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!

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!

MGR Hits - Kadaloram Vaangiya Kaathu

This is a hit song from the movie Rikhsha Kaaran starring MGR, Manjula, Padmini, Major Sundar Rajan and others. This particular song features MGR and Manjula. the music for the movie had been composed by M S Viswanathan and this song had been written by Vaali. MGR had won the National Award for best actor for this film an award which has not been won by Sivaji even once! Sivaji had won the National Award in the Special Jury Award category for his supporting role in the movie Thevar Magan. This movie was released around the time MGR formed his own party and the message about how he will show to the world what kind of a leader and person he is has been given in the other song in this movie Ange Sirippavargal.