Simple Lyrics! Profound Lessons for the Journey of Life! Truly Blessed Lyricist! One Outstanding Composer! Great Song!

Kannadasan through the simple lyrics of this song has delivered to the world some great advice and profound lessons for accepting and facing the Journey of Life with calmness and courage. The journey of life begins with your birth which is definitely not in your control. (Aarambathil Pirappum Un Kaiyil Illai). The sequence of events that follow in your life too are absolutely not in your control, though one likes to believe it is otherwise! (Pin Aduthadutha Nadappum Un Kaiyil Illai). The entire course of your life has been designed, pre-destined and laid out before you at the time of your birth. This being the case there is no point in being scared of the future. (Paadhai Vahutha Pinbu Bhayanthenna Laabham). Just look life in its face and live it out with out any fears, guilt or regret, hence this was what you were destined to do during this life time! (Payanam Nadathividu Marainthidum Paavam). These four lines are a perfect and simple extract of the great Bhagavadh Gita! Kannadasan is truly a blessed lyricist! The last part of the song is about hope and faith and belief in the fact that today was a good day and tomorrow will be better day! Apparently when Kannadasan came up with the lyrics of the other song Kelviyin Nayahane, K Balachander had literally fallen at his feet and thanked him for having visualized the climax of the movie in such a lucid manner through the words of the song thereby simplifying the process of shooting the last part of the movie for him! (As told by actor Mohan Ram in a recent TV Interview).

This outstanding composition by the Great MSV is from the movie Apoorva Raagangal (1975) directed by K. Balachander. The film features Kamal Haasan & Srividya in lead roles with Rajinikanth, Jayasudha, Nagesh, Major Sundar Rajan and others in supporting roles. The Kannadasan - MSV pairing is truly an act of God done in order to give the world innumerable timeless classics. There are so many stories behind this song and this movie. This is Rajnikanth's first movie. Srividhya plays the role of a Character inspired by her mother the Great Carnatic Vocalist M L Vasanthakumari. This story is inspired by the 25th story of the legend of Baital Pachisi from 2500 years back.Two creative geniuses have come together to create this timeless classic. Incidentally this song has been sung by Vani Jayaram who came to the Tamil Movie Industry after an initial stint in Bollywood.

Hundreds of Popular Songs! Thousands of Successful Stage Shows! A Career Spanning More than Six Decades! The Unsung Singer with a Unique Voice!

A L Raghavan began his playback singing career in the year 1950 with the movie 'Vijayakumari' under the music direction of C R Subburaman. But he became popular much later with the song "Hello My Dear Raami" which he sang along with the actor/singer J P Chndrababu for the movie "Pudhayal" in the year 1957 under the music direction of Viswanathan Ramamoorthy. He has sung a song in a movie recently in the year 2014 at the ripe old age of 79! He has sung hundreds of songs as a solo singer as well as duets with all the leading Playback Singers of the 50s, 60s and 70s and for all the leading music directors. He was also very successful in conducting musical stage shows along with his popular orchestra, across the globe for over 50 years. He was the playback voice of the famous comedy actor Nagesh and has sung many songs for him in several movies. He is married to the famous actress M N Rajam. This super hit song in which he has sung playback for the superstar Gemini Ganesan is from the movie Paarthaal Pasi Theerum. The movie was a super hit and was released on Pongal Day in the year 1962. The movie had a stellar cast with Sivaji and Saroja Devi as one lead pair and Gemini and Savithri as the other lead pair. The leading pairs were supported by Sowcar Janaki, K A Thangavelu, C K Saraswathi and Kamal Hassan the child artiste in a dual role. With great performances from the entire cast and super hit songs composed by Viswananthan Ramamoorthy,  written by Kannadasan, the movie was bound to succeed at the box office, which it did in great style! The song has been sung so well by P Susheela and A L Raghavan but the fact is no one ever credits A L Raghavan with this song! The general assumption is it was sung by PBS who normally sings for Gemini! A L Raghavan is truy an underrated and unsung singer with a very unique voice!

Auspicious First Song! Super Hit First Movie! Starting Point of A Phenomenal Acting Career!

