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TFM-DF Music Awards 1997!!!

Topic started by NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on Tue Feb 17 03:56:59 EST 1998.
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• From: EC (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 03:56:12 EST 1998
  
  Best Sentimental Song
  
  A record 12 entries for this category! Even Ayya voodu made it as an entry! Since it was a difficult choice, anyone who needs to record a cassette of sentimental songs, need to look no further than here! The winner is:
  
  Song: Yen paattu yen paattu
  No. of nominations: 3
  Singers: ??
  Music: Ilayaraaja
  Movie: Poomani
  Closest contenders: Veesum kaatrukku (my favourite!) with two nominations.
  
  
  Best Duet
  
  Many good songs were nominated for this category but the winning one is truly well-deserved:
  
  Song: Vennilavey vennilavey
  No. of nominations:6
  Singers: Hariharan & SS
  Music: AR Rahman
  Movie: Minsaara Kanavukkal
  Closest contenders:Oru pattaam poochchi and Yen veettu jannal with three nominations each.
  
  
  Best Combo
  
  Due to lack of understanding or otherwise, the entries for Best Combo went haywire, with people, movies and songs being nominated. Combo should actually mean a combination of two or more parties. Due to this confusion, this category is scrapped.
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 03:58:36 EST 1998
  
  Naduviniley koalaar seiyum Mr. uthaikkuthe - Yes! There is a sad version of Aanantha kuyilin paattu. Neenga athei keittathilleiyaa? Aha - miss panniteengaley!
  
  
• From: EC (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 04:05:18 EST 1998
  
  An Error!
  
  Best Sad Song category was repeated. The second one should have been Best Love Song. Please disregard the second one, which is amended as follows:
  
  Best Love Song
  
  It was almost impossible for any other song to win in this category. 1997 will surely be remembered as the year Love got its Respect (Kaathalukku Mariathei) Almost two-thirds of the votes went to this song:
  
  Song: Yennai thaalaatta varuvaala
  No. of nominations: 13
  Singer: Hariharan
  Music: Ilayaraaja
  Movie: Kaathalukku Mariathei
  Closest contenders:Vennilavey vennilavey and Manam virumbuthei with two nominations each.
  
  
• From: EC (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 04:15:19 EST 1998
  
  Lyricist - Find of the year
  
  Choosing this category was not difficult as there were not many newcomers! The winner is:
  
  Personality: Palani Bharathi
  No. of nominations: 4
  Closest contender: Arivumathi with two nominations.
  
  
  Female Singer - Find of the year
  
  This was one category that was closely contended and the winner is none other than a relative of a TFM personality :-)):
  
  Personality: Sandhya
  No. of nominations: 6
  Closest contender: Bavatharani with five nominations.
  
  Male Singer - Find of the year
  
  Although there were several nominations, there was absolutely no questions on who was the best:
  
  Personality: SPB Charan
  No. of nominations: 7
  Closest contender: None.
  
  MD - Find of the year
  
  I was surprised at how many people found VIP good, inspite of it being a one-time wonder for the MD in question. Anyhow, IR's vaarisu won hands down with his compositions in Aravindan:
  
  Personality: Yuvan Shankar Raja
  No. of nominations: 8
  Closest contender: Ranjit Barot with five nominations
  
  
• From: EC (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 04:21:59 EST 1998
  
  Song best picturised
  
  Choreography played a big part in picking this winner. Judging from the nominations, Minsara Kanavukkal had some of the best song picturisation! The winner is:
  
  Song: Ooh la la ..... Maanaaamathurei
  No. of nominations: 7
  Closest contender: Vennilavey vennilavey with five nominations.
  
  
  Movie with best BGM
  
  It is universally accepted that BGM is IR's forte and it is no surprise he is the winner here too. Though the movie bombed badly, it is a pleasant surprise that its BGM is still remembered by many:
  
  Movie: Devadhai
  No. of nominations: 9
  Closest contender: Kaathalukku Mariyaathei with three nominations.
  
  
• From: EC (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 04:24:45 EST 1998
  
  Personal plea to Ravi - The splitting into old responses/new responses has nullified my intention of a build-up of suspense. Could you please (just this once) leave this as one whole thread?
  
  
• From: EC (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 04:30:49 EST 1998
  
  Best Album
  
  There was a keen competition between two great albums. And the winner is:
  
  Movie: Kaathalukku Mariyaathei
  No. of nominations: 8
  Closest contender: Minsara Kanavugal with six nominations.
  
  
  Best Lyricist
  
  Whilst Vairamuthu contributed several good as well as junk songs, it was Kaathalukku Maritahei that worked magic for the winner:
  
  Personality: Palani Bharathi
  No. of nominations: 11
  Closest contender: Vairamuthu with five nominations.
  
