Song of the Day # 343
From: bb (@ 12.234.176.52) on: Thu Nov 27 01:55:25 EDT 2003
Song of the Day: vaNNath thamizh peNNE nee kaNNurangu from Signatures.
http://www.tfmpage.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd/vannathamizh.rm
- This is not from any film. This is a composition of Srikanth, sung by Raja Govindarajan (RajaG as he is known here). I have a small part to play in this song, I wrote the lyrics.
- We did this song as a part of an album called Signatures, which included several songs written by Udhaya and myself. Unfortunately, the album could not be brought out for various reasons. However, I didn't want to let this effort go into oblivion, hence the SOTD.
- This song is a lullaby, singing the praise of thamizh. I detail the various stages of thamizh, from its "kal thOndri maN thOndraa kaalaththE" time to its present, ending with a hope that the internet will usher in a new age of growth for the language.
- RajaG is a wonderful singer with a voice to kill for. He has been doing stage shows all over US. He has sung with the likes of SPB and Anuradha Sriram. Srikanth's 80s in chennai was featured before, he too is a regular in tfmpage and an avid composer.
- If anyone is interested in checking out this song in mp3, let me know.
Discussion Pages in TFMPage on this Song
http://tfmpage.com/forum/4537.20880.03.21.22.html
http://tfmpage.com/forum/5650.20880.03.21.22.html