RAJA MOHINI - KADHAL OIVADHILLAI

Movie Title :	kaadhal Oyvadhillai
Song Title :	raaja mOhini suga raaga devi nee
Music Director :	Ilaiyaraaja
Singer/s:	S.P.Balasubramaniam,S.Janaki
Lyricist:
SPB:raaja mohini suga raaga devi nee raaja mohini suga raaga devi nee madhu thaen kudangaL idai mael sumandhupOgum raaja mohini suga raaga devi nee SJ:kaadhal endrum oiyvadhillai kavidhai sonnadhu SPB:kaadhal kaNNil thookamillai kavignyar sonnadhu SJ:iru kaNNil un paerai ezhudhi paarkiraen SPB:urangaamal irundhaalum kanavu kaaNgiraen SJ:endha naaLum endhan jeevan SPB:endha naaLum endhan jeevan both:neeeyae SJ:raaja raajanae nee endhan jeevanae idhayam thudikkum isayil surudhi saerkkum raaja raajanae nee endhan jeevanae SPB:naaNam koNdu pOgum peNNmai ennai meeri pOgumaa SJ:vaegamaaga pOgum maegam vaanam thaaNdi pOgumaa SPB:madimeedhu thalai vaithu mayanga pOgiraen SJ:vizhiyOdu imai vaithu uranga pOgiraen SPB:unnai aLLi koNda pinbu SJ:ennai aLLi thandha pinbu both:pirivaedhu SPB:raaja mohini suga raaga devi nee raaja mohini suga raaga devi nee SJ:idhayam thudikkum isayil surudhi saerkkum raaja raajanae SPB:suga raaga devi nee http://www.thiraigaanam.com/viewsong.php?songid=1161

THELLA CHEERAKU - AKHARI PORATTAM

KALYANAM ENNAI MUDIKKA - METTI

Saravanan writes:

In an arena where mere survival demands a Herculean effort, to shrug off a promising career nonchalantly, and to forgo a future of fame and fortune without even a tinge of regret is simply unimaginable. Jency did just that. She bid a cheerful adieu to tfm and settled to a contended life of marital bliss, raising two children over the years, while working as a music teacher in a small Government school in an obscure Kerala hamlet.

In a career that lasted a mere 4-5 years, the number of chart-toppers that Jency sang is something remarkable. Even while retaining S.Janaki as his mainstay, IR was experimenting with various young singers in those years- Sasirekha, Shailaja, Sujatha and Uma Ramanan, to name a few. Jency was among his pet protégés. And like a wishful windfall, many of IR’s exquisite compositions came her way.

A brief look at Jency’s songs:

1978:

1. vaanathu poongkiLi- thiripurasundari-with SJ- IR
2. adipeNNE- muLLum malarum- IR
3. alankara ponoonjalE - sonnathu nee thaana-with MV- IR (only humming by Jency)
4. en uyir nee thaanE- priya-with KJY- IR
5. aada chonnarE- vattathukkuL sathuram- IR

1979:

6. thamthana namthana- pudhiya vaarppugaL-with B Vasantha- IR
7. idhayam pOguthE- pudhiya vaarppugaL- IR
8. thOttam koNda rasavE- pagalil Or iravu-with IR- IR
9. mayilE mayilE- kadavuL amaitha mEdai-with SPB-IR
10. geetha sangeetha- anbE sangeetha-with JC- IR
11. iru paRavaigaL - niRam maaRaatha pookaL- IR
12. aayiram malargaLE- niRam maaRatha pookaL-with MV& SPS- IR
13. gnyaan gnyaan paadanam- poonthaLir- IR
14. hey masthana- azhagE unnai aaradhikkiREn-with SPB,VJ,JC- IR
15. akka oru rajaathi- mugathil mugam paarkalaam-with JC- IR

1980:

16. meen kodi thEril- karumbuvil- IR
17. deiveega raagam- ullasa paRavaigaL- IR
18. theertha karaithanilE- thaippongal- IR
19. en vaanilE - johny- IR
20. naan unnai thirumba thirumba- ellaam un kairasi-IR
21. kaathaadu aasai koothaaduthu- karadi-with MC Balu- GA?

