Super Hit And Most Successful On Screen Pair! Twenty Six Back to Back Hit Movies During the Golden Era of Tamil Cinema!

This is a hit song from the movie Thaai Sollai Thattaathey starring MGR, Saroja Devi and others. This song has been sung by the inimitable pair of TMS and P Susheela. The music has been composed by K V Mahadevan and the lyrics have been penned by Kannadhasan. Year of release 1962. After making a successful and super hit start together in the Mega Hit movie Nadodi Mannan, the pair of MGR-Saroja Devi gave 26 back to back hit films together during the Golden Era of Tamil cinema. The list of hit movies included Thirudathey, Thai Sollai Thattathey (Song Featured Here is from this movie), Paasam, Thaayaikaatha Thanayan, Asai Mugam, Periya Idathu Penn, Dharmam Thalaikkakkum, Neethikku Pin Pasam, Pannakkara Kudumbam, Padakoti, Nadodi, Thali Bhagyam, Naan Anayittaal, Petraalthaan Pillaiya, Arasa Kattalai and Kudumba Thalaivan. Some of Saroja Devi's best performances opposite MGR were the 'rich girl' roles in Anbe Vaa, Enga Veettu Pillai, En Kadamai, Deiva Thaai, Kalangarai Vilakkam, Pana Thottam, Parrakkum Paavai, Thayin Madiyil, etc., well the list is almost an endless one. Enjoy the song!

Evergreen Romantic Song! Super Hit Tamil Movie Inspired by the Super Hit Hollywood Romantic Comedy Come September!

This Evergreen romantic song is from the movie Anbe Vaa starring MGR, Saroja Devi, Nagesh, Manorama, TR Ramachandran (the other famous Ramachandran of the Tamil movie industry) and others. The movie was produced by the leading production house AVM and was directed by the famous director A C Thirulokchander. The music for the movie had been composed by MSV and the lyrics had been written by MGR's favorite lyricist Vaali. This song has been sung by TMS and P Susheela. The plot of the movie is broadly based on the famous English Movie Come September (1961), which features Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida. JB (MG Ramachandran) is a wealthy industrialist who decides to take a break at his Simla home away from business concerns. He lands there to find that his caretaker has rented his house to Geeta's (Saroja Devi)'s family, taken the rent and left for Kasi with his wife. His daughter Manorama and brother in law Nagesh are left in charge of the house and the guests. JB decides not to reveal his identity and pretends to be a wealthy man, Balu, willing to pay rent for a place in the house. Nagesh takes the money and gives him JB's room. He keeps playing practical jokes on Geetha hand they keep clashing. She brings her friends who are on a trip to Simla and tries to drive JB from the house. After he gets the friends on his side, she gets angry and tells her parents to get her married to Asokan, a relative and an air force pilot. By the time Balu confesses his love for her, Geetha's engagement is already fixed. Asokan turns out to be a school friend of JB's but he also agrees to play along with the trick. Asokan discovers that Balu and Sarojadevi are actually in love with each other and steps aside. When Balu is finally revealed as JB, Geetha thinks that the wedding plans are yet another of Balu's practical jokes and tries to run away. He finds her and all misunderstandings are cleared. The two get married. (Courtesy Wikipedia). This romantic song is one of the most popular songs in the history of the Tamil Movie Industry. Enjoy the song!

Don't Be Scared of Poverty! Don't Forget that You Have the Talent to Overcome any Adversity!

Don't Be Scared of Poverty! Don't Forget that You Have the Talent to Overcome any Adversity! This is the rough translation and meaning of the first couple of lines of this super hit song from the 1961 movie Thirudathe starring MGR, Saroja Devi, M N Nambiar, K A Thangavelu, M N Rajam and others. The movie was directed by P Neelakantan. After the phenomenal success of Nadodi Mannan this is the movie that established MGR's status as a super star who can do equally well in period films as well as social dramas. He needed a talented writer to come up with the story and screenplay for a successful social drama and Kannadasan did exactly that for this movie. The movie was a super hit and ran for more than 150 days in most places. Kannadasan also wrote the lyrics of all the songs in this movie except for this one. The lyrics for this famous song was written by the legendary poet with prodigious talent, Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram. He wrote some of the most inspirational and motivational songs for MGR such as Thoongathe Thambi Thoongathe in Nadodi Mannan, Chinna Payale Chinna Payale in Arasilangumari apart from this one. The essence of this song is to motivate one to fearlessly face life and overcome life's adversities with the help of the innate character and talent which god has blessed each one of us with. We sometimes tend to forget our talent and get bogged down by adversities and self doubt. This song serves as a tonic to wake one up to use one's talent and realize one's true potential without looking for shortcuts to success. Be inspired! Realize your potential! Music by S M Subbaiah Naidu.

