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Newspapers in Tamil movies

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:43:13 +0000

Captain America: The Winter Soldier shows a newspaper with the headline “Howard and Maria Stark Die in Car Accident”.

The movie crew created a newspaper with a realistic font as well as text. It reads:

Howard Star, founder of Stark Industries was confirmed dead this morning after suffering massive internal injuries from a fatal car crash. His Wife, Maria Stark, was also in the car …

Tamil film crews use a less-expensive approach. In Game - Oru Melliya Kodu (2016), I noted that the detective agreement is titled “Partnership Agreement: Mr Akshay and Ms Maaya”. But the contents talk about CorelDRAW and CorelPhoto

Content is central to any project. Whether it’s the perfect font, clipart, photo, a previous project, or a client mockup, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 helps you quickly access content so that you can focus on your design.

Pity this movie crew didn’t use CorelDRAW to create “perfect content”.

In Kee (2019), the Baasha virus has an IP address of 181.589.214.739.023.

In Kolaigaran (2019), this newspaper article starts well:

Hyderabad: Contract killer nabbed by Hyderabad police. A four member team executed the job. Kolavenkat, Chari team lead by Prabhakaran IPS.

… but the font changes mid-way, and so does the text. It goes on to say…

This change of guard could be very important to Trump, almost 18 months into office, in the context of the fact that his political window of opportunity to put an enduring stamp on US foreign policy may soon narrow rapidly – unless he wins a second term in 2020."

It makes perfect sense that Prabhakaran IPS would influence Trump’s global policy. I’m just noting the typographical and grammatical errors.

I’m not sure if these errors are due to a lack of budget or attention to detail, but it certainly makes my movie-watching experience more fun!

In Cobra (2022), though, I did see an improvement. The Wikipedia page on “Dmitri Yugoslav” is a smart edit of the Wikipedia page on Sergei Shoigu. Even the phonetic pronunciation of his name “Дмитрий Югослав” is correct.

On the other hand, the Telugu movie Liger (2022) sported this YouTube screen. The upvotes rapidly increase from 1,380 to 1,430 – but the number of views is stuck at “10 000 views”.

The Warrior (2022) has a fax message with an order of suspension from the “Comissioner of Police” for the “Superintend of police” where “under ur regime as the superintend of police at kurnool havemisused your power …”

In Sarkaru Vaari Paata, “there are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don’t look even slightly believable. If you are going to use…” – which GitHub Copilot auto-completed without my having to prompt it!

Vadivelu Comedy Dialogues

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 04:19:24 +0000

Here are some famous funny dialogues by Tamil comedian Vadivelu. Can you guess which movie they’re from?

Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Nagesh Comedy Dialogues Quiz

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 06:19:07 +0000

Here are dialogues from Nagesh's films. Can you guess which movie they're from?

Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Comments

Hema Subramanian 2 Jan 2021 9:37 pm: Didn’t get 5 6 and 7

Recent Tamil Songs Quiz

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:09:23 +0000

After a long break, here's another quiz, featuring relatively recent Tamil songs. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Comments

Rosario 23 May 2012 2:46 am: Right answers can be given along with the result. Nice pass-time for youngsters. Thank You for your services. Rosario
sriram 22 May 2012 4:50 pm: after a long time… :) but what a poor memory i have…. 8/20. :(:(:(:(
S Anand 21 May 2012 3:49 pm: @vrraghy: Fixed song 10. Thanks!
Vinoth B 22 May 2012 3:02 pm: Interesting..! But couldn’t get many !! :-)
Raghavan Rengachari (@vrraghy) 21 May 2012 2:44 pm: Just couldn’t get a few :| and song 10 isn’t working…
thambidi 21 Jul 2012 9:17 pm: poor memory 07/20
priya 3 Jun 2012 1:26 pm: Nice..familiar song but could’t find all movie name
Jayapal Chandran 23 May 2012 8:59 pm: It isn’t poor memory but it is the quality of the song which makes you listen to it again and again and eventually you will get well memorized in you. and i could get green only the songs which i knew very well… others i did not even try cause they never sounded good… or the song failed publicity in some way…
kavilavu 16 Jun 2012 8:29 am: 11/20,…..we found it..nice job.. so interesting to play thanks
kamlakrisnan 29 Oct 2012 3:51 pm: Hi i got 20/20, its very interesting to find the movie names.
Niranjan 6 Dec 2012 3:00 pm: I got 20/20 at first try itself by identifying the song name immediately. But it was difficult to find movie names. I have listened to all these songs in music channels as well as in my car. But finding movie names was difficult for 3-4 songs.
Vincent(Jv) 12 Oct 2012 4:29 am: i got 15/20 great work Thanks…
radha 28 Sep 2012 8:17 am: hey….. i got 19/20, great work… thanks for your good work
Sundar 21 Nov 2012 5:04 am: i think i’m the first to get all 20/20 songs, but very tough to find it. good job for the collections, many was out of memory as we hear new songs,
afshin 23 Oct 2012 6:32 pm: wow!!!!!!!17/20,……… intersting!!!!!!!!
Abi 31 Dec 2012 4:29 am: can’t find 8,10 and 20
Shiva 22 Nov 2012 2:38 pm: HEy Intersting!!!!! got 16/20. tough work :)
Akila 12 Dec 2012 9:55 am: 14/20… where are the answers please?
anusha 14 Mar 2013 3:06 pm: wow!!all 20 right!! :D
Priya Krishnamoorthy 3 Feb 2013 8:09 am: 18/20. every thing is easy but except 2(i.e,13 & 16)
sribala arun 25 Dec 2013 3:21 pm: i cant get 16 and then 14 is 7am arivu but it is showing not correct
anu 24 Dec 2013 1:51 pm: i got 19/20 its interesting!!!
deepika 21 Feb 2014 2:11 pm: i got 18/20 nice game
Anusha 14 Dec 2013 8:35 pm: Woohoo!!! All 20 correct! ;)
Anusha 14 Dec 2013 8:36 pm: Woohoo!!! All 20 are right! ;)
hbqdb 27 Apr 2013 5:51 am: can’t find 10,14&17
anu 24 Dec 2013 1:55 pm: i got 19/20 nice!!!
kumar 8 Apr 2014 3:40 pm: 17/20
Divya kd 14 Mar 2015 7:59 am: Wow I got 20/20
rviji 6 Dec 2014 8:23 pm: wow!!!!20/20
sowndharya 30 Apr 2018 8:10 pm: wow …..got 15 out of 20
ATR 9 Jun 2016 8:53 am: Got 20/20 but 7aam arivu is taking up as answer
Sab 18 Apr 2020 7:05 pm: bad memory
sankar 30 Dec 2015 8:52 am: could you forward the link to download this and answers for our own party game.
hema 9 Jul 2016 8:31 am: semma i got 20/20
Akshaya 28 Nov 2018 12:15 pm: it was interesting
revo 29 Sep 2016 10:20 am: nice quiz……..but where are the answers?
ganga 17 Jun 2016 7:16 pm: i got ans for 17 and it’s very interesting
Siva 8 May 2018 7:24 pm: Good
adithiya 23 Apr 2017 1:16 pm: wow…sema but i cant find songs
Meena 10 Apr 2020 4:59 pm: I found 17.. I know another 2 song.. but I can’t remember the lyrics.. the last one is very tough
Priya 23 Sep 2019 7:06 pm: Wow I got it 18/20

A R Rahman songs

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:04:19 +0000

A tribute to our Academy Award winner, A R Rahman. Here are interludes from 25 Tamil songs of A R Rahman. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Comments

