The movie features a duet ‘ Inji Idupazhagi’ sung by Kamal Hassan and S. Kamal Hassan, as usual, delivers a virtuoso performance while the great SIvaji Ganesan lights up the screen with a memorable display. I cannot help but mention that the great lyricist Vaali adds a whole new dimension to the viewer’s (and listener’s) experience.įew movies in the history of Indian cinema leave an imprint on the moviegoer like Thevar Magan did.
In my opinion, no other song captures the unique mother-son relationship better.
This moment is etched in my memory simply because of the divine music. During the song, we notice both Rajini and Srividya turning behind while praying when they hear the sound of a passing train (Rajini had been abandoned as a kid by Srividya in a goods train). The film has a host of fantastic songs but none better than Chinna Thaayaval sung by the legendary S. An adaptation of the Arjuna-Karna rivalry from the Mahabharata, the movie was a raging hit and Rajinikanth, Tamil cinema’s super star, delivered a sublime performance as Surya, the illegitimate son of SriVidya. Close on the heels of Apoorva Sahodaragal came Mani Ratnam’s magnificent Thalapathi (1991). However, picking the rest is going to be an even tougher challenge. I don’t think picking number 1 was that easy. You might perhaps want to listen to this brilliant composition while you journey through the rest of my list. I would put this classic as the finest Raja number I have ever listened to. The music provided for this song is easily among the finest provided by Raja and pretty much made me quite partial to his sad songs. Where does Raja fit in here, one may ask? You will perhaps realize this when you watch the song and the rest of the movie. Kamal Hassan delivers an acting and emotive masterpiece while S.P Balasubramaniam leaves you stunned with his singing prowess. A love failure song it may be, but it is one like no other. Case in point is the immortal sad song – Unna Nenachen Paatu Padichen. When I sit back now and listen to this song and the other fantastic numbers in the movie, I can’t help but get transported to another universe. I probably never knew then that this was a Raja song. Ok, I was probably slightly exaggerating there. I picked the song ‘ Raja Kaiya Vecha’ and delivered what was by popular consensus, an unforgettable performance.
At the school talent day on November 14th, I decided it was time to grace the stage with my presence. However, the same cannot be said of the hugely entertaining Apoorva Sahodarargal – a 1989 classic where the peerless Kamal Hassan essayed a dual role, one of which was that of a midget. Memories of watching Nayagan are quite blurred. I shall provide YouTube links to all of them. Read about the songs and listen to them at the same time. I asked quite a few aficionados to send me their top ten Raja songs (a seemingly impossible request to fulfill really) and the reason why they actually chose these songs. Some swore by the background music in the movies while quite a few others felt the voice lent by the singers was the key. Some liked his music while some loved the lyrics in the songs. I knew that like me, there were numerous fans of the great Raja. However, I did not want to make this decision by myself. Or better still, they seem to leave a permanent mark in your memory. Probably they just touch the heart in the right place. I have found it difficult to actually identify a reason why I find his songs incomparable. The situation with Ilayaraja songs is an altogether different matter. A few years back, I had penned a piece on old Hindi classics and experienced tremendous joy while writing and simultaneously listening to those songs. But then, I wanted this to be different, really different from any piece I have written before. This has perhaps been the longest delay (nearly 2.5 years!!) bringing out a blog from the date I got the idea. It is tempting to digress but I shall stick to what I set out to write. Ah, the charm of the stand-alone theatres. One of my earliest childhood memories involves watching Kamal Hassan’s classic Nayagan in Natraj theatre.
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