Marriages Made in Heaven - Kadavul Amaithu Vaitha Medai
Song: Kadavul Amaithu Vaitha Medai
Movie: Aval oru thodar kathai
Singer: SPB
Music: M.S. Viswanathan
Lyricist: Kannadasan
Movies in the 70’s stand out even today because of strong theme, bold characters, music and lyrics. This movie was made in 4 languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi in the second half of 1970.
Aaina (Hindi)
Aval Oru Thodarkathai (Tamil title)
Aval Oru Thudarkatha (Malayalam title)
KAVITHA , a working woman, shouldering the responsibility of a large dependant family members, a fit for nothing elder brother with his family comprising wife and 2 children , a widow sister, father deserting the family very early…taking up sanyas…..Like any other young woman, she also had likes and dislikes, but had to sacrifice all her personal life in the larger interests of the family……at one stage , she had to sacrifice her lover also in pursuit of getting her widow sister re-married ….it was an extraordinary gesture on her part….
Here comes another situation in this memorable movie wherein KAMAL a mini character who will be her neighbour and a Ventriloquist (specialist in mimicry ) sings one of the most memorable song of the mid 70s….
Kavingnar Kannadasan had merely taken the famous English saying “Marriages are made in heaven” and given his special touch to the lyrics (philosophy of marriage and life is conveyed in 15 lines). To his lyrics MSV had given a Midas touch by brilliantly using a ventriloquist to bring the effects and sounds of instrument.
kadavul amaithu vaitha medai
inaikkum kalyaana maalai
innaarkku innaarenru
ezhudhi vaiththaanae devan anru
This is the only song in the Tamil Music industry employing a story telling style narrating the entire scene and the poignant situation of sacrificing a lover.
naan oru vigadakavi
inru naan oru kadhai solvaen
oangiya perum kaadu
adhil uyarndhoru aalamaram
aalamaraththinilae andha arpudha vanaththinilae
The song conveys the entire situation and with apt mimicry and lyrics to convey a heavy mood in a very lively way. Kannadasan's narration of love using parrots definitely make it feel very divine and priceless.
aankili irandundu penkili irandundu
angaeyum aasai undu
adhiloru pen kili adhanidam
aankili irandukkum mayakkam undu
anbae...aaruyirae...en aththaan
This is also the only song where animals like Cow and calf, elephants, deer, frog rabbit and instruments like Yaazh, melam, pallakku have been used according to hindu mythology to describe the marriage scene. Who else other than the legendary Kannadasan can pen such words?
kottum muzhakkangal kalyaana maelangal
kondaattam kaettadhammaa
aasai vimaanaththil aanandha maegaththil
seer kondu vandhadhammaa
thaen mozhi mangaiyar yaazhisai meettida
oorgoalam poanadhammaa
pallaakku thookkidum parivatta yaanaigal
pallaandu paadudhammaa
kanroadu pasu inru kalyaanap pen paarththu
vaazhththonru koorudhammaa
kaanventtup pillaigal poal
vandha muyalgal aangilam paadudhammaa
Kamalhassan performs this song at his lover’s wedding to entertain the guests. He enacts the entire song and lyrics with no vulgarity or jealousy lets his lover fly away from his life. A very decent way of letting her go…. There is a little heaviness in the voice when he says the words “Odhungudhammaa”
oru kili kaiyodu orukili kaisaerthu
uravukkul nuzhaiyudhammaa
ullaasa vaazhkkaiyai uravukkuk
koduthitta oru kili odhungudhammaa
MSV, Kannadasan and SPB have done a great job blending prose and poetry. At the beginning of the song the mood is very happy describing the wedding scene and as the song progresses it becomes packed with emotions. He aptly smirks at beginning of this line to show the jealousy in Vijaykumar’s eyes.
appaavi aan kili thappaaga ninaiththadhu
appoadhu purindhadhammaa
adhu eppoadhum kiliyalla kinatruth thavalaidhaan
ippoadhu therindhadhammaa
It has been 30 years since this movie was made and I have never seen such a beautiful picturization and music. I don’t how this song and situation has been picturized in other languages.
A big round of applause for KB for the picturization, MSV for the music, Kannadasan for the brilliant lyrics and SPB for lending his mellifluous voice.
We can never have a song like this again, though they tried something similar to this in the movie “Mundram Pirai”. The Tamil Film Industry can never forget this combination – MSV and Kannadasan and top it off there was KB.
What else can you ask? For those of you, who have never heard this song, please download now from http://www.coolgoose.com/music/song.php?id=53391
Movie: Aval oru thodar kathai
Singer: SPB
Music: M.S. Viswanathan
Lyricist: Kannadasan
Movies in the 70’s stand out even today because of strong theme, bold characters, music and lyrics. This movie was made in 4 languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi in the second half of 1970.