Steve 12 Mar 2009 7:07 pm: Got 25/25!!! Thanks Anand, enjoyed it very much!!!
Vijay Anand 12 Mar 2009 3:11 pm: I got 24/25. not able to recollect the movie name of July Matham song Only May madham came to my mind
anantha 2 Mar 2009 6:40 pm: Got 22 without struggling. The last three (5, 17, 25) gave me trouble. Got 5 after some humming along and for 17, somehow was stuck on a dubbed version of a hindi soundtrack till I got it. 25 was purely round robin :)
Sriram 2 Mar 2009 7:09 pm: Hi anand, I am one of the big fan of ur site. I scored 21/25. please send me the answers.
srini 2 Mar 2009 10:37 am: Hi thanks again for a good one. I scored more in Raja test than this one.. so you know my age group. Please send me the answers. Can’t bang myself anymore… thanks
S Anand 2 Mar 2009 3:34 pm: Have sent the answers by e-mail.
Akbar 2 Mar 2009 6:23 pm: I scored 20. Really nice one …. thanks.
yeshwanth 10 Mar 2009 4:50 pm: I got 25/25…was struggling for 17..but got it in the end….based on your clue that its a rajini film
Nivi 2 Mar 2009 9:11 pm: 23/25!! and i pride myself that of the things i got, i got everything within the first 5 seconds :)
Hari 6 Mar 2009 4:42 pm: Awesome compilation. I didn’t get 4, 16, 17, 19 and 21. I was kicked when I got 25 :)
subbu 11 Mar 2009 1:41 pm: 23/25 - got 23 and 24 woooo hooooooo
Barath 7 Mar 2009 7:33 pm: Give me clues for 6 and 25
Arun Ganesh 10 Mar 2009 6:02 pm: 25/25 …. had to refer no clues thankfully… this is good stuff.. keep posting more. thank you
Arjun 7 Mar 2009 8:30 pm: Hey, Great man. Thanks for the quiz. We had a lot of fun doing it. By the way, the score is 23! :) What are 17 and 25? I’m totally stumped (but, most probably, I’ve never heard these pieces).
S Anand 7 Mar 2009 8:38 pm: Clues: 6 is a Vineeth film 17 is a Rajni film 25 is a Prabhu film
Dinesh 11 Mar 2009 2:00 pm: i got a 25/25….. hardcore ARRfan…. thank u thanku…. :)
Priya 11 Mar 2009 12:57 pm: I scored 24….But i couldn;t guess which one is the 17th…..
subbu 11 Mar 2009 1:34 pm: 21/25 - didn’t get 16, 23,24,25 :)
Ganesh.V 10 Mar 2009 6:15 pm: HA ha i got 25\25…….pretty much easy……even 25 and 17 Nice compilation……
Vivek 10 Mar 2009 6:45 pm: 25/25, in one go! I’m proud to be a hardcore ARR fan
Rajith Ramnivas 10 Mar 2009 6:51 pm: 25/25 i can answer whatever related to rahman sir.
chetan 10 Mar 2009 10:24 pm: 24/25 !! damn missed the #13 ……….. Guys pls help me out … Which Movie is it?? @S Anand- Superb Man quiz is. thanks for it…..
sanjay shankar 10 Mar 2009 8:25 pm: 25/25 !!! Like Yeshwanth, # 17 took about a min, but got the others within seconds. Thanks for the nice quiz!
AMEER SALEHA 11 Mar 2009 8:04 am: it was quite interesting and as well as it made me to find out some songs of arr which i didnt hear
Vinodh 11 Mar 2009 9:20 am: I got 24/25… I couldnt get the 25th song… someone pls help… :(
amjath 11 Mar 2009 3:00 am: Score: 25 / 25 i got i done it i made it very very gud choice of songs
Ashwin Krish 11 Mar 2009 3:05 am: 25/25! 5 was the toughest for me! Interludes are pretty easy… what is challenging is a BGM quiz. You should post that
Krishna 11 Mar 2009 4:00 am: scored 100%. Great quiz
Mehrun Shiraz 11 Mar 2009 11:19 am: its damn good..scored 24..but dont know number 17..pls send me the answer.
rama krishna 10 Mar 2009 4:36 pm: hi, i score 21/25
musicar 10 Mar 2009 4:43 pm: I GOT 25/25!!! It was an easy test!!! Just the 25th one took a couple of extra seconds! Enjoyed it!!!Thanks for creating it
Prakash 10 Mar 2009 4:28 pm: Bingo. I got 25. Needless to say I am a Rahmaniac! :)
Anil 10 Mar 2009 4:31 pm: Wow ….got 24 on 25 ….all except 25 (but the clues in your comments) got that one as well .. Good one this. My ARR quotient is pretty high :-) -A
Siva 11 Mar 2009 2:07 pm: Got 22/25. Couldn’t find 5, 17, 25. Then found 17 and 25 using the clues. And finally, 5 after many guesses. :(
viji 11 Mar 2009 2:25 pm: hey hi.. gr8 work.. superb.. :) gt al 25 rite.. :) keep posting more :)
Appu 11 Mar 2009 2:49 pm: woow,16 was tough.i got no.6 listening to the rhythm pattern. did it anyway. 25/25 all the way. Jai ho!!! Appu
Anu 11 Mar 2009 3:27 pm: I got 25/25, was thinking hard for 17 but then your clue on Rajni movie helped….very interesting and easy quiz!!!!
sriraman vk 11 Mar 2009 3:44 pm: i got 24/25. what is the answer for song 14?
Sriram 11 Mar 2009 4:20 pm: Awesome! Can you do the same for AR’s Hindi and also the BGM?! Please man!
santhosh 11 Mar 2009 5:36 pm: Hi, really a nice quiz….. Got 25/25 Keep posting :)
Madhavan R 11 Mar 2009 6:16 pm: Cool! Got 25 out of 25 in the first go!!! 17 was tricky but after repeated listens for some 5 or 6 times, I found it…Great stuff; thoroughly enjoyed!
suriya 12 Mar 2009 11:47 am: super songs anand! 5,13,19,24 known BGM.. any clues?
Karthik 12 Mar 2009 7:04 am: Got all right :)
Asuthosh 12 Mar 2009 7:08 am: 25/25 - some old Tamil ones were tricky. The trick is to continue the interlude forward in your mind and it will segue into the pallavi/charanam. Great stuff, thanks!
Rivjot 12 Mar 2009 8:20 am: Please make such quiz for Hindi interludes of Rahman as well. Enjoyed taking this one :)
Amit 11 Mar 2009 8:41 pm: Got 22. (After a lot of hair pulling!). Being a non-tamilian rahmaniac, I am happy. Please send me the answers. (#5, 14 &16) I cannot take these tunes out of my head now…
Prashanth Dappula 12 Mar 2009 2:54 am: Coooooooool, thanks for the quiz. 25/25, had a bit trouble for few seconds recognizing 25th :-), but got it. Thank you once again.
gowrishankar 11 Mar 2009 11:39 pm: got 25/25, nice work
S.Vijai Ananth 12 Mar 2009 12:29 am: Rahmaniac from Malaysian ARR fan club(Rahmania)…..25 definitely……all these interludes sat in the subconscious for too long already……
Rams 13 Mar 2009 5:37 pm: Yippeee…. 25/25 again… for a rahmaniac, it feels good to get them all….
Siddharth 14 Mar 2009 5:53 am: awesome..i’ve got 25/25..thanks anand…great compilation man…
Chandra 14 Mar 2009 5:48 pm: Hi… I too got 25/25. The last one was tough (had to listen to it 4 times), the 13th one was a bit tricky, and I was slightly lucky with the 16th (but caught it even as I was typing it)! Great compilation!! Thanks a lot!
ANANDA CHETANA 15 Mar 2009 5:56 am: I am submitting my answers and I would like to know my score. Please put this in a file that can be downloaded by us and used for quizzing over here. It is a fantastic compilation. Jai Ho gopal
sambasivam 15 Mar 2009 11:32 am: good collections,anand.
Niranjan 18 Mar 2009 10:10 am: Hurray!!!! 25/25 awesome It took some time for song 24 and 25!!! but i got it atlast……
Rajeev 18 Mar 2009 11:29 pm: Hey Anand, Nice work. Even though getting a full score is easy, it makes you feel good to feel proud about the fact that u can identify any song of ARR in a jiffy…..
Muhthar 24 Mar 2009 7:57 pm: Great compilation. and great selection of songs.
rajkumar 4 Apr 2009 5:32 pm: amazing . which song is last one
Akshaiy 9 Apr 2009 11:42 am: Can you email the answers?
arun 15 Apr 2009 7:35 am: good one…feels proud
Muruganandham k 11 May 2009 6:39 am: Me too got 25/25 though 25th is trial & error
priya 15 May 2009 10:07 am: ejoyed alot
Arun 28 May 2009 1:16 pm: Good work dude
Venkata 6 Apr 2009 10:01 pm: Good work. I got an inspiration from this blog and planning to have a game for one of my daughter’s birthday party. Keep up the good work. Can you suggest any tools to cut the interludes from the songs ?Thanks
Chinna 31 Aug 2010 5:16 am: nice compositions of our maestro…… got 25/25 hurray…….. :)
nirmala 26 Dec 2010 1:22 pm: got all correct:)
MICHAEL JACKSON 27 Dec 2010 7:24 am: SCORED JUST 20….:-( …………………..
chirp 1 Jan 2011 1:02 am: Good ones
ravindra babu hyderabad 18 Dec 2010 1:35 pm: konchamkastam telugu ayitei nice pa
Sudhakar Dhanapal 19 Jan 2011 11:09 am: wowww. got 25/25
ramya 12 Dec 2011 6:57 am: plz mail the answers… i got oly 19 :(
priya 31 Dec 2011 12:59 pm: only 23/25 :( … answers for 17th and 25th pls…
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janu 16 Jun 2012 1:39 am: Managed to get 25/25! I should coz I’m a crazy ARR fan. Had a tough time on 17 coz honestly I haven’t heard it before. Your clue “Rajini” helped doing the gueswork :-)
Ranjani 7 Aug 2011 12:55 pm: Scored 16/25
Suganya 29 May 2012 9:11 am: Hurrayyyyyyyyy… 25 found..
ramya saranya 1 Sep 2012 11:31 am: 16th kizhakku cheemaiyile ,17th baba and 25th is uzhavan…. i got 25/25 :):):)
Sai Lakshmi 18 Sep 2012 6:22 am: makes me feel on top of the world to get a 25 on 25… LOVE YOU ARR <3 <3 <3 <3 YOU ARE MY GOD FOREVER <3 GOD OF MUSIC :*
Akila 12 Dec 2012 10:35 am: I couldn’t nail down 3 and 4 though they sound very familiar…. answer pls?
hbqdb 27 Apr 2013 6:52 am: Hoooooooooooooo!!!! 25/25 awesome

MGR songs quiz 1

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Here is the first interlude and the first line from some MGR songs. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Tamil songs quiz 2008

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Here is the background music from some songs from 2008. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green. (One spelling is tricky. Try M instead of N at the end.)

Comments

Niranjan 18 Mar 2009 11:10 am: Any idea on 10th one?
Sanketh 12 Jun 2009 7:22 am: Nice quizzes these …
Swami 15 May 2009 8:15 pm: I couldn’t find out the last one.
nirmala 18 Dec 2010 7:45 pm: couldnt find 9 n 10 help pls
saravana 18 Apr 2011 9:23 pm: #10 hard to find
Ranjani 7 Aug 2011 2:01 pm: 4/10
aafiya 6 Sep 2012 9:27 am: 10th is hard to find.me 9/10
Niranjan 6 Dec 2012 4:31 pm: 8 and 10 hard to find

Tamil songs quiz - Enchanting first interludes

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Some background scores just stay in your mind. Here is a tribute to 20 wonderful first interludes, dating from the 1980s to the 2000s. Can you guess which movies they are from? (My intention here is not to make this tough, but rather to let you enjoy the music. So hope to see most of you score 20/20)

Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Comments

santhosh 27 Dec 2007 12:00 pm: Nowadays, more and more people are coming forward to post their ideas going inside their mind. It is really a very good thing, to bring out the thoughts to the world. Who knows, this may be very much useful for someone else.You make a Really Good Work . Keep Going . All the Best . If you find time kindly visit my site also regarding tamil mp3 songs for free download at http://www.movies-tv-songs.com/ Thanks in advance.
Arun Kumar M K 27 Dec 2007 12:00 pm: This is an awesome collection and also a wonderful job at your end. Anand neengal anadmaga vazha en vazthukkal. I thought the 14th song was Baba (it was sounding like Baba undan vasalile pala kodi pengal kathirukka…) But somehow got it wrong. Which one is that? Congrats again on a fantastic job…I have become ur fan. Thanks, Arun
Sanketh 27 Dec 2007 12:00 pm: The ID3 tags on the songs are a giveaway for those who don’t have a QT plugin inside their browser. Had to forcibly ignore my music player’s window title … Nice collection, btw (7 actually has the main tune). Arun, 14 sounds very similar to the Baba track, but the title says “Unnai Ketena”, so I am curious too as to what it is.
SR 27 Dec 2007 12:00 pm: cant find 1 and 14.excellent entertainer.
kiran 16 Feb 2009 4:44 am: 20/20. (14 and 19 were very tricky)
sathish 19 Feb 2009 12:00 pm: 14 is from movie desam - swades in hindhi (its the same song of baba )
S Anand 20 Feb 2009 3:36 pm: Hint for 19: It’s a Ramesh Vinayagam song
Bhaavna 8 Jul 2009 1:20 am: Awesome anand!!! I cant get the first 3 though….most of the songs I cant remember the movie but I can guess the song!!!Nice one!!!!
Sujatha 16 Sep 2009 6:20 am: Great work Anand ! Most of them were easy.Still working on No:7
V.Srinivasan 15 Jan 2010 5:48 am: Hi Very interesting. I got 19/20. No.2 is very familiar, but could not find out. Any clue?
gurucharan 20 Feb 2010 4:40 am: No.7 is kinda easy!!!!
Saku 16 Nov 2010 4:38 am: Good one.. had some of the tracks not been longer, i wouldn’t have maxed this… thanks..
MICHAEL JACKSON(NIK) 27 Dec 2010 8:50 am: TO BE FRANK I SCORED JUST 5………………… I STARTED CRYING AFTER HEARING THE BGM…..
Sowmya 24 Feb 2011 7:28 am: Could someone tell me the answer for the first track? It sounds very familiar.
krishnan 19 May 2012 7:52 pm: Very different approach to induce interest in music.
Kannan 24 Oct 2011 11:13 am: Awesom work. Got complete score… Please give me more…
Anand 27 Apr 2012 9:33 am: 17/20, missed 7,12,18 :(
Sridhar 26 May 2012 3:58 pm: Couldn’t figure 2 & 14 :(
Akila 12 Dec 2012 10:52 am: missed 2,11,12.. I’m breaking my head over 11… answers pls?
Panimalar 17 Jan 2013 4:24 pm: pls answer for the first track..I got all the other songs. Keep up the gud job Anand..expecting more quizzes from you like this.
Priya 16 Dec 2013 3:55 pm: 19/20.. Bt cud n’t get 14…. please..?
akash 28 Oct 2014 5:58 am: Nice work anand ji. Keep it up. Do tunes were simply mesmerising. But couldn’t find 14th. Managed to get 19….
Kumar 26 Jan 2019 9:01 am: Good collection
Revathi 16 Apr 2018 12:01 am: please tell what song is 1 and 14
xavier 7 May 2020 1:05 pm: i cant find 14th
Yeskay 28 Mar 2020 3:50 am: How can we see our answers
Hari 9 Mar 2018 4:39 am: All done except 18. But why my scores are not updated.

