Ilayaraja and Lata Mangeshkar
bal...@2kweb.net
Vandana Venkatesan wrote:
>
> All this Ilayaraja talk ofcourse cannot be allowed to pass without
> mentioning the Lata/SPB duet from the Kamal-Amala starrer "Sathya"
> from the 80s, which I am inordinately fond of -
> "VaLai osai gala gala gala vena kavidhaigal padithida
> kuLu kuLu thendral kaatrum veesudhu"
>
> Lata sounds oh-so-cute here. No apparent struggles with the
> language despite the fast-pace and tongue-twisting words. No gross
> mispronounciations either.
>
> Any other Lata songs composed by Raja?
I remember one song in Telugu in IR and Lata combination.
It is "tella chiraku" from the movie "Akhari poratam" starring
Nagarjuna and Sridevi.
I think this only the second song which Lata sang in Telugu
other being "niddura pora"
>
> Vandana vven...@pcocd2.intel.com
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Vandana Venkatesan
All this Ilayaraja talk ofcourse cannot be allowed to pass without
mentioning the Lata/SPB duet from the Kamal-Amala starrer "Sathya"
from the 80s, which I am inordinately fond of -
"VaLai osai gala gala gala vena kavidhaigal padithida
kuLu kuLu thendral kaatrum veesudhu"
Lata sounds oh-so-cute here. No apparent struggles with the
language despite the fast-pace and tongue-twisting words. No gross
mispronounciations either.
Any other Lata songs composed by Raja?
Vandana vven...@pcocd2.intel.com
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Satish Subramanian
Vandana Venkatesan wrote:
> All this Ilayaraja talk ofcourse cannot be allowed to pass
> without mentioning the Lata/SPB duet from the Kamal-Amala
> starrer "Sathya" from the 80s, which I am inordinately fond
> of -
> "VaLai osai gala gala gala vena kavidhaigal padikudhu
> kuLu kuLu thendral kaatrum veesudhu"
> Any other Lata songs composed by Raja?
The first song of hers for Illayaraja was "aaraaro aaraaro nee vero
naan vero" from the movie "Anand". An year following that there was
"valaiyosai gala gala" (with S P Balasubramaniam) in "Sathya". Same
year ('88) there was another song in the movie "En Jeevan Paaduthu",
namely, "engerundo azhaikum en jeevan, en uyiril kalandhey adhu
paadum."
Illayaraja was not the first MD for whom Lata sang in Tamil. In 60s
some of Naushad's movies in Tamil had Lata singing in them. Lata might
have very well sung the Tamil version of Naushad's path-breaking "more
saiyaanji uthrengey paar" (lyrics by Kamba_daasan) from "Udan Khatola"!
Amala's character in the movie "Sathya" spoke imperfect Tamil, so the
choice of Lata was justified for the song "valaiyosai gala". But Asha
Bhosle had a tougher job in her first song for Illayaraja, as the
movie was based on a rural theme. Asha's song "senbagame senbagame"
in "Enga Ooru Paatukkaaran" turned out to be a superhit in '86!
Asha Bhosle sung for Illayaraja an year before Lata did. Asha also has
more songs with him than Lata, in movies like "Pudhu Paatu", "Meera"
etc. Asha still sings in Tamil films - for A.R.Rahman ("Iruvar"; '97)
and Deva ("Nerukku Ner"; '97).
--
bye
satish
Vandana Venkatesan
Satish Subramanian (subr...@cs.umn.edu) wrote:
=> Illayaraja was not the first MD for whom Lata sang in Tamil. In 60s
=> some of Naushad's movies in Tamil had Lata singing in them. Lata might
=> have very well sung the Tamil version of Naushad's path-breaking "more
=> saiyaanji uthrengey paar" (lyrics by Kamba_daasan) from "Udan Khatola"!
Why is it path-breaking? Who Kamba_Daasan? Of Kamba_RaamaayaNam? What
was the movie called in Tamil? Was it just dubbed?
=> Amala's character in the movie "Sathya" spoke imperfect Tamil, so the
=> choice of Lata was justified for the song "valaiyosai gala".
Hmmm... if someone who can sing "Munnalum pinnalum taLLadum, sen me'ni, en
me'ni, un thoLil aaDum naaL" speaks imperfect Tamil, I wonder what I speak!
:) :) She even says "taLLadum" (not "talladum") and "thoL" (not "thol") and
"naaL" (not "naal") correctly!
=> But Asha Bhosle had a tougher job in her first song for Illayaraja, as
=> the movie was based on a rural theme. Asha's song "senbagame senbagame"
=> in "Enga Ooru Paatukkaaran" turned out to be a superhit in '86!
Yes, it is a beautiful soft song sung beautifully by Asha. Wasn't there a
male tandem also? Was it by Ilayaraja himself? (I hope not. :)
=> Asha Bhosle sung for Illayaraja an year before Lata did. Asha also has
=> more songs with him than Lata, in movies like "Pudhu Paatu", "Meera"
=> etc. Asha still sings in Tamil films - for A.R.Rahman ("Iruvar"; '97)
=> and Deva ("Nerukku Ner"; '97).
=>
=> --
=> bye
=> satish
ravi_krishna
In article <6119dj$fj0$1...@news.fm.intel.com>, vven...@pcocd2.intel.com says...
>
>All this Ilayaraja talk ofcourse cannot be allowed to pass without
>mentioning the Lata/SPB duet from the Kamal-Amala starrer "Sathya"
>from the 80s, which I am inordinately fond of -
> kuLu kuLu thendral kaatrum veesudhu"
>
>language despite the fast-pace and tongue-twisting words. No gross
>mispronounciations either.
>
>
>
Oh, what a song you reminded me of Vandana. Fabulous is the only word to
describe it. The opening music and the interlude music was just out of the
world, particularly the first interlude music in which Raja composed with
mathematical precision in orchestra. I am serious , one has to listen to first
interlude music again and again to appreciate the intricacy of the music.
Though Lata did a commendable job in singing this tough song despite tamil
being a handicap for her it was SPB who was at his best with his flawless
abitlity and quest for perfection. A great song.
Suneeta Donepudi
In article <611isa$c...@epx.cis.umn.edu>,
subr...@cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian) wrote:
>Asha Bhosle sung for Illayaraja an year before Lata did. Asha also has
>more songs with him than Lata, in movies like "Pudhu Paatu", "Meera"
>etc. Asha still sings in Tamil films - for A.R.Rahman ("Iruvar"; '97)
>and Deva ("Nerukku Ner"; '97).
I have a some what related question ... there is a beautiful Asha song
from a
Telugu movie 'Paalu Neellu'
'Idi mouna geetam oka gunde raagam
padindi pellubigi(?) kalyani raagam'
The way she says 'geeeeeeeetaammmmm' is simply beautiful !
Anyone knows the MD ?
Suneeta
Vasantharajan Janakirahan
> > "VaLai osai gala gala gala vena kavidhaigal padithida
> > kuLu kuLu thendral kaatrum veesudhu"
> >
> >Lata sounds oh-so-cute here. No apparent struggles with the
> >language despite the fast-pace and tongue-twisting words. No gross
> >mispronounciations either.
I think Asha sang more songs in Tamil than Lata.
Asha's songs especially-
Oh butterfly butterfly -in Meera
Shenbhagame shenbagame - Yenga oru pattukaran
Oru devathai vanthathu (this is infact a true classical song-her diction
is flawless)
Mazhaimegam mmodum neram - sarkaraipanthal
were all masterpieces.
vasanth.