1981:

22. vaadi en kappakkizhangE- alaigaL Oivathillai-with GA,IR- IR
23. kaadhal Oviyam- alaigaL Oivathillai - with IR- IR
24. poo malarndhida -tik tik tik- with KJY- IR
25. paniyum naanE malarum neeyE - panimalar- with SPB- SG

1982:

26. en gaanam indRu arangERum- eera vizhi kaaviyangaL-with IR- IR
27. kalyaNam ennai mudikka - metti-with Rajesh,Radhika- IR
28. poothu nikkuthu kaadu- echchil iravugaL- with MV- IR
29. aaththOram kaathaada - engEyO kEtta kural- IR

There is a song 'poochoodi pottum vechu' from the unreleased film ponni, MD-GA.

Much has been said about Jency’s voice, and some more, about her pronunciation. But it is an undisputable fact that many of her songs were (or for that matter, still are) oft-listened favourites. And it is a fact too that she was immensely popular in her time. I remember the days when her songs were aired on listeners’ requests repeatedly. And many of thamizh chEvai iRaNdu listeners used to enquire eagerly about Jency, the person behind the voice. But Jency preferred to remain an elusive enigma, shying from publicity. I saw a picture of hers for the first time a year back in a magazine interview, where she spoke about her career, expressing her gratitude to IR.

And for me, Jency will always remain an integral part of cherished remembrances …my earliest memories of radio and becoming smitten with tfm are inter-linked with reminiscences of Jency, among others. Those were the days when Jency was riding an incredible high and her hits were hard to miss. I’ve even made a double CD album for myself, comprising the entire Jency collection :)

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So, listen on to this song that Jency sang in the first year of her short-lived tfm career. The interludes are class IR vintage vignettes, and the tune itself is alluringly apposite for a cabaret number sung by a reluctant dancer, the words dipped delicately in the sorrow of shame and solitude.

An interesting revelation is that the opening of the prelude sounds suspiciously similar to the opening of Nazia Hassan’s immortal ‘aap jaisa koi meri’ from Qurbani, tuned by Biddu Appaiah. In case you’ve forgotten the opening, listen here (Biddu is wrongly credited with penning the lyrics; it was Indivar):

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/17/s/movie_name.1647/

Qurbani came in 1980, while vattathukkuL sathuram was released much earlier in 1978. But before we rush to any hasty conclusions, we must also remember that Biddu had earlier worked with Tina Charles. In fact I recall reading somewhere that he had fashioned ‘aap jaisa koi meri’ in the same pattern as Tina Charles’ 1976 hit ‘dance little lady dance’.

- Other Jency songs in SOTD: http://www.dhool.com/search/sotdsearch.php?singer=Jency

kalyaaNam ennai mudikka 
avasththai umakku adigam irukku 
iyyO paavam adhu yEn umakku 
kalyaaNam ennai mudikka 

Odidum rayilE uravinar soozhndhida 
MaNavarai amaikaNum 
Odidum rayilE uravinar soozhndhida 
maNavarai amaikaNum 
prohidhar veLinaattinar pudhidhoru bhaaNiyil 
mandhiram sollaNum 
rayil varum vazhiyinil thOraNam aadaNum 
idhuvum enadhu iniya manadhu virumbuvadhu 

kalyaaNam ennai mudikka 
avasththai umakku adigam irukku 
iyyO paavam adhu yEn umakku 
kalyaaNam ennai mudikka 

maapiLLai kaigaLil paal pazha thattudan 
paLLiyarai sEraNum 
maapiLLai kaigaLil paal pazha thattudan 
paLLiyarai sEraNum 
maNamagaL kaalgalil maNamagan vaNangi 
aasiyum vaangaNum 
manaiviyin manamadhu kuLirndhidum vagayinil 
kaalam muzhudhum irundhu vaazhkkai nadaththidaNum 

kalyaaNam ennai mudikka 
avasththai umakku adigam irukku 
iyyO paavam adhu yEn umakku 
kalyaaNam ennai mudikka