Don't be Lazy! Inspirational Song! Sensational Super Hit Movie Starring, Produced and Directed by MGR!

Naadodi Mannan is a Sensational Super Hit Movie starring M. G. R in the lead role supported by P Bhanumathi, Saroja Devi and others. MGR himself had produced and directed this movie. Commenting on the title Nadodi Mannan, MGR is said to have confessed that if the movie profited, he would be a King (Mannan); if it flopped, he would be a homeless nomad (Nadodi). The movie was in the making for a few years. All dedicated members of MGR’s entourage were put to work night and day on the project. K. Ramnoth was appointed to direct this movie, but upon his sudden demise on 4 October 1956, MGR had taken up the direction responsibilities. The latter portions depicting the happenings in the island were shot in colour. In turn, MGR received help from unexpected parties. B. Nagi Reddy had supported by allowing MGR for grand sets in Vijaya Studios, which was then Asia's biggest film studio. Until then only studio owners could make movies with magnificent sets. Likewise, S. S. Vasan of Gemini Studios had lent his expensive equipment voluntarily so that the miniature shots scenes would come out well. It is believed that it was the only time that any equipment of Gemini Studious was ever permitted to be taken out of the premises. Another person to support the venture was Senior Director K. Subramanyam who had been requested by MGR to oversee his work. K. Subramanyam had attended just one shooting schedule and was so impressed with MGR’s diligent approach that felt that there was no need for anyone to supervise MGR. K. Subramanyam in turn had made all arrangements for many of the outdoor shoots, especially at Munnar and he even flew to Bombay to ensure a fresh supply of color film so that the shooting could continue uninterrupted. (Source: Wikipedia). This particular song is an inspirational song written by the famous lyricist Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram, motivating lazy people. Music for this particular song was composed by S M Subbaiah Naidu and sung by TMS. The film was released in the year 1958. It was a super duper hit and ran for more than 100 days in all major centres. The Film was re-released in 2005 and ran successfully for 100 days yet again 50 years later!

Direct Face-Off Between Two All-Time Great Lyricists! Great Song from A Record Breaking Box Office Hit from 1973!

This is a great song from the movie Ulagam Suttrum Vaaliban, starring MGR in a double role, Manjula, Latha, Nambiar, Nagesh, Asokan and others. This was the first movie for which an acronym was used popularly by the audience 'USUVAA', a concept which is widely prevalent today and is almost a norm for almost all movies. This movie was produced and directed by MGR himself. The movie was one of the biggest blockbuster hits of Tamil Cinema and ran for more than 200 days in some centres and crossed 150 days in almost all main cities in Tamil Nadu. It ran for 203 days in Colombo and is one of those rare movies where in both Kannadasan and Vaali have written the lyrics for various songs. Kannadasan has written the lyrics for the three songs Aval Oru Navarasa, Lily Malarukku and Ulagam Ulagam. Pulamai Pithaan has written the song Sirithu Vaazha Vendum and the rest of the songs have been written by Vaali. It is difficult to pick out a clear winner since all the songs in this movie were super hits. This is one movie in which TMS, SPB and Yesudas (for the first time) have all sung playback for MGR! The music for this movie was composed by MSV and this song featuring MGR and Manjula, written by Vaali, was sung by TMS. This song is no doubt one of Vaali's outstanding creations. Having been in a direct face-off with Kannadasan, Vaali has truly excelled himself and seems to have come out on top with this particular song! Even the single song by Pulamaipithan, 'Sirithu Vaazha Vendum' is an exceptional song! Credit goes to MGR the director, to have brought together such a galaxy of talented people and to have brought out the best in each of them!

