These are stills from Kamal’s movies. Each link points to a different movie. I have jumbled the images. You can move the jumbled blocks around, like a jigsaw. Can you guess the movie?
| Click to see jigsaw 1 | |
| Click to see jigsaw 2 | |
| Click to see jigsaw 3 | |
| Click to see jigsaw 4 | |
| Click to see jigsaw 5 |
I’ve mentioned the lead pair of famous romantic English movies. How many titles can you guess?
| Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr | |
| Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts | |
| Richard Gere and Julia Roberts | |
| Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn | |
| Cary Elwes and Robin Wright Penn | |
| Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman | |
| Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert | |
| Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr | |
| Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet | |
| Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe | |
| Cary Grant and Grace Kelly | |
| Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (1st film) | |
| Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn | |
| Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan | |
| Christopher Plummer and Julie Andews | |
| James Stewart and Donna Reed | |
| Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn | |
| Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman | |
| Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell | |
| Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah | |
| Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore | |
| Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn | |
| Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine | |
| Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn | |
| Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond |
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from 1980-1990. They are all dappanguthus — or at least, fast songs. Can you guess which movie they are from?
Note: I’ve made this quiz a little tougher than the earlier ones.
Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.
If the Tamil lyrics are not OK, turn on tamil scripts.
Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.
paadha malar nOgumunnu nadakkum paadha vazhi poo virichchEn
sOLa kaattu moolaiyilE oru sOdi oNNu sErndhiruchchu
naan pOREn munnaalE nee vaadi pinnaalE naaykkaru thOttathirkku
moonjiyath thookkaama kaanjipura pattu vaangikkodukkaNum dOy
aaththangaraiyOram pooththirukkum azhaguppoovaasam
angE dhinam muththam idum saththam varudhu
ingE adhu vandhaal perum kuththam varudhu
yERikkara kaaththum yElElElO paattum inga yEdhum kEtkavillaiyE
kazhudhak kooda nallaa paadum kEttup paaru unakkup puriyum
pudhu raagam padaippadhaalE naanum iraivanE
kutti thottadhaala budhdhi kettu pOnEn
ooRugaaya koNdaa onnaiyum thottukkarEn
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from 1985-1989. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated)
Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.
If the Tamil lyrics are not OK, turn on tamil scripts.
Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.
uLLa azhugurEn veLiya sirikkirEn
nalla vEshamdhaan veLuththu vaangurEn
kannip poNNuk kaNNukkuLLa kaththichchaNdai kaNdaayO
padapadakkum nenjukkuLLa pattaampoochchi paarthaayO
mEdaiyaippOlE vaazhkkai alla naadagam aanadhum vilagich chella
OdaiyaippOlE uravum alla paadhaigaL maariyE payaNam sella
isai mazhai engum pozhigiradhu
engaLin jeevan nanaigiradhu
ennaaLum thenRal vandhu veesidum
ennOdu thOzhi pOla pEsidum
naaLum nilavadhu thEyidhu maraiyidhu
nangai mugam ena yaar adhaich chonnadhu
mandhirangaL kaadhil sollum indhiranin jaalamO
chandirargaL sooriyargaL pOvadhenna maayamO
vaadaa naNbanE vELai nalla vELaidhaan
vELai vandha pin veru enna vElaidhaan
koora pattuchchEla ammaa kooda oru maala
vaangi varum vELa poNNu vaasamuLLa sOla
kottum mazhaik kaalam uppu virkka pOnEn
kaatradikkum nEram maavu virkka pOnEn
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from 1990-1994. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated)
Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.
If the Tamil lyrics are not OK, turn on tamil scripts.
Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.
aaRaadha aasaigaL thOnRum ennai thoondum
aanaalum vaay pEsa anjum indha nenjam
idhu maatramaa thadumaatramaa en nenjilE pani moottamaa
nee thOzhiyaa illai edhiriyaa enRu dhinamum pOraattamaa
kuzhalinil varaadha raagam yaavum en kuralinil varaadhadhaa
endhan manamidhu endhan ninaividhu enRE purigiRadhaa
melliyath thaamarai kaal eduththu nadaiyil pazhagum poonthEru
mettiyaik kaalil naan maatta mayangum poonkodi
ponmagaL moochchu vittaal poo malaraadhO
poomagaLin vaay mozhiyE poojaikku vEdhangaLO
sollukkum theriyaamal sollaththaan vandhEnE
sollukkuL arththam pOla sollaamal ninREnE
sondha aagaayam vENdum jOdi nilavonRu vEndum
netri vErkkinRa pOdhu andha nilavil mazhai peyya vENdum
thannandhanichchirukka thaththaLichchuth thaan irukka
un ninaippil naan parichchEn thaamaraiya
un pudavai mundhaanai saayndhadhil indha boomi poo pooththadhu
idhu kamban paadaadha sindhanai undhan kaadhOdu yaar sonnadhu
vaay mozhiyum endhan thaay mozhiyum inRu vasappadavillaiyadi
vayitrukkum thondaikkum uruvam illaa oru urundaiyum uruLudhadi
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from 1995-1999. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated)
Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.
