tamil-songs on S Anand

Old songs in my music library

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:02:05 +0000

My music library has around 1,000 songs (mostly Tamil and Hindi, with some Telugu and English film songs).

I spent this morning tagging them by year with mp3tag. (Manually. You don’t automate the pleasures of life.)

I thought my 1990s collection would be the largest. I was in college, listening to lots of music then. But surprisingly, my collection has grown post the 1990s.

I have 3 guesses why.

Recency bias. I re-built this collection recently. Maybe I forgot older songs?
Digitization bias. Maybe I listened to more songs as the cost of transmission/storage fell?
Worsening standards. Maybe I used to be choosier about music?

Though I’m not sure of the above, there’s another interesting anomaly.

There is a spike in the 1960s.

I don’t need to guess this one. I know why. Those are the songs my parents liked. I grew up hearing them.

The oldest song Tamil song is from Thiruneelakantar (1939). It’s from my father’s collection. I’ve heard it often enough to still enjoy it.

The oldest Hindi song is from Jaal (1952). He has a fondness for Dev Anand’s songs. So do I. This one is a beauty.

The oldest Tamil song my mother introduced me to is from Parasakthi (1952). She used to dance to this song when young.

The earliest Hindi song she introduced me to was from Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955). It’s the song I grew up on, and it’s still among my favorites. What a melody!

My wife prefers newer songs. But I have low standards and few preferences. It makes my life rather happy.

So, in celebration of Make Music Day on 21 June, I’m treating myself to 2 weeks of my collection from the 1960s!

PS: My full collection is at https://gist.github.com/sanand0/877637165b17239aa27beac03749c9a6

Harris Jayaraj First Interludes

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:26:13 +0000

Here are beautiful first interludes from Harris Jayaraj's Tamil film songs. 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.

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

Tamil songs quiz 2006-2007

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Here is the background music from some hit songs from 2006 and 2007. 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. (A couple of spellings are tricky. Try J instead of S and V instead of G.)

Comments

Anonymous 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: Error in plugin!
natarajan 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: Ur quizzes are great.great idea. but in this quiz, when we download we get all the details about the clip including movie name which is the album title. Thrill of finding the name is lost.
Sanketh 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: Awesome quiz … couldn’’t figure out the answers to 3,5,6,10 … could you please post them some time. Or maybe I can just see the file names in the HTML :) Btw, glad someone else likes Atrai Thingal
S Anand 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: Natarajan, you’’re right. I’’ve removed the clip details now. Thanks!
ravishankar 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: all are easy clues..but where to fill in the answers???
Prin 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: Got 9! Couldn’’t figure out number 8 - haunting me tho’’. Awesome quiz and idea btw…
Kumbakonam 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: I am the winner! I got 10!
sirpi 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: can u plz give clues for 2 and 9
ragav 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: good quiz …cant find number 6 :( shud be yuvan song :D
anees khanem 8 Jun 2007 12:00 pm: awesome
Senthilkumar.S 24 Mar 2009 7:18 am: Nice one… got 10 out of 10…
Niranjan 18 Mar 2009 12:50 pm: cannot find no 6…… 9 out of 10 correct
vidhya 5 Aug 2009 8:13 am: I got only five.It’s very interesting.It’s nice to work.
supraja and ranjith 2 Sep 2009 11:56 am: very intresting.i got only 7 out of 10.could not find 1,6,9………………………….
Priya 11 Apr 2010 9:58 am: Can someone please tell me no 1? im really going crazy…..
Swathi 17 Jul 2012 1:51 am: what is the answer for number 10?
ramya 16 Dec 2011 5:31 pm: ans: 6 pattiyal,8 kalvanin kadhali, 1 pachaikili muthucharam and 9 sivapathikaram
fowziya 24 Dec 2011 10:54 am: what a great quiz man!!!!!! awesome! next time add songs of latest 2011!!!!!!! its a great time pass…………:-)xxxxxlove it
Ranjani 7 Aug 2011 1:44 pm: 6/10
Kamala 25 Nov 2015 6:19 am: Great Quiz! Can you email me the answers please.

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………..

Top Tamil songs

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Since I like Tamil songs and statistics so much, I did some analysis on the ~1,400 Tamil songs I'd listened to in 2006.

The trends are around the length of a typical film song are interesting. For example:

Songs have gotten longer over time. On average, a song in the 60s was 4 minutes. A song in the 2000s is 5 minutes. Each decade adds about 14 seconds to the length of a song.

But some of the old movies have pretty long songs. Thiruvilaiyadal and Vanjikkottai Vaaliban have among the longest songs on average, for example.