Tamil old song lyrics quiz

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Here are words from the middle of 15 old songs (before 1970). Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Comments

Meera 14 Mar 2009 1:28 am: Its just recollection… but with joy
Venkatramanan 6 Apr 2007 11:54 am: Nice! Enjoyed it
banu 9 Apr 2007 12:24 pm: this is good
Viju 10 Apr 2007 12:50 pm: your choice of songs is awesome
Anil mattoo 11 Apr 2007 9:04 am: Great!
ramesh lee 14 May 2007 3:30 am: Songs-Kannamma Kannamma
brinda r 14 May 2007 6:11 am: interesting
hameed 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: Could you please tell me who sang the song and in what movie- ‘‘muttu pole manjal kottu pole- mulu nilavei nee piranthaai engal veetilei’’. Thank you.
sambasivam 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: enjoyable. vist look forward to more such quizes
Neelaram 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: Nice
jana 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: its a nice one.
p.lakshmi 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: very nice
floranz 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: golden old songs
araNmaNai aRivaan ariyaNai aRivaan 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: golden old songs
T.selvarajah 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: I dunno exately all songs are right?? thanks
badhu 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: what about the answers?
Vetty 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: It is so fantastic that people of all ages could enjoy listening to their favourite songs. So great is your service. You should continue like the service of the Sun TV for the Asatha Povathu Yaru. Hats off!
INDIAN 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: ibotu arijavan kedubokirarkal ulaha film kalai patu atai atinsum arijamalum kedukitarkal itai mata manita jatijal mudijatu orvani tavara avantan j-aj ibadigu nalam ungal j ey indian
krish 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: can be much better than the before.dont mistake.
geetha 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: i have sent my asnwers
priya 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: very nice
P.Asha 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: This is nice
santha k. nayar 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: iT IS VERY VERY GOOD. gOD BLESS YOU.
MUNIPRAPAKAR 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: IT IS VERY NICE SONG IT TOUCH MY HEART HAVE TO LISTEN AT NIGHT TIME OR AT THE BEACH SIDE WITH FRESH AIR AND WAVE !!!!!!
subbu CBE 6 Apr 2007 12:00 pm: its very nice and time passing.though i know 90%of songs but not able to find name of movie. you should provide ans also
Jagan 30 Oct 2008 11:04 pm: Nice one.. I hum these song’s but i dont know the name of Movies.

Keep it up..
dilan 10 Dec 2008 1:08 am: Its coooooooooooooooooooool.Interesting.
MUNIPRAPAKAR 11 Dec 2008 2:46 am: Not Bad keep it up is very Intersting and nice too
YOU CAN BE ALL BY YOURSELF……..UNGGAL NANBAN
DHARMAPURI RAMIYAMPATTI S.NAVEEN 14 Dec 2008 11:03 pm: this is very useful for me.
keerthivasan 19 Dec 2008 4:55 am: very Interesting
kalai 25 Dec 2008 2:56 am: hi
thulsi raman 29 Jan 2009 8:23 am: excellent!

keep it up|
sambasivam 15 Mar 2009 6:54 am: good show. keep it up. made 12/15
Jaya 22 Aug 2010 11:05 am: coolllll……………
Arun 2 Nov 2010 3:06 am: Dooes anyone know the song “aadutha vettu sottha amukka nenachavan….” (Sung by Janakaraj in a movie in jail
balaji 25 Nov 2010 12:10 pm: i’ve listioned all the songs but, i cant remember the name.. it’s cool..
Shobhana 17 Oct 2011 12:32 pm: Got 15/15!!!!
Sarora 30 Mar 2011 10:02 pm: ya a very nice experience………..

Classical Ilayaraja 5

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0000

This is the 5th of 15 articles titled Classical Ilayaraja appeared on Usenet in the 90s.
I’ve added links to the songs, so you can listen as you read.
You could also try my Tamil song search.

In cinema music, starting from the period of Ilayaraja, the lyricists got into a pact of servitude with the music directors. They were dictated by the mighty music directors. Since the selling of audio cassette and the success of the movie were only depended upon ‘how catchy’ the tunes were, and not on the quality of the lyrics, it became the unquestioned ‘rajyam’ of the music directors like Ilayaraja. He would come early in the morning to the Prasath recording theatre. Probably by that time the lyricist would be waiting there already. Maybe they even routinely prostrated before him as he entered into the theatre like the God incarnate himself! Then he would fill the theatre with his tunes in the ’thanthana thaana thathana thaana thaana nanana’ form. The lyricist had to get this into his intellect and rack his brain to get words that would replace the ’thaana thathana’ junk! What a pity! If Subramania Bharathiar had been alive he would’ve shed blood tears at the sordid state of Thamizh in cinema! Ilayaraja was definitely one important reasons for this abyssmal degenerancy in the state of ‘kanni’ Thamizh! (Maybe the LTTE/DMK/DK combo have Ilayaraja in their murder hit list for causing this change to their beloved Thamizh!).

There is one guy who repeatedly proved that he could stand upto the pressure of Ilayaraja. He gave new form to cinema songs. After the period of Kannadasan (even though Vaali and the lot were giving some good meaningful songs), on an average, Vairamuthu gave much much better cinema songs. Some of his cinema songs even had splashes of supreme ‘kavithuvam’. The song in which he made his debut was a feast both in music and lyrics.

That song came in the movie Nizhalgal. The situation is that, hero Rajasekhar (a ganja case in that movie) returns back to his home in an elated mood. It was not shown whether he has a puff of ganja before that song! If you were the music director, what tune (to our discussion, what raaga) would you want to score in this situation? The points that director Bharatiraja gives you regarding this situation is: ’evening time/hero/ganja case/very happy/sings.’ Thats all. Isn’t your mind fully blank about what raagam to choose? Okay, if you were the lyricist (that too, making your entry into the cine-world in this song), what would you write? Ilayaraja chose to use the all time pleasantry of Kedaram in this situation! Vairamuthu decided to write pon maalai pozhudhu.

Kedaram is a fantastic raagam. It is one of the innumerable janyams of the 29th melakartha Sankarabharanam. It has got a small U turn in its arohanam (vakram!). Sa Ma Ga Ma Pa Ni Sa. Avarohanam is Sa Ni Pa Ma Ga Ri Sa. Though this looks simple, there is a specific phrase in its avarohanam to make the raaga identity clear. That is, Pa Ma Ga Ri Sa is not just the same when you sing, you have to sing/play like Pa Ma Ga…. Ri Sa Ga Ri Sa. The temporal duration (kaarvai) of gandaram is more. This is what gives beauty to this raagam. Before Ilayaraja used, I know of only one song which is in Kedaram. That is, raamasaami thoodhan naanadaa in Sampoorna Ramayanam. Lord Anjeneya sings this song to Ravanan!

Ilayaraja’s use of Kedaram is splendid. He uses the key phrase of Kedaram in the opening of that song itself like ‘Sa Ni Pa, Pa Ma Ga, Ga Ri Sa, Sa Ni Pa’ travelling from madhyama sthayi upper shadjam to manthra sthayi panchamam in a single stretch. At the time when the movie was released, I was amused by the chirping of birds in the prelude. How could they catch many birds and bring it to the recording theatre and make them chirp according to their will and wish and record it? Now that I’m a little older, and know that you can make birds chirp, lions roar, kuyils ‘koovufy’, just by pressing a single button even in your $ 30 casio, I’m more amused by the use of Kedaram in the song. The use of accordion in the first interlude ‘Sa Ni Pa Ni Pa Sa Ni Sa Ni Pa, Ga Ma Pa’ is excellant. In the second interlude he suddenly introduces a meloncholy with a solo violin piece well within the scope of kedaram. I don’t know why he did it. Why that sudden sadness in the tune?

The intellectual, poem writing part of Vairamuthu’s neuro-circuitry reached the boundaries of imagination in that song. He writes:

Idhu oru pon maalai pozhudhu
vaana magal naanugiraal
vaeru udai poonugiraal

Oh God! What a ‘karpanai’! He personifies the evening sky as a girl and says: she is changing clothes from evening to night, and blushes out of shyness because everybody is seeing her! Can anybody refer to redness in sky during dusk any better than this? There might be light scattering and such kind of hi-tech physical events that might cause this phenomenon! But, look, what the poet has to say about this from his point of view! In the charanam, he goes a step further and starts characterising the normal events occuring during dusk in a poetic way. He says:

Aayiram nirangal jaalamidum
raathiri vaasalil kolamidum
vaanam iravukku paalamidum
paadum paravaigal thalamidum
poomarangal saamarangal…

Proper translation would be: Birds would sing and clap welcoming the night; evening sky would establish the bridge for the coming of the night; all the trees would sway hither and thither and produce gentle breeze welcoming the night; the appearance of thousands of colourful lights all over the world would be magical; it would be like a ‘kolam’ in the gates of night!

The second Kedaram from the theatre of Ilayaraja came in Kamal’s Michael Madana Kaamarajan. sundhari neeyum is a fantastic song. It is not as pure as pon maalai, but it is a good Kedaram. Though, it was MSV who discovered Kamal’s singing capabilities (nyayiru oLi mazhaiyil thingaL kuLikka vandhaan; was it Kamal’s first song?), it was Ilayaraja who gave him chance to sing repeatedly in his movies. In fact, in one non-Kamal movie he made him sing for some other hero (ponmaanE theduthE, en veeNai paaduthE: O Maane Maane). Kamal and Janaki have done a wonderful job in sundhari neeyum. Ilayaraja has given the required weightage to manthra sthayi Pa Ni Sa sancharas in this song too. In the charanam, during ‘kannana kannae en sontham allo’ he uses, Sa Ga Pa Ga Pa Ni, Pa Ni Sa Pa Ni Ri which is definitely unbecoming of kedaram. But, I guess we have to forgive this, because this is cinema music and not a katcheri! The second interlude flute pieces are exceptionally good.

A.R.Rahman’s ennavaLE ennavaLE in Kaadhalan is very frequently alluded by some as Kedaram. Reportedly ’thatha’ Suppudu also commented about this song in some interview as ‘Kedarathuku sedharam’, meaning damage to Kedaram. Personally, I am not able to place this song under any raagam. It starts like Sa Sa Ni Pa Ma Pa Pa Ni Pa Ma Ga, Sa Sa Ga Ma Pa Ga Ma Pa…later it deviates with liberal usage of chatusrathi daivatham, chatusrathi rishabam, with one flash of shatsruthi rishabam too (kaadalinaal varum avasthai enru kandu kondaen). But it is a very good song, establishing A.R.Rahman’s typical marks throughout the song. Unnikrishnan has done a good job. But unfortunately, Vairamuthu has made lot of ‘paethals’ in that song. Time and again, Thamizh ‘pudhu kavignars’ have written (to emphasise the dramatic impact of love on the lovers) ‘after seeing you, and falling in love, I’ve even forgotten my name’! Vairamuthu has gone a step ahead and tries to characterize why the hero lost his speech (literally) after seeing the heroine:

Vaai mozhiyum enthan thai mozhiyum
vasappada villayadi.
Vayitturkum thondaikum naduvinil oru
uruvam illatha urundayum uruludhadi.

