God is in the Smile of a Child! God is in the Intellect Developed by Reading Good Books! God is in the Philanthropic Efforts of Individuals and in the True Joy One Gets by Playing a Role in the Development and Upliftment of the Underprivileged! This is a rough translation of a few words from this wonderful song! Contrary to the popular belief that this song was written by Kannadasan this is a hit song written by Vaali. Vaali has written more than 15000 songs in a career spanning over 5 decades. He was able to adapt himself to the changing trends in the movie industry. He has written some of the most popular hits of MGR. This is a rare hit song written by Vaali for Sivaji. Music by MSV and sung by TMS. This song is from the movie Babu released in the year 1972 and had not done too well at the box office. This song features a young Sridevi with the legendary Sivaji Ganesan. The likes of Sridevi and Kamal Hassan had literally grown up amongst the greats and the legends of the Tamil Movie Industry. No wonder they are such good actors!
Showing posts with label Sridevi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sridevi. Show all posts
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.
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 Sridevi Hit - Paerai Chollavaa
This is a hit song from the movie Guru starring Kamal Hassan and Sridevi. This was a remake of the hit Hindi movie Jugnu. Kamal and Sridevi had been a hit pair in the Tamil movie industry with several hits to their credit. This song was composed by Illayaraja and sung by SPB and Janaki.
Sridevi Hits - Kaatril Enthan Geetham
This is a hit song from the movie Johnny starring Sridevi and Rajinikanth (dual role). This song can also be tagged as a S Janaki Hit or Illayaraja Hit for that matter. This movie was directed by Mahendran and 'cinematographed' by Balumahendra who himself had been a successful director.
Kamal Hits - Ninaivo Oru Paravai
This is a hit song from the movie Sigappu Rojaakkal starring Kamal and Sridevi directed by Bharathiraja. Kamal himself had sung this song. Both Kamal and Sridevi had been successful child artistes in the Tamil movie industry before they had both gone on to become superstars.
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