Topic started by Vadi Velu (@ 202.184.134.10) on Mon Aug 4 00:57:34 EDT 1997.
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• From: Vadi Velu (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Mon Aug 4 01:01:17 EDT 1997
  
  I have a delicious bit of Tidbit on IR to share with all of you.
  Many people blamed IR for the downfall of TM Sounderarajan. But the actual case was TMS was already on his way down during IR's entry to TFM. The scene then was dominated by KJJ and SPB. TMS had also bad-mouthed IR on several instances. Yet, do you know that the FIRST male singer for IR was TMS??!! Do any of you know details of the song? Let me give someone else the opportunity to reveal it.
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Mon Aug 4 02:47:17 EDT 1997
  
  Wasn't the first TMS song for IR in AnnakkiLi:
  the pathos version of "annakkiLi unnai thEduthE"?
  (TMS's voice for Sivakumar was an atrocious choice!)
  I don't think either IR or the popularity of
  SPB/KJJ was the cause of TMS's downfall; I think
  TMS's voice had deteriorated so much after the
  mid 70's that people started losing interest
  in his songs. Only Shivaji insisted on having
  TMS's voice for a few more years; so in some
  Shivaji movies (Naan nadri solven, Thyagam,
  Dheepam etc.) TMS did sing some songs under IR.
  
  
• From: NOValen (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Mon Aug 4 04:13:30 EDT 1997
  
  Is it true that IR was origially a Christian and his name was Daniel Raja?
  
  
• From: PG (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Mon Aug 4 09:47:59 EDT 1997
  
  IR's original name was Rasayya and he was a (converted) Christian.
  
  
• From: Gopal (@ host-207-53-2-159.atl.bellsouth.net) on: Mon Aug 4 12:08:02 EDT 1997
  
  Yenna pethu raasaiyaannu
  Peru vecha aathaadhaan
  Ponna petha sandoshathil
  Ponaalamma Kaathaadhaan
  
  
• From: Vadi Velu (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Tue Aug 5 20:52:58 EDT 1997
  
  Three youths, living together, aspired to break into Tamil cinema. One of them who was from overseas (foreign) had sung a couple of songs, another had a couple of stories that he wanted to make into movies. And the other was a budding musician. After living in poverty and going up and down producers' houses, they broke into the cinema industry in the mid-70's in a grand scale. Do you know who were the three? Hint: The three joined forces and gave one of the biggest block busters in the late 70s!
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Wed Aug 6 07:45:23 EDT 1997
  
  Malaysia Vasudevan, Bharathi raja & IR
  
  
• From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Wed Aug 6 10:53:36 EDT 1997
  
  To Nov alias Vadi Velu:
  NeengaL oru quiz session arambiththaL enna?
  
  
• From: Gopal (@ host-207-53-3-35.atl.bellsouth.net) on: Wed Aug 6 11:35:39 EDT 1997
  
  Another episode:
  Namma mottai has seen the length and breadth of TAmilNadu. Once in his budding days, he was traveling with spb, amar, rdbaskar for a concert, in a car. It seems it was pouring heavily and the car was involved in an accident. The car had nosedived into a roadside ditch quite deep enuf to engulf the car in the rains. At that time it seems mottai said to the rest of the crowd in the car.
  "Indha gandathulerndhu naama thappicha POdhum! Nichayama naama periya Aala varuvom!"
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Wed Aug 6 12:48:52 EDT 1997
  
  CP:
  
  enna cp naan ketta quizkku badhilayae kaNom?
  
  
• From: NOValen (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Thu Aug 7 04:20:17 EDT 1997
  
  To: cp
  Yehnaa? Yein yennei vambuku iluthindrikeingo? Nanthaan Seivaney-nu irukureineh. Yenakku theiriyaathe vishayangalileh na thalayidrathilleh!
  
  
• From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Thu Aug 7 10:46:40 EDT 1997
  
  To Ravi:
  Ayya theriyadhayya! sob! sob! vittudungayya :-(
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Thu Aug 7 11:54:35 EDT 1997
  
  To cp:
  
  Hero-villain combo became villain-Hero later.
  The answer is...........
  Jai - Rajni (gayatri - murattukkalai)
  Interestingly the MD for both the movies is IR
  
  
• From: pg (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Thu Aug 7 13:07:57 EDT 1997
  
  IR has written two books. What are they ?
  
  
• From: Ravy (@ ww-tc22.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Aug 16 15:30:54 EDT 1997
  
  PG
  
  one is 'en innisaik kanavugal' and what is the other one? I know you have mentioned about that in another thread.
  
  Veenai Chittibabu has scored music for only one Tamil movie. What is that?
  
  Ayyo. Adikka varadheenga....
  
  
• From: Sathya (@ ppp-15.ts-1.hp.idt.net) on: Sun Aug 17 17:14:36 EDT 1997
  
  Melliasai mannarin thayarippil uruvaana padam-Kalaikkoyil.Direction:Sridhar.Oru veenai isaik kalaignan patriya kathai.MD-V.R.Anthap padaththil muzukka Chittibabuvin veenai payan paduththap pattathu.
  Dr.Balamurali Krishnavin muthal thirai isaip paadal athilthaan.Thanga ratham vanthathu veethiyile
  
  
• From: Pagalavan (@ mb.cisco.com) on: Sun Aug 17 18:39:28 EDT 1997
  
  Sathya avargaLukku:
  
  I thought Kalaikkoyil music was by MSV (alone). Was this not a film after their (V.R) split..?
  
  
• From: Ravy (@ ww-tb02.proxy.aol.com) on: Sun Aug 17 19:00:02 EDT 1997
  
  Sathya:
  
  Kalaikkoil had MSV as the MD in the titles. But the one I'm talking about had Chittibabu's name appeared in the titles as the MD.
  
  
• From: pg (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Mon Aug 18 09:38:44 EDT 1997
  
  The two books by IR :
  
  Sangeethak Kanavugal (Travelogue to Europe)
  Vetta VeLidhanil Kotti Kidakkudhu (Spiritual Pudhuk Kavidhaigal)
  
  
• From: Ravy (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Thu Aug 21 08:28:26 EDT 1997
  
  Veenai chittibabu isai amaiththa Tamizh padam-
  
  Thikkatra Parvathi - Srikanth, Lakshmi starrer; story by Rajaji.
  
  
• From: r.ravi (@ 202.54.35.160) on: Fri Nov 7 14:13:07 EST 1997
  
  I too have a bit too share. My friend named Mr.Bosco ( TV Host RAFI BERNARDS brother)
  was told by his father that during IR's earlier days IR and G.amren used to walk all the way from mylapore (thalayari street)and land up in a church were bosco's father was a "father". They used to sit all day outside the church and compose some christian devotional songs. In the evening they used to get some money and walk back to their home. Thats one of the reasons why IR does a splendid job whenever it comes to church scenes be it "Alaigal oyvathillai " or "Poovae poo chooda vaa" etc.
  
  
• From: Shibu TN (@ 38.246.180.52) on: Fri Aug 7 16:38:40 EDT 1998
  
  The two books by IR :
  
  Sangeethak Kanavugal (Travelogue to Europe)
  Vetta VeLidhanil Kotti Kidakkudhu (Spiritual Pudhuk Kavidhaigal)
  
  Could anyone tell me where these books can be bought now. in India or in the U.S?
  
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ envy.cs.umass.edu) on: Fri Aug 7 16:47:06 EDT 1998
  
  Shibu: As you can see this thread hasn't been active for almost 9 months now. it has been supersceded by the permanent thread TFM titbits and stories. Please post your queries there.
  
  

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