A Super Hit Tamil Movie Inspired by Alladdin's Lamp and the Magical Genie! Adapted from the Hit Hollywood Movie 'The Brass Bottle'

This is a rarely played song from the hit movie Pattinathil Bhootham starring Jaishankar, K R Vijaya, Nagesh, Balaji and others. The music for this song had been scored by R Govardhanam and sung by P Susheela and T M Soundararajan. The song has been written by Kannadasan. This movie had been a remake of the hit Hollywood film 'The Brass Bottle' (which had also done well in India), by ‘Javer’ Seetharaman, a lawyer-turned-film person, who had been an expert in adapting foreign novels and movies. He had also played the role of the ‘Bhootham’ (based on the Alladin's Lamp and his Magical Genie) himself! The movie had been extremely popular with children those days, mainly because of the Genie and the magic tricks played by him. The magical phrase "Zee Boom Bhaa" uttered by the Genie everytime he performs a magic trick had been extremely popular with kids those days and is used by children even today. Nagesh had been his brilliant self, as usual in the supporting role as Jaishankar's friend.

Another yester year Kamal Movie Song from "Manmadha Leelai"

Manmadha Leelai is a Tamil-language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role, Madhu. The film directed by K Balachander also has Halam (Rekha) as Madhu's wife. A number of women actors debuted through this film, including Jayaprada as Kannagi, Y. Vijaya as Miss. Wrong Number, among others. The film also marked the debut of actor Radha Ravi, son of popular actor M. R. Radha. The film explores the life journey of a womaniser (Kamal Hassan) and his affairs with various women, including those who are married, and tells finally that nothing will last forever except one's own wife's love and others are passing clouds.

Balachander's directorial finesse shows in most of the scenes in the film. Even though it stirred up controversies, when it was released, later it became a cult classic. Controversies arose during the release, only because of the reason that Balachander was at least 10 years ahead of the film-makers who were making movies during those periods and tended to say whatever he wanted to say through his movies in a bold and straight-forward manner.

This song has been sung by P Susheela and SPB. Music is by M S Viswanathan and Lyrics by Kannadasan.

A song from the Kamal Hassan starrer Manmadhan Ambu

Dhagidu Thathom - Manmadhan Ambu

This song is from the Kamal starrer Manmadhan Ambu. Doing a hilarious entertainer is no tough task for Kamal Haasan and K S Ravikumar duo. Their previous encounters (barring 'Dasvatharam') proved a point that they are masters in the trade. 'Manmadhan Ambu' is obviously a cakewalk for the two, who give one of the best entertainers for Tamil cinema.


It has some entertaining elements, sentiments and emotions. Spying on one's beloved seems to be the crux. A possessive industrialist hiring a private detective to follow his ladylove, who is on a holiday abroad and the sequences aftermath the mission is what the movie is all about.Lace it up with Kamal Haasan's perfection, Madhavan's buoyant performance as possessive lover, bubbly Trisha and Sangeetha, Ravikumar's directorial touches and Udhayanidhi Stalin's production values, the film no doubt impresses.

Devi Sri Prasad impresses with foot-taping peppy numbers. The combined effort of Manush Nandhan's camera capturing the huge cruiser and the landscapes of Paris, DSP's racy re-recording and the wizardry of Kamal Haasan and Ravikumar makes the movie count.


Kamal Haasan is there right in every department. Be it the dialogues or the subtle silent expressions, he is breezy and entertaining. He is as solid as Sachin Tendulkar, fresh even after completing 50 centuries on the Test cricket ground. His one-liners and the agile stunt sequences are a delight for audience. Kamal has ensured that his fans are not disappointed all through.

Madhavan plays a bubbly romantic youth. The complex character of an over-possessive lover is handled well by him. Trisha is not far behind. She matches Kamal Haasan in every scene with her performance. Especially her subtle emotions, cherubic dance deserve a special mention.

Sangeetha is apt for the role. She casually dons it and gives one of her best. Also the likes of Ramesh Aravind Urvashi as Ramesh Aravind's wife Mallika, Kitty and Usha Uthup among others impresses. Malayalam stars Manju Pillai and Kunjan, who play producers running behind Trisha for dates, strike with their comical performance.

This particular song has been penned and sung by Kamal himself. Kamal’s style of rendition is same as in his yesteryear album ‘Vasool Raja MBBS’ for the song ‘Love Pannada’. The lyrical lines by Kamal Haasan are funny yet realistic. Sounds like the title song and can we expect Kamal Haasan shaking legs after a long time. Lines like – Rich man pay Crores of contribution to God and bargain for vegetables. It’s sure to be a chartbuster for this season. Devi Sri Prasad’s usual tactics of beats and instrumentals are good.

Muthuraman Hits - Engal Veetu Thangatheril

This rare to hear song is from the movie Arunodayam. The cast includes Sivaji Ganesan, Saroja Devi, Muthuraman and Lakshmi. The song has been penned by Kannadasan and sung by S P Balasubramaniam and P Susheela. The music has been scored by K V Mahadevan. This song is supposedly a lift from ‘Gun gunaa rahen hain bhavre’ –Aradhana. Wonder why KVM did this!

Another Great Performance by the Greatest Actor

This is a classical music based song from the movie Ambikaapathi featuring Sivaji, Bhanumathi, Nambiyar, Nagaiyah and others. No better tribute to TMS and Sivaji than this comment on youtube about this song, "TMS's unique performance with his solid voice. Excellent. Thanks for posting this. Of course, Sivaji Ganesan gives the impression that he is the one who has actually sung the song!" by nathenpeter7. The classical music knowledge of some the people who post comments is really amazing. If you go through the comments you can see how these people have pointed out the different raagaas used in this composition in the different parts of this song. P Bhanumathi is supposedly the only actress to have addressed both MGR and Sivaji by their names in those days!

Surya Hits - Manam Virumbuthey Unnai

This is a hit song from the movie Nerukku Ner starring Surya, Vijay, Simran and others. This is Surya's debut movie. This movie has been directed by the director Vasanth. When he had asked Ajith to act in this movie Ajith had declined the offer. It should be noted that Ajith's biggest hit during that period Aasai had been directed by Vasanth. So Vasanth decided to bring in Surya (who had been working in a garment factory at that time) as a new comer and as an alternative to Ajith. That is the story of Surya's entry into Tamil movies. Simran is looking like Surya's elder sister in this movie though!