Suresh
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Short Story Writer, Novelist, Author of the novel, 'Gharana', Curator of @carnatic101
Bangalore
Joined June 2010
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This was just a sample and I deliberately kept away the super hit songs for the most part. I can easily do four to five such threads only based on Raja between 1976 to 1979.
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I will close this thread with this lovely P Susheela song. 'mareya harushada' To me personally, this Raja in Salilda territory. I love this song. Thanks for following along.
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The wonderful 'naan pesa vandhen' from 1976. A B&W era of innocence. Innocence in music and also in the faces of the actors. When music was honest.
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'kuyile kavikuyile' from 'Kavikuyil' Voice of S Janaki. You of course know the other super hit song from this movie, don't you?
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Another lovely folk melody. TMS and Janaki (Yes, I said they have such few duets :)) and am giving you from that few) from the movie 'Bhairavi'
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While paying his respects to MSV and meeting the then producer's demands, Raja in 1978 was also showing he was his own man whenever he could. 'hey padal onru' from 'Priya' KJY and Janaki
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This song shows the various pulls on Raja. This song is more a continuation of the MSV style of the early 70s.
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The lovely 1978 beauty, 'megame dhoodhaga vaa' from 'Kannan Oru Kai Kuzhandhai' SPB and Susheela.
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I hated this song when it came out and was then blown away when I listened to it decades later. I wrote about my experience with this song on my blog. Do read.
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We now move to Telugu. An absolute freakout of a song, wherein Raja, Janaki and the whole orchestra freaks out. 'naa paruvam' from 'Yugandhar'
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'then malli poove' Another 1978 beauty. From the movie, 'Tyagam'. TMS and S Janaki.
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Another song from 1978, 'adada maamara kuyile' by S Janaki. Another song from this movie is famous even today. This song showcases Raja's brillance in fusing folk and film music elements.
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Let's switch to Malayalam for a song. The lovely Kalyani based, 'poovadikalil' from 'Vyamoham' Raja's first Malayalam movie (1978). KJY and Janaki
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Raja gave Bharathiraja a similar song in the same year, 1979 'tham thana nam' from 'Puthiya Vaarpugal' Jency and Vasantha the singers.
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From the 1979 movie, 'Pagalil Oru Iravu' the song, 'theemtha dheemtha' Of course this song had the famous guitar based song. I am sure you know which :)
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Raja has given many amazing female duets. Here there are three voices in this lovely. 'idho idho en nenjile' from 'Vattathukul Sadhuram' S Janaki, Sashirekha and Uma Devi.
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The staccato delivery and high-energy singing seemed to be tailor-made for TMS's voice.
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