Poets frequently indulge in abstract thinking trying to define inexplicable ideas. In another song he says, ‘pookal pookum osaigal kaadhil ketpadhilai’ (engE en jeevanE in Kamal’s Uyarntha Ullam), when he writes about the onset of love. That is, as the sounds of flower blooming cannot be heard, the onset of love is indiscernable! That is a good abstraction. But in the above said song he has grossly failed in his abstraction, trying to explain the effect of love on an individual. In the charanam of this song his ‘paethals’ continue: Unthan koondalil meen pidipaen, Un viral sodduku edupaen… and so on. Luckily he did not go to say ‘Oh, my love, when you shout from the toilet, I will bring the tissue paper’!

Nalinakanthi is another Sankarabaranam janyam. Structurally, it is closely related to Kedaram. It has got a sharper U turn (vakram!) in its arohanam. Sa Ga Ri Ma Pa Ni Sa. The avarohanam is Sa Ni Pa Ma Ga Ri Sa. So kedaram differs from Nalinaganthi in only in the arohanam. Of course, you can sing the avarohanam of Nalinakanthi as it is, while in Kedaram, you have to add some special dealings of the swaras. Ilayaraja has one good Nalinakanthi in Kamal’s Kalaignan. It came as a surprise in that movie because all the other songs were ‘kuppai’. endhan nenjil neengaadha has been sung by Yesudoss and Janaki. Ilayaraja captures the essence of the raaga in the start of the song: Sa Ga Ri Ma Ga Ri Sa Ni Sa Ga Ri Ma GA…There is no deviation in that song at all. In the second interlude there is a short thara sthayi swara alapana too. He should have avoided that alapana, and that person too, in that song! (I think it is he who has rendered that short piece!). It seems like he has used gottu vadyam in that song.

Lakshminarayanan Srirangam Ramakrishnan,
Internal Medicine Department,
Brackenridge Hospital,
Austin, Tx 78701.

Comments

raj 21 Jan 2007 9:49 pm: u’r posts not ony praise vairamuthu butoffends other lyricists..
abuubakkar 22 Dec 2006 12:00 pm: egshdte lu v xmhjs xnsmd
jimmy 22 Dec 2006 12:00 pm: Great analysis. Thought only I was crazy about these sort of analysis and good to know there is company. Learnt a lot from here. Thanks

Classical Ilayaraja 4

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0000

This is the fourth of 15 articles titled Classical Ilayaraja appeared on Usenet in the 90s.
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Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan is a very popular carnatic violinist. He is one of the successful rebels in the field. His katcheris are a mixture of classical and commercial blend. In his classical concert he will play kallum muLLum kaalukku meththai (Iyyappa song) and in the end say ‘samiyae saranam Iyyappa’ in his violin. If you go to his house he will say ‘vaanga saar vaanga, enna sappidaringa? Kaappiya, teaya?’ in madhyama sthayi in his violin. If you say tea then he will turn inside and signal his wife in the kitchen ‘adiyae… saarukku oru cup tea konda’ in thara sthayi, of course, in his violin! He doesn’t talk much, you know…. Only his violin….!

Kunnakudi produced one family movie. It was a true family movie in the sense that he produced that movie, his son-in-law Mr. Ramakrishnan directed that movie (hope it is correct), and maybe, a couple of his other relatives were employed as the light-boys in the production of that movie. Unfortunately,the movie became an example of a perfect family movie in another sense too, that is, only Kunnakudi’s family saw that movie! I was one poor soul who got to see that movie Thodi Raagam by the quirk of wicked fate! The hero was T.N.Seshagopalan. His lovely heroine was Nalini! Kunnakudi had tried to make some typical cinema story like, Seshagopalan, a famed musician pledging Thodi raagam to the villain, and finally redeeming it in the last scene. I forgot if there was any heroic stunt sequences in the last scene, when Seshagopalan redeems his Thodi back by befelling a dozen villains in a single punch with his fist! In this materialistic world who can escape ‘sabalam’? Seshagopalan probably thought that the movie would be a big hit like Shakunthala starring G.N.Balasubramaniam and M.Subulakshmi, and that he could become super hero like Rajini and make lot of money!

Anyway, coming to the point, there was a good song in that movie in the raagam Kalyani. It was vaa vaa thalaivaa vaa. As I vaguely remember, it was a good Kalyani. But, because of the dismal fate of that movie, that song did not become a hit. Even if the film had been a success, I doubt whether the song would have been received favourably by the common rasika. Because, the song is like a mini-katcheri! It is unlikely that a duet in which the hero and heroine exchange their love in a katcheri format will be liked by the common audience of the present day cinema world. So, you have no other go other than cinematizing a raaga so that it is appealing. You may have to compromise in loosing some purity of the raagam.

Considering this tight situation that music directors face in handling a raagam in cinema, I really wonder how Ilayaraja could give the same Kalyani as in Kunnakudi’s vaa vaa thalaivaa without even an iota of compromise in the purity, and yet be very appealing to the common rasika. Oh God! How many Kalyanis he has to his credit! The single most common melakartha raagam that he used was Kalyani. He should have scored at least 25 songs in Kalyani. This 65th melakartha raagam, is neither too much gamaka oriented nor very light. It is this quality of Kalyani that made him use it left and right! You don’t have to employ violent shakes of the swaras to show the colour of Kalyani! Simple swara phrases would suffice, to establish the raaga identity. Since not much of gamaka is needed, you wouldn’t be violating the so called cinema melody.

Probably his first Kalyani came in Uthiri Pookal. It was a fantastic movie, directed by the avant garde director Mahendran. Aswini and Vijayan are husband and wife. Vijayan is hero cum villain. Aswini’s younger sister (I forgot who it was) is a jolly type teen female. She is the one who sings that Kalyani song naan paada varuvaayO in that movie. She sits in a small sand crest in the middle of a river and sings that song. S.Janaki had done a real good job making all sorts of ‘konashtai’ in that song! This female is later raped by Vijayan, and that becomes the key knot in that movie. Uthiri pookal was a much talked about movie. After that, how many Kalyanis followed like train of programmed events from the recording theatre of Ilayaraja!

jananI jananI in the movie Thai Mookaambigai was a terrific hit song. It was an excellant classical piece sung by Ilayaraja, Deepan Chakravarthy & Co. (He had the arrogance to push better singers to the back row, you know!). That song was rich in lyrics too. He has taken extra care to pronounce Sanskrit words in that song like ‘shakthi peetamum nee, sarva mokshamum nee’ as Sanskrit sounding. Good job! Look at the ‘dhamathoondu’ version of Adi Sankarachariyar’s advaitha philosophy in that song. ‘Janani janani, Jagam nee agam nee’. He said the same thing, right?

Then came his superb Kalyani in director Maniratnam’s first movie Pagal Nilavu. That is vaidEgi raaman kai sErum nEram. S.Janaki again. Radhika dances for this song. The rhythm in this song is wonderful. A blend of guitar and mridangam. He gave some of his Kalyanis in lighter form like those in the songs thEvan thandha veeNai (Unnai Naan Sandhithen) and veLLai puraa onRu Engudhu (Pudhu Kavidhai) etc. thEvan thandha veeNai has one speciality to it. It was a song written by Kaviarasu Kannadasan and it was posthumously used in the cinema. Look at Kannadasan’s opening lines in that song: thEvan thandha veeNai, adhil dhEvi seydha gaanam, thEdum kaigaL theeNdinaal adhil raagam inRi pOgumO? Yes, anybody could have a veenai, but to get a raagam out of it only some fingers can do it!

In the movie Sindhu Bhairavi he tried to do some technical innovation in Kalyani raagam. That is, in the song kalaivaaNiyE, it was widely publicised by K.Balachandar & Co, (who were literally at the mercy of Ilayaraja for the success of the movie), that that song was composed in aarohanam alone. Okay, what if a song is set in aarohanam alone, does the rasika get a special kind of melody? It was just an ordinary song. But a good piece of Kalyani. The song in Uyarnda Ullam, vandhaaL mahaalakshmiyE was a fantastic Kalyani. The situation for that song was funny. Kamal Hassan, a derilict, who loses all his money sings that song in praise of Ambika’s entry into his house (of course, she sets him right and stands a great support to him). S.P.Balu had made all sorts of ‘konashtai’ in that song. This is one good example for how to popularize classical music. It is pure 24 carat Kalyani. In Soorasamharam he has given another form of 24 carat Kalyani (naan enbadhu nee allavO). He introduced his troup’s flautist Arunmozhi as singer in that song. In the charanam, when they sing paadinEn paN padinEn, it is beatiful combination of swaras Ni Ri Ga Ma Pa. It is simply superb. A similar song is malayoram mayilae in the movie Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam. Almost each of the lines in this song, he renders in two sangathis, like for example vilayaattai solli thandhadhaaru first in Pa Pa Pa Pa Ma Ga Ri Sa Sa Ga Ri GA Sa. Then later, the same line is given in Pa Pa Pa Pa Ma Ga Ri Sa Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Ma Ga Ri SA. Great Kalyani! I think his latest Kalyani is ammaavenRazhaikkaatha uyirillaiyE (Rajni’s Mannan). In Thalapadhi also there is one good Kalyani: yamunai aatrilE… Some north indian singer (Mithali) sang that song.

Amir Kalyani is a janyam of Kalyani. Though it is Amir Kalyani, it is ‘garib’ in its scope. Not much, you see…! The key phrase in it is Ma2 Pa Da Ma1 using both the madhyamams. Viswanathan/Ramamurthy made an indelible mark in this in their ’ennuyir thozhi’ in karnan. Then, V.S.Narasimhan established his classical heritage (I heard his father is some carnatic big shot) in the song manasukkuL ukkaanrdhu maMiyadiththaay in Kalyana Agadhigal. At last came Ilayaraja’s Amir Kalyani, in veeNai Endhum vaaNiyE (Vietnam Colony). I heard that Bombay Jayashree has sung this song. It is a good Amir Kalyani. Let us see if Bombay Jayashree attains eminance like Unnikrishnan in cinema music. More ‘dabbu’ in cinema, man!

Saranga is another Kalyani janyam. A beautiful, vakra raagam, again with double madhyamam. (Why Kalyani has many double madhyama janyams?) MSV has scored an excellant Saranga in konjum nEram ennai maranthen. TMS voice is honey in this song. Ilayaraja gave one pure Saranga in kanniyar paarvai thanai in the movie Parvathi Ennai Paradi. It is the title song. When the title song was in such pure Saranga, I was lead to beleive that the subsequent songs might be in classical raagas too. But, alas, a big disappointment! You can never try to speculate what you will get from Ilayaraja at all. He has composed a fantastic song in one of Vijayakanth’s latest movie with Kasthuri. That song is kunkumam manjalukku inRu thaan nalla naaL. In that song he has used all the swaras in Kalyani other than daivatam. I don’t know whether any such raagam exists with Sa Ri2 Ga3 Ma2 Pa Ni3 Sa aarohanam and avarohanam. If so what is its nomenclature?

Lakshminarayanan Srirangam Ramakrishnan,
Internal Medicine Department,
Brackenridge Hospital,
Austin, Tx 78701.