As a corollary, newer music directors make longer songs. While KV Mahadevan's songs lasted 4 minutes, Ilayaraja's songs lasted 4.5 minutes, and AR Rahman's songs last 5 minutes. Today, Ramesh Vinayagam's compositions are 5.5 minutes.

However, Deva seems to make longer songs than usual for a 1990s director (5.5 minutes), while Devi Sri Prasad makes shorter songs for a 200os director (4.3 minutes).

Since I rated the songs, I could also analyse my preferences. I like older songs a bit more.

My top movies list for instance, has only one movie from the 2000s, 2 from the 90s, 5 from the 80s, 1 from the 60s and 1 from the 50s.

My all-time favourite movie (for songs) is Vaidhegi Kaathirundhaal. I didn't need the analysis to tell me that, though.

My all-time favourite music director is G Ramanathan, thanks to Uthama Puthiran, Ambikapathy, Madurai Veeran, etc. AM Raja follows, and then the great Ilayaraja. It's interesting that AR Rahman falls below Harris Jayaraj and Deva. He also falls below MS Viswanathan, but that's not surprising.

For quite a while, I was convinced I liked shorter songs. But surprisingly, it turns out that my preference is quite independent of the length of the song! Anyway, all time favourites short songs include:

Indhiraiyo	Kaadhalan	1:02
Muthu Mazhaiye	Mazhai	1:21
Yamunai Aatrile	Dhalapathi	1:22
Anbana Thaayai	Mahanadhi	1:34
En Azhagenna (mp3)	Minsara Kanavu	1:47
Manamagale	Devar Magan	2:13
Poojaikkaaga	Payanangal Mudivadhillai	2:18
Suttum Vizhi	Kandukonden Kandukonden	2:18
Brindavanamum	Missiamma	2:48
Theerthakaraiyinile	Varumaiyin Niram Sigappu	2:49

P.S.: It's interesting that three of them have Bharathiyar songs in them.

All of this analysis was possible because I recently dumped WinAmp and moved to MediaMonkey, which lets you write your own scripts.

Try this: search for a song and listen online.

