Song of the Day # 144
From: bb (@ 12.234.176.52) on: Thu Jan 16 00:48:30 EST 2003
Song of the Day: madhanOtsavam rathiyOdu thaan from sathurangam.
http://www.tfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/madhan.rm
- A lilting, melodious number by V.Kumar. Sung by SPB and Vani Jayaram. The song has a good guitar interlude that I like. Deva made an ultaa of this song in "azhagOviyam". V.Kumar's "unnidam mayangugirEn" was featured in SOTD earlier.- Sathya once wrote on V.Kumar:
From: Sathya (@ ppp-15.ts-1.hp.idt.net) on: Mon Mar 23 18:13:40 EST 1998
V.Kumar enRathum, enakku ninaivukku varuvathu :
naan muthan muthalil paarththa, kEtta ligt music performance, V.K umarinudaiyathuthaan..1972/73 my high school days.Aruppukottai town. angu orE pozuthu pOkku 35 paisaa tharai ticket koduththu paarkkum cinemaathaan.Live light music performance enbathellaam, eppadi irukkum enRu theriyaatha kaalam.
very poor, poor, middle class intha vakai students iruntha engaL school. school vaathiyaarukku therinthavargaL veettil Kumar thangiyirunthaar. antha vaziyaaka vERu engO pOkum vaziyil. school paRRi sonnathum, "angu vENumnaa oru program kodukkalaamE" enRu VK sollavum, vaathyaar vanthu headmasteridam sonnaar. engappaathaan headmaster. cinemavaa, athu ethukku pasangaLukku enRu kEtpavar; (inRum athE kELviyai kEttuk koNdirukkiRaar enbathu vERu vishayam). nalla manushan sir; nalla isai amaippavar sir enRu headmasterai convince seythu vittaar vaaththiyaar; oru cyclostyle circular ellaa classukkum vanthathu; iravu 7 maNikku thiraippada isaiyamaippaaLar Kumarin program enRu.
iravu school groundil koottam sErnthu vittathu. en ammaavum vanthaargaL.avanga
K.Balachandarin visiRi; athanaal, Kumarin paadalkaL mika nanRaakath theriyum.kuttith thambi " Bones" was there. tavusar, sattai pOttuk koNdu naaL muzukka theruvil viLaiyaadum vayasu. maRanthu pOyirukkum..Kumar harmoniyaththudan ninRu nadaththiya kaatchi innum ninaivirukku. Svarna paadinaanga. anRuthaan Svarna avarathu manaivi enRu theriyum. romba eLimaiyaana, adakkamaana thambathiyar. "ivar ippO puthusaa paadukiRaar" enRu chinna vayathu Malaysia Vasudevanai aRimukam seythaar. 2 maNi nEram pOnathE theriyavillai.
veettukku pOkum munbu, ammaa Kumar, Svarna iruvaridamum senRu mika arumaiyaaka irunthathu enRu solla, " neengaL ellOrum rasiththu kEttathE periya santhOsham amma" enRaar. Kumar& co vai anuppi vaiththu vittu, veedu vantha appa sonnathu
"ivvaLavu eLimaiyaana, adakkamaana, paNivaana intha manushan eppadi intha cinemaa ulakaththil irukkiRaar? romba aachchariyamaa irukku."
anRu appa sonnapOthu avvaLavaaka puriyavillai. inRu V.Kumar paRRi ninaikkumpOthu anRu appa sonna vaarththaikaL thirumba olikkinRana. athil uLLa uNmai theLivaakap purikiRathu.
What Sathya has written is a wonderful short story in itself and speaks volumes about V.Kumar.
Discussion Pages in TFMPage on this Song
http://tfmpage.com/forum/18280.20880.03.21.22.html
http://tfmpage.com/forum/14143.20880.03.21.22.html