Aaina (Hindi)
Aval Oru Thodarkathai (Tamil title)
Aval Oru Thudarkatha (Malayalam title)
KAVITHA , a working woman, shouldering the responsibility of a large dependant family members, a fit for nothing elder brother with his family comprising wife and 2 children , a widow sister, father deserting the family very early…taking up sanyas…..Like any other young woman, she also had likes and dislikes, but had to sacrifice all her personal life in the larger interests of the family……at one stage , she had to sacrifice her lover also in pursuit of getting her widow sister re-married ….it was an extraordinary gesture on her part….
Here comes another situation in this memorable movie wherein KAMAL a mini character who will be her neighbour and a Ventriloquist (specialist in mimicry ) sings one of the most memorable song of the mid 70s….
Kavingnar Kannadasan had merely taken the famous English saying “Marriages are made in heaven” and given his special touch to the lyrics (philosophy of marriage and life is conveyed in 15 lines). To his lyrics MSV had given a Midas touch by brilliantly using a ventriloquist to bring the effects and sounds of instrument.
kadavul amaithu vaitha medai
inaikkum kalyaana maalai
innaarkku innaarenru
ezhudhi vaiththaanae devan anru
This is the only song in the Tamil Music industry employing a story telling style narrating the entire scene and the poignant situation of sacrificing a lover.
naan oru vigadakavi
inru naan oru kadhai solvaen
oangiya perum kaadu
adhil uyarndhoru aalamaram
aalamaraththinilae andha arpudha vanaththinilae
The song conveys the entire situation and with apt mimicry and lyrics to convey a heavy mood in a very lively way. Kannadasan's narration of love using parrots definitely make it feel very divine and priceless.
aankili irandundu penkili irandundu
angaeyum aasai undu
adhiloru pen kili adhanidam
aankili irandukkum mayakkam undu
anbae...aaruyirae...en aththaan
This is also the only song where animals like Cow and calf, elephants, deer, frog rabbit and instruments like Yaazh, melam, pallakku have been used according to hindu mythology to describe the marriage scene. Who else other than the legendary Kannadasan can pen such words?
kottum muzhakkangal kalyaana maelangal
kondaattam kaettadhammaa
aasai vimaanaththil aanandha maegaththil
seer kondu vandhadhammaa
thaen mozhi mangaiyar yaazhisai meettida
oorgoalam poanadhammaa
pallaakku thookkidum parivatta yaanaigal
pallaandu paadudhammaa
kanroadu pasu inru kalyaanap pen paarththu
vaazhththonru koorudhammaa
kaanventtup pillaigal poal
vandha muyalgal aangilam paadudhammaa
Kamalhassan performs this song at his lover’s wedding to entertain the guests. He enacts the entire song and lyrics with no vulgarity or jealousy lets his lover fly away from his life. A very decent way of letting her go…. There is a little heaviness in the voice when he says the words “Odhungudhammaa”
oru kili kaiyodu orukili kaisaerthu
uravukkul nuzhaiyudhammaa
ullaasa vaazhkkaiyai uravukkuk
koduthitta oru kili odhungudhammaa
MSV, Kannadasan and SPB have done a great job blending prose and poetry. At the beginning of the song the mood is very happy describing the wedding scene and as the song progresses it becomes packed with emotions. He aptly smirks at beginning of this line to show the jealousy in Vijaykumar’s eyes.
appaavi aan kili thappaaga ninaiththadhu
appoadhu purindhadhammaa
adhu eppoadhum kiliyalla kinatruth thavalaidhaan
ippoadhu therindhadhammaa
It has been 30 years since this movie was made and I have never seen such a beautiful picturization and music. I don’t how this song and situation has been picturized in other languages.
A big round of applause for KB for the picturization, MSV for the music, Kannadasan for the brilliant lyrics and SPB for lending his mellifluous voice.
We can never have a song like this again, though they tried something similar to this in the movie “Mundram Pirai”. The Tamil Film Industry can never forget this combination – MSV and Kannadasan and top it off there was KB.
What else can you ask? For those of you, who have never heard this song, please download now from http://www.coolgoose.com/music/song.php?id=53391
posted by Life is a Bull | 10:37 PM
1 Comments:
Great effort Chandroo ,
The song is a wonderful translation of a hardcore tragedy into a chocolatedippedsugarcoated comedy
the last lines r the sucker punchlines
adhu eppoadhum kiliyalla kinatruth thavalaidhaan ippoadhu therindhadhammaa
look at that the evolution from a parrot to a toad
disastrous
it tells the volume of tragedy with a comical metaphor.
WOW for K dassan n a "O" for Chandroo ;)
Ko
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