Comments

hermes 5 Jan 2007 3:50 pm: do u know any sites tht allows u to download carnatic numbers
hermes 5 Jan 2007 4:09 pm: let me know if the below link is of some mileage to you in your music research
hermes 5 Jan 2007 4:12 pm: http://www.tamilnation.org/culture/music/index.htm . am sorry here is the link
S Anand 5 Jan 2007 4:33 pm: Thanks for the link, Hermes. I’m afraid I’m not into carnatic songs… my interest stops at listening to film songs.
Sathya 6 Jan 2007 4:34 pm: I was a little surprised that you rated G.Ramanathan and AM Raja ahead of IllayaRaja. But of course taste vary. My fav illayaraja number is “Poomalaye engum iru thol serka vaa” from Pagal Nilavu and one of the underrated song “Sangathil padaatha kavithai” from Auto Raja.
S Anand 6 Jan 2007 6:16 pm: Actually, I rated the songs and not the directors. I guess it just so happens that the AM Raja and G Ramanathan songs I have are better, on average, than the huge Ilayaraja collection I have. The entire analysis is completely biased by what songs I have, of course.
Anand Srini 8 Jan 2007 6:57 pm: Is there a correlation between the length of a song and its popularity ? Its popularity is measured on the scale of repeated broadcast on FM channels and private use in night clubs.
SNambiar 9 Jan 2007 2:17 am: The statistics would have been more accurate if you consider the length of the composition viz-a-viz the length og the actual song. ar rahmans songs generally tend to have loads of music interludes bewteen actual singing. The ratings have been provided by you is it? Wish there had been a statistic indicating number of times a song has been played over the years. That way when a particular number has been played most can be tracked. Perhaps the period could have something to do with what you have been upto, check if there is any correlation between particular categories in your blog post which you seem to favour during the same time … Ok now am going over board :)
S Anand 15 Jan 2007 8:11 pm: Anand, I didn’t have any data on popularity I’m afraid. The only thing I have is the number of times I’ve heard the song, and on that, there’s a definite correlation.
S Anand 15 Jan 2007 8:15 pm: Sachin, yes, the ratings are mine. I considered using the ratings from raaga.com or musicindiaonline, but I find these are not too good. (They don’t consider fewer votes as a disadvantage). I do track the number of times the song has been played over time, but it’s just on my computer :-( and since I have only 1 year worth of data, for just 1 person, it’s nowhere near enough. Hmm… as for the correlation with blog posts… gosh that would be some analysis!
Neelan 24 Jan 2007 3:46 am: wow..AR Rahman’s songs’ ratings are quite low than I’d expected :(
Adiya 2 Mar 2007 2:41 pm: Same Pinch.. even i have a playlist which has short songs.. superb..
Ashish 7 Mar 2007 6:31 am: Hi Anand, I dropped by at your website from Desi Pundit search engine link. It is really interesting what you do with your scripting knowledge applying it in daily situations. I am newly converted MediaMonkey fan but I don’t know how to write JavaScripts. Would you mind sharing your favorite MediaMonkey scripts which you have picked up or written your self? Thanks a lot. And I am loving your statistical analysis of Calvin/Hobbes, Movies, Songs, everything :)
wazim 27 Oct 2008 7:45 am: thats crap man..Rahman is the BEST EVER…
swaraj 6 Feb 2009 11:35 am: What jobless idiot. The time spent on doing this could be spent on something useful. Just listen to music and Rahman has give lot of good music also. Illayaraja is all time best and MSV is an icon.
Balu 11 May 2009 6:50 pm: My friend gave me your website link to download songs..I was just going through your other posts and you are crazy, man(In a positive sense of course!!) ..I too am really statistics kind of guy have did little of what you have did like organizing and reorganizing the songs according to different category..finally came up with year the movie released as the criteria to group it ..But anyways love your posts and statistics though it may not match my taste exactly ..I personally Yuvan ahead of Ilayaraja and Rehman even though i live 8Os music a lot..
P Kannan 4 May 2009 3:20 pm: SA, Good work. It is your personal favourites. I have not listened to all the songs. This is a good start. You probably need to come up with a unbiased criteria. Forget about naysayers. There will always be plenty. There has to be intellectual discussions; and this is a start. Work to earn a living is ok but this is passion. I am glad that you have it. P.
Kannan 25 Jun 2009 6:31 pm: Be honest on Assesing Musica Directors! A.R is the best of all! Dont under estimate him just because he is a muslim! He is the legend! ACCEPT IT!
Rangan 8 Oct 2009 2:39 pm: What about MGR Classic songs from movies like Anbe Vaa, Padakotti, Adimai Pen etc etc. All songs from the above movies are Mega Blockbuster songs. Cine industry people are having thought that when taking account of songs, first will come MGR songs and then only from other actors songs.
Guhaprasath 14 May 2010 3:14 am: I should say sir, that it is an Impressive analysis…. and done meticulously well… Such passion in music… Please Keep up the good job… Thank you.
Magesh 5 Jul 2010 8:07 am: Dear Anand, Your ratings were acceptable. Good analysis. I do listen all songs from MGR songs to Yuvan Shankar Raja what i understand is Raja is all time great. however Rehman and Yuvan are good composers. All other composers can be listened at once or few times but only one legend songs can be listened always is nothing but Raja.
nithin 3 Oct 2010 2:23 pm: Ar rahman Superb………….
siva 10 Dec 2010 3:19 am: This analysis is limited to anand. I think u interlectually reflected on your taste of music. Rahman fans has no rights to comment on your passion. its a bit suprise that you actually sat down and spent time doing this. but again please recheck you variables and you might come up with diffrent results. also wish u good luck with music and no disrespect for your tast. diffrent approach. I kinda like it.
Satish Babu 3 Jan 2011 6:35 pm: Just watch any music and does it ever strike you, do you realise only on music director’s song gets repeated always, now tell me what else evidence do you need to tell Illayaraja is the best.
srk 4 Dec 2011 4:49 pm: mattew, just listen rahmans enna solla pogirai from kandukonden kandukonden, its better than rajas musiq,if you carefully listen the song you can hear the magics,only if you carefully hear……………….!!!
D. Chandramouli 15 Dec 2011 10:27 am: One of my favorites is “Andha Sivakami Maganidam Seidhi Solladi” from movie Pattinathil Bootham, set to music by Govardhan(?) and soulfully sung by P. Suseela. I urge the readers to listen to that song closing the eyes - it’s an out of the world experience. Of course, I also rate G. Ramanathan as the best - all his songs were carnatic raga based, sweet to the ears. Uthamaputhiran, Ambigapathy etc were classics. The second in rank is of course MSV-Ramamurthy combination (not just MSV), followed by KVM (Kungumam, Padagotti and umpteen others). Certain songs by AM Raja are wonderful - particularly, listen to the background start up music for the song “Oho Andha Baby” from Thenilavu. What a happy and romantic feeling the song creates! Only in Ilaya Raja songs, we can get that “mann vasanai”. Currently, ARR rocks with mesmerizing tunes.
Matthew 12 Nov 2011 8:10 am: Illayaraja s tons of times better than rahman..no one has ever used flute n tabla lik maestro used..so stop comparing rahman wit raja
Raj 12 Nov 2011 8:20 am: Rahman s d best one
Vishnu 9 Mar 2012 2:59 pm: does every one has to have a website?.. Let us move on. The cini music is an evolution like everything is in the world. SO the current directors have learned a lot from earliar ones and mix them with music from all over the world. So A.R is no better than sudhrson or any one else in that era. And mr Kannan where does muslim comes in to picture here. People like you creates bin laddens. mlet us stick to music here.
guru 3 Jun 2018 5:50 am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaZAUDIeVKg தமிழ் புதிய பாடல் தொகுப்பு - பார்த்ததில் பிடித்தது -படைத்தவர்களுக்கு நன்றி அருமையாக இயக்கி பாடியுள்ளார் - இதை விமர்சியுங்கள்

