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S.Janaki - the most versatile singer ever ..

Topic started by MSK (@ dhcp-868664293.qualcomm.com) on Thu Jul 24 21:04:11 EDT 1997.
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• From: Vadi Velu (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Thu Jul 24 22:16:16 EDT 1997
  
  Some examples:
  As an old lady in Pohda, Pohda pokkeh
  As a child in Daddy, Daddy (Mouna Ragam)
  Best for carnatic songs like Singaara Velaneh
  Beautiful in romantic numbers like Seer kondu vaa ven megamey
  Sexy like in Nilaa kaayuthey
  Conclusion SJanaki is the Kamalahasan of songs!!!
  Satisfied - MSK?
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Fri Jul 25 00:33:02 EDT 1997
  
  S. Janaki's first child like song was
  "kannaa nee engey" in Rusi kanda poonai.
  Incidentally, it's a kannan song. (For
  your notice: Nammoor)
  
  She once sang in a male voice. Dont remember
  the song & movie.
  
  
• From: Nammaoor valen (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Fri Jul 25 04:47:59 EDT 1997
  
  TQ to Rajaraman!
  
  
• From: Shashi (@ 137.197.35.41) on: Fri Jul 25 23:04:33 EDT 1997
  
  The male voice(adolescent) song of Janki is from Nenjathai Killathe. It is "mummy peru maaru, en oorum velacheri.."
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ ww-ty02.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Jul 26 01:26:07 EDT 1997
  
  To vadi velu.
  
  Daddy daddy is from mouna geedhangal, not from mouna ragam.
  BTW are poda poda bokkay & mammi peru maaru runaway hits? No. These kind of gimmickery doesn't make one versatile. Malaysia
  Vasudevan can sing well in Suruli & CS Jayaraman's voice. Does this make him more versatile than SPB?
  
  
• From: N.O. valen (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Sat Jul 26 01:52:19 EDT 1997
  
  Ravi:
  Thool kalapitehpaa. Innum konjaneram MS Vasu_rasigan-nu sollikitu bones vare pohrar -ushaar!
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.136.148) on: Sat Jul 26 05:02:34 EDT 1997
  
  There is a beautiful song for suruli sung by SPB. Song
  goes like "konjam othungu..". Anyone know the movie?
  Sumitra is his jodi in this movie.
  I doubt anyone else could have done justice to the song.
  
  NOValen, interested in a list of songs specially sung for
  actors, like this?
  
  
• From: NO Valen (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Mon Jul 28 05:18:16 EDT 1997
  
  To: Ravi
  MSK originally started the topic by saying S. Janaki is the most versatile singer. Vadi Velu is right in that aspect. M'sia Vasu is indeed a versatile singer - not neccessarily better than SPB, but no less versatile.
  To: Rajaraman
  I have a better topic for listing. Look out for it. It's as easy as 1,2,3!
  
  
• From: MSK (@ dhcp-868664293.qualcomm.com) on: Tue Jul 29 20:42:38 EDT 1997
  
  (Repost - as the earlier posting failed
  to make it .dunno y .. excuse me ..)
  Well. Even though i feel Chitra and S'latha are great singers , i miss one thing in their songs.
  That is in SJ songs' she reflects the mood of the song so much ..she puts a lot of emphasis to bring out the exact situation of the song - be it romance, anger, whatever..
  
  "Alaghu Malar " in Vaidhei Kaathirunthaal , "Putham pudu " in Alaigal Oivathilai , "Natham " in Kaadhal Oviyam are still fresh..(and many more )
  
  The only song of S'latha that had this aspect was
  "Maalaiyil Yaaro" in Chatriyan .. as for chitra it's "Ethetho Ennam " in Punnagai Mannan.. may be i missed others .. but i miss SJ's melodies a lot these days esp in IR's tunes..
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Tue Jul 29 20:52:51 EDT 1997
  
  "The only song that has this aspect was.."
  
  That's a statement! What about "poraale
  ponnuthaayee"? Even "mukkaalaa mukkaabla"
  reflects the full mood, right..
  
  For chitra, one can list many of her later
  songs, "kannaalane", "pulveli".
  
  But comparatively SJ is more versatile..
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ 39.richmond-001.va.dial-access.att.net) on: Tue Jul 29 22:20:03 EDT 1997
  
  Did anyone listen to 'sinna ponnu selai chitirappoo polae' from Malayur mambatiyan. It is a rank bad song from SJ (she has quite a few to her credit). Whenever I listen to this one it reminds me of someone 'scratches in the black board with a chalk' or 'kadhavidukkil mattikonda
  eli'. Or how about this song 'naan pada varuvai' from uthiripookal - when she goes in high pitch her voice becomes 'kreeeeech' or when she tries to compete with SPB (in terms of talking or laughing in the middle of the song) in parandhalum vida matten from Guru.
  I don't mean to douse the enthu of MSK and others, but this is how I feel when I listen to these songs.
  
  
• From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Wed Jul 30 10:41:37 EDT 1997
  
  To Ravi:
  Have you seen the movie "uthirippookal"?
  The song "naan pada varuvai" is picturised as follows. A tomboyish girl sings a carnatic song along with her girlfriends by the side of a river. It was a comedy scene. So, I think SJ would have been asked to sing in a way that will suit the role.
  
  I think the same holds good for the other song
  "sinna ponnu selai" in Malaiyoor Mambattiyan also as saritha is a gramathu girl who sings the song. Do you say that "Inji iduppazhaga" was a bad song just because it was sung in that manner by SJ.
  