Three Great Legends of Tamil Cinema with a Flair for Comedy! Blessed with Great Comic Timing! End Result One Hilarious Song!

MGR, Nagesh and Manorama have acted in several movies together and have been part of several comic sequences during their individually illustrious and outstanding movie careers. These great legends of Tamil cinema have an amazing flair for comedy and are truly blessed with an intuitive sense of comic timing which is an absolute necessity for any successful actor. There has been enough and more said and written about Nagesh and Manorama's comical talent and their ability to do comic roles. MGR's flair for comedy and his innate ability to do comic roles with effortless ease is something that hasn't been written about much. MGR has written extensively about his journey filled with struggles and milestones and guided by the positive influence and inspiration of great many legends and doyens in the Tamil movie industry. That MGR had been influenced greatly by N S Krishnan both in his personal life and professional life is a known fact. MGR has also mentioned that actors such as Kali N Ratnam of 'Sabapathy' fame, were great influence in his stage and movie careers. If N S Krishnan had influenced MGR to do comic sequences with a social message such as this song, it was actors such as Kali N Ratnam who had influenced him to do comic sequences that were simple yet compelling and acceptable to and enjoyed by all sections of the audience. This hilarious hit song is from the move Chandrodhayam released in the year 1966 starring MGR, Jayalalitha, Bharathi, S A Asokan, R S Manohar, M.R.Radha, Nagesh, Manorama, M.N.Nambiar and others. Though the title of this post says Three Legends - One Hilarious song, there are four other Legends in the background who have contributed to the success of this song! TMS and Seerrghazhi who have sung this song in their own inimitable styles, Vaali who has written this song with such an important social message which is all the more relevant in these modern times, to couples in married life, and MSV who has composed the music for this song!

MGR's Prophetic Advice to His Followers in the Year 1963! Fits the Prevailing Situation Perfectly Like a Bespoke Savile Row Suit Even Today After a Gap of 54 Years!

MGR made it a habit to get completely involved in the process of creation of all the songs in his movies and always sat in during the discussion between the lyricist and the music director during a song's composition. Vaali had mentioned this as a positive influence and had given examples of MGR's positive contribution to the development of lyrics of several songs in several movies in his interviews. Though Kannadasan had not always taken these incidents on a positive note, during the early 60s when the personal relations between MGR and Kannadasan had been on friendlier terms, several super hit songs had been created and composed by this extremely talented team and remain popular till today! This particular song is one such creation by this popular team along with the famous Music Director Duo Viswanathan Ramamoorthy in the movie Panathottam released in the year 1963. Several songs of MGR had proven to be prophetic and had literally predicted the future events and happenings with uncanny accuracy. This song seems to fit the prevailing situation today after the passing away of Jayalalitha, MGR's protégé and the sequence of events that have followed resulting in the current situation fraught with uncertainty. Just listen to the lyrics which seem to reflect the mindset of MGR's followers 30 years after he passed away and offer them some hope and consolation during these uncertain times. The movie was directed by K Sankar and the song was sung by TMS. 

The Greatest Legend of Tamil Cinema! A Life Characterized by Phenomenal Success and an Endless List of Episodes of his Compassion and Kindness!