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 1

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0000

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.

Comments

anonymous 3 Sep 2006 5:10 pm: got 7 rite.help wth 2,3 and 8.3rd seems to be damn familiar.
S Anand 3 Sep 2006 9:53 pm: More lyrics as hints.
2. naNbar uNdu pagaivar illai, naNmai uNdu theemai illai
3. aaththigam pEsum adiyaarkkellaam sivamE anbaagum
8. thaay paravai midhiththaal sEy paravai nOvadhillai kaayam aavadhillai
Anonymous 15 Sep 2006 5:09 pm: struggling wth 2nd and 8th still.2nd almost got it.8th no idea at all.
S Anand 15 Sep 2006 5:47 pm: 2 stars Kamal and Jayapradha. 8 stars Kamal and Roshni.
Anonymous 19 Sep 2006 8:05 am: hey thanx.wonderful.at last found out everything.but the worst part, cudnt find what song is the second one though got the movie name right.
Sri 9 May 2007 8:28 pm: awesome one. got them all.
lakshmi 27 Aug 2006 12:00 pm: I have got 9 out of ten.
priya 27 Aug 2006 12:00 pm: nice
mamta 1 Jan 2009 1:53 am: Hi,

I wish to read Tamil lyrics in Tamil Script.. Please help
Jo 17 Sep 2009 7:58 am: I got only 7….
chirp 1 Jan 2011 1:05 am: good one
Shobhana 29 Sep 2011 9:29 am: I got 10/10!!! nice one work man :)
Venkat 1 Aug 2012 10:38 pm: Migavum Arumai.. Super..I did 8/10. Expecting more!!! Thanks much
Shiva 22 Nov 2012 2:47 pm: WoW … Got 5/10.. Similarity is our Ulaga Nayagan Special

Tamil Songs by P B Srinivas

Sun, 14 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Playback singers ruled the day in the 60s and 70s. At least, I remember songs more by the singers than the music directors.

Here is the background music from some songs from the 1960s and 1970s, sung by P B Srinivas. 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

