19. Rhythms & Melodies

1. Dasarathanin:

Film name: Devi Sridevi

Maestro takes us through various styles of music. The journey starts as a Carnatic melody, typical Raja melody and goes pop, disco, then with African sounds and ends with funny drama type music of olden days (last portion sung by Gangai Amaran). Amazingly, he has woven everything into a single song. Maybe one of his longest songs.

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2. Ennanne nattukkulle:

Film name: Themmangu Pattukkaran

The name indicates that this is a Ramarajan movie. This is a Qawwali type song and Harmonium is the hero in this song. The song is about poverty and shortage of foodgrains. There is another excellent song on this theme – Oh indha ezhai geetham from Devan.

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3. Gaana kuyile:

This is from the unreleased movie Pooncholai, directed by Gangai Amaran. There is another happy version of this song, with slightly changed interludes and tempo. This song is set in Maestro’s another favourite Hamsanandhi.

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4. Kai thaalam:

Film name: Naan Sonnadhe Sattam

This is another gem I discovered from Project GEM. Typically orchestrated in 1990s, the song should take place in villain’s den. The rhythm change taking place in the 2nd interlude and continuing through the charanam amazed and captivated me (also reminds of Rajadhi raja un from Mannan). Asha Bhosle’s pronunciation gives more catchiness to the song. All the songs in this film are sung by Asha.

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5. Sevvarali thottathile:

Film name: Bhagavathipuram Railway Gate

This vintage song is a rustic duet between Raja and Susheela. Nice hummings and flowing orchestration throughout the song.

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