This is Kamal Hassan's first movie and first song, marking the beginning of a phenomenal and illustrious film career spanning over six decades and going strong even now! Kalathur Kannama is a Tamil romantic drama film starring Gemini, Savithri, Kamal and others. Gemini Ganesan meets Savithri in a Train and falls in love with her. Savithri is the daughter of S V Subbaiah who works for Balaiah. Balaiah the father of Gemini who is opposed to his son marrying beneath his status, convinces Savithri to leave the village. Savithri gives birth to a baby boy, who is however left at an Orphanage by her dad Subbaiah. Finally, Balaiah reveals the truth to Gemini Ganesan and he reunites with Savithri. There have been varying accounts of the story regarding Kamal Hassan's entry into this film: V. S. Srinivasan of Rediff once said that young Hassan had accompanied a doctor who had gone to treat an ill woman at the residence of A V Meiyappan. On hearing a loud noise from a first-floor tenant of the bungalow, the doctor was concerned that it was disturbing his patient. Young Kamal Hassan strode up the stairway to ask the noisemaker (AVM) not to shout over the phone as he was disturbing someone who was ill, leaving the person astonished. An impressed Meiyappan later provided Kamal Hassan an entry into films through this movie. However, the other version is that when Hassan accompanied a family doctor of Meiyappan to his house, Meiyappan's son, producer M. Saravanan noticed Hassan as a hyperactive and bold child. He took him over and introduced young Kamal Hassan to his dad Meiyappan who was looking for a young boy to act in Kalathur Kannamma. The rest as they say is history! Six Decades and more to come of a phenomenal acting and movie career! Music: R. Sudarsanam, Direction: A. Bhimsingh. Lyrics: Vaali, Singer: M S Rajeswari.

Greatest Comic Genius of All Time! - Nagesh! Over a Thousand Movies in a Career Spanning More Than 50 Years!

Nagesh is undoubtedly one of the greatest comedy actors the world has ever seen. In a career spanning over 50 years that saw him playing innumerable roles as a comedian, hero, villain and supporting actor in more than 1000 films, he ruled the Tamil Movie Industry like no other, with his immense talent, versatility and comic genius. He entered the Industry in 1958 and was a contemporary of the greatest comedy actors of the Tamil Movie industry such as NSK, Danaal Thangavelu, Chandra Babu, T S Balaiah, T R Ramachandran and others. Cho Ramasamy his contemporary at a later stage in Nagesh's career had mentioned in an autobiographical series which he had written in the Popular Tamil weekly magazine Kumudham had compared Nagesh's acting ability to that of the Legendary Sivaji Ganesan! Kamal Hassan too has echoed the same views in several of his interviews. You can read more about his early life and career here. This particular song features Nagesh and Ramaprabha one of the several talented comic actresses he had paired with during his career. This song is from the movie Nawab Narkali directed by  CV Rajendran. The song was written by Kannadasan and music was composed by MSV.

Another Comedy Song

This is a comedy song from the movie Thenali starring Kamal Hassan, Jayaram, Jothika, Devyani and others. This song features Kamal dancing with Jothika and Devyani and has been picturized as a dream sequence. The music for the movie was composed by A R Rehman.

Om Namashivaya - Kamal Hassan's Dancing Talent

This is a hit song from the movie Salangai Oli starring Kamal Hassan, Jayapradha, Sarath Babu and others. The movie is based on Kamal's dancing abilities. This song show cases Kamal Hassan's versatile dancing talent supported by very good performances by all the other actors. Incidentally Illayaraja won a National Award for this movie. The story is about Balakrishna (Kamal Haasan), a versatile dancer who wants to make it big in the field of art. But he keeps missing chances and his talent goes unnoticed and is ridiculed most of the times. He tries to battle poverty and at the same time realize his mother's dream of him turning into a great dancer. His life changes when he comes across Madhavi (Jayaprada), a beautiful girl who is also seriously interested in classical dance. She is fascinated by Bala's talent and she tries to help him get the recognition he deserves. They both soon become close friends and Madhavi gets Bala an opportunity to dance at the All India dance fest along with the country's best dancers. But a tragedy happens in Bala's life and he misses that chance. Their relationship further grows and Bala falls in love with Madhavi and proposes to her. But due to the unfortunate turn of events, they get separated and Bala sacrifices his love for the well-being of Madhavi. He turns into a drunkard ruining himself and his talent. What happens when Madhavi meets Bala several years after this, forms the rest of the story. (Courtesy Vivek Ranjit)