லாலால லாலாலலலா 

கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க 
கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க 
அவஸ்த்தை உமக்கு அதிகம் இருக்கு 
ஐய்யோ பாவம் அது ஏன் உமக்கு 
கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க 

ஓடிடும் ரயிலிலே உறவினர் சூழ்ந்திட 
மணவறை அமைக்கணும் 
ஓடிடும் ரயிலிலே உறவினர் சூழ்ந்திட 
மணவறை அமைக்கணும் 
ப்ரோஹிதர் வெளினாட்டினர் புதியதொரு பாணியில் 
மந்திரம் சொல்லணும் 
ரயில் வரும் வழியினில் தோரணம் ஆடணும் 
இதுவும் எனது இனிய மனது விரும்புவது 

கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க 
கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க 
அவஸ்த்தை உமக்கு அதிகம் இருக்கு 
ஐய்யோ பாவம் அது ஏன் உமக்கு 
கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க 

மாப்பிள்ளை கைகளில் பால் பழ தட்டுடன் 
பள்ளியறை சேரணும் 
மாப்பிள்ளை கைகளில் பால் பழ தட்டுடன் 
பள்ளியறை சேரணும் 
மணமகள் கால்களில் மணமகன் வணங்கி 
ஆசியும் வாங்கணும் 
மனைவின் மனமது குளிர்ந்திடும் வகையினில் 
காலம் முழுதும் இருந்து வாழ்க்கை நடத்தணும் 

கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க 
கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க 
அவஸ்த்தை உமக்கு அதிகம் இருக்கு 
ஐய்யோ பாவம் அது ஏன் உமக்கு 
கல்யாணம் என்னை முடிக்க

PON VAANA POONGAVIL - VAALIBAME VAA VAA

SARASA MOHANA - KOKILAVANI

http://www.sirkali.org/

Anniyan writes:

Song: Sarasa mohana sangeethAmrutha
Film: KokilavAni
Music: G Ramanathan
Lyric: S D Sundaram
Singer: Seergazhi Govindarajan.

If anybody had asked me to cite an example in the raga Sudha dhanyasi some 25 years before, probably I would have said GNB’s Himagirithanaye Hemalathe, or for a film song, a KVM’s Kalaimagal enakkoru or a MSV-TKR’s Neeye unakku endrum or at best IR’s Maancholai kilidhaano. But certainly not had I listened to this SOTD before. Such was the fascination I had for this song from the moment I heard it in Radio Ceylon way back in early 80s. What a beautiful melody! How simple the tune is! Yet the majesty!

As has been his wont, GR has churned out a classical number and serves a feast for eternal joy to his listeners. A very neat work by GR. Just a harmonium, clarionet, flute and tabla. That GR brings the sa ga ma pa ni sa arohanam of the raga to begin the interludes is noteworthy though on the predictable lines but always remember a tabla in a GR song is a co-singer more than an accompaniment (thanks Bhairavan). Follow the tabla carefully in every GR song.

Another high point of the song is the class rendition of the song by Seergazhi Govindarajan. SG was a much sought after singer in the mid fifties after Thuraiyur Rajagopala Sarma gave him a launchpad in Ponvayal (1954) with an exquisite number Siripputhan varugudhaiyya ulagai kaNdAl. GR made it a point to bestow SG with atleast one good song in most of the films he did. The same voice which he used for comic songs in a previous film will be the hero’s voice in the next film sometimes even for Sivaji or MGR. SG’s ringing voice suits the SOTD to a T and particularly the ease with which he touches the higher octaves in the lines …sundara vaankavi sugakkuralil ezhum.. sudhandhira naadhamey sangeetham is really marvellous.

The lyricist of this song Kavignar S .D. Sundaram was a noted playwright during 40s and 50s best known for his play Kaviyin kanavu which had been shown umpteen number of times during the freedom struggle. In this song, he depicts how sublime good music to be, the sheer joy it gives, the power of music and how it influences the nature in simple but sweet words. I was touched by the lines …sandhaiyiley virkkum porulalla geetham, sindhaiyiley ezhum jeeva layam. I can see Papanasam Sivan influence in SDS lines. SDS is well-known for such songs as his another song in Manidhanum Mirugamum (1953) sung by CSJ is a classic…Kaalamenum chirpi seidha kavidhai thaai kovilada. SDS is not to be confused with one another lyricist of his times, a contemporary, ‘Clown’ Sundaram who had penned many comic songs for NSK in many of his films.