Comments

Anonymous 8 Jan 2007 9:17 am: To me that song sounds like kedharam … not sure though
radha 28 Sep 2011 12:47 pm: In Janani song if his diction sounded perfect… that is because he learnt sanskrit. So, theres nothing to wonder about his pronunciation.
krishna 9 Apr 2014 4:48 pm: devan thandha veenai is just a beautiful song with such a wonderful lyrics

Classical Ilayaraja 3

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0000

This is the third of 15 articles titled Classical Ilayaraja appeared on Usenet in the 90s.
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Subhapanthuvarali is a ‘bayangara soga’ raagam. If you hear it you will cry; I will cry; ‘saraa log’ will cry. Given the conditional event of Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi’s death occuring, Subhapanthuvarali played on the radio or TV by some ’thenga moodi’ bhagavathar during the days of mourning will make even those music insensitive Indira Congress leaders shed at least ‘crocodile tears’! Can you imagine this raagam being used in the cinema for a sexy scene like that in ‘Hot Shots’ in which the hero Charlie Sheen fries eggs on the heroine’s umbilicus as though it was a bunzen burner?! Yes, there is a song in Subhapanthuvarali for a situation like the above said, in the movie Getti Melam. That was the first movie in which director Visu joined Ilayaraja, starring Karthik and Sasikala. Visu had tried some sexploitation in that song sequence by bringing Sasikala in swimsuit for few minutes, Karthik grazing over her all the time! The song is dhagamae undanathe, thindaaduthe manamae. That was pure Subhapanthuvarali. Maybe it evoked sexy mood. Maybe not! Neither the movie nor the song was a big hit. Perhaps the failure was only due to the ineptitude of the raaga selection. Visu never joined with Ilayaraja after that!

Ilayaraja has used Subhapanthuvarali umpteen number of times for sad situations. His first Subhapanthuvarali came in vaigaraiyil vaigai karaiyil in Payanangal Mudivadhillai. S.P.B had done a wonderful job in that. The song was a big hit as were the other numbers in that movie. Ilayaraja and director R.Sundarajan reportedly had a physical fight about who was the main reason for the movie’s hit! Childish fellows! After sometime, R.Sundarajan became a pal with Ilayaraja once again, reconciling to the fact that Ilayaraja was indispensable at that period of time when he was at his peak. Some of his other Subhapanthuvarali are madhavan azhakiraan in Rajni’s Raghavendra, one song in Valli (enna enna kanavu kandayo). In Paadu Nilaave he used Subhapanthuvarali for one situation in which the hero and heroine enter into some sort of music competetion. That song is vaa veliyae intha kootai vittu. Mano and Chitra. Mano had shown his vocal gymnastic skills in the thara sthayi sancharas in that song.

Subhapanthuvarali is the 45th melakartha raagam. One raaga before that, (i.e. 44th) we have Bavapriya raagam. Ilayaraja has composed one song in this scale. That is kandupudichchEn kandupudichchEn in Guru Sishyan. One of my friend said that some carnatic big shot (Sudha Raghunathan or someone) told in an interview in MTV that it was a good Bavapriya and that Ilayaraja had used this ‘soga raagam’ in that funny situation in which Prabhu humours Rajini about his new love affair with Gowthami. I would simply say that it was a good song in Bavapriya scale. Thats all! Similarly there is a good song in the suddha madhyama raaga scale of Subhapanthuvarali, that is, Dhenuka. It is the song in Thooral Ninnu Pochu: en sOga kathaiya kELu. Let us simply call this as set in Dhenuka scale (with few slips) and not as Dhenuka raagam.

The sixth raaga from Subhapanthuvarali, i.e. 51st mela raagam, is Panthuvarali. Ilayaraja has conspicuously not produced any good number in Panthuvarali.The only one that I know is the re-recording in Raja Paarvai in which blind Kamal plays violin with the troup. I forgot the situation for that in the movie. Sa Pa Ma Ga Ri Sa Sa Ri Ni Sa… that is how the recording goes. Though it is usually quoted as good Panthuvarali, I did not like it very much. He had tried some fusion in that. Nothing can beat MSV’s ezhu swarangalukul in Panthuvarali. It is like listening to a katcheri. Vani Jayaram’s performance was terrific. Did she get national award for that song? Perhaps, it is because of this song that she always says that MSV is the best music director who gave carnatic music in pure form, forgetting about Ilayaraja’s inRaikku yEn indha (Vaidhegi Kaathirundhaal) and other innumerable etceteras. Maybe, Ilayaraja stopped giving her chance to sing in his movies only because she praised MSV all the time!

Ilayaraja was very prolific in the sudha madhyama counterpart of Panthuvarali, that is Mayamalavagowlai. Since Mayamalavagowlai is relatively very flexible, you can distinctly show the colour of the raaga just by traversing its notes alone. Not much of gamakam is needed. You can use this for all kinds of situation like sadness, happiness etc. Ilayaraja has completely exploited this raagam to the point of its fullest use, so that no other music director can bring out any better than him from this raaga. His first song in this scale probably came in Ponnu Ooruku Pudhusu (enna paattu paada enna thaaLam pOda!). His other Mayamalavagowlai are manjaL nilavukku inRu (Mudhal Iravu), andhi varum nEram (Mundhanai Mudichu), madhurai mari kozhundhu (Enga Ooru Paattukaaran), uyirE uyirE urugaadhE (Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam), illam kaadhal veeNai (Vellai Pura Onru), raama naamam oru vEdhamE (Sri Raghavendra), maasaru ponnE varuga (Thevar Magan), en thayenum koyilai (Aranmanai Kili), kottu kali kottu (Chinnavar), poova eduththu vachchu (Amman Koil Kizhakaalae). There are so many songs, that quoting all would be cumbersome. Some of them have actually been tuned in tappanguthu situations. In Bharathiraja’s Ennuyir Thozhan, there is a song machchi en mannaru. It is a pukka Mayamalavagowlai (even though it is tappanguthu). That song has the following lyrics:

Machchi en mannaru mansukkula bejaru,
Touch pannaru, takkara poanaru,
Daavu oru daavu naan kaatum naerum…
Sammunu sammunu vaasam sallunu sallunu veesum…

Though I’ve not seen this movie, from the lyrics I guess that the song situation should be like this: The poor pettai rowdy hero buys a new autorickshaw and shows it to his lady love and sings a song! In the charanam of that song look what the heroine asks the hero to buy for her! Not jewelry! Not house or ‘bahuth keemthi property’! Not new silk dresses! Just two tickets for matinee show to a Rajini’s movie so that they both can go! Thats all! Also, in the charanam the hero says to the heroine ‘kaavEri aaraattam odaathE nee mE… koovam thaan naamE..’ Funny! Isn’t it? It is as though these people are just talking in Madras language in that song. Good depiction of poor class life. Even though the thamizh kaavalargal purists might say that this song is a kuppai, I liked the lyrics very much. How else can you write for a situation in which ‘pettai rowdi’ sings a song? In kottu kali kottu (Chinnavar), he has extracted heavy vocal support from SPB and Chitra, making them go up and down the scale in beautiful array of swaras. You should have listened to it to appreciate it. One of his Mayamalavagowlai closely resembles one of MSV’s song. It is enge naan kanbaen in A.S.Prakasam’s Sadhanai. It is just like kallellaam maaNikka kallaagumaa (Aalayamani). He should have definitely got the idea for that song from MSV’s above said song. Some MSV fans might call this as blatant plagiarism! Is it? I don’t know.

Considering the panchama varjaya raagam of Mayamalavagowlai, he was the only one who ever used it so far! That is the Lalitha raagam. It seems to be a recent attraction to him. The first Lalitha came in Unnal Mudiyum Thambi, when Kamal sings a duet with L.A.K.Malam, as the heroine Seetha calls herself (as shit!) derogatively in that movie! idhazhil kadhai ezhudhum is a great Lalitha. Ilayaraja should have definitely got the idea for this tune from Muthuswamy Dikshitar’s heranmayim lakshmim. To me, the movements of both the song and keerthanai seem similar. But Dikshitar ingeniously starts the keerthanai in suddha daivatam. The continuity of the tune that Ilayaraja has maintained in idhazhil kadhai ezhudhum, the step by step progression from one swara to another, the development of superb sangathis, each and every bit in that tune is simply excellant. This song is like a milestone in Thamizh cine-music. Gangai Amaran’s lyrics is unusually wonderful, matching his another brother paavalar Varadharajan’s maNNil indha kaadhal (Keladi Kanmani). He proved himself a poet in this song! Subsequently, following the hit of his first Lalitha, Ilayaraja tried another shot of ‘half-boiled Lalitha’ in iLam kuyilE kuyil tharum isaiyE (Priyanka). The start of this song is like Ma Ma Ma Da Sa Ni Da Ma Ma Da Ma Da Sa Ni Ma Da Ga Ma Ri Ga Sa. A beautiful start indeed! But the tune gets spoiled in the charanam. I am told that there is another of his Lalitha trials in Veera too. I understand that it is like a small virutham (thirumagal un) sung by Arun Mozhi. I have not heard it so far.

Lakshminarayanan Srirangam Ramakrishnan,
Internal Medicine Department,
Brackenridge Hospital,
Austin, Tx 78701.

Comments

R.V. EASWAR 20 Dec 2006 12:00 pm: Dear Mr Ramakrishnan, I read with interest your learned article on some of the ragaas used by Ilayaraja. It was erudite and gave much insights to laymen like me in appreciating ragaa-based film songs. However, I do not think it is fair to compare one music director with another - each one was in a different era and there were very little common factors that can be used for comparison purposes. Actually, my humble opinion is to forget all comparisons and just enjoy the music, whoever has tuned the song. I look forward to more such articles. Yours sincerely, r.v.easwar (of MSV-Ilayaraja era)
venkateshan.S 20 Dec 2006 12:00 pm: You hail from srirangam and you have a scanty respect for bhagavathas which is very disheartening.
DS Hari 7 Jun 2009 3:37 am: What about using lalitha is Sengamalam Sirikkithu in Dhavani Kanavugal..massive use of violin in the second interlude..PLEASE COMMENT.
narayanraj 13 Sep 2009 5:30 pm: excellent blog with lot of informations and tasty coomments,satire etc., madhura mari kozhundhu and kottu kali kottu are nadanama kriya .ok . narayanraj

Classical Ilayaraja

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0000

This is the first of 15 articles titled Classical Ilayaraja appeared on Usenet in the 90s.
I’ve added links to the songs, so you can listen as you read.
You could also try my Tamil song search.

Recently, I watched the movie Chembaruthi on video. One of those unethical, “kuppai” screen printed video cassette, you know, that gives you a vision like that of a “soda-butti” watching TV without his spectacles! Ilayaraja has done a fantastic job in that movie. Though I had heared all those songs many times while I was in India, watching that movie created a reminiscent train of thoughts in my mind, about Ilayaraja, his music, the dramatic change he brought about in Thamizh cinema. I thought that it would be worthwhile to discuss his music, particularly the CLASSICAL aspect! I am aware that it is not possible to write about all his carnatic oriented songs, about how he has handled those raagas, how he has deviated from the classical style etc. But it would definitely be interesting to pour out our ideas once in a while in a random order of the raagas covered by him.

In Chembaruthi there are six songs, out of which 4 are carnatic based. All the songs were “sooper hits”. To a guy who knows carnatic music, the raagas are explicit, and to a non-classical rasika, they are just great tunes! This was one of his specialities, to give the raaga in almost good shape and also make a good cinema tune out of it. And of course, the rhythm should give scope for good dance movements so that the hero and heroine could share their love by dancing! Maybe, many of his tunes have to be branded as semi-classical or light music (even though the raaga form might be pure) only because of this rhythm factor.

Chalakku Chalakku Selai is one good number in Chakravaagam. There is no impurity in the tune (like any anniya swaram). He has confined to classical 16th, Sa Ri1 Ga3 Ma1 Pa Da2 Ni2 Sa. Of course, not to mention, that the lyrics are very bad, fighting to degrade the song from semi-classical to light music. In the charanam the heroine says kalyaaNam aagaama paay pOda vENaam, ennaala aagaadhu aamaam. You know, some good heroines with morality do say such deterrant, anti pre-marital sex things to the always advancing heroes!

