Song of the Day # 205
From: bb (@ 12.234.176.52) on: Fri Apr 18 01:26:35 EDT 2003
Song of the Day: vizhiyilE malarndhadhu from bhuvana oru kELvikkuri.
http://www.tfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/vizhiyile.rm
- MD: IR. Sung by SPB. I came to know only now, writing this, that the MD for this movie is IR, I thought this song was by MSV!
- The lyricist is Panchu Arunachalam. The lyrics is wonderful, especially the starting of the charanam:
kaiyaLavu pazhuththa maadhuLai - paalil
nei aLavu padarndha punnagai
Someone once remarked that this is the perfect description of a Mona Lisa smile !!
I must sheepishly admit that I had assumed that the lyrics was penned by Kannadasan, and came to know recently that it was by Panchu Arunachalam.
- The full lyrics is in our TFSA archive: http://tfmpage.com/tfsa/english/songs/bhuvoruk.htm#VizhiyilaeMalarndhadhu
- Saravanan has written on this film in the thread on Vani Jayaram:
Maharishi’s story, recreated for the silver-screen by SP Muthuraman. Screenplay, Dialogues and Lyrics by Panju Arunachalam.
A film that was a decisive turning point in the career of Rajini. While he had in the last two years, consolidated his position as a trend-setting villain of style, it was in this film that he showed that he was an actor of substance as well. Sivakumar was supposedly the hero, though his character was entirely negative. Rajini, in slot of the second hero, effortlessly stole the show from Sivakumar. Sivakumar, himself a good actor, was supposed to have vowed to be more careful while selecting his roles in the future!
Sivakumar, a charming, glib-tongued womaniser, manages to woo the unsuspecting Sumitra, and having had his fling, looks for greener pastures. Rajini, on the other hand, is sincere in his love, but his beloved comes to a gory end. Broken-hearted, he takes to drink. He pities the wretched unmarried mother, Sumitra, and offers her shelter in his humble abode. Sivakumar marries the rich Jaya, but the couple is childless. The story goes on thus, the latter half giving ample scope to showcase the emoting prowess of both Rajini and Sumitra. Rajini brought hitherto unseen shades in the characterisation of the drunkard with a heart of gold.
Black and White padam thaan, no special effects etc, low-budget settings- yet, for me, this will always remain my favourite Rajini film!
Not ‘?’, but ‘!’
And IR raised the film to great heights by his simply awesome score. Though the film had only three songs, each song is a glittering gem. Can anyone forget the mind-blowing SPB solo ‘Vizhiyile malarndhadhu’ or the lyrical SPB-SJ duet ‘Raja enbaar mandhiri enbaar’?
Discussion Pages in TFMPage on this Song
http://tfmpage.com/forum/8019.20880.03.21.22.html
http://tfmpage.com/forum/27030.20880.03.21.22.html
http://tfmpage.com/forum/4340.20880.03.21.22.html