KokilavAni (1956) was produced by Forward Art Films, a production company formed by actor S. A. Natarajan (of Mandirikumari fame) with Chinnappa Devar and others and naturally S A Natarajan is the hero of the film. The female lead is Tambaram Lalitha (remember?). The story is a musical subject and hence the title Kokilavani. The title attracted me very much as it reminded me that great singer NCV. The movie was a box office disaster despite GR’s lilting music Let me not delve deep into the story lest you may not relish the beauty of this song.

When this writer requested SG in a wedding reception concert some time in mid-eighties to sing this song, the unassuming singer obliged by singing a few lines as he did not remember the full song nor could this writer help him with the lines then but SG made an appreciative gesture of the choice.

The other songs written by SDS in KokilavAni are Maalaiyiley manasAnthi thandhu (SG), Thiruvey en deviye (SG,Jikki). One other mentionworthy song in KokilavAni is Azhagodaiyil neendhum iLa annam sung by Jikki.

http://www.dhool.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6693

THEN ARUVIYIL NANAINDHIDUM MALARO - AGAYA GANGAI

SUDDHA DHANYASI, BAGESHRI

(M) dheem...
(F) hmm...
(M) dhiranana...
(F) hmm... hmm... hmm... hmm...

(F) dheem dhiranana dhirana dheerananaa
(M) thaen aruviyil nanaindhidum malarO
(F) dhiranaa... dhiranaa...
(M) thodarum... kadhaiyo...
(F) dhiranaa... dhiranaa...
(M) edhudhaan... vidaiyO...
mana vee...Nai... naan isaiththida
thaen aruviyil nanaindhidum malarO

(M) muga vaasal meedhu dheebam
iru kaNgaL aanadhO oh...
(F) mmm... mmm... aah...
(M) muga vaasal meedhu dheebam
iru kaNgaL aanadhO
mana vaasal kOlamae dhinam pOdudhO
(F) aah... aah...
(M) thuNaiyaagum dhaeviyai kodi thaedudhO
(F) aah... aah...
(M) punnagaiyO... poo mazhaiyO...
un nadaiyO... thaer padaiyo
varamO varumO naan vaLam peRa

(F) dheem dhiranana dhirana dheerananaa
(M) thaen aruviyil nanaindhidum malarO
(F) dhiranaa... dhiranaa...
(M) dhiranaa... dhiranaa...
(F) dhiranaa naa naa dhiranana
dheem dhiranana dhirana dheem dhiranaa


(M) naaLum ovvoru naadagamO
edhu maedaiyO...
(F) aah... aah... aah... aah...
(M) naaLum ovvoru naadagamO
edhu maedaiyO...
inimai vizhi naattiyamO
ennai aattumO
aen tholaivO... nee nilavO...
(F) aah... aah... aah... aah...
thanimai kodumai enadhuyir azhaiththida

(F) dheem dhiranana... dhiranana
thaen aruviyil nanaindhidum malarO
thodarum... kadhaiyO...
edhudhaan... vidaiyO...
mana vee...Nai... naan isaiththida
thaen aruviyil nanaindhidum malarO

Udhaya writes:

Mu.Mehtha had penned excellent lyrics for the song as well. Mu.Metha had complimented IR for suggesting a correction in the song. Metha initially wrote a line ending,"...nee nilavo aen tholaivo". IR suggested that the song be rewritten as "...aen tholaivo, nee nilavo" which still conveys the same message but there is an added layer of meaning since the revised lines allude to the fact that "her distance from him may be because she is the moon".