MGR is undoubtedly the greatest Legend of Tamil Cinema! On the occasion of his 100th birthday this song serves as a true tribute to him and his legendary kindness, compassion and amazing philanthropy. His life and career in the Tamil Movie industry is filled with phenomenal successes and in equal measure if not more, of episodes of his kindness in which he has helped innumerable individuals both from with in and outside the Tamil Film Industry. Every single person who has talked about him during various interviews has narrated at least one unique incident of  his kindness and big hearted nature with out fail. From legends such as Nagesh to Ranga Rao to the lyricist Muthulingam who has written just a few songs in comparison to the other great lyricists, there is no end to the list of people all of whom MGR has helped financially. His act of kindness in which he had helped Ranga Rao is similar to Lord Krishna having helped Kusela! Apparently Ranga Rao who had been facing financial difficulties during the later part of his career was finding it difficult to conduct his daughter's wedding. Though Ranga Rao had not been in good terms with MGR during that period, based on the advice of his friends he had visited MGR's residence, with an intent to ask MGR for his help. But due to his hesitancy because of his strained relation ship with MGR and fearing that MGR might turn down his request for help, Ranga Rao had returned home with out asking for help. But MGR being the great human being he was (is) had sent the required jewels and money for the proper conduct of the wedding to Ranga Rao's house, having come to know the actual reason for Ranga Rao's visit to his residence from his associates!  MGR had helped so may individuals in need with out their having even asked for help just by sensing and understanding their needs and difficulties! Truly amazing! This song from the movie Engal Thangam was written by Vaali. In Vaali's own words, after having written the first line of this song Vaali had been toying with several words and phrases to express this great quality of MGR in the second line of the song. As a coincidence Karunanidhi who was MGR's greatest political adversary during the later stages of his career, had visited the sets of the movie and Vaali had mentioned his inability to come up with the words of a second line, which would correctly express the great philanthropic quality of MGR. It was Karunanidhi who came up instantly with the second line, 'Ethaiyum Alavindri Koduppavan', which when translated literally means, "There is no limit to the quantum of his philanthropy"! Words are not sufficient to pay tribute to this great Legend! Music by MSV and sung by TMS and P Susheela.

Charismatic Super Star! Positive Energy Personified! - True Favourite of the People! The Evergreen MGR!

One of the special qualities of MGR and the reason for his immense popularity is probably the Positive Energy that seems to radiate from him even if it is on just the small screen. There can be no doubt that the success of his movies and songs were a result of the immense hard work from the great team of legendary Directors, Composers, Lyricists, Singers, Co-Artists and other extremely talented Technicians. But beyond all these, no one can deny the natural charisma and positive energy that MGR had! Movie :Paasam, Directed by T. R. Ramanna, Produced by T. R. Ramanna & T. R. Rajakumari, Starring M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, Kalyan Kumar, Sheela, T. R. Rajakumari Music by M. S. Viswanathan & T. K. Ramamoorthy, Lyrics: Kannadasan Distributed by RR Pictures, Release date(s) 1962.

MGR Hit Song - 1975

This is a hit song from the movie Pallaandu Vaazhga starring MGR, Latha, M N Nambiyar, P S Veerappa, V K Ramasami, R S Manohar, Thengai Srinivasan and others. This movie was released in 1975 just two years before MGR made history in Tamil Nadu. There is a stanza in this song which says Tomorrow History might be Created by us! He did exactly that! These visionary lyrics were penned not by Vaali as one would suppose it to have been but by the famous lyricist Pulamaipithan who started his film career with the MGR Movie Kudiyiruntha Koil. Amazingly he has recently written a song for the 2014 movie Arima Nambi, starring Sivaji's Grand Son, 50 years after beginning his career!. The Thirukkural bit which is originally in the beginning of this song which makes it more classy is sadly missing in this clip. Music - K V Mahadevan.

MGR Hit Song from the 1970s

This is a hit song from the movie Ninaithathai Mudippavan starring MGR, Manjula, Latha, Saradha, Nambiar and others. Directed by P Neelakantan the music was scored M S V. This song has been sung by TMS in his inimitable style. There were four lyricists who wrote the songs for this movie, Kannadasan, Vaali, Maruthakasi and Pulamaipithan. This song was written by Maruthakasi. Enjoy the song!

Tribute to PBS

This is one of the four songs which PBS has sung for MGR. The Tamil movie industry has truly lost one of its Golden Voices. This is a tribute to PBS from Just Tamil Songs. This song features MGR and Saroja Devi from the movie Paasam.

Same Team - Same Result - Super Hit! (1966)

This is another super hit song from the movie 'Anbe Vaa' featuring the super hit pair of the 1960s MGR and Saroja Devi with commendable performances by VKR, Nagesh, TRR, Manorama and others. MSV, Vaali, TMS and P Susheela make up the rest of the evergreen hit combination of the MGR camp. This movie was based loosely on the super hit Hollywood blockbuster 'Come September'. This clip has got a bit of movie on either side of the actual song.

Super Hit Song - Super Hit Pair - Year 1965

This is a super hit song from the movie Naan Aanaiyittaal featuring the super hit pair of the 1960s MGR and Saroja Devi. MSV, Vaali, TMS and P Susheela nicely round off the evergreen hit combination of the MGR camp which was the one half of the Tamil Movie Industry, the other being the Sivaji camp which was equally successful. Most of the timeless classics of the Industry is from this era. Enjoy the song!

