Topic started by Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on Mon Jan 19 02:23:42 EST 1998.
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• From: maithu (@ dynamic25.pm17.san-jose.best.com) on: Fri Sep 3 18:04:11 EDT 1999
  
  mostly all songs in KB's earlier films are situation oriented.I always loved this song from irukodugal, Punnagai mannan poovili kannan....
  
  
• From: pal (@ 208.227.135.231) on: Tue Sep 7 16:45:43 EDT 1999
  
  Ramki!
  
  There is a song
  'poonjittu kannangal ponmani theepathil
  paal sombu ponguthu kanneerilE'
  
  in film 'Thulabaram' is a nice, melodious song
  which is aptly written for the film.
  I did n't know whether that was discussed
  earlier here.
  
  
• From: Ramki (@ pm533-31.dialip.mich.net) on: Tue Sep 7 21:17:36 EDT 1999
  
  Pal i dont think so. Why dont you start one?
  
  
• From: sk (@ azure.nus.edu.sg) on: Tue Sep 7 21:54:05 EDT 1999
  
  pal:
  
  Why don't you give the full lyrics of that song and write your
  views. I would be interested.
  
  
• From: Prakash (@ firewall9.cummins.com) on: Wed Sep 8 10:31:19 EDT 1999
  
  Movie : Simla Special ...
  
  After Kamal comes to know that
  SV.Sekar has betrayed him . He sings
  
  Paal pola kallum undu
  Gunathaaley erandum undu
  naan enna kalla paala
  nee sollu nanda laala
  
  This suits the situation very well
  
  
• From: pal (@ 208.227.135.231) on: Wed Sep 8 11:10:04 EDT 1999
  
  Movie: thulabaram. It is a remake of thulabaram(mal) which got one of the 3 oorvashi award to Sharadha. It is one of the sad story films where people come out of theaters with a kerchief in their hands.
  
  The storyline goes like this where a slumdweller works as a servant in someplaces faces many problems. On a festival day(pongal) where she is not able to make good food for her kids, She sings this song and makes her kids sleep so that they can forget a bit of their hungriness. a touching one
  
  poonjittu kannangal ponmani deepathil
  paal sombu pongudhu panneerilE
  pongal piranthalum deepam erinthaalum
  aezhaigal vaazhvadhu kanneerilE - ingu
  aezhaigal vaazhvadhu kanneerilE
  kannuranguuu kannuranguuu
  ponnulagam kannil kaanum varai kannurangu.
  
  next she compares food and dress of her kids with the kids of her ejaman since she is the one who feeds both
  
  selvargal illathil seeraattum piLLaiku
  ponvaNNa kiNNathil paal kanji
  kanneer uppittu kaaveri neerittu
  kalayangal aaduthu sOrinri
  idhayangal aengudhu vaazhvinRi
  kannuranguuu kannuranguuu
  ponnulagam kannil kaanum varai kannurangu
  
  maanicka thEr poLe maiyittu pottitu
  maharajan selvangal vilaiyaadum
  kaNNadi vaLayalum kaagitha pookaLum
  kannE un meniyil nizhalaadum
  illadha selvangal uravaadum
  kannuranguuu kannuranguuu
  ponnulagam kaNNil kaNum varai
  kannurangu
  
  
  The situation is sad. Whenever anybody hear this song it makes their heart heavy in the likes of
  'nilave ennidam nerungathey'
  'mayakkamaa kalakkamaa'
  'kaNNile neeredherku'
  
  
• From: bb (@ schubert.crhc.uiuc.edu) on: Wed Sep 8 11:55:02 EDT 1999
  
  pal, the situation is not totally sad. avm raajan and saaradha are shown to be happy with what they have in the movie. only in some places in the song, there is a tinge of sadness. also, i think the song occurs again just before she kills her children...
  
  
• From: Ravy (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Wed Sep 8 15:28:06 EDT 1999
  
  Pal & bb,
  
  I remember this movie in pathces (I was under 10 when I watched it). I guess this song appears twice in the movie. Once with AVM Rajan and again after he gets murdered in an union quarrel.
  
  There is another heart-wrenching song in this movie - kaatrinilaE, perung kattrinilaE by KJJ.
  Sorry for the digression..
  
  
• From: NAGARAJAN (@ ) on: Sun Dec 3 04:27:25 EST 2000
  
  Have anyone heard the song 'kaana vandha katchchi yenna velli nilave' in the film Baghyalakshmi?
  
  This is totally situational song. Really fantastic
  
  
• From: kiru (@ 192.138.149.4) on: Mon Dec 4 10:42:50 EST 2000
  
  I happened to watch this movie recently. Though this song is not a sad one (the first version). It is a 'fatalistic' song. I am not sure pal got the lyrics right, the woman sings positively and it is AVM Rajan who songs 'Ezhaigal vAzhvathu kanneerilE'. I liked the other song, which Ravy mentions, for its melody (like the lyrics for this song). Somehow it reminded me of the chemmeen (Mal) song.
  All these were penned by kannadhAsan right ? We do really miss him. A man's life is well-lived when he is missed. What a career !!!
  
  
• From: Vivek.R.V (@ ) on: Wed Mar 5 03:12:51 EST 2003
  
  Good 2 C thiz Group..
  
  
• From: Nazimuddin (@ ) on: Mon Nov 3 20:12:03 EST 2003
  
  Hi,
  I'm from Malaysia. I've been watching
  Tamil movies for 30 years but I especially
  like the artful speech, lyrics and poise
  of older movies compared to the present
  day ones. The songs in Thulabaram are
  very melodious though melancholic.
  I'll continue to watch such movies.
  
  
• From: prasanna (@ ) on: Sun Sep 19 15:36:37 EDT 2004
  
  Hi,
  Does anyone know the lyrics of the Malayalam film song from Chemmeen....Kadalinakkara poonura.
  Thanks,
  Prasanna
  
  

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