ANBINALE UNDAGUM INBA NILAI - PAASA VALAI

 

http://www.in.com/music/track/paasa-valai-songs/anbinale-undagum-517685.html

http://www.youtube.com/movie/pasavalai

RAGHAVANE RAMANA - ILAMAI KALANGAL

THIRUPARANKUNRATHIL NEE SIRITHAAL - KANDHAN KARUNAI

But for an occasional 'ri2', the song is in suddha dhanyasi.

KANAA KANDENADI - PARTHIBAN KANAVU

PUDHIYA POOVIDHU - THENRALE ENNAI THODU

SHUBHALEKHA RASUKUNNA - KONDA VEETI DONGA

VAA PON MAYILE - POONTHALIR

KALAYA NIJAMA - COOLIE NO.1

PAAL VANNAM - PAASAM

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http://youtu.be/aHr31vJV5qk

SIRU PONMANI ASAIYUM - KALLUKKUL EERAM

POOVE NEE YAAR SOLLI - THANIYADHA DHAAGAM

A.A.RAJ

Saravanan writes:

When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the soul laughs for what it has found.
- A Sufi aphorism

It was good friend ‘Ragapravaham’ Sundar who brought to my notice the passing away of composer A.A. Raj. Raj had apparently been unwell for a while and on the last day of 2007 he slipped away from this world, like a boat that drifts off into the night on a calm sea. He was 77.

Being the unabashed TFM aficionado that he is, Sundar lost no time in speaking to Raj’s son Roopkumar after he noticed the obituary insertion in ‘The Hindu’ and expressed his heartfelt condolences on behalf of TFM fans. Sundar says that Roopkumar was genuinely moved to know that there are people who still remember his father and his songs…

A.A. Raj would always have a special place in the hearts of us TFM fans, even if ‘poovE nee yaar solli yaarukkaaga malargindRaai’ had been the only song he had ever composed; for that lone delight has earned him our eternal adoration. The song was featured as SOTD four years back.

Listen to ‘poovE nee yaar solli yaarukkaaga malargindRaai’ 



A.A. Raj (1930- 2007)

Aakula Appalaraju hailed from a small hamlet near Vishakapatnam near Andhra Pradesh. He was interested in music from a young age, and after learning to play the Harmonium, he trained under Buchi Gopal Rao. Practical financial considerations made him accept the dreary job of a food inspector in Bobbili. However, his love for music eventually won, and in 1951 he landed in Madras, then the citadel of South-Indian celluloid fantasies, where the untiring dream merchants peddled their varied wares.

With the initial support of veteran S. Rajeswara Rao, Appalaraju (who had by then shortened his name to A.A. Raj) bagged a few opportunities to play the harmonium and violin for some Telugu movie songs. Impressed with his skills, Master Venu took him under his fold, and Raj learned the nuances of composing film music during his years with Master Venu, assisting him in the music of many memorable bilinguals like kaalam maaRipOchu (1956), engaL veettu mahalakshmi (1957) and manjaL mahimai (1959). His expertise in writing notations, coaching the singers and conducting the orchestra made him a sought after assistant to various composers, and Raj found himself working with stalwarts such as Chalapathi Rao, V. Dakshinamoorthi, Baburaj, Sathyam and Chakaravarthi. He did compose music independently for 3 Telugu films, but his work in those films- Devudichina Bartha (1967/ Devi Productions), Panchakalyani Dongalarani (1969/ Sri Saraswathi Chitra) and Vikramarka Vijayam (1971/PSR Pics) went largely unnoticed. Unperturbed, Raj continued assisting other composers who valued his enthusiastic contributions.

In 1979 came the opportunity to assist T.Rajendar in composing music for the songs that Rajendar had penned for ‘oru thalai raagam’. Besides working with Rajendar on the songs, Raj also scored the bgm for the film. In fact, Vividh Bharathi used to initially credit the music for the songs of ‘oru thalai raagam’ to both Rajendar and A.A. Raj, but Raj’s name mysteriously did not figure in the subsequent announcements. The Inreco Record of the album, however, gave joint credit to both of them.

