Songs with the same ending Osai in all lines

Songs with the same ending "Osai" in all lines

Topic started by Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on Sat Jul 26 00:11:33 EDT 1997.
All times in EDT +9:30 for IST.

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From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Sat Jul 26 00:22:25 EDT 1997

Songs that have the same ending "Osai" in all
(or most of) the lines are usually very
pleasing to hear because of the rhythmic
symmetry that is created. The lyricist is
a very key person in the making of such
songs. In the era of Kannadhasan a number of
such songs have come. Examples:

Osai: kaai
aththikkaai kaai kaai (Bale Pandiya)

Osai: thEn
paarththEn siriththEn (Veera Abimanyu)

Osi: En
kanavu kaNdEn naan kanavu kaNdEn (Sivagangai
Seemai)

Osai: no
kaadhal kadai solvEnO, katti sugam koLvEnO
(Unakkaaga Naan)

Osai: lai
malligai mullai, ponmozi kiLLai (Annan Oru Koyil)

Osi: (mE (aadu kaththuvadhu pOl))
anbu nadamaadum kalaik koodamE, aasai ezhil
mEgamE (Avandhaan Manidhan)

Can we make a list of such songs? Are there
(m)any such in recent times?
From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.136.148) on: Sat Jul 26 00:44:34 EDT 1997

vaan nilaa nilaa - Pattina pravesam (Osai: laa)
mugamenna mogamenna - Subash(Osai:enna)

can we count,

aval paranthu ponaalE
mayakkamaa kalakkamaa
etc.. ??
From: ravi (@ ww-ty02.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Jul 26 00:46:45 EDT 1997

osai - than
Atthan, en atthan, avar ennaitthan - pava mannippu
From: Kanchana (@ ww-tp03.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Jul 26 09:04:00 EDT 1997

Osai/word: Nilaa
Anru vandhadhum ithae nila (Periya Idathu Penn)

Osai/ word: Kaaval
Udalukku uyir kaaval

Osai: A (if allowed by Sathiya Keerthi)
Kayendhum valai aada (Poojaikku vandha malar?)
Kattodu kuzhal aada aada (MGR movie)

Osai: ......dhadhaa
Kodi asaindhadhum kaatru vandhadha
Kaatru vandhadhum kodi asaindhadha (P. Pasi Theerum)

Sathya Keerthi, please let us know how you define "Osai" so we can add more. Thank you.
From: murali (@ pm1-dbq111.dubuque.net) on: Sat Jul 26 10:00:08 EDT 1997

There is a song, sung by PB Sreenivas.Lyrics starts like 'Yanntha uoor yannravane,vantha uoorai sollava,'Antha uoor neyumkooda, arintha uoor allava'.Very nice lyrics by Kannadasan.I remember they had this kavithai for B.sc tamil in Madurai university.if some one know this song fully,request them to put it in this page.
From: Padmanabhan Ganesan (@ client-116-32.bellatlantic.net) on: Sat Jul 26 22:36:12 EDT 1997

Kalyana Then Nila from Mounam Sammadham. I think this song was modelled after Naan nila nila alla.

Should we include 'Athikkaai kaai kaai aalangai vennilave' (Bale pandiya)?
From: Padmanabhan Ganesan (@ client-116-32.bellatlantic.net) on: Sat Jul 26 22:39:09 EDT 1997

Also
Kodi Asainthadhum katru vandhadha (Paarthal Pasi Theerum ?)
From: Kanchana (@ ww-te22.proxy.aol.com) on: Sun Jul 27 18:31:17 EDT 1997

"Kodi Asainthadhum" is already listed.

Another song:
"Pandhal irundhaal kodi padarum
Paalam amaithaal vazhi thodarum" from Pandha Paasam by TMS/SJ
From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ liberty.nus.edu.sg) on: Sun Jul 27 21:38:17 EDT 1997

Re: Definition

Most songs listed qualify nicely into the list
that I wanted; so I guess we are on the right
track. To clarify again, what I am looking
for is that the same osai should be present
in all (or, almost all) lines of the song, not
just in the pallavi. For example, I will not
include "mayakkamaa kalakkamaa" in the list
since the osai "maa" repeats nicely only in
the pallavi; similarly, "aval parandhu ponaale"
goes out of the list.

To: Kanchana

The song from Poojaikku Vandha Malar starts
as "maiyendhum vizhiyaada malarendhum kuzhalaada".
See PPP for the lyrics as well as a story
about the song:

http://www.iti.gov.sg/staff/kanagasa/tfm/ppp/kann6.html

Another song for our list:

Osai: "ttam"
thErOttam, aanandha senbagha poovaattam
(Nool Veli)
From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.8) on: Mon Jul 28 01:36:51 EDT 1997

How about 'vaazhavaikkum kaadhalukku jE'
From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ liberty.nus.edu.sg) on: Mon Jul 28 04:57:01 EDT 1997

To: Kanchana

On checking more closely, I see that in
"maiyendhum vizhiyaada", "aada" repeats
only in the pallavi; so it doesn't come
into our list.

