Ilakanam Maarutho....Crux of life....
Song: Ilakanam Maarutho
Movie: Nizhal Nijamagiradhu
Director: K. Balachander
Music: MS. Viswanathan
Lyricist: Kannadaasan
Actors: Sumithra, Shoba, Kamalhassan, Saratbabu
Here is the movie jist:
This movie is about how an innocent maid gets sexually exploited by her boss who promises to marry her. His true color shows when she carries his child. When he is forced to marry her, She defies oppressive social norms by refusing to marry him, and choosing another man whom she has subsequently fallen in love with, who treats her and her baby with respect. Quite a bold theme and a message for the 70’s. Hats off to KB.
This film gave Kamalhassan another opportunity to bring out his dance talents on the silver screen. A powerful caste with Sumitra, Shoba, Saratbabu and Kamal interwoven with fine music from MSV kept the audience spell bound.
The first two lines are packed with the philosophy of life. Everybody’s life starts with a high pitch and then floats through lower octaves and then finally settles somewhere in the middle. Same way SPB’s initial high note delves into lower octaves as the song progresses.
These two lines give the message not only in the story but also of our life in a very subtle way…
Ilakanam maarutho Ilakiyam aanatho
Idhuvarai nadiththadhu adhu yenndha vaedam? idhu enna paadam?
The song starts with a very nice question, Ilakanam maarutho Ilakiyam aanatho? I found so many questions hidden in this one line. What is the grammar of life? Who write the rules of grammar? Can we make our own grammar and punctuations? What is right and what is wrong? Who punctuates our life? Can we make it a literature for the future generations?
The next two lines made me realize once again that every life has a story to be enacted and every soul has lessons to learn. How true, huh?
The line below portrays a male chauvanist who can use women like an a** wipe sorry Curry leaves. When there is no direct answer or when there is a need to give an evasive answer it is so easy to blame everything on nature and fate. The twist that SPB gives when he says Vaedam reminds me of the twists and flavors in life. SPB’s smirk in the beginning of the line “Yaar solli thandhar” makes it very suave.
He diligently pulls in the seasons in nature to portray the seasons in their life and the last two lines sounds as though women are species to be enjoyed by man. Very clever depiction…..
Kallana mullai indrenna vaasam
Kaatrana raagam yen indha gaanam
Ven megham andru karmegham indru
Yaarsolli thandhar mazhaikaalam yendru
Manmadhan yenbavan kann thirandhano?
Penmai thandhano?
Sometimes when we analyze why is it that we get attracted physically and emotionally to a person there is no answer on the face but there is definitely an answer deep down. The stupid girl falls for his love….I don’t know which took precedence here, her physical or her emotional need?
A very beautiful way of comparing her life with that of a river and she beautifully questions why shores attract?
Yen vaazhkai nadhiyil karai ondru kanden
Un nenjil yaeno karai ondru kanden
Puriyadhathaaley thiraipottu vaithen
Thiraipotta pothum anai pottadhillai
There is a wonderful twist at the end of this stanza. Tamil language is adeptly used to bring the beauty of the language. A single word with two pronunciations is used to bring things to light and explain - Vilakki
Maraithidum thira thannai vilakki vaipaayo vilakki vaipaayo?
VJ does a great job in differentiating the difference between the two in her voice. She certainly has built an anai (dam) in our hearts and made this song stagnate in our heart and mind.
Thalaattum pillai ullamum vellai
Thaalattu paada aadharamum illai
Deivangal yellam thaalattu paadum
Paadamal ponal yedhu deivamaagum
Marupadi thirakkum unakku oru paadhai
Uraipadhu geethai
The last two lines are very interestingly and beautifully written. It shows how philosophy can be misinterpreted to wash his hands on her future and the kid he fathered out of wedlock.
The stupid girl realizes the entire ploy of life and sums up his attitude in just 4lines. With no way to get out and with no going back she turns to the creator as a final refuge and instills faith in him. She ends the song by tying a philosophical knot to their relationship. Wish we all can be so sportive about our lives.....
Mazhai oosai yenna idi oosai yenna
Yedhu vandha pothum nee kaetadhillai
Nizhalaga vandhu arul seyyum deivam
Nijamaga vandhu yenai kaaka kanden
Nee yedhu naan yedhu yen indha sondham
Poorva jenma bandham
Who else other than Kannadaasan can give the essence of life in a short song like this? Don’t we all get taken for a ride in life? Life sometimes is on the anvil and sometimes in the frying pan. When no medicines work it is Philosophy that heals and brings solace to the wretched soul. I am still lost in the first tow lines of the song….
http://www.coolgoose.com/music/song.php?id=186338
Movie: Nizhal Nijamagiradhu
Director: K. Balachander
Music: MS. Viswanathan
Lyricist: Kannadaasan
Actors: Sumithra, Shoba, Kamalhassan, Saratbabu
Here is the movie jist:
This movie is about how an innocent maid gets sexually exploited by her boss who promises to marry her. His true color shows when she carries his child. When he is forced to marry her, She defies oppressive social norms by refusing to marry him, and choosing another man whom she has subsequently fallen in love with, who treats her and her baby with respect. Quite a bold theme and a message for the 70’s. Hats off to KB.