While Rajendar went on to earn manifold laurels as an imaginative lyricist and talented composer in the following years, udhayamagiRathu (1981/ Jayamurugan Art Creations) starring ‘oru thalai raagam’ Shankar and directed by Ranjit, was the only album that came A.A. Raj’s way. And he went all out to prove himself as an independent MD of unquestioned skills. ‘avanukkendRE vandhaaL azhagu radhai, azhagu sindhum poonkodi kOthai’ (Vani Jairam) is an elegant creation, while the two SPB-P. Suseela duets, the caressing ‘naan unai mandRaadinEn, nee enai koNdaadinaai’ and the forlorn ‘manjaLum maalaiyum varumO, en vaazhkaiyil vasantham tharumO’ are marked by lilting passages. The outstanding number from the album, however, is SPB’s ‘KaNNa un aruLaal yaavum iyangum, kanavugaL nanavaaga thuNai purivaayE’- an exquisite semi-classical delight with astounding progressions wherein the naadaswaram and violin find ingenious use and SPB & Kannadasan come together to give vibrant life to a mistreated musician’s wondrous vision.

Enthused by the stupendous success of ‘oru thalai raagam’, Producer/Director E.M. Ibrahim was tempted to have another go on the reel roulette, and set about directing ‘thaNiyaadha dhaagam’ under the same banner, Mansoor Creations. Delhi Ganesh, Thambu, Swarna, Subhadra, Ponni, Gurushankar and Samikkannu were in the cast. The dialogues were written by Kittappa. ‘thaNiyaadha dhaagam’ was more than a year in the making and was released in 1982, only to end up a discomfiting debacle.



It was Radio Ceylon’s repeated airing of the film’s songs that kept ‘thaNiyaadha dhaagam’ from making an unobtrusive exit from public memory. Ibrahim, who was much impressed with A.A. Raj’s music skills during the making of ‘oru thalai raagam’, entrusted Raj with the music of ‘thaNiyaadha dhaagam’. The album has 6 songs in all. An obscure lyricist called Uma Nagabhushanam wrote 5 of them, while Kaaraikizhaar penned the remaining song. Vani Jairam's 'malaraadha malarellaam malaravaikkum' heralds so bewitchingly in Bhoopalam the serene beauty of dawn. ‘unnai maRakavillai naanE, ennai maRandhadhellaam yEnO’ would surely rank among the best songs in B. Vasantha’s chequered career. ‘yaarukitta solluRathu, deivam oorai vittE poivittaal, yaarukitta solluRathu’ has a subdued TMS having a scornful shrug at the imponderable twists of destiny. Malaysia Vasudevan makes merry in ‘aaha malligaippoovE, aaha maadhuLampoovE’. The delightful ‘poovE nee yaar solli’ by Malaysia Vasudevan & S. Janaki lingers to this day in the memory of avid radio listeners of the early 80s.

For today let us listen to the remaining song from the album, ‘avaL oru mOhana raagam’ . Punctuated with delectable sitar vignettes, this poignant song has SPB honoring A.A. Raj with a magnificent rendition.

Listen to ‘avaL oru mOhana raagam’ from thaNiyaadha dhaagam 
Sung by SPB
Lyrics by Uma Nagabhushanam
Music by A.A. Raj

A.A. Raj never got to compose music for films again. He has set to tune some non-film devotional albums. ‘Sri Raghavendra Suprabhatham’, written by J.H.B. Acharya and sung by PBS & S. Janaki is one glittering instance of such ventures. ‘Anandam Anandam’ a compilation of wedding songs sung by P. Suseela is another popular album composed by Raj. Raj was an active member of the Cine Musicians Union that strives for the welfare of the instrumentalists who work for various Music Directors. His tenure as its president in 2001 was marked by many significant measures being implemented.

Destiny did not quite play fair with this musician of abundant talent; fame and fortune evaded him till the end. He has passed on, unsung and unwept. But to us, Raj will live on in the few unforgettable songs that marked his tryst with Tamil cinema. avar oru mOhana raagam.... 

RANGULALO KALAVO - ABHINANDANA

NEEYE UNAKKU ENRUM - BALE PANDIYA

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MAANCHOLAI KILI THAANO - KIZHAKKE POGUM RAYIL