If the Tamil lyrics are not OK, turn on tamil scripts.
Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.
veyyil veppam aanandham mazhaiyin saththam aanandham
ada mazhaiyil kooda saayam pOgaa vaanavil aanandham
sooriyana irandu thundu senju kaNNil koNdavaLO
chandhirana kaNNukkuLLa ooravechchap peNNivaLO
puyal vandhu pOnadhoru vanamaay aanadhadi ennuLLam
en nenjil unadhu karam vaiththaal en nilamai adhu sollum
oru chinnap pooththiriyil oLi sindhum raaththiriyil
indha meththai mEl iLam thaththaippOl pudhu viththai kaattidavaa
naNban oruvan vandha piragu viNNaith thodalaam uNdu siragu
vaanukkum ellai uNdu natpukkillaiyE
naan kEtkum badhil inRu vaaraadhaa
naan thoonga vazhi onRu thaaraadhaa
mudi kuththum undhan maarbu en panju meththaiyO
en uyir pirikkum muththam adhu enna viththaiyO
malaiyOram malaiyOram manam alaiyudhu karaiyOram
viLaiyaadum viLaiyaadum engaL thamizh adhai kavi paadum
en azhagenna en thozhillenna yEn ennOdu un kaadhal undaachchu
siRu thaNNeeraay naan thavazhndhEnE idhil eppOdhu minsaaram undaachchu
boomiyai vella aayudham edharkku poopparikka kOdari edharkku
ponnO poruLO pOrkkaLam edharkku aasai thurandhaal akilam unakku
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from the 2000s. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated)
Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.
If the Tamil lyrics are not OK, turn on tamil scripts.
Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.
kaadhal oNNum kadavuL illaiyadaa indha
ezhavu ellaam haarmOnS saiyyum kalangam dhaanadaa
azhagu enbadhu aaN paalaa peN paalaa
enbadhil enakku sandhEgam theerndhadhu
azhagu enbadhu nichchaiyam peN paaladaa
kaatrum kooda engaLudan iravinil thoonga idam kEtkum
mazhaiththuLi kooda en thaayin madiyinil thavazha dhinam yEngum
oru piLLaik karuvil koNdu oru piLLaik kaiyyil koNdu
uRavaadum yOgam oru thaaykkinRu
nizhalgaLin uLLE uLLa nijangaLaith thEdinEn
neeyaay adhaich cholvaay ena niththamum naan vaadinEn
peNgaLai nimirndhum paarththidaa un iniya gaNNiyam pidikkudhE
kaNgaLai nEraay paarththudhaan nee pEsum thOraNai pidikkudhE
kaadhal mattum purivadhillai kaatraa neruppaa therivadhillai
kaadhal thandha moochchai nilai naan kaNgaL thiRandhum therivadhillai
chinna chinna thottil katti ammaa sollum aariraarO isai dhaanE isai dhaanE
aaNum peNNum kattil katti aasai mettu kattuRadhum isai dhaanE isai dhaanE
kEtkaadha osaigaL idhazh thaandaadha vaarththaigaL
imai aadaadha paarvaigaL ivai naan konda maatrangaL
engEyum pogaamal dhinam veettilEyE nee vEndum
sila samaiyam viLaiyaattaay un aadaikkuLLE naan vEndum
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated)
Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.
If the Tamil lyrics are not OK, turn on tamil scripts. It’s worth it.
The movies also have a common theme that’s very easy to guess.
Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.
en vaazhkkai nadhiyil karai onRu kaNdEn
en nenjil yEdhO kaRai onRu kaNdEn
Erikkaraiyil jOdip paRavai ellaa azhagum aanandham
aadum kadalinil Odum padagugaL adhilE ulagam aarambam
idhayam enbadhu sadhaidhaan enRaal eRithazhal thinRuvidum
anbin kaRuvi idhayam enRaal saavai venRuvidum
kaadhal koNdEn kanavinai vaLarthEn
kaNmani unai naan karuththinil niraiththEn
kannathil muththaththin eeRam adhu kaaya villaiyE
kaNgaLil En indha kaNNeer adhu yaaraalE
kanRu kutti thuLLum pOdhu kaalil enna kattuppaadu
kaalam ennai vaazhththum pOdhu aasaik kenna kattuppaadu
manmadha ambugaL thaiththa idangaLil
sandhanamaay ennai poosugiren
neeyO vaanam vittu maNNil vandha thaarakai
naanO yaarum vandhu thangich chellum maaLigai
thaay madiyil piRandhOm thamizh madiyil vaLarndhOm
nadigarena vaLarndhOm naadagaththil kalandhOm
undhan udhattil niraindhirukkum pazharasam
andha vanaththil maraindhirukkum thuLi visham
Click here to listen to Tamil songs by Ilayaraja.
Or test your knowledge of Ilayajaja by taking the quiz below.
More songs by Ilayaraja, composed in the 1980s. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated)
Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.
I’ve jumbled up 3 stills from an old movie. You can move the jumbled blocks around, like a jigsaw. Can you guess the actors and the movie?
| Actor with dark suit | |
| Actor with light suit | |
| Actress | |
| Movie |