Honoring Dr. Sirghazhi Govindarajan

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innum sila maNiyaana paadalkaL:

thaniththu paadiyavai:

1.kallilE kalai vaNNam kaNdaan

Kumudham
K.V.Mahadevan

2.iyaRkai annai thantha thellaam
ellOrkkum sonthamadaa

Enga veettup peN
K.V.Mahadevan

3.kaattu malli pooththirukka
kaavalkaaran kaaththirukka

VannakkiLi
K.V.Mahadevan

4.aaththilE thaNNi vara
athiloruvan meen pidikka

VannakkiLi.

5.manithan ellaam therinthu koNdaan
vaazum vakai purinthu koNdaan

Azagunilaa

K.V.Mahadevan

6.kaNdathai kEttathai sollaathE

Kongu naattu thangam
K.V.Mahadevan.

7.inbam enGe inbam engE enRu thEdu

ManamuLLa maru thaaram
K.V.Mahadevan.

8.aaNdavan oruvan irukkinRaan

Nallavan vaazvaan
T.R.Paappaa

9.paNam banthiyilE guNam kuppaiyilE

PaNam banthiyilE
K.V.Mahadevan

10.kaathelenum sOlaiyilE raathE raathE

Sakkaravarththi thirumagaL
G.Ramanathan.

11.vaana meethil neenthi Odum veNNilaavE

Gomathiyin kaathalan.
G.Ramanathan.

12.kongu naattu senthamizE thanga karumbE

Gomathiyin kaathalan.

13.sirippavar sila pEr azubavar pala pEr

14,manathil irukkuthu oNNu

Sabaash maappillai.

15.vaazvathu enRum uNmaiyE
Raja malaya simman
V.Ramamurthy.

16.tea tea tea vaanga tea tea tea

Kalyanap parisu
A.M.Raja.

Here are some of my favorites:

17.aadi adangum vaazkkaiyadaa
Neerk kumizhi
V.Kumar

18.samarasam ulaavum idamE nam
vaazvil kaaNa samarasam.....

19.bagavaanE mounam EnO
ithu yaavum neethithaanO

iraNdum Rambaiyin kaathal
T,R.Paappaa

20.ithu neerOdu selkinRa Odam- ithil
nyaayangaL yaar sollak koodum
Justice visvanathan
Vedha.

21.azaiththavar kuralukku varuvEn enRaan
geethaiyilE kaNNan

Anaathai ananthan.

22.engirunthO vanthaan

Padikkaatha medhai
K.V.Mahadevan.

23.nenjil uramum inRi nErmaith thiRamum inRi

KappalOttiya thamizan.
G.Ramanathan.


iru kuralisaip paadalkaL:

1.aasaik kiLiyE kobamaa en
arukil varavum naaNamaa - TMS

Sabaash meena
T.G.Lingappaa.

2.kaNgaLum kavi paaduthE - T.Lokanathan

Aduththa veettu peN
Athi narayana rao.

kavikaLum kaN paaduthE.. aah aa....ithai maRakka mudiyumaa?

3.thanakku thanakku enRu othukkaathE -TMS

makizampoo

D.B.Ramachandra.

4.Eththamunnaa Eththam ithilE
irukkuthu munnEththam - TMS

Arasilang kumari

G.Ramanathan.

5.isaiyaay thamizaay iruppavanE -T.R.mahalingam

6.venRiduvEn naan venRiduvEn - TMS

Agaththiyar.
K.Vaithyanathan.


Sirkaazhi L.R.Eswari, Jamunarani, Sulamangalam Rajalakshmi ivargaLudan jaalyaana paadalkaL niRaiya paadiyirukkiRaar.

1.maamiyaarukku oru sEthi athai
mathichchu nadanthaa mariyaathi - T.V.Rathnam.

Paniththirai.

K.V.Mahadevan.

2.kaathalai sOthichchu paarkkattumaa - Jamunarani.

Kaithi kannaayiram.
K.V.Mahadevan.

3.pattaNanthaan pOkalaamadi pombaLE - P.Susila.