This film gave Kamalhassan another opportunity to bring out his dance talents on the silver screen. A powerful caste with Sumitra, Shoba, Saratbabu and Kamal interwoven with fine music from MSV kept the audience spell bound.
The first two lines are packed with the philosophy of life. Everybody’s life starts with a high pitch and then floats through lower octaves and then finally settles somewhere in the middle. Same way SPB’s initial high note delves into lower octaves as the song progresses.
These two lines give the message not only in the story but also of our life in a very subtle way…
Ilakanam maarutho Ilakiyam aanatho
Idhuvarai nadiththadhu adhu yenndha vaedam? idhu enna paadam?
The song starts with a very nice question, Ilakanam maarutho Ilakiyam aanatho? I found so many questions hidden in this one line. What is the grammar of life? Who write the rules of grammar? Can we make our own grammar and punctuations? What is right and what is wrong? Who punctuates our life? Can we make it a literature for the future generations?
The next two lines made me realize once again that every life has a story to be enacted and every soul has lessons to learn. How true, huh?
The line below portrays a male chauvanist who can use women like an a** wipe sorry Curry leaves. When there is no direct answer or when there is a need to give an evasive answer it is so easy to blame everything on nature and fate. The twist that SPB gives when he says Vaedam reminds me of the twists and flavors in life. SPB’s smirk in the beginning of the line “Yaar solli thandhar” makes it very suave.
He diligently pulls in the seasons in nature to portray the seasons in their life and the last two lines sounds as though women are species to be enjoyed by man. Very clever depiction…..
Kallana mullai indrenna vaasam
Kaatrana raagam yen indha gaanam
Ven megham andru karmegham indru
Yaarsolli thandhar mazhaikaalam yendru
Manmadhan yenbavan kann thirandhano?
Penmai thandhano?
Sometimes when we analyze why is it that we get attracted physically and emotionally to a person there is no answer on the face but there is definitely an answer deep down. The stupid girl falls for his love….I don’t know which took precedence here, her physical or her emotional need?
A very beautiful way of comparing her life with that of a river and she beautifully questions why shores attract?
Yen vaazhkai nadhiyil karai ondru kanden
Un nenjil yaeno karai ondru kanden
Puriyadhathaaley thiraipottu vaithen
Thiraipotta pothum anai pottadhillai
There is a wonderful twist at the end of this stanza. Tamil language is adeptly used to bring the beauty of the language. A single word with two pronunciations is used to bring things to light and explain - Vilakki
Maraithidum thira thannai vilakki vaipaayo vilakki vaipaayo?
VJ does a great job in differentiating the difference between the two in her voice. She certainly has built an anai (dam) in our hearts and made this song stagnate in our heart and mind.
Thalaattum pillai ullamum vellai
Thaalattu paada aadharamum illai
Deivangal yellam thaalattu paadum
Paadamal ponal yedhu deivamaagum
Marupadi thirakkum unakku oru paadhai
Uraipadhu geethai
The last two lines are very interestingly and beautifully written. It shows how philosophy can be misinterpreted to wash his hands on her future and the kid he fathered out of wedlock.
The stupid girl realizes the entire ploy of life and sums up his attitude in just 4lines. With no way to get out and with no going back she turns to the creator as a final refuge and instills faith in him. She ends the song by tying a philosophical knot to their relationship. Wish we all can be so sportive about our lives.....
Mazhai oosai yenna idi oosai yenna
Yedhu vandha pothum nee kaetadhillai
Nizhalaga vandhu arul seyyum deivam
Nijamaga vandhu yenai kaaka kanden
Nee yedhu naan yedhu yen indha sondham
Poorva jenma bandham
Who else other than Kannadaasan can give the essence of life in a short song like this? Don’t we all get taken for a ride in life? Life sometimes is on the anvil and sometimes in the frying pan. When no medicines work it is Philosophy that heals and brings solace to the wretched soul. I am still lost in the first tow lines of the song….
http://www.coolgoose.com/music/song.php?id=186338
posted by Life is a Bull | 11:37 PM
7 Comments:
no doubt good one man
illakaNam mArutho, ilakkiyam Anathao
ovOr ilakkiyamum ilakkaNam mAtruthanro
ovOr uyir pirakkayilum vazhvu mArunthanro
- Bala
would like to note here that the original is a Malayalam film from the 60s named "Adimakal", ofcourse Balachander gave his personal touch to it too. And nobody but Sharada from the original in my opinion is the best.
JK
And Sudar, was it not Chilakamma Cheppindi in Telugu, or am I confusing it with something else ?
Chilakamma....was a Balachander film though.
JK
Thou "Kamba Yemaandhaan" is good to ears, its another male chauvnistc work which says
"Aathiram enbadhu pengalukelaam adupadi varaidhaanae
Oru aadhika naayagan saadhika vandhaal adangutham muraidhaanae"
A little late, but must mention that the song is in the ragam Brindavana Saranga
Ilakkanam Marudho -song no doubt it has fantastic lyrics of Kannadasan. Not to be forgotten the class music of MSV made in the Raag Madhuvanthi
-MR
It’s Suddha sarang
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