Some more:

1. kettadhum koduppavane krishna krishna
(Osai: krishna)
2. ah ha hO kai kai malar kai
ammammo kai mel kai vai
(Osai: ai)
3. kaalaiyum neeyE maalaiyum neeyE
(Osai: yE)
4. naan yaar naan yaar naan yaar
naalum therindhavar yaar yaar
(Osai: yaar)
5. avalukkum thamizhendru pEr
(Osai: rr)
6. enna ninaiththu ennai azhaiththaayO
(Osai: yO)

Obviously, from the list we have generated
thus far, it seems "repeating an Osai throughout
a song" was mainly a Kannadhasan speciality.
From: NO Valen (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Mon Jul 28 05:52:02 EDT 1997

I dare to be different!
Have you forgotten IR's
Inthe maan unthen sonthe maan? There is one part of the song that is my favourite: Yennerthaan unnai yennithaan inthe kanni thaan. IR continues mogamthaan ..." Fantastic!!
How about Theirottam ananthe shenbaga poovaatam... by SP Bala.
How come everyone has forgotten Paal, thamil paal yennum ninaipaal....
The of course there is Chinna chinna aasai...
Does Theney then paandi meeney qualify?
How about Pooviley siranthe poo enna poo?
From: Kanchana (@ ww-tb42.proxy.aol.com) on: Mon Jul 28 09:38:31 EDT 1997

Another song:
"valarndha kalai marandhu vittaal keladaa kanna" from Kathirundha Kanngal repeats "Kanna" throughout.

Would it be double counting to include "Thamizhukkum amudhenru paer" by PS? You already have "avalukkum thamizhenru paer" by TMS, both from Panchavarnakili.

"Mullai malar maelae moikkum vandu polae" from Uthama Puthiran seems to have the "ae" sound throughout.
From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Mon Jul 28 13:04:28 EDT 1997

How about "Kannukku mai azhagu" from Pudhiya Mugam? - Here "azhagu" is used in all the lines.
From: Padmanabhan Ganesan (@ client-116-13.bellatlantic.net) on: Mon Jul 28 18:26:06 EDT 1997

Neeyethan enakku manavaati - Kudiyirndha koyil.

This song has a different osai - in Pallavi and saranams.
From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Mon Jul 28 19:22:09 EDT 1997

The song
"Parakkum pandhu parakkum adhu
parandhodi varumbodhu
Sirrikum azhagu sirikkum adhu
Sirithodi varum madhu" -

Has two osais "um" and "dhu"
From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Mon Jul 28 21:44:28 EDT 1997

NO-vaaga maariya NammaOoru:

"Indha maan undhan sondha maan" certainly is a
beautiful song that fits into our list. Who
wrote the lyrics? Gangai Amaran?

PG:
If you include different Osais in Pallavi
and Charanams then too many songs (in fact
a very large percentage of Kannadhasan songs)
will enter into our list; so let's leave
them out. In "Parakkum pandhu parakkum",
the sound "mm" repeats in almost all lines
and so it's OK.

Kanchana:
The osai, "rr" repeats in almost all the lines of
"Avalukkum Thamizhendru Per", but not in
"Thamizhukkum Amudhendru Per"; that's why I
didn't include it.

Yesterday I heard this song from Uththaman in
Malaysian Radio: "Dhevan vandhaandi, oru
dheepam koNdaadi"; the Osai, "di" repeats
throughout.
From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Tue Jul 29 12:44:13 EDT 1997

How about
"Pon enbEn siru poo enbEn
Kanum kan enbEn veru enn enbEn
En enbEn kalai ErenbEn
Kangal naan endran paarvai nee enbEn" ?

(Osai - bEn)
From: ravi (@ 39.richmond-001.va.dial-access.att.net) on: Tue Jul 29 22:22:56 EDT 1997

Osai - No

Kadhal kadhai solveno, katti sugam koLveno -

Sathiya or Bones, what movie is this one from?
From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Tue Jul 29 23:43:45 EDT 1997

Ravi:

Indha paattai naan querry aarambichchappave list
pannittEnE? "No" runs very beautifully (mixing
Thamizh "no"s with English "No" and "Know")
throughout the song. The song is from "Unakkaaga
Naan" & sung by SPB and VJ. Can you imagine who sing
this duet in the movie? It is Shivaji & Lakshmi!!!
From: Kanchana (@ ww-ti22.proxy.aol.com) on: Wed Jul 30 11:05:49 EDT 1997

"Thoodhu solla oru thoazhi illai ena" from Pachai Vilakku ends with "Thozhi" or "Thalaivi" in each line.