  SJ is a versatile singer I agree, But I don't like her singing for kids. I hate the song "kanna nee enge, vaa vaa nee inge". She might sound like a kid but it doesn't suit. The voice sometimes seems so unnatural and too mature for a kid.
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Fri Aug 1 08:14:32 EDT 1997
  
  To cp:
  
  Inji iduppazhaga is a good song, blended well with the character. But the same cannot be said about chinnaponnu selai - I don't think IR made his singers to sing based on the character for all his songs. In another thread about IR's voice
  many fans said they love IR's voice 'cos it sounds rustic. If so,then why IR sang songs for urbane characters? May be IR thinks his voice is not only rustic. Wish i could state my point more clearly.
  
  
• From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.9) on: Mon Aug 18 03:41:23 EDT 1997
  
  TFMites
  
  One (s)bad news. SJ lost her husband last week. Will it affect her perfomance (It will) very badly? Are we going to lose a great singstress?
  
  
• From: ananda.um (@ 202.185.107.224) on: Sun Feb 8 23:51:28 EST 1998
  
  what happened to this topic??????I'm a die hard fan of SJ.I hope someone will give life to this topic please.......
  
  i agree that she is the most versatile singer in the Tamil music scene. Most of the singers are so routine though they have great voices.i always wandered whether there will be any singer who could sing Ponmeni uruguthe in Moondram Pirai in such a mood and at the same time give such melodious songs like Chinna Thayaval in Dhalapathi
  like how SJ gave.i think she is the best forever.
  
  
• From: aruvi (@ ww-ta05.proxy.aol.com) on: Fri Apr 3 23:58:14 EST 1998
  
  I agree that Janaki is a fabulous singer. But that does not mean that she is the only versatile singer in TFM. A lot of the songs mentioned where from the Illayaraja period. Everyone knows that he composes for the storyline and does whatever to satisfy the directors needs. Nowadays, the music aimed at youngsters who want to hear a lot of beats and lovestuff. There is no want for creative songs with meaning. People get tired of them or just aren't prepared to listen to them as mush as they are to fast beaty songs. In my opinion CHITRA happens to have a GREAT voice. I can't explain the voice in words. But her timbre is great. She has sung many versatile and meaning full songs. People don't notice them because their are so many new cassettes coming out all the time. People forget the ones that came a month ago easily. In the days of Janaki, people had the time to listen to a song as many times as required for it to be their favourite.
  
  
• From: Shivu (@ gate2.ca.us.ibm.com) on: Tue May 12 21:34:38 EDT 1998
  
  I went thru the ongoing discussion on Janaki as a versatile singer. I consider Janaki as the most versatile singer to this day.I have listened to lot of her kannada and tamil songs and her versatality cannot be matched.She is at ease singing any type of song : be it calssical, cabaret number, emotional, or a happy song. She fills life into it.She is the only singer I consider, who can sing like akid and it is difficult to make out that it is indeed Janaki singing athe song for the kid. Some people have praised Chitra. But I consider her too monotonous and she sings all songs at teh same tempo and speed. By the way,did you know taht Chitra considers Janaki as her guru..??
  
  
• From: thara (@ ppp-190-224.bng.vsnl.net.in) on: Sat Jul 24 07:53:00 EDT 1999
  
  please send me a list of songs say about 100 sung by s.janakiammal. I love her song very very much
  
  thank you
  thara
  
  
• From: aruvi (@ londo09.slip.yorku.ca) on: Sat Nov 27 00:14:06 EST 1999
  
  For a rare glimpse of the S.Janaki when she was young and coming up, go here:
  
  http://www.xpres-net.com/dinamani/Rare-Pic/d-image1.htm
  
  S.Janaki is beside L.R.Eshwari.
  
  
• From: mani (@ isdn.pppmad.vsnl.net.in) on: Sun Dec 12 12:41:51 EST 1999
  
  plz i want to janaki bio-data.
  
  
• From: bhuvana (@ 202.9.146.97) on: Tue Apr 18 03:05:33 EDT 2000
  
  hi friends,
  i am bhuvana from erode a great fan of S.Janaki and contacted her through letters. i want to make the discussion forum active again. i love her very much since her voice will appear in two pitches. could you people find it? please activate the forum by responding.
  
  
• From: Prem (@ 206.101.167.229) on: Thu May 11 07:00:13 EDT 2000
  
  I am a fan of SJ. She was reigning supreme in Malayalam for almost two decades till CHitra's ascent since mid 80s. I feel even though Chitra has a beautiful voice she lacks versatility which is so characterisitc of SJ. Is SJ sining many songs of late? Recently I heard some songs in Tamil which made me feel she should nothave sung them.
  
  Does anyone know why IR more or less stopped using SJ?
  
  
  
• From: sreesharan (@ 203.197.178.254) on: Mon Jul 17 08:36:32 EDT 2000
  
  Hi friends
  I am very happy to know about the discussion about ISAI DEVADHAI S.JANAKI. I am a fan of S.JANAKI. Once i spoke to her. If anyone wants to create a fan club, i would welcome that. I have got a great collection of S.JANAKI's cine songs, bhakthi songs and carnatic songs. Please reply me soon.
  
  
• From: ayyapparaj (@ 12.38.200.2) on: Sat Aug 19 12:34:26 EDT 2000
  
  hai this is ayyapparaj
  i am also a fan of s.janaki.now i am boston.we will start afanclun for s.janaki.
  
  
• From: sreesharan (@ 203.197.178.214) on: Fri Aug 25 06:26:35 EDT 2000
  
  hai ayyapparaj
  nice to hear from u. i am a fan of s janaki. tell me how can we start a club. keep in touch
  
  

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