Enga veettu mahalashmi.
Master H.Venu.

4.ammanO saamiyO aththaiyO maamiyO - L.R.Eswari.

Naan.
T.K.Ramamurty.

5.beautiful marvellous excellent very very excellent
naam piRanthirukka vENdiyathu England - LRE

Manam oru kurangu.

6.kaNdaalum kaNdEnE un pOlE - LRE

7.maa maNakkuthu poo maNakkuthu mallikaip poo kaattilE - LRE

iraNdum Vallavanukku vallavan
Vedha.

8.kaathal uNdaakum kattazaki unnaalE - LRE
Iru vallavargal.

9.puLLi vaikkiRaan podiyan sokkuRaan - P.Leela

Uththama puththiran.
G.Ramanathan.

10.aada vaanga aNNaaththE anjaatheenga aNNaaththE - Jikki.

Chakkaravarththi thirumakal.
G.Ramanathan.

innum mika arumaiyaana duet songs irukkinRana. more later.


intha gaNeer kuralai thamizhp padangaLil yaaraavathu iRanthaal allathu oru sOka sceneukkenRu asareeriyaaka olikkum paadalukkenRu muththirai kuththi, appadippatta paadalkaLum niRaiya irukkinRana. ithaRkaaka Sathiya Keerthi vaiththa pattap peyar "mayaana baagavathar".
"akka, eppadiththaan intha mayaana baagavathar paadalkaLai sErththu vachchirukkO theriyalai" ithu enathu casette collection paarththu S.Keerthi oru kaalaththil adiththa comment. appOthu ninaiththathillai - ippadi ellOrudanum paadalkaLaip paRRi discuss seyvOm enRu.

NOVkku nanRi.

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Sathiya Keerthi - Thanx for the link. One question though. Balaji says SG has sung for Ilayaraja. Is that true? Any examples?

Amar - Your obsevation on SG overshadowing any other singer he pairs with, is certainly very interesting, not to mention, accurate.. :-)).
I don't understand your statement: he always believed in singing in one and only way, the Ganeer-Pure-Tamil way <u>which has its good & bad points.</u> Please explain the bad.

Amar - I think there was a point of contention with regard to the Oadam nathiyiniley/Oadam naduviniley song. If you look in the archives, there is a posting which says Kannadasan was annoyed with his assistant in misinterpreting his song.

aruLarasan - Juicy bit of info on the BG of Agathiyar. Very much in line with TMS's character. Your list refreshed my memory quite a bit. :-)) I especially like chithtiramE chithtiramE sirikka kUdAdhA. I haven't heard shivashankari shivAnandhalahari though.

RV - A thought - don't you agree that Poova Thalaoya Pottaa Theriyum and Vetri Venduma Pottup Paarada Edhir Neechal sound almost similar?
I loved your quote: I wish he had sang more songs!

ppp kalanjiyamey Sathya - Yennavendru solvathamma.........? You have recovered a lot more gems! Songs such as .manithan ellaam therinthu koNdaan , paNam banthiyilE guNam kuppaiyilE, vaana meethil neenthi Odum veNNilaavE, bagavaanE mounam EnO, ithu neerOdu selkinRa Odam, azaiththavar kuralukku varuvEn enRaan geethaiyilE kaNNan and engirunthO vanthaan yellaam saagaa varam petravei!
Ungal "mayaana baagavathar" story migavum suvariyasamaaga irunthathu. I sometimes wonder at the environment these three song-crazy siblings grew up in. :-)))

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NOV :

I think the bad part is that irrespective of who is lip-sync ing the song, it is only SG who comes to your mind. SG's voice did not suit anybody.

His 'vinAyakanE vinai theerpavanE' is THE song to play on vinAyaka chathurthi.

SG alongwith LRE will be remembered by the public not for their cine songs but for their devotional songs.

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NOV:

My point on "bad" has been mentioned by PG( Thanks! ).