Ilayaraja has only few Chakravaagams in his account. In the janya raagas of Chakravaagam, he has excellent numbers. Like, Malayamaarutham…. Sa Ri1 Ga3 Pa Da2 Ni2 Sa, Sa Ni2 Da2 Pa Ga3 Ri1 Sa. His first malayamarutham came as a pleasant surprise in Sridhar’s movie (for whom he always had a soft corner) Thenralae ennai thodu. I distinctly remember how the ‘Ananda Vikatan’ magazine wrote in glowing terms about kannmani nee vara kathirunthen song in Malayamaarutham. Yesudoss and Uma Ramanan had done a wonderful job in that song. Ga Pa Da Sa Ni Da Pa Da Pa Ga, Ga Pa Ga Sa Sa Ri. What a wonderful start! The sharp rishabam gave a beautiful colour to this song. Maybe Ilayaraja’s first Malayamaarutham was poojaikkaaga vaazhum in Kaadhal Oviyam. That was a good song too. Deepan Chakravarthi had struggled to keep in pace with that tune (like some violinists get into trouble with Seshagopalan’s pace!). Then came thenRal vandhu muthamittathu in Malayamaarutham in Oru Odai Nadhiyaagiradhu (another Sridhar’s movie). Gosh! That was a fast song too. Krishnachandar and S.P.Shailaja tried their best, but probably spoiled it. Particularly, S.P.Shailaja has sung like the shrill sound you hear when you apply the breaks on a car that you bought for $500! There are two other songs in which he has deleted both Ni and Ma in Chakravaagam. I don’t think that such a raaga exists in carnatic music with any known name. Those two songs are amudhE thamizhae (Kovil Pura), and nila kuyilae (Magudi). They are simply excellent. One should be an artist and play those songs to know their quality. amudhE thamizhae starts like Sa Ri Ga, Sa Ri Ga, Sa Ri Ga Pa Ga Ri Sa, Sa Ri Sa Da Sa… Pulamai Pithan’s lyrics glorified that song. In the charanam he says, if you listen to and speak Thamizh, oon mezhugai urugum, athil ulagam karainthu pogum, such is the beauty of this language! One cannot write any better, about the greatness of Thamizh language. (Those people like Thamizh Vendhan & co, who have no other job other than inundating the S.C.T with meaningless news about Thamizh Ezham, now, have a point!).

I vaguely remember a song “naan irrukka bayam etharkku” (Kuva Kuva Vaathukkal?) At that time, when I had primitive carnatic music knowledge, I had diagnosed that song as “Valaji” (Rishabam deleted in Malayamarutham, Sa Ga Pa Da Ni Sa, Sa Ni Da Pa Ga Sa, you can say that it is a janyam of Chakravaagam too, even though theorists might say ‘janyam of Harikambodi’). Maybe, that song is indeed Valaji. Ilayaraja has few songs in Revathi, another 16 Janyam. Perhaps the best onces are sangitha jaathi mullai (Kaadhal Oviyam) and kanavu onru thonruthe (Oru Odai Nadhiyaagiradhu). But I personally feel that MSV’s melodious use of Revathi is unparalleled in the song manthira punnagai (Manal Kayiru).

So much about Chakravaagam and its janyams and Ilayaraja. In Chembaruthi, two of the 4 carnatic songs, are in Sindhu Bhairavi raagam. They are kaadhalilE ezhumbura alaigaLai and “kadalile thanimaiyil”. Ilayaraja himself has sung the former (thso, thso rendition) and Nagoor Hanifa the latter. Both these songs are excellent Sindhu Bhairavi’s. One in three of all cinema songs are in Sindhu Bhairavi scale (one of the commonest cinema melodies, like the 20th mela Natabhairavi). Ilayaraja has innumerable songs in Sindhu Bhairavi, a variegated population from valai osai kalakala ena to shenbagame shenbagame etc. One cannot list all of them. But, probably MSV’s Unnakenna Mele Ninrai (Simla Special) is the best of Sindhu Bhairavi. In kaadhalilE ezhumbura the lyrics is unusually good. Probably, Muthulingam or whoever was the lyricist, had a strong tea before writing that song! That song goes to tell the pathetic life of fishermen. The lyrisict says in pallavi kadal thaneer karikudu kaaranam irukkudu, meenavar vidugira viyarvaikal kadalile kalakudu… (Sea water is saline because of fishermen’s sweat). Good idea, ain’t it?

Lastly,there is one song in Kaappi raaam in Chembaruthi: chembaruththi poovu (after decades, Banumathi Ramakrishna sang a tail piece of this song). His other Kaappi are ada maappiLLai (Siva), hei paadal onru (priya). As far as I know Ilayaraja is the only one who used Kaappi in cinema. All of them are good. He starts ada maappiLLai like, Ma Ga3 Ga3 Ma Pa, Pa Ma Ga3 Ma Ni2 Pa Ga2 Ri Sa Ni3 Sa Sa. Wonderful start! To start Kaappi in madhyamam and use its key phrase ‘Ga3 Ma Ni2 Pa Ga2 Ri Sa Ni3’ at the very beginning is an excellent approach to the tune. This is one of the instance in which his classical ‘vidwat’ was manifest. Even in chembaruthi poovu he uses the bashangam of Kaappi, in the very beginning, like, ‘Pa NI2 Ma Pa Ni3 Sa’. Why did he choose to score tune in Kaappi for both these above situations in which the bride and the groom are humoured by the ’thozhan’ and ’thozhiyar’ on the occasion of their betrothal. Is their any definite pattern that he follows in scoring tunes for situation? Maybe.

Lakshminarayanan Srirangam Ramakrishnan,
Internal Medicine Department,
Brackenridge Hospital,
Austin, Tx 78701.

Comments

A .somaskanda 11 Dec 2006 8:37 pm: I loved your erudite commentaries on IR’s music.I wonder if you could identify for me the raga in the popular tamil bhajan by Swami Haridas,“prabho ganapathey”, popularised again by o.s.arun in one of his recent bhajan album.thank you.
S Anand 17 Dec 2006 6:28 pm: This article is not mine, I’m afraid. It’s by Ramki (Lakshminarayanan Srirangam Ramakrishnan), written in the 90s, and is the first in a series of 15. I plan to put in links to the rest over the next few days. Sorry about the bhajan – I know little of carnatic music.
Siva 18 Dec 2006 1:03 pm: I love only Hip Hops and Hard Rocks, I never listerned to old tamil songs. After reading this article and listrening to such songs, i was actually moved. Really they are Precious and yet to be preserved. Those hard rocks cannot sustain in peoples mind for a long time, these classical songs they have a longer life cycle.
Rajendra Kumar 5 Feb 2007 12:08 pm: The article is well written and it is obvious that the author has a sound knowledge of Carnatic Music.However, I must add that there are some factual errors. 1.Thendrale ennai thodu was released in 1985 and Kaadhal Oviyum in 1982.Therefore, it is wrong to say that his first Malayamarutham was in Thendrale Ennai thodu.But a little known fact is that Raja had indeed composed a song in Malayamarutham in 1980 for the film Nenjil adum Poo onru and the song is Kodi inbam …sung by SPB and Janaki.It is a pure Malayamaruthum and an excellent composition.Unfortunately the film was never released .. 2.The female voice in Thendral ennaimuthamittthu is Sasirekha’s and not Shailaja’s. 3.Amudhe Thamizhe is based on raga Rasika Ranjani-Raja’s own creation. 4.Finally, though the author is entitled to have his opinion, I do not agree with him when he says that Manthira punnagai-from Manal Kayiru is the best Revathi.I feel that Kanavu Onru Thondruthe from Oru Odai Nadhiyagirathu is the best Revathi I have ever heard in fim music because of the way it is composed and the way it is rendered…What a superb orchestration! Same is the case with Sindhu Bhairavi-a raga used by Raja very often.Valai osai, Attama therottama(Captain Prabhakaran),Enna Satham indha neram, Muthu mani malai..Mani osai kettu ezhundhu….the list is endless..Can these be matched by any other composer?I have my doubts…
AKILANDESWARI 17 Dec 2006 12:00 pm: One small request sir, I need the song lyrics (in words) from the film “Enn Rasavin Manasalae” the song which Act by Meena as “Kuyil Pattu oh” Please kindly send me the lyrics for this song From I Akila.
Sai Magesh 18 Mar 2009 12:19 pm: Chembarthui has a beautiful melody(may be best among other songs from the same film) “nila kaayum neram saranam”. Why didn’t the author mention about that? Is it not based on any Raaga?
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usha 24 Jul 2010 7:00 am: nilawe nee ware vendhum, Oooo…. taniyeh unn tunai vendhum, Oooo…. Vaan tedhuthey unnai than odiwa..Ooo Ooo Ooo (Ilayaraja paadiya, intha paadal entha padathil endre teriyuma? Terinjal ennake solunggal…pleaseeee
balasoupramanien 18 Mar 2011 4:01 pm: Friends, he is not a young raja (Illaiyaraja) Big Big Raja! he is unreachable and not comparable . I never bored with his songs. He is a big big treasurer of every music learners (Coordination of Instruments, Chorus, Mood of the situation, vocal modulations, Experiments in music, language(s)). So, Pl keep listen, enjoy and learn music easily. Thappa sollalanu nenaikiren!!!! any comment please!
MBJ Pancras 26 Nov 2011 5:33 pm: Nothing But Wind Music the world filled with, And is God-breathed the melody in it. Music moves the world around on its way, And it’s wind in music dwells. Muse of Music! Let me imbibe thy notes For sans thee my voice lies half-dead When my heart is to sing That NOTHING BUT WIND is music. My soul enters the sylvan woodlands- The abode of musical birds, And in quest of music haunts every nest. It’s music that birds chirp, And I lay my soul on a pasture, And the chirping of birds does caress my soul: The cuckoo sings with twain quick notes, The nightingale babbles with nectarous notes, The sparrow squeaks with mumbling thoughts, The throttle bubbles with drizzling thoughts, All sail into, my soul cherished When wind turned to music through birds. Crickets join the orchestra with their wings rubbed the air, And music flows when their wings flap. My soul journeys along the bank of musical stream, Where bamboos rustle when wind penetrates them: It’s “Bamboo” music breathed thro’ flute, I learnt the love for music born thro’ bamboo Perfected with beautiful melodies. Dwelling on pastures music grows personified: Harps reverberate at the hands of the shepherds, Green music born of pastoral spirit join the bleating of lambs: The lambs bleat and music is breathed, And the whole of the pastures flutter with joy. Into deep woods my soul moves, And lions roar I hear, elephants trumpet, And ravens voice hoarse notes When “bamboo” music is tried by machines: Harp turned to Guitar, bamboo turned to piano, And music now flows thro’ science - Science that survives with computers. When engine whistles I hear music And train follows it with “friction” music, Rhythmic beats perfected on rails. ”Friction” music turned to “roar” music When air-plane has been invented. My soul speeds up - speeding up And hears jet engines launch musical roar Yet perfected by computer technology - An impeccable rhythm thro’ jets. My soul runs atop the mountain peak Where rockets zoom into the sky with “rocket” notes Blasting off for the stars, Measured with “light year wavelength”. Stars roll down with noise and roar, The universe being filled with “lightning” sound. Seeks solace the world shrouded with machines… ………seeking solace thro’ divinity With mantras chanted; Yet “disco vogue” lingers on earthly pleasures, And man is belittled by his social excusable sins, And his society turns to animalism. Down from the mountain peak my soul rolls down… The peak that showed me fleeting moments of life. An inevitable holocaust shrouds the earth, And a victim with wounds and bruises am I. Back into the sylvan woodlands my soul runs now- Into the sylvan woodlands, the abode of musical birds, And haunts every nest in quest of music. To breathe “bamboo” music I run, For I learnt the love for music born thro’ bamboo. Forlorn! Bamboos are found nowhere. My soul longs for “bamboo” music, Yet learns a truth that music is NOTHING BUT WIND. And my soul is convinced that Wind is Music, and Music is Wind. Longing for silent music at the threshold of woodlands My soul now lies. Muse of Music! My heart sang a truth That NOTHING BUT WIND is MUSIC. And it’s my garland of thoughts presented unto thee. This verse is penned as the versifier (I) has been inspired by the musical album of Ilayaraja, the first Asian who composed symphony at Royal Philharmonic Orchestra England, whose real genius has not been understood by many. The musical album is NOTHING BUT WIND. He is an Indian.
MBJ Pancras 26 Nov 2011 5:38 pm: Ilayaraja (Haiku) music genius born in Indian soil living in ragas.
Sita vishwanathan 12 Mar 2011 3:03 am: @somaskandan……..prabho ganapathe seems like raga tilang to me.
இசையோவியம் 1 – அமுதே தமிழே « இசையெனும் இன்பவெள்ளம் 15 Sep 2011 6:16 pm (pingback): […] http://www.s-anand.net/blog/classical-ilayaraja/ has more on the technical aspects of the song. […]
Ravichandran.N. 23 May 2013 9:38 am: Could you please tell me how do you identify ragas? I used to hear classical songs but am unable to identify ragas. Could you suggest means to get it? (Dont say I need to go for classes). However, you are a WONDERFUL person. I see MSV/TKR, ILAYARAJA, KVM as GODS.
Sudha 4 May 2018 5:25 am: In Sindhu Bhairavi ragam, we have IR’s “Maadha un Kovilil”, “Naanoru sindhu”, “Keladi kanmani paadagan sangathi”, “Poongatru pudhidhaanadhu”, “Mani osai kettu ezhundhu” etc…… all of which are as good as MSV’s Unakkenna mele nindrai. For different emotions, there are “Vanithamani vannamogini”, “Muthu mani maalai”, Oru naalum unai maravaadha", “Ram ram hey Hey ram ram” etc…..Lyrics are bad in “chalakku chalakku selai” because it was a coming-of-age kind of love story and it could also depend on the director / producer’s wish. S.P.Sailaja’s voice is a different one and IR has only used it perfectly. “Thendral vandhu muthamitadhu” is an excellent number. Maybe the male voice could have been KJY though I cannot put Krishna Chander’s voice factor down. There is a group of people that bashes IR for not giving enough chances to “newcomers” and then there is another group which bashes IR if the songs by the newcomers (or not the regular set like SPB/KJY/SJ/Mano/Chitra/PS) voices “spoil” the song! Intriguing! It is weird when people talk about the use of carnatic raga & grammar in film music and then complain about deleting from/adding something to it. Also, when the lyrics are bad, IR gets the whiplash while the tune is forgotten and when both the tune & lyrics are terrific, the lyricist gets the cake?????
vignesh 9 Jan 2018 7:53 am: Our favorite Ilaiyaraaja songs are compiled on his official mobile app. Get Maestro’s Music now for android and iOS on https://u3su2.app.goo.gl/VZeB

