Hit Song From Uyire - Rahman Hits

This is a hit song from the movie Uyire starring Sharukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta and others, directed by Maniratnam. The music for the movie was composed by A R Rahman. This was Preity Zinta's Debut Movie, made simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi.

A R Rahman Hits - Pudhu Vellai Mazhai

This is a superhit song from the movie Roja starring Arvind Swamy and Madhubala. The movie had been directed by Maniratnam. The music for this movie had been composed by A R Rahman. In fact this was A R Rahman's debut movie. Rahman's salary for this movie is supposed to have been INR 25000 (approximately $500) ! The movie had been produced by K Balachander and distributed by his production house Kavithalaya. It has taken two big directors of the Tamil Movie industry to have identified and introduced A R Rahman, one as a producer and the other as a director. The rest as we all know is history. This song and all the other songs in the movie had been huge hits.

Karthik Hits - Raajaa Raajaathi Raajan

This is a superhit song from the movie Agninakshatram starring Karthik, Prabhu, Amala, Nirosha and others. The movie was directed by Maniratnam and the music composed by Illayaraja. The movie had been cinematographed by P C Sriram who till date is Maniratnam's friend (as mentioned my Maniratnam himself in a recent interview). The lighting and processing technique used in this movie is supposed to be unique. But honestly it is difficult to watch the movie with all these lights coming from the wrong(?) angles! there is another unique thing about this song. The young boy who is dancing in the front row in a white shirt to the left of Karthik is none other than Prabhu Deva himself! this is the first screen appearance for Prabu Deva!

Rajni Hits - Raakkammaa Kaiyya Thattu

This is a hit song from the movie Thalapathi starring Rajnikanth, Mammooty, Shobana, Banupriya and others. The movie had been directed by Maniratnam and the music for the movie had been scored by Illayaraja. This song features Rajnikanth and Sonu Walia. Sonu Walia had been crowned Miss India 1985 ((Miss India 1984 had been Juhi Chawla)and had gone on to act in several Hindi movies after this. This movie is loosely based on the great India Epic The Mahabharatha with Rajnikanth as Karna, Mammooty as Duryodhan and Arvind Swamy as Arjun! Now Maniratnam is in the process of making Ramayana! This song had almost won and online contest a few years back as the greatest song of all time!

Madhavan Hits - Snehidhane Snehidhane

This is a hit song from the movie Alaipayudhey starring Madhavan and Shalini directed by Maniratnam. The music for this movie had been scored by A R Rahman. The movie had not done well though. The same had been the case with the Hindi version of the movie starring Rani Mukherjee and Vivek Oberoi.