Rare Song from the Kamal Hassan Movie "Kumara Vijayam"

This song is from the movie "Kumara Vijayam" starring Jayachitra and Kamal Hassan. The song has been rendered by K J Yesudas and Vani Jairam. The movie was released in 1976 by Sri Murugalaya and directed by A Jegannathan. The music is by G Devarajan and the lyrics by Kannadasan.Pulamaipithan and Poovai Senguttuvan are the other lyricists for the movie.This movie was once telecast on DoorDarshan maybe some 25 or 30 years back. But now nobody seems to have the print of this movie. I hope some of the tamil channels gets hold of this movie and telecasts it soon. A nice and watchable movie.

A Hit Song from the 1980s

Varumayin Niram Sigappu (Poverty is colored Red) (1980) is a Tamil movie starring Kamal Hassan, Sridevi, Prathap Pothan, S V Sekhar, Dilip, Poornam Viswanathan and others in the lead roles. The movie is a portrayal of the struggles of educated youth and their disillusionment with society in general. Centering around three educated unemployed youth trying to make a living for themselves in the Capital City of India, New Delhi, the story touches several aspects of Indian social norms of the period. The movie had been directed by K Balachander and the music for the movie had been composed by MSV. This particular song features Kamal and Sridevi, the most popular leading pair of the Tamil movie industry during that period. This movie had been the debut movie for Prathap Pothan, S V Sekhar and Dilip.

Kamal Hits - Manjal Veyil Maalaiyile

This is a hit song from the movie Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu starring Kamal Hassan and Jyothika. The movie had been directed by Gautham Menon and the music for the movie had been composed by Harris Jeyaraj. This particular song has been sung by Hariharan and one of the other voices in this song is Nakul, the now fast growing actor. In fact Nakul's first interest had been music as mentioned by him in an interview. This movie had been one of the last few movies which Jyothika had starred in before getting married to Surya. The director has picturized the subtle development of the romance between Kamal and Jyothika by effectively utilizing a clever sequence of visuals, showing the pair's mutual concern though with slight a distance between them, differences in interests between them, etc, amidst the fast paced and glittering night life in the US. The movie had done reasonably well but it had not appealed to all sections of the audience due to its partly perverse kind of storyline. The singer Krish who is the husband of Tamil actress Sangeetha, by default sings this song whenever he is on stage or when he appears on any TV show!

Kamal Hits - Kanmaniye Paesu

This is a hit song from the movie Khaakhi Chattai starring Kamal Hassan, Ambika, Sathyaraj and others. The music for this movie had been composed by Illayaraja. The other heroine in this movie had been Madhavi. This movie is sort of a milestone in Sathyaraj's movie career. It is in this movie that Sathyaraj had delivered hi famous dialogue 'Thakadu Thakadu'. Though Kamal Hassan himself is not too keen to do purely commercial movie like these it is only these kind of movies of his which have really done extremely well at the box office thereby helping him come out with his other 'experimental' movies such as Gunaa, Anbe Sivam and the likes.

Kamal Hits - Poo Vaasam

This is a hit song from the movie Anbe Sivam starring Kamal Hassan, Madhavan, Kiran and others. the movie was directed by Sundar C who is mostly known for his comedy movies and recently for his role as an action hero. The music is by Vidyasagar and he has come out with his best in this movie giving a complete set of hit songs. The movie's broad theme is the famous saying 'Love is God. This movie has emphasized the concept that God is present wherever there is selfless love and affection . This has been portrayed beautifully in the other song in this movie Yaar Yaar Sivam. The movie has some great performances by Kamal, Madhavan and others.

Illayaraja Hits - Netru Intha Naeram

This is a hit song from the movie Tick Tick Tick starring Kamal Hassan, Swapna, Radha, Madhavi and others. The movie was directed by Bharathiraja. The movie had not done too well. This song features Swapna as the singer and Kamal as the photographer. The song had been sung by Latha Rajnikanth. This was the first movie which Bharathiraja had directed after Bhaghyaraj had left him and had chosen a genre which did not suit him. When ever Bharathiraja had chosen a city based theme he had mostly failed at the box office. Not that all his village based themes had done well too.