Tamil lyrics quiz - TMS MGR

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Here are words from the middle of 8 songs TMS has sung for MGR. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Comments

sailesh kumar basu 13 Mar 2009 7:20 am: V.V.Good, who can forget Thalaivars Songs Lyrics and Films. Continue the good work.
Anonymous 28 Sep 2006 5:06 am: I am RamaKrishnan. I am also from TamilNadu I am not understand the lines above… Its a songs or anyother thing?
S Anand 28 Sep 2006 6:46 am: Ramakrishnan, these are 2 lines from the middle of 8 different MGR film songs. You need to guess the film they appeared in.
ashwini 3 Nov 2006 9:51 am: Good selection.
ashwini 3 Nov 2006 10:17 am: which song is the 6th one pls.
Prasanna 24 Dec 2006 5:46 am: Great site & great effort,Anand!Hats Off!Couldn’t crack no.6.Will you post the answers or can email me?Thanks.
Murali Kannan. T 20 Feb 2007 12:40 pm: Very nice work! I’m a great fan of MGR. Keep it up.
subadra 6 Mar 2007 2:39 am: but fr the nadodimannan song we found everything.appa went to sleep.the first thing he said in the morning is nadodimannan
Mohan.C 27 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: I really enjoyed this quiz I remember old songs of mgr thru this quiz GOOD JOB
lakshmi 27 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: fantastic job Anand I really enjoyed it.
geetha 27 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: i have answered some
Meena 22 Sep 2008 1:22 am: Excellent lyrics. Vivacious. I’m flabbergasted. I am from Trichy. I just loved all these lines. Thanks for recalling such a treasure in our life. You have done a great job.
Rajagopalan 30 Dec 2008 11:27 am: Good song selection. Did not get two songs correct.
K.Swaminathan 31 Dec 2008 5:40 am: Where I can get the lyrics of our Great MGR Songs.

Please advise me. I want free download of lyrics of Mr.MGR songs.

Regards,
Swaminathan
Rameshkarthikeyan 4 Mar 2009 2:13 pm: I need a song but i forget the starting of the song. “Ellam enakul erunthalum ennai thannakkul vaithirukkum "
S Anand 4 Mar 2009 3:00 pm: You’re probably referring to Ulagam Pirandhadhu Enakkaaga from Paasam. Got it by googling.
Rangan 15 Oct 2009 12:55 pm: I really enjoyed this and i love to do for MGR related quizzes. But sad thing is that i am not able to find answer for one question:-(. My evergreen hero is MGR and i love to watch all MGR movies. What a charismatic person he is!
Rangan 15 Oct 2009 1:04 pm: Particularly i love to watch movies like Nadodi Mannan, Thirudathe, Enga Veetu Pillai, Adimai Pen, Aayirathil Oruvan, Ninaithadai Mudippavan, Anbe Vaa, Ullagam Suttrum Valiban, Rikshawkkaran, Rajakumari, Arasakattalai, Madhuraiveeran, Mannadhi Mannan, Kalangarai Vilakkam, Nadodi, Kudiyirindha Kovil, Padagotti etc etc. Some movies may be missed out from this list. I have watched all the above movies more than 20 times. I like his bunny cheeks when he laughs. This kind of cheeks only madhavan (maddy) is having after MGR and this is told by famous director Manirathnam.
venkatp 12 Oct 2011 1:53 pm: fantastic……
santhosh 6 Apr 2016 6:24 pm: I want song first. I only remember songs middle line . that’s is patta maram paal varuma paagarkai then tharuma devar magal paarviley.. Can anyone help to find that song..

Tamil lyrics quiz - TMS Sivaji

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Here are words from the middle of 10 songs TMS has sung for Sivaji. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Comments

Anonymous 2 Oct 2006 6:28 pm: help out wth the 5th one alone. sounds familiar,bt guessing fails.
Anonymous 2 Oct 2006 6:29 pm: hey gt it got it. got the 5th one also.gud one
ashwini 3 Nov 2006 9:54 am: Excellent songs
ashwini 3 Nov 2006 10:20 am: Found out all songs.
deen 16 Nov 2006 9:45 pm: 5th is pakappirivinai pls. mark the numbers for songs
arun 13 Dec 2006 9:03 am: i think i have answered most
Hema 5 Mar 2007 11:55 am: I have answered most. One or two with the help of your mother. Very interesting and thrilling. Excellent work done. Keep it going.
subadra 5 Mar 2007 3:05 pm: appa and i got all correct
lakshmi 24 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: all are correct.
geetha 24 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: ha got some
maduraimouli 8 Jan 2012 4:19 pm: rende rendu theriyalaye…naan enga poven periamma ? yarai keppen?

Tamil song lyrics quiz 1980s dappanguthus

Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

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.

Comments

ashwini 3 Nov 2006 10:10 am: Ok
deen 16 Nov 2006 10:03 pm: 4th munthanai mudichchu 7th alaikal oiwathillai
p.kannan 8 Jan 2007 4:17 am: its a nice one
bobby 3 Feb 2007 12:07 pm: hey its too good
stivane 30 Mar 2007 11:34 am: alwayes old is gold
usha 9 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Interesting
sree 14 Mar 2010 9:32 am: what is the 2nd song…..
mpganesh 11 Mar 2011 4:25 pm: i scored 9/10; what is the 5th song?
Shobhana 20 May 2012 5:44 am: Got everything except the second one.. any clue for the second one?

Tamil song lyrics quiz 1985s

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

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.

Comments

Anonymous 15 Sep 2006 4:50 pm: help out wth 2 and 7 pl
S Anand 15 Sep 2006 5:44 pm: 2: Sathyaraj film. 7: Superstar film
Anonymous 19 Sep 2006 7:56 am: 2nd found out 7th cant guess at all,any more clues ??????
S Anand 19 Sep 2006 9:42 am: 7: Actress is Radha.
sutha 23 Sep 2006 8:31 am: is it kathiks movie number 9?
S Anand 23 Sep 2006 6:25 pm: No, 9 is Ramarajan.
Bosky 5 Oct 2006 2:25 pm: got all these in less than 6 minutes
K.Shyam 12 Oct 2006 8:14 pm: 10/10
valli 14 Oct 2006 7:47 pm: good time pass. thanks.
deen 16 Nov 2006 10:16 pm: 9th specialised with a cuntry dance 10th kamal double faced …..?
sathish 6 Dec 2006 8:57 pm: Got all 10.. Good job anand..Post more quizzes like this
suriya 16 Mar 2009 3:27 am: help me with 2,8 plz.
suryaaa 23 Jun 2009 5:37 am: pathukku pathu…in less than 15 seconds…im soooo happy…
sharanya 19 Jan 2010 9:57 am: 3.Mv song i know but i can’t pls hlp me.
balaji 25 Nov 2010 12:05 pm: very interesting… post more quizzes like this
Shobhana 17 Oct 2011 12:42 pm: 10/10!!!!
Anamika 11 Feb 2012 2:46 pm: Sangeetham paatila nee pesum pechila ?
Shobhana 20 May 2012 4:42 am: Got 9/10… cant get the 8th one though..
das 17 Aug 2011 5:30 am: yehe 9/10
Siva G 25 Sep 2012 8:43 pm: Got 10/10… but the 2nd one is very tough…Really very interesting

Tamil song lyrics quiz 1990s

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

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.

Comments

Anonymous 19 Sep 2006 7:58 am: 1,4 and 5 please!clue.
S Anand 19 Sep 2006 9:41 am: Heroes for 1, 4, 5 are Murali, Prabhu and Karthik.
Anonymous 27 Sep 2006 5:34 pm: 4 abd 5 no guesses works out.any other clues?
S Anand 27 Sep 2006 7:26 pm: 4: Bhanupriya. 5: Revathi.
K.Shyam 12 Oct 2006 8:15 pm: 10/10
SANDHYA 1 Dec 2006 4:49 am: cant trace 3,4,5
Anonymous 1 Dec 2006 4:49 am: valuable clues pls
gopinath 1 Dec 2006 6:21 am: 3,4,5
azar 2 Dec 2006 7:03 am: intresting
Sathish 6 Dec 2006 9:04 pm: Got all 10
Jayadevi sabarigirish 19 Jan 2007 4:34 pm: could not find 3, 5.. we had a nice time doing this!!
Ravi 5 Mar 2007 11:52 am: i know 4th one (oru kathal thevathai boomiyil vanthal) i forgot the film name……….Nice
Ballamurugan_Laxmi 8 Mar 2007 3:28 am: ulla azhuguraen veliya sirikkiraen nalla vaeshandhaan veluththu vaanguraen
feelgood 14 Mar 2007 2:53 pm: mmm good one
Ramya 6 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Got a ten on ten for this one too …
kagithan 1 Jan 2011 3:00 pm: 10/10
nirmala 18 Dec 2010 7:51 pm: couldnt find 1 5 n 7 help pls
priya 29 Sep 2011 3:29 pm: 8/10.. good.. interesting…
Shobhana 20 May 2012 5:04 am: 10/10… :)

Tamil song lyrics quiz 1995s

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

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.

