5. My current favourites

Veerathalattu was a 1998 release, which was an average hit, I think. There were 3 beautiful songs in the movie – Padikkattuma (very nicely sung by SJ) and Kadha pola thonum (very emotionally sung by Ilaiyaraaja). While Kadha pola song was publicized through movie trailers, Aala pirandha (sung by Ilaiyaraaja & Chitra) is another sung not noticed much. This is a very sweet lullaby coupled with a the situation of impending danger (like Mannava mannava song from Walter Vetrivel), which is like eating ‘halwa’ for our Maestro. Rajkiran and Radhika dream about bringing up their small kid, not knowing that the food served to Rajkiran has been poisoned. The villain manages to kill Rajkiran in the ensuing fight and Radhika escapes with the child somehow. The interludes portray the situation and is (lot of classical stuff) melodious at the same time.

This is a song from Archanai Pookkal – Kaviriye kaviriye (sung by SPB & SJ). I don’t know about the film (1982 release) and story. But, this is a nice village type duet. The prelude and bass lines are interesting. SPB’s singing (with laughs in between) is very romantic. I have heard 2 more good songs from this movie – Vazhimel is set to Amirthavarshini ragam and Naduchamam sung rustically by Malaysia Vasudevan. Its about the failed love, sync'ing with natural sounds like dog barking. If you get hold of the audio, enjoy these two.

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I discovered this recent gem from Maestro, thanks to Project Gem, which is continuously on my playlist. Japanil Kalyanaraman (1985), which is a sequel to Kalyanaraman (1979), was shot in Expo 85 Japan. As usual, Maestro has composed very special songs for Kamal. Kadhal un leelaya is sung by Maestro, which didn’t grab my attention when I saw the film. Frankly, I don’t know when it comes in the movie. May be, Kamal is drunken and sings about his love. Maestro’s voice has got an inexplicable ‘vaseegaram’. Instrumentation is mild for this soft, soothing melody. Hope you will also enjoy this.

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