Sivaji Kamal Hit Song - Potri Paadadi Ponne

This is a hit song from the movie Thevar Magan starring Sivaji, Kamal, Gowthami and others. The movie had been a huge hit. The music for the movie had been composed by Illayaraja. This was a movie for which Illayaraja had composed music just after Oscar Winner A R Rahman had entered the Tamil movie industry and had been making waves. Hence we can say this was sort of a come back movie for Illayaraja. Sivaji had played a small but brilliant little cameo in this movie. You can see Sivaji dominating the screen with his extraordinary screen presence in spite of several other stars being present in the scene. Vadivelu had also played a small but significant role in this movie.

Kamal Hits - Illamai I(hi)tho I(hi)tho

This is a superhit song from the superhit movie Sakala Kalaa Vallavan starring Kamal Hassan, Ambiga and others. This movie is the biggest box office success of Kamal Hassan. The movie ran for an year. this particular song was the favourite of the youngsters of that period. This movie was inspired by an MGR film with a similar storyline. Kamal and Ambiga had starred together in a few hit films of that period. The music was scored by Illayaraja. Since the song starts with a Happy New Year Wish, this song was also a favourite New Year song of that period!

Kamal Hits - Swasame Swasame

This is a hit song from the hit comedy movie Thenaali starring Kamala Hassan, Jyothika, Jayaram, Devayani and others. In the movie Kamal had played a mental patient who has all sorts of phobias and Jayaram as the doctor who tries to cure him (thanks to the trick played by Delhi Ganesh). All the songs in the movie had been a hit. Thanks to the scored music by A R Rahman. Most of Kamal's comedy movies have succeeded at the box office. It is only when he tries to do off beat 'intellectual' movies he fails. But it is because of this risk taking ability of his that he is admired by everyone!

Kamal Hits - Kanmani Song from Gunaa

This is a superhit song from the movie Gunaa starring Kamal Hassan, Roshini, Rekha, SPB and others. This is a unique movie with an offbeat storyline. The movie had not done very well. This song was sort of the centre piece of the movie. The music had been composed by Illayaraja and the movie had been directed by one of Kamal's close friend Santhana Barathi. Incidentally Santhana Barathi started his directorial debut as a duo (Barathi - Vasu) with P Vasu as his partner in the movie Panner Pushpangal.

Kamal Hits - Rajaa Kaiyya Vachchaa

This is a hit song from the movie Apoorva Saghodharargal featuring Kamal Hassan, Gowthami, Roobini and others. The music had been composed by Illayaraja. This year (2009) is the 50th year for Kamal Hassan in the Tamil Movie industry and he is still going strong, which is an amazing achievement really! The entire South Indian Movie Industry had felicitated Kamaal Hassan on this phenomenal achievement of his in a recent Mega Event organized by Star Vijay TV.

Kamal Hits - Thathom Thalaangu

This is a hit song from the movie Vetri Vizhaa starring Kamal Hassan, Prabhu, Sashikala, Amala, Kushboo and others. The movie was directed by Prathap Pothan whose debut film as an actor was Varumaiyin Niram Sigappu also with Kamal Hassan in the lead role. This story is inspired by the novel Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. Incidentally the English Movie version came recently almost 15 years after the release of this Tamil version. This particular song features Disco Shanthi and Kamal Hassan and is supposed to be the first song choreographed by Prabhudeva.

Kamal Hits - Unnai Naan Paarthathu

This is a hit song from the movie Patti Kaattu Raja starring Sivakumar, Jayasudha, Kamal Hassan, Sripriya and others. Kamal Hassan had played small negative roles in several movies, prior to the time he started playing only lead roles, during the early and mid 70s. This movie was released in the year 1975. Sivakumar was the hero of this movie. Kamal had played a negative role as the brother in law of Sivakumar. The music for this movie had been scored by the duo Shankar Ganesh and not by Illayaraja as many believe it to be.

Kamal Hits - Vachchaalum Vakkama Ponaalum

This is a comical song from the hilarious movie Michael Madana Kaamaraajan starring Kamal Hassan, Kushboo, Urvasi, Roobini, Nagesh and others. The comical sequences shown in this song is an indication of what to expect in the actual movie.