A Tribute to Hard Working Farmers - MGR Hits

This is a hit song from the movie Vivasaayi starring MGR, KR Vijaya, Nagesh, VK Ramasami and others. This movie released in 1968 was directed by MA Thirumugam. The music for the movie had been composed by KV Mahadevan. The movie was produced by Devar Films. The song has been sung by TMS and the words (lyrics) of this timeless classic, which are arguably the best tribute anyone can ever pay to the hard working farmers who feed the world, have been penned by A Maruthakasi. One can't imagine what will happen to the world if these farmers of the world were to take a six month break from their job! Every currency in the world will probably crash! Spare a thought for the farmers and enjoy the song!

A Melodious Hit Song from the 1970s - MGR Hits

This is a hit song from the movie Urimai Kural starring MGR Latha and others released in the year 1974. The music for this song (an Movie) was composed by MSV and the song was written by MGR's favourite lyricist Vaali. In this movie there had been two other hit songs that had been written by Kannadasan. The song had been sung by the great pair TMS and P Susheela. This particular song features MGR and Latha.

Super Hit Song from the 1970s - MGR Hits

This is a super hit song from the movie Naallai Namathey (1975) starring MGR (double role), Latha, Nagesh, Chandramohan (Telugu Actor) and others. this movie was the remake of the super hit Bollywood movie Yadhon Ki Bharath. The movie had been directed by Sethumadhavan and the music for this movie had been scored by MSV. This particular song had been sung by SPB and TMS. The movie's plot had been typical of several Hindi movies that had been released in the 1970s wherein a family that has been separated by some violence/mishap reunites after 25 years (which had been the norm) and the family song usually had a role to play in reuniting the separated family members! This particular song is one such song which helps the brothers recognize each other and get reunited.

One of the Greatest Hits of all Time - Year 1965

This song is one of the biggest hit Tamil songs of all time from the super hit movie Enga Veettu Pillai starring MGR, Saroja Devi, Nambiar and others. The storyline of the movie is as follows (Courtesy Wikipedia). Ramu(MGR) is the cowardly one of the 2 MGRs (Double Role) - the heir to all riches of Poonjolai Zameen. He has been brought up that way by his uncle Narendran(Nambiar). Ramu shivers at the very mention of his uncle's name and a whiplash is Narendran's favorite form of punishment. Narendran wants to get Ramu married to Leela(Saroja Devi) but she is turned off by his cowardice. Ilango(MGR) is a jobless young man, prone to pick a fight and for this reason, the cause of trouble for his mother. Circumstances lead to Ramu and Ilango taking each others' place. Ilango teaches a lesson to Narendran while Ramu learns the ways of the world. The translation of the first few words of the song is as follows. "If I give an order, and that order is followed, the poor will not suffer any hardship". This movie was released in 1965 and MGR became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 1977!

The Greatest Philanthrope of Tamil Silver Screen

There seems to be an endless list of people who have benefited from MGR's philanthropy both from and outside the Tamil Movie industry. Whenever anybody from the yesteryears of Tamil movie industry talk about MGR, they never fail to narrate at least one incident in which MGR has helped them either financially or otherwise. he seems to have helped the rich, the poor, the famous and the ordinary man, all without any bias. This particular song is from the movie Nam Naadu featuring MGR, T K Bhagavathy, Pandari Bhai, Kutty Padmini and Sridevi. The music for this song has been composed by MSV and the song has been written by Vaali. This movie had been released in the year 1969 and the movie had been directed by Jambulingam.

Hits of 1970s - One of MGR's Philosophical Hits

This is a hit song from the movie Pallaandu Vaazhga starring MGR, Latha and others. This movie was a remake of the hit Hindi movie Dho Aaankhen Barah Haath. The music for the movie had been composed by K V Mahadevan and the song has been written by the lyricist Pulamaipithan. The song has been sung by K J Yesudas. The song features MGR and all the convicts taken on by him to be reformed. The group consists of the entire list of actors who had played negative roles in several films of MGR.