Comments

Swaroopa 6 Sep 2006 12:24 pm: Cool selections!! can I have all the answers
S Anand 6 Sep 2006 3:56 pm: I’d rather not post the answers here. Have mailed them to you.
Anonymous 28 Sep 2006 10:46 am: Hi nice work
Anonymous 3 Oct 2006 5:14 pm: 7 and 8 pl.cnt guess
S Anand 3 Oct 2006 6:32 pm: 7 and 8 are both Ajit films.
V Gopinath 1 Dec 2006 7:03 am: 10/10
venky 28 Feb 2007 6:22 am: Thats real cool da….i got except the 7th one give me some clue
Shathish 7 Mar 2007 8:49 am: Very nice and easy selections.Good
Seetha 3 May 2007 6:11 am: cool one :)
Seetha 3 May 2007 6:16 am: I was able to make 10 :)
divya 8 May 2007 6:32 am: any clue for the 2nd song pls
Seetha 5 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Cool..damn easy!!
sundar 5 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: done 10/10
Pillaikani 12 Jan 2010 4:34 pm: DONE I’VE DONE IT!!!!!!! 10/10 Nangalum Vaanguvomla!!!!!!!!!!!! Eppudi!!!!
balaji 26 Nov 2010 12:02 pm: appu risk edukkardhu engalukku rusk sapidara madhiri.. eppoooodi ha ha
Suganya 30 May 2012 7:42 am: Could not find 9… :(
Anamika 12 Feb 2012 10:42 am: Indha thaamarai poo theeyil indru kaathirukku ullam nondhu kangal ennum poon thean thumbi paadi chellaadho…!
Shobhana 20 May 2012 5:02 am: 10/10 !!! Yay!!!!
Ugendran 22 Sep 2012 11:09 am: I got 9/10, but i cn’t find 2nd
Vijay 12 Feb 2018 9:43 am: Hi could you mail me the answers please - its a great quiz

Tamil song lyrics quiz 2000s

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

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.

Comments

saranya 19 Sep 2006 9:08 am: its simply superb
S Anand 19 Sep 2006 9:44 am: Thanks, Saranya!
Anonymous 20 Sep 2006 8:22 am: can u give me the answers ANAND pls
saranya 20 Sep 2006 8:23 am: can u give me the answers ANAND pls
S Anand 20 Sep 2006 8:45 am: I’ve e-mailed them.
S Anand 20 Sep 2006 8:48 am: Looks like the mail bounced. You can mail me at root dot node at gmail dot com, and I’ll reply with the answers. I don’t plan to post the answers on my site :-)
PAPPU 1 Oct 2006 6:40 pm: HI ITS GOOD
arumugam 3 Oct 2006 1:07 pm: very nice
Anonymous 3 Oct 2006 5:20 pm: anjavadhu mattum paduthudhu.udhavungal anand
S Anand 3 Oct 2006 6:35 pm: 5th: More lyrics.
idhu nanavaay thonRum kanavu idhu kaalaiyil thonRum nilavu
idhu kaNNai kaNNai pariththu veLichcham tharum iravu
Swapnaa 12 Oct 2006 1:31 pm: Its crazy how my brain gets fixed on one song once I get it, and plugs in all the other lyrics into that same tune! If many people managed to solve this, it looks like I’ve got some serious cross-modal attentional issues!
dheepthi 12 Oct 2006 6:14 pm: wats da 5th 1
S Anand 12 Oct 2006 8:11 pm: Hi Swapnaa, a few have managed 10/10, most settle at 9/10 or 8/10
S Anand 12 Oct 2006 8:12 pm: Dheepthi, here’s another hint for the 5th: the movie was produced by Prakash Raj
vijayachakravarthy 19 Oct 2006 2:58 am: Its cool i found all except this - kEtkaadha osaigaL idhazh thaandaadha vaarththaigaL
Ranganathan 25 Oct 2006 11:36 am: Hi Anand… Ranga here… Tried this one too… 10/10 Thanks for the Quiz…
suresh 28 Oct 2006 6:43 am: hey guys its cool.. after seeing the comments i logged into it.. you are cool guys(deepthi, anand and ranga)
Senthil 14 Nov 2006 7:19 am: It’s Good
deen 16 Nov 2006 10:41 pm: azhahu enpathu aanpal
Anonymous 21 Nov 2006 11:49 am: Hi..this one’s cool…i got 10/10…
sugee 1 Dec 2006 3:18 pm: ts gud
suresh 2 Dec 2006 4:19 pm: its very nice……. ossime da. keep going and give us more fun and enjoyment worthy
vinodh 12 Dec 2006 11:16 am: its nice…. 10/10
Srinivasan.T.K. 16 Dec 2006 5:45 pm: Great one man. Keep changing questions.
mangai 22 Dec 2006 4:12 am: good
sabari 22 Dec 2006 7:18 am: it is nice
anitha 22 Dec 2006 10:21 am: It’s nice
kani 24 Dec 2006 6:38 pm: answers pls.
Revathy 29 Dec 2006 3:00 pm: its good
s&s 15 Jan 2007 9:16 pm: it’s fantastic.
muhunthan 8 Feb 2007 5:13 am: i like this very much plz make more quizes
Divya Umapathy 2 Mar 2007 6:22 am: This is really cool
balaji 2 Mar 2007 10:53 am: entertaining
ravi 5 Mar 2007 12:08 pm: 8 mattum udaikkuthu ———-super O superb
Shathish 7 Mar 2007 8:42 am: superb superb superb
shathish 7 Mar 2007 8:44 am: romba nalla irukuinga .Aanal “Nilalgalin ullae nijangalai thedinen…… Enna Adhu song.. Naanum thedinen onnum kidaikalai
feel good 14 Mar 2007 3:05 pm: alaikadalaai…irundha manam…panithuliyaai sidhariyadhey…aimbulanum en manamum enakedhiriaai seyalpadudhey…oru pennin ninaivenna seyyum oru kathi illamal koyyum…idhil meela vazhi ulladhey…iruppinum ullam virumbaadho oh yeh…. vizhigalin aruginil vaanam vegu tholaivnil tholaivinil thookam….en aindhu pulangalin ekkam..en mudhal mudhal anubavaum oh yeh…. oliyindri udhadugal pesum..perum puyal ena veli varum swaasam.
sneha 1 Apr 2007 10:24 am: Its great oppurtunity
priyasakhi 8 May 2007 3:35 pm: tanglish therinja people tamizh paalagavum uthavuthu. thz! hi friends…… ungalukku kavithaigalil interest irunthal….. now visit www.kavimozhiz.blogspot.com enodu msn le thodarpu kondu….. neege unga kavithaigalukku ujir kuudugalam.
Valentino 1 Jun 2007 7:52 am: well try
Padhu 1 Jun 2007 8:05 am: Good effort… still the 80’s songs with wonderful lyrics can be used to make it more challanging
Sundaram 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: i need Jalsa panungada song Lyrics in Tamil From the movie Chennai 600028. Thank you.
sahi 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Adi vangadha paaraigal sirpangal aagadhu tholviku anjadhu munerada- can someone tell in which song this lyrics is?
Bharathi 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Its very nice…. could not guess the 5th one alone…
jenifer rosy 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: the game is nice
Anonymous 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: good…but..couldn get 5th song!!!
alice 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: good…but..couldn get 5th song!!!
Ramya 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Wow ! I got a ten on ten !!
vasanth 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: awesome creation
jayashree 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: gdfhcfgj
Dhinakar 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Pls tell me answers
shan 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: nice one
vinod 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: waste……….put the lyrics of tamil songs in tamil words
JamunaRani 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Hi, Adi Vaangath Paaraigal Sirpangal Aagathu is from the movie Azhagiya theeye song (Ullalae Ullalae song sung by devan (first song)
praveen 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: very interesting, helps us improve our thinking skills
vinoth 3 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: hi anand are u from iitk
Harish 1 Jan 2009 11:07 am: Dear Mr.ananth
Self Answered 7/10 Ques , any price for me
Plz mail me answers for un answered ones.
Senthilkumar.S 24 Mar 2009 7:34 am: got 7/10..
suriya 17 Mar 2009 3:13 am: Nice … got 10/10
priya 15 May 2009 9:30 am: superb
mickey 25 May 2009 11:34 am: its really interesting and it makes me know how much i have knowledge about it.It rocks
farzana 20 May 2009 11:58 am: good but cant find “nilalgalin ullae ulla…”
dhan hak sak 17 Jun 2009 12:36 pm: Super appu, Got 10/10
naveen 15 Mar 2010 2:00 pm: very nice
Pillaikani 13 Jan 2010 5:59 am: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Pillaikani 13 Jan 2010 6:00 am: got 10/10
Archana 1 Mar 2010 4:39 pm: Hey i got 10/10
E. Ramya 29 Apr 2010 6:13 pm: i got 10/10………
Velzzz 14 Aug 2010 10:20 am: Got 10/10 :)
RAJ V 29 Mar 2010 1:17 pm: got 10/10..
rami 4 Nov 2010 9:05 am: Got 10/10
balaji 25 Nov 2010 12:16 pm: nandri soola unakku vartahi illa enakku….
Perumalsamy.j 9 Nov 2010 2:30 pm: Is there any song sung by Ilayaraja in A.R.Rahman’s music
MICHAEL JACKSON 27 Dec 2010 7:31 am: scored just 6…… interesting……..
padma 16 Feb 2011 9:57 am: i got 8/10 in 200 quiz super give some other quiz
karthika 22 Feb 2011 10:59 am: got 10/10 wohhhh
Sarvetha 31 Jul 2011 7:54 am: Very Very Very Very Very Very superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sharmila banu 2 Aug 2011 12:07 pm: nice ……
Lalitha 13 Sep 2011 8:37 am: I got 6
Suresh 21 Jul 2011 7:40 pm: innum ungakittey irunthu neraya yethirpakkrom:got 10/10
Ranjani 7 Aug 2011 12:34 pm: I ve completed 8/10
vasanth 20 Nov 2011 3:24 pm: hi its nice . i wnt to know the score
muthu 18 Apr 2012 6:02 pm: Very nice blog..I loved this… 7/10 by my own and 10/10 thru google
Anamika 12 Feb 2012 10:52 am: Mannagam marandhu vittaen enai maatrungal pazhaiyabadi…!
Shobhana 20 May 2012 4:39 am: i got all 10 !!! :)
priya 29 Sep 2011 2:36 pm: very nice… :) .. got 10/10 :)
Sathya 8 Mar 2012 9:11 am: nice collection i got 9/10.
Ugendran 22 Sep 2012 10:47 am: yeah really nice….I got 8/10
diamond 30 Dec 2012 7:40 am: it is very niceeeeee….
krithika 1 Jul 2015 10:31 am: I lost the game
Suriya muthusamy 15 Jul 2020 12:09 pm: Got 10/10
SINDHUJA K 1 May 2019 3:25 pm: Nice