  
• From: EC (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 04:36:49 EST 1998
  
  Best Female Singer
  
  1997 belonged to an established singer, closely followed by Bavatharani, who showed immaturity at first before blossoming into a voice to be reckoned with. But the winner is:
  
  Personality: Chitra
  No. of nominations:9
  Closest contender: Bavatharani with five nominations.
  
  
  Best Male Singer
  
  Although there were no clear indications in the beginning, two favourites kept on coming soon after. If 1997 was Chitra's then it was also surely Hariharan's. Presictably, the results are:
  
  Personality: Hariharan
  No. of nominations: 8
  Closest contender: SP Bala with six nominations.
  
  
• From: EC (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 04:44:20 EST 1998
  
  Best Song of the Year
  
  As Arun had commented, this song raised the sentiments of all IR fans. It's runner-up could not even come close! It is indeed a very good song about love and its comes as no surprise that the winner is:
  
  Personality: Yennai thaalaatta varuvaala
  No. of nominations:12
  Closest contender: Manam virumbuthei with three nominations.
  
  
  Best Music Director
  
  Based on the number of fans he has in this forum, no one will be surprised at who the winner of this award is. But what surprised me was the number of votes obtained by his closest contender. The winner of Best MD for 1997 is ...... (Drum rolls please....)
  
  Personality: Music Maestro, Isaignani, Dr. ILAYARAAJA!
  No. of nominations: 14
  Closest contender: AR Rahman with seven nominations.
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 4 04:47:56 EST 1998
  
  Guys - Go ahead and make your comments now on why you selected a certain song or a personality.
  
  My choice of Manam virumbuthei was based on the fact it was enjoyed accross generations, by my two-year old son, and my 75-year old mother. It also crossed ethnic boundaries, when enjoyed by my Indonesian house help. :-))
  
  
• From: bs (@ www1.access.bt.com) on: Wed Mar 4 08:56:14 EST 1998
  
  Manam Virumbuthe definitely is one of the best from TFM '97. It has the melting voice of Unnikrishnan who elevates the song to a higher level.. (I personally like him better than all the present singers due to his classical voice base..)
  But the catch is in lyrics (IMO...) It has got some harsh sounding words such as Nenjukkul nee thanadi.., especially words ending with ..adi Compared to this the soft melody of Ennai thalatta varuvalo.. literally flows like a cool breeze, both in music as well as lyrics..IMO, that has done the trick..
  
  
• From: pg (@ gate02.merck-medco.com) on: Wed Mar 4 09:00:52 EST 1998
  
  NOV :
  
  I have heard the original of manam virumbuthey (Motherland from LSubramaniam's Super Instinct Album) and dEvA's cover version is pathetic when compared to it !
  
  
• From: bs (@ www1.access.bt.com) on: Wed Mar 4 09:11:52 EST 1998
  
  Ooh..Almost forgot..Three cheers for the Maestro,Isaignani, Dr. ILAYARAAJA! for his presence in a no: of categories of TFM-DF awards'97...Hope he will continue strong in 1998 also.. Best of luck!!!!
  
  
• From: Amar (@ worf.qntm.com) on: Wed Mar 4 09:58:11 EST 1998
  
  NOV, congratulations on originating, coordinating, moderating a complex topic and for successfully( with nice personal comments ) summarizing TFM-DF award ceremony( I felt like I had personally attended one! ).
  
  TFM Surfers, please give NOV a very big( well deserved ) hand!!!
  
  Given that this DF is loaded with die-hard IR fans, I don't know how many people truly believe that the voting and the results are not skewed - I mean, how many people truly put aside their personal bias and voted honestly - something that we will never find the true answer for and something that will keep many of us wondering.
  
  But, yet, I feel this was a fun exercise and worth continuing this tradition year-after-year-after-years!!!
  
  ( One comment about the "Idaiyil Pugunthu Kuzhappiya Mr. Uthaikkuthey's comment: I think Mr. Uthaikkuthey was being rhetoric about a song that was declared as the "Best Sad Song" and yet happened to start ironically with the word "Aanandham" )
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ hope.cs.umass.edu) on: Wed Mar 4 11:09:35 EST 1998
  
  EC: Sorry that I couldn't respond to your request. intha maathiri Ethaavathu mukkiyama vEnumna enakku mail adinga please.. I may not be checking the threads that often. Kudos to a job well done.
  On a technical note.. I cannot do anything about the splitting of threads in a temporary fashion.. ippa naan split pannaama thaduththa kooda aduththa post varum pOthu split aagidum. :).
  If you feel badly I can make a separate page out of the results, once you mail them to us and leave this thread only for comments. Is that alright?
  
  

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