Kaps 16 May 2006 6:50 pm: Any clues for the 10th song?
S Anand 16 May 2006 7:42 pm: 10: Gemini, Savithri (movie also has Sivaji)
anbazhagandv@yahoo.com 17 May 2006 12:52 am: I love PBS voice. It is enchanting one. I could guess all the songs correctly inthe first instance itself. Thank u for the efforts taken. Good work.
preethi 24 Feb 2007 10:20 am: got 10/10 but 5 was tough
subadra 9 Mar 2007 2:49 pm: 10/10 again
subadra 9 Mar 2007 4:12 pm: vijaya too got 10
K.R.RAVI 19 Mar 2007 12:43 am: I am in search of a song which i think was sung by PBS and someone else which i heard as a child The lyrics run something like CHITTU KURUVI PAADATHU.. can someone gve me the name of the film/It will be a dream come true. K.R.RAVI
Hema 24 Mar 2007 11:38 am: This is for K R Ravi. The song is ‘THENNANGKEETUR OONJALILE’ in the movie Paadhai Theiryudhu Paar. It is there is Anand’s song collection. Type the song and the movie and there you get to enjoy the song. This was the song I too was yearning to listen
paadagark 14 May 2006 12:00 pm: hai hai i hope i found those 10 songs.if its ok??thanks u
Jayashree 14 May 2006 12:00 pm: I am in search of this song"Illammai Kolluvirrukkum..Iyyarkkai Mannam irrukkum"…i dont know the name of the movie. Can somebody help??
Seelan 14 May 2006 12:00 pm: Jayashree
The song that you are looking for is from the film “Hello Mr Jamintar”.
balasurendran 31 Aug 2008 3:12 am: Nice songs and very easy to predict.I would like to download songs of that type.
jayaar 16 Feb 2009 10:01 am: Fantastic. P.b. srinivas is for melody. nice collection. great work. hats off to mr. anand. have you got it done for more of his songs. how nice it would be if we could download the songs at once from here!
thank you!
vijayakumar 29 Mar 2009 7:39 am: I am a fan of PBSreenivos.When he visited Singapore in 1984 i visited his his show.It was marvellous to hear live from a great and a legeng in meledious music.
Thomas Prins 29 May 2009 2:27 pm: 10th song was sung by AL Ragavan with P Suseela. Not by PBS.
Gemini Sridhar 10 Sep 2009 8:18 am: PBS all time great, md.rafi of south, a song in Prema Paasam, avan allal puvi mele and nenjam alai modave kangal kulamagave a song from mana maalai are two great songs he only can sing. yes my Master, i pray Almighty for his long live with good health. Devi sri devei thedi alagindren-puriyadu vazkaiyin ragasiyam puriyadu- oh what a lovely songs, Friends you might be knowing- all the stage singers and leading singers by singing Nilave ennidam nerungade song they shown their talent. yes it is true.
eswar 12 Mar 2010 4:33 pm: got 10/10 really very interesting what melody
M.KUMARI 2 Mar 2010 6:19 pm: I am not able to answer those. Hoping I would success in the next chance.
J.Venkatesan 2 Oct 2010 6:13 pm: kanavo kalyana oorvalam
B .VEERABADRAN 24 Oct 2011 4:10 pm: very very nice songs p b s I LIKE EVERY TIME thanking you
Sureshwar 19 Aug 2011 9:10 am: Great PBS…
Venkat 19 Jul 2011 9:41 am: Team, do any one of you know this old song from PBS ? Kodhai un meni oliyaam kulir neeril neendhum vizhiyaam; poovil amarndha vaani; aadal therindha raani; nee kalamangaiyo……. full hindhusthani music background ? Can anyone tell me, the lyrics, the music director, movie and the lyricist ?
N C Phani sayee 8 May 2012 7:26 pm: As a Telugu, Iam proud of PBS ,being a Telugu but Mastered Tamil and Kannada film songs.We can find fault SPB’s improper Singing in Tamil/Kannada,KJJ faulting the Tamil songs, but PBS can’t be faulted for faulty spelling in singing in these languages.
dr.ninan koothoor 13 Sep 2012 6:35 pm: Ilamae koluvirukkum song is in the film hello mr zeminthaar ( gemini genesan movie)
v.s. prakasa rao 23 Apr 2013 3:02 pm: It’s a great, pleasant feeling listening to PBS. Kalangalil aval vasantham, Ilamai koluvirukum, Manidan enbavan, Paadatha paattellaam padavandaal, Chinna Chinna roja, netruvarai nee yaro naan yaro, yaar yaar yaar aval yaaro, Nilave ennidam nerungade, Mayakkama(Tamil), Apara keerthi galisi etc(Kannada) and Andalu chindu mana prema, manasuloni korika, Andaalaseema manameludaama etc.(Telugu) are only some of my favourites. Thanks for this quiz which I tried only once. VSP Rao

Tamil Songs - 2000s

Mon, 08 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000

The 2000s saw the proliferation of music directors like Vidyasagar, Harris Jayaraj and Yuvan Shankar Raja, while Rahman still continued strong.

Here is the background music from some hit songs from the 2000s. 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

