Strains from a bygone era #2

Posted on August 2nd, 2006 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

The opening line of a popular song from one of MGR’s movies translates roughly to: “It gives such pleasure when a good song is coupled with a good dance.” The song for this week is one of the finest examples of the above statement: Kannadasan’s lyrics, set to tune by K.V. Mahadevan, sung by Susheela, [...]

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Strains from a bygone era #1

Posted on July 24th, 2006 by Vijay Krishna Narayanan

One of the few things that everyone in my house shares a passion for is songs from old Tamil movies. Yes, there are new songs and we all listen to them too. But old songs have a charm of their own. Simple, and with music that is non-obstructive and (hence?) pleasing to the ear, these [...]

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