3. Two melodious songs

It is well known that Raja is used to give great music even for dabba movies, as music pours out from him irrespective of film or situation. This movie Pudhupatti Ponnuthayi (1994) starring Vijayakumar, Radhika, etc was a flop but it had great songs. I thought I would present two super songs here. There are 3 more excellent songs. Just try to get hold of the original audio to enjoy all the songs.

The nagaswaram / thavil combo for two of the songs and BGM was played by the famous vidwans MPN Ponnusami & Sethuraman party (who also played for Kovil Pura). He had also used Thiruvizha Jayashankar for another film.

The 1st song – Azhagana nam paandi is sung by Ilaiyaraaja & chorus. This is again an excellent number for an insignificant situation, i.e. title song of the movie. Raja sings about the Madurai and Goddess Meenakshi. Check out how Maestro has effectively used the urumi melam in the interludes. This is one of the rare situations where Raja repeated the interludes, they are very short. Overall a pleasant sounding song to the ears.

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The next one – Maan kutti nee vaadi is a duet between Arunmozhi and a newcomer Lekha. It has a catchy rhythm and the orchestration is soothing.

I request readers to point out the ragas for these songs.

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