Kaps 8 May 2006 7:33 am: Anand, All of them were pretty easy. scored 25/25. Can we have some tough / old ones please?
S Anand 8 May 2006 8:33 am: Gosh, I honestly thought no one would get 25/25! Well, 1970s is next, and I’ll making that as tough as I can.
RDX 8 May 2006 1:46 pm: when ar u postin e ans???
S Anand 8 May 2006 4:01 pm: No plans to post answers. You can always mail me, though.
Anonymous 8 May 2006 7:09 pm: 23/25. isai inban. 17 & 19 :-( clue its there on the tip of the finger not able to type
S Anand 8 May 2006 7:29 pm: 17: Madhavan, 19: Ajit
riggy 8 May 2006 8:14 pm: aww…i’m pulling my hair out on this!! 12/25….good one anand..do post more of these!!
aneetaa 9 May 2006 12:38 am: cudn’t find the last one alone….
gayathri 9 May 2006 12:52 am: any clues on the 15th? I cracked the rest … but no idea on the 15th!
kummy 9 May 2006 1:41 am: hurrah i got 25/25
gayathri, its thotti jaya
S Anand 9 May 2006 7:21 am: Actor for the last one: SJ Suryah
Anonymous 9 May 2006 7:53 am: thanks. looks like i missed a particular md s in this and the previous quiz. I am happy i didnt miss any of gods creations ;-) isai inban
zero 9 May 2006 10:20 am: 20/25 :(. I didn’t get 10, 15, 16, 19, 21. and I came dangerously close to getting it right only for 16. Damn this too ;)
sudheer 9 May 2006 1:54 pm: Awesome quiz.. cos its awesome fun.. i scored 16/25… need to sharpen my memory more!!
Ashwin 9 May 2006 3:10 pm: 15/25(that too cheated by typing some popular trash vijay movies).. I am definitely a 80s tamil hippie :)
balaji 11 May 2006 8:50 pm: and i thought i knew tamil songs… sigh got only 15/25
vidhya 12 May 2006 11:29 am: great one! when i started out, i thought i wld nail them.. but then had to be satisfied with 20/25. super fun, it was. thanks
shri 17 May 2006 9:24 am: cudnt find out 10,19,25,15 and 16.any clues pl.?wasnt tht bad.its really enjoyable and u feel so bad wen unable to find out the movie name
PAPPU 1 Oct 2006 7:11 pm: I TS LITTLE THOUGH.CAN U GIVE ANSWERS FOR UNKNOWN ONE?
Ranganathan 25 Oct 2006 11:03 am: Hi Anand… ! Ranga here… Tried this one too… 25/ 25… Great Quiz… ! Thanks…
punitha 16 Nov 2006 10:41 am: great….now i know, i am not that bad…..25/25…….
suresh 2 Dec 2006 4:56 pm: tried hard but could get only 15/25 …. any way i enjoyed
Prin 11 Dec 2006 10:37 am: Got 22 out of 25 - 9, 12, 16 Help with these. Just can’t remember 16 although I can sense it
Anonymous 24 Feb 2007 11:07 am: 25/25.15th was tough though
Senthilkumar.S 24 Mar 2009 9:10 am: nice quiz… got 21/25. very close to the missed out songs…
nazreen 9 Jun 2010 9:39 am: nice all quiz……really enjoyed……
nirmala 16 Dec 2010 10:13 pm: 24 out of 25 coulnt find 19…pls help…gr8 quiz though
Sudhakar Dhanapal 19 Jan 2011 12:14 pm: 25 / 25 .. yahhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhh :)
ramya 16 Dec 2011 5:41 pm: plz tell the ans for 19 plzzzz :{
Ranjani 7 Aug 2011 2:22 pm: 19/25
B.Manivannan 26 Feb 2017 5:05 pm: nice to listen

Tamil Songs - 1980s

Sat, 06 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Ilayaraja ruled the Tamil music industry in the 1980s. Below are short clips with the background music from his hit 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