One song that I know SG has sung under IR is from "Bhatrakaali", "Oadugiraal, Urugugirral, Yethaiyo Theidugiraal, Yetharkko Vaaduginraal, Pithaai Aaduginraal!" - an excellent song!

Sathya, I know how Keerthi felt about SG in those days, because we also said something similar about SG as "Mayaana Bhaagavathar". I know how much I had hated songs like, "Devankovil Maniyoasai" and "Aadi Adanghum Vazhkkaiyada" and I can't believe how much I love to hear these and other SG songs now( Yenna, Vayasaayiduchonnu Oru Kavalai Avvalavuthaan! )

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Amar:
Same case here too of appreciating music I used to hate during my teenage & early twenties; not just with seerkAzhi, but also with a lot of what I used to consider to be my grandparents' generation songs (PUC, MKT, MS, Vasanthakokilam et al). enna mAyamO???!!!

Some more additions to topic:
kaNNAna kaNNanukku avasaramA--with PS in AlayamaNi
kaNNilE neer edhaRku--policekAran magaL
pAradi kaNNE konjam paiththiyamAnadhu nenjam--with PS in vallavanukku vallavan?

Some of his lesser-known songs:
kutRAla malaiyilE kudhiththu vandha thamizhilE--uyirA mAnamA
angamellAm thangamO--vAzhaiyadi vAzhai

My favorites continue to be maraNaththai eNNik kalangidum vijayA and uLLaththil nalla uLLam both from karNan.

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Some other lesser known favorites:
1. Seer Mevum Guru Paadham with NSK in Chakravarthi Thirumagal. His voice almost suits MGR in this movie. At least it doesnt sound unsuitable. ;-)

2. Va Endru Sonnadhum Vandhaye Nee in Mamiyarum Oru Veettu Marumagale ( Thanks Manisegaran for solving this puzzle! )


Some songs which surprising hvnt been mentioned yet;

All songs in Kappalottiya Thamizhan;
1. Odi Vilaiyaadu Paappa
2. Vellip Pani Malai Meedhulavuvom
3. Nenjil Uramumindri ( My all time favorite )
4. Paarukkulle Nalla Naadu

The combination of Trichy Loganathan and Seerkazhi was brilliant.

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Nov:

Yes, Poova Thalaiya and Vetri Venduma sound similar.

Seerkazhi was one of the voices of Nagesh. ( AL Ragavan suits Nagesh best. ) I remember another song, "Sirippen Sirippen Siritthuk Kondiruppen" in Chinnanjiru Ulagam by KVM.

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RV's posting reminded me of seekAzhi's passionate rendition of Bharadhidhasan's sangE muzhangu with PS in kalangarai viLakkam.

Also, to be included annaiyin aruLE vA vA vA from Adipperukku.

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SG had a song in 'thai mookambigai'-music IR

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Other kaneer from seerkAzi:

"thennagamAm inbath thiru nAtil mEviyathOr kannadathu" from ithayakani

also I like SG better than TMS in:

kAsikku pOgum sanyAsi un kudumbam ennAgum nee yOsi
from Chandrothayam and

thiruchendurin kadalOrathil senthil nAthan arasAngam
from theivam

madurai arasALum meenAkshi mAnagar kAnchiyelE kAmAtchi (Athi parasakthi ??)

SG's song for surLirajan from Athi parasakthi is also a good one:
pAvAdaikAri ....AthAdi mAriyammA sOru AkiputtEn vAdiyammA

pazani santhana vAsamadikithu poosiyathu yArO
from vAzkai padagu

Also I like that SG's song from Kandhan karuNai
aru badai veedu konDa thirumurugA
moochu vidAmA oru 7/8 para pAditE iruppAr.

Also he was a good actor.

Have you noticed that in all those 3/4 singers singing together songs,
SG's voice would be the dominating one, like:

1000m karangal neeti anaikindra thAyE pOtri
dEvan vandhAn dEvan vandhAn kuzanthai vadivilE
ArOdum maNNil engum neerodum

I used to wonder how SeerkAzi got missed in that
Barathavilas song!!!