Take it Easy Policy! First Ever Tamil Song to Inspire an English Song that Topped the Charts in the UK!

This is the hit song Urvasi Urvasi from the movie Kadhalan starring Prabhu Deva, Nagma, Vadivelu, SPB, Girish Karnad, Raghuvaran and others. This is Shankar's second directorial venture. This movie is Prabhu Deva's debut as a hero and Nagma's debut in the Tamil movie industry. Jeeva, this film's cinematographer went on to become one of the leading directors of the Tamil movie industry. Unni Krishnan was introduced by A R Rahman in this movie and went on to win the National Award for his debut performance. But this song was sung by A R Rahman, Suresh Peters and Sahul Hameed. Suresh Peters went on to become a successful composer in Malayalam. This song was written by Vairamuthu. Though the lyrics and the theme of the song depict the day to day difficulties faced by the youngsters of the 90s, in a humorous manner, the idea of taking life easy is based on the broader philosophy of life 'What will be will be'. When that is the case it is ideal to take it easy while facing the accidental limitations of life is the general idea behind the song. Vadivelu with his 'Needle like body' provides the humorous backbone for this song with his antics and dancing skills. The song was composed by Academy Award winner A R Rahman who has been an inspiration to scores of composers all over the world. In 2014, American hip hop recording artist Will.I.Am and singer Cody Wise, re-created Urvasi Urvasi as It's My Birthday. It's My Birthday topped the charts in the United Kingdom, becoming will.i.am's tenth chart-topper there. The original Tamil song has a combined viewership of less than a million views of its various different uploads on Youtube, whereas the English remake has more than 65 million Youtube views!

Jannal Orathil - Vijayakanth Hits

This is a hit song from the movie Engall Anna starring Vijayakanth, Prabhu Deva, Pandiyarajan, Vadivelu, Namitha, Swarnamalya and others. The comedy sequences in the movie were really enjoyable. Incidentally this was the debut movie for Namitha. Though Vijayakanth and Vadivelu had their problems after this movie the comic scenes featuring the two actors were hilarious in several bits and parts. 

Prabhu Deva - A R Rahman Hit - 1996

This is a hit song from the 1996 Prabhu Deva movie Mr. Romeo. The movie was directed by K S Ravi not to be confused with the other popular director K S Ravikumar. The music for the movie was scored by A R Rahman. The movie saw Prabhu Deva in a double role with Shilpa Shetty and Madhubala as his pairs. This particular song has been sung by Swarnalatha, Unni Menon, Srinivas, and Sujatha. Though the song itself was a hit the movie had not done too well.

A Hit Song from the Movie 'Majaa' - 2005

This is a hit song from the movie Majaa starring Vikram, Asin, Pasupathi, Vadivelu, Manivanna and others. The music for the movie had been composed by Vidhyasaga and this particular son has been sung by Madhu Balakrishnan and Sadhna Sargam. The storyline is as follows - Govindan (Manivannan) is a thief who groups two orphaned kids. Years go by and the two, Adhi (Pasupathy) and Madhi (Vikram) decide to stop stealing and mend their ways and lead a hardworking life along with their father.

They migrate to a neighboring village. They are forced to help a family who suffers at the hands of an influential local panchayat leader Kalingarayar (Murali). The story moves on as they (Adhi and Madhi) take on the feudal head. Madhi also ends up marrying Murali’s daughter (Asin). There are the expected twists and turns and predictable misunderstandings between them before the climax. The trouble creator here is Manicka Vel (Biju Menon). The maternal uncle of Seetha, he plays spoil sport to stop her wedding with Madhi. - Courtesy Indiaglitz. This particular song features Asin and Vikram. This movie is a remake of Malayalam blockbuster Thommanum Makkalum.