Anonymous 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: 9/10
lazygeek 7 May 2006 9:38 am: 10/10
S Anand 7 May 2006 9:55 am: I should’ve guessed you’d be able to get them all! Well, I’ve got a 1970s one coming up. Will try and make it a little tougher, just for you :-)
prakash 7 May 2006 6:32 pm: 10/10
thennavan 7 May 2006 6:39 pm: 10/10; Compare this to my Rehman score and you’ll be able to reasonable say to which era I belong :)
anantha 7 May 2006 7:12 pm: that anon comment was from me
Cipher 7 May 2006 7:47 pm: 9/10 - 2nd is so familiar that i forgot it ;-)
S Anand 7 May 2006 8:17 pm: Anantha, which did you miss? Cipher, the actor for the second song is Kamal.
Cipher 8 May 2006 12:06 am: Was it tik tik tik or Sigappu rojakkal ?
lazy geek 8 May 2006 5:09 am: cipher, it was andhi mazhai
Anonymous 8 May 2006 5:41 pm: 10/10. isai inban.
Aravind 8 May 2006 11:03 pm: 10/10
zero 9 May 2006 10:08 am: 10/10
kummy 10 May 2006 8:21 am: 10/10
janani 15 May 2006 1:48 pm: hey am pretty terrible at the 80’s music. hmm… does that mean i am ultra modern or just badly informed. nvm.. they’re just as bad. but it was awesome fun. going on to the 90’s one now.
K.Shyam 12 Oct 2006 8:14 pm: 10/10
Peri 14 Oct 2006 4:58 am: hey wat is 5 th. It is verrry familiar but I couldn’t make it.Some Bharathiraja movie. That is sure !!
S Anand 14 Oct 2006 6:54 am: Peri, yes it’s a Bharathiraja film. Hint: Karthik and Radha.
ASHOK KUMAR 18 Oct 2006 12:04 pm: HELLO SIR I’AM ASHOK. I VERY INTREST YOUR ALL MELODY SONGS .SO I want to ilayaraja hit nengil nendra ragam.plese give to this alubm
keyan 28 Nov 2006 11:20 am: not challenging illayrajas music is in blood
sathish 6 Dec 2006 9:12 pm: got all 10.. It was easy one..took 5 minutes
madhu 4 Feb 2007 5:15 pm: got 10/10
Seetha 4 May 2007 6:18 am: Got nine..Wats fifth??s t not alaigal oivadhillai?? its not turning green :-)
sathya 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: i like illiaraja very much his music is something different from other music when i sleep at night fistly i hear illiaraja sir music then i myself sing then sleep
Sridhar 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: 10/10
ASHOK 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: I LIKE THIS COLLECTIONS GOOD,KEEP IT UP.
Ahamed 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: Your site has been one of my favourites.. Uniquely beautiful to see a great site in a web world of obscenity and vulgarity. Keep up the good work
Vinod Tamodharan 15 Aug 2008 11:59 pm: I LIKE THIS COLLECTION
Kavitha 16 Nov 2008 2:28 am: All Songs are nice
Deva 16 Nov 2008 10:22 pm: 3rd one is en iniya pon nilave. i forgot the movie name.
ashok kumar 25 Dec 2008 12:13 am: all songs are very nice and i give 10/10
kiran 16 Feb 2009 3:57 am: 10/10.. but beautiful collection. I am getting to like your site as well :)
Ashokkumar 16 Feb 2009 1:20 pm: Hi Gentelman I am very like & love your all songs I have your music song but i need your old melody song did you send me pl pl pl pl pl …………….
archana 4 Mar 2009 1:08 am: 10/10 beautiful songs evergreen
suriya 16 Mar 2009 3:15 am: 9 th i know the song..(poove sembuve) movie name dont know
why do you need it? 3 Apr 2009 3:01 am: 10/10 for me. I love Ilayaraja songs. There is a torrent with over 4GB of free Ilayaraja mp3 songs. mininova.org. Enjoy…If there is a better site, please post…
Selva 26 May 2009 3:35 pm: its interesting ya and i got all right
Vishnu 5 Jun 2009 2:58 am: ha.. finally scored 10/10 on a quiz.. these are very good brain teasers by the way.. thanks for the effort :-) ..
- Vishnu
Chnadru 13 Sep 2009 12:26 pm: Why is there no Panchu Arunachalam lyrics collection? Like kanmaniya kadhan yenabathu karbanayo……….
DJ 7 Aug 2009 9:51 pm: beautiful songs brings back my beautiful memories…..its like my soul….Ilayaraja the GREAT!! these songs automatically giving a pleasant feeling to heart, can’t express it…. but i feel to listen listen listen…
Sujatha 15 Sep 2009 8:45 am: 10/10.Very easy one.I enjoy these quizzes alot.
sharanya 16 Jan 2010 6:03 am: It’s very nice & Interesting
Anita 7 Jan 2010 3:40 am: Hey, i wasnt able to recollect even one movie, but all songs are my favs.
Merlin 2 Apr 2010 7:10 am: I got 10/10
kutty 2 Apr 2010 4:27 pm: i got 10/10
mahi 24 Mar 2010 5:25 am: i got 9/10 .. i can’t guess the 6th song …