"Agaaya pandhalilae" ends with "aa" in each line, depending on how you define a line.

"sandhanathil nalla vaasam eduthu" ends with a "U" sound in each line, if you make each line long. (example: "mamavin ponnukku aagaaya megangal selai katti parkudhu aasayodu" has to be counted as one line, and the next line is "naan paarka koodaadha pollaadha vaanathil maman magal pogudhu naanathoadu")
From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Wed Jul 30 21:00:24 EDT 1997

Here's a very beautiful song from Pudhiya Boomi:
Osai: vaLai

chinnavaLai mugam sivandhavaLai
From: Ravi (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Thu Jul 31 07:36:05 EDT 1997

Sathiya,

OOps! Sorry. I must have seen your earlier posting and that's why this song was lingering in the back of my mind. Trying to imagine Sivaji's expression for this song!!
From: arimugam (@ mercmarine.com) on: Fri Dec 12 17:23:33 EST 1997

Varuvaandi tharuvaandi malayaandi...
Soolamangalam sisters....
Ends with AANDI..
From: Baskara Sethupatht (@ ) on: Sat Dec 18 05:04:29 EST 1999

Osai: Then (honey)

Parthen Sirithen pakkam vara thudithen
unai then ena naan ninaithen
andha malai then evar ena malaithen

Film : veera Abimanyu
From: parthasarathy (@ tswc3b004.netvigator.com) on: Sun Jan 9 21:36:46 EST 2000

malargalaipol thangai urangugiralal ai soundfrom pasa malar
From: vidya (@ pppa76-resalephoenix10-2r7212.saturn.bbn.com) on: Mon Mar 6 14:59:16 EST 2000

i also like these.
From: Raji (@ ip45.seattle34.wa.pub-ip.psi.net) on: Fri Mar 24 15:39:24 EST 2000

Kannum Kannum Kollai Adithal Kadhal Endru Artham
(Artham)
From the movie Thiruda Thiruda
From: Luvyaa (@ brf-cache10.jaring.my) on: Sun Apr 2 11:19:27 EDT 2000

how about this song?
"vaan nila, nila alla un valiban nila"
does this match the osai?
From: Luvyaa (@ brf-cache10.jaring.my) on: Sun Apr 2 11:26:22 EDT 2000

Chinna chinna asai..siregadikum asai
from Roja
From: vani (@ meenlab60.tamu.edu) on: Fri Apr 7 18:52:56 EDT 2000

Oru murai enthan nejill kadahi vaithu
( pallavi ends with ma and saranam with enna)
From: abdoul (@ 62.161.156.22) on: Sun Apr 16 20:00:34 EDT 2000

poovukkul olindirukkum (JEANS)
From: abdoul (@ 62.161.156.22) on: Sun Apr 16 20:05:16 EDT 2000

sattam illaatha tanimai kaetten (AMARKALAM)
From: ruban (@ 207.35.151.170) on: Mon Dec 25 12:14:17 EST 2000

pal thamil pal enum ninaippal athan thudippal...
it ends with the word pal;;
From: S.Gayathri (@ 161.142.84.21) on: Tue Apr 3 04:33:43 EDT 2001

I like this column!
From: TamilPen (@ 198.234.132.155) on: Fri Apr 20 15:31:31 EDT 2001

Song Endig with Osai The

"Pakathe Pakathe Panjaankathai Pakathe" from Gentleman
From: mahabs (@ 203.197.138.163) on: Tue Jun 12 08:43:11 EDT 2001

'siru ponmani asaiyum' - osai 'um'

anbudan
mahabs
From: maha (@ 198.200.246.211) on: Thu Oct 25 10:48:38 EDT 2001

How about "varam thandha sami-kku padhamana lali"?
Key word "lali" !
From: vetri (@ 66.20.62.5) on: Wed Feb 5 19:42:41 EST 2003

Osai-Mulzangu
Sange Mulzangu, sange Mulzangu -(Bharathidasan song,Kalangarai vilakkam)

Osai-Na
Chinna kutti nathaNa, chillaraya mathuNa
Kunnakudi pora vandiyil kudumbathaye ethuNa
(A old movie song)

Another interesting song is from Pudhiya varpugal-
Every stanza has unique endings:

Osai-Varum
Thamnana namdhana thalam varum
pudhu ragam varum
Adhil sandhana malligai vasam varum
Mana medai varum, pudhu olai varum

Osai-dhe
Sillena mellisai thulliyadhe
athai alliadhe
pen manam puvinum melliyadhe
............

Osai-No
Andhiyil vandhadhu Chandirano
Chandiran poloru indhirano.......

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