue Oct 19 02:00:54 EDT 2004
  
  B.P.T chakaram had music by SMS
  
  condolonces to T.R.Pappa
  
  
• From: raj (@ 61.246.255.3) on: Tue Oct 19 02:10:30 EDT 2004
  
  condolonces to T.R.Pappa's demise
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.184) on: Tue Oct 19 03:11:49 EDT 2004
  
  BPT, Kalaiarasi had music by KVM.
  
  
• From: sk (@ 66.125.152.176) on: Mon Oct 25 23:55:35 EDT 2004
  
  Here is an mp3 of another very good dance number from Anbu...
  
  sengkazhalaay erikkum veN madhiyE
  undhan mEni kuLirchchi engE veN madhiyE
  
  http://asia.f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/geethakee/vwp2?.tok=bc8xcSUBvEW2lua4&.dir=/PS&.dnm=sengkazhalaay.mp3&.src=bc
  
  
• From: kumar (@ ) on: Wed Nov 3 14:28:01 EST 2004
  
  can we change this word (T R Pappa is dead)to T R Pappa is pass way or any word that can give his soul peace and respect.tq
  
  
• From: app_engine (@ 136.1.1.154) on: Wed Nov 3 15:38:12 EST 2004
  
  kumar, this is appropriate language by `The Hindu' standards...why do you want to change this word?
  
  
• From: KUMAR (@ 161.142.112.5) on: Thu Nov 4 15:24:27 EST 2004
  
  WE HAVE TO SHOW REVERENCE TO SUCH A GREAT PERSON AND I FEEL THE WORD "Dead" IS INAPPROPRIATE AND DISRESPECTFUL .. THE WORD "DEAD" IS ONLY FITTING TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE LIKE VEERAPPAN ..
  
  
• From: Vazhipokkan (@ 40.0.40.10) on: Thu Nov 4 15:36:07 EST 2004
  
  Here is an article from Hindu on TR Papa. ARR used to play keyboard for him
  
  http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/11/05/stories/2004110503330900.htm
  
  
• From: rajan (@ ) on: Thu Nov 18 01:04:02 EST 2004
  
  Prayer for the Dead
  
  The departed souls remain in a state of swoon or unconsciousness immediately after death. They cannot feel that they are detached from their previous gross material bodies. Prayers, Kirtan, and good thoughts from relatives and friends can give real solace to the departed souls. They create a potent vibration and an awakening in their stupefied condition of mind, and bring back their veiled consciousness. The souls begin to realize that they are not really in their gross material bodies.
  
  Then they endeavour to cross the borderland, a narrow river of ether, which is known as Vaitarani to the Hindus, as Chinnat-bridge to the Parsis, and Sirat to the Muslims.
  
  When the departed souls are sinking peacefully and when they are ready to have a glorious awakening in heaven, they are roused into vivid remembrance of the mundane life by weeping and wailing of their friends and relatives. The thoughts of the mourning people produce similar vibrations in their minds and bring about acute pain and discomfort. And the uncontrolled grief of their relatives drags them down from their astral planes. This may seriously retard them on their way to the heaven-world. This produces serious injury to them.
  
  

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