S.Chandrasekar 2 Jul 2010 10:03 am: I got 10/10. This is just because I have lived with Ilayarajas songs .
Vijay 25 Jun 2010 1:44 am: nice one. got 10/10. You site is quite adictive.
senthil kumar 19 Jul 2010 9:08 am: dear sir, very mush ur musiq and songs so like this ur songs and musiq every body thanks for ur goods music ……
Ramakrishnan 6 Jul 2010 3:34 pm: I LIKE VERY MUCH ILAYARAJA MUSIC Bcase of he is the ONE & ONLY Legend of Music.iam always hear his songs.He reveled the own culture in every songs.
shanthi 24 Sep 2010 3:20 pm: very good collection…i got only 6 correct….its really interesting…I wish I know about this site earlier…
vijayabaskar 20 Nov 2010 12:55 pm: pretty nice collection..its really easy to recollect the songs with the base tune… not realised that it be difficult to guess the movie name….just got 5 out of 10
303 14 Nov 2010 6:39 pm: yay!!!.. naanga pass aagitommmmmm…. :) .. adhuvum 10/10 :)
TRG 8 Apr 2011 12:17 pm: I AM ILAYARAJA THEVARA RASIGAN 10/10
Kartick 14 Feb 2011 12:17 pm: @Sundar - Mella mella from vaazhkai.. guess u must’ve heard it in sarvam.. :)
Sundar 13 Jan 2011 10:44 pm: could some one help me find this song . I can just remember the starting music i think this movie suresh and either nadiya or purnima jayaram or revathy acted . Please listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEOOsnLaQPw you might know . Please let me know at rdsundar@yahoo.com
kagithan 1 Jan 2011 3:23 pm: 2m.. 3m.. theriyala
ravindra babu hyderabad 18 Dec 2010 1:27 pm: hi nice to hear and collections
Sudhakar Dhanapal 19 Jan 2011 11:56 am: Easyyyyyy.. 10/10
kuttuvababu 25 Mar 2011 12:27 pm: very easy and popular songs
DINESH 30 Dec 2011 10:16 am: NIZH, R.PARVAI, P.MUDIVATHILAI, M.VASANAI, V.KATHIRUNTHAL, S.BAIRAVI, M.RAGAM, N’GAN, S.T.MANASU, KARA’KARAN 10/10. BUT SONG 3 IS TRICKY
Shriram 14 Jan 2012 4:34 pm: got 10/10
Anamika 12 Feb 2012 10:38 am: Pogum paadhai dhoorame vaazhum kaalam konjame jeeva sugam pera raaga nadhiyinil nee neendhavaa…!
Arulselvam 2 Sep 2011 3:02 pm: 10/10 Nice collections
viji 20 Jan 2012 12:30 pm: 80’s songs are classic, romance, simply superb, its creates magic when v listen those songs people just forget the problems for sometimes enjoy the life, hates off to illayaraja for giving those awesome music, especially kamal + ilayaraja combo is a magic
das 7 Nov 2011 3:06 pm: yehhhhhhhhhhhhh nanum 10/10
das 17 Aug 2011 5:13 am: 9/10
vijay renu 15 Dec 2011 9:52 am: we got 7/10
Ranjani 7 Aug 2011 1:29 pm: 5/10
padmanaban 15 Apr 2012 6:59 am: Nice collection, good to listen best wishes. 9/10
Ulaganathan 5 Mar 2011 3:45 am: Yeah…. Aatha Naan Pass Ayiten. 10 out of 10.
divya 6 Mar 2012 2:41 pm: i just love raja sir
Shobhana 20 May 2012 5:10 am: I got 10/10 in this one too.. :)
madurai mouli 6 Apr 2012 8:15 am: 9 answer than kandupidichen. miss aanathu 9 avathu pattu. gotha ,just’la missu.
Kesava Pillai 20 Jun 2012 7:00 am: 9/10 ,பூவே செம்பூவே …மட்டும் என்ன படம் என்று மறந்து விட்டது …
Malarvannan 8 Sep 2012 1:57 pm: 10/10
Panimalar 16 Jan 2013 6:09 pm: Easy. Got 10/10. Very interesting to guess.
balaji 4 Feb 2016 9:45 am: wow ! 10/10feeling great
Aravindan 7 Apr 2020 6:08 am: It’s ever green songs very easy to identify the movie.so nice

Tamil film music audio

Mon, 01 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

If you’re looking for Tamil songs, the search engine at TFM Page’s audio section comes in very handy.

Comments

FRANKLIN 1 Jan 2001 12:00 pm: good
Rajkumar 15 Jul 2010 8:47 am: I found this site is very useful for south indian people especially tamilil people like me. Most of the songs i download from ur site. Thanks for ur hard work and ur teammates. I am really proud of u that ur INDIAN. Keep doing more like this in the future. Hats of to ur hard work ANAND. U hve done a wonderful job. Cheers Raj
praveenkumarchopra 31 Jul 2010 10:09 pm: i like maesro raja songs very much
Jaga 17 Jul 2010 4:03 pm: Ilayaraja good songs
R.KOTHANDARAMAN 21 Aug 2010 11:11 pm: i like it raja sir melodys raja sir is wonder full music directer in world
gayathri 21 Jul 2010 8:24 pm: i love raja sir songs.evergreen maestro
Senthil 24 Aug 2010 9:26 pm: Fantastic
Ram 7 Aug 2010 2:59 am: What a fantastic songs he made ! He will be in the books till the universe lives……….