Tag: Gangai Amaran Songs

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Echoes of the Maestro – Song 62 – Un Nenja Thottu Sollu

Raajathi Raja is one of the widely popular albums of Thalaivar and Maestro so popular that they sold 22000 cassettes back then. While many must have listened to all the songs from this film, this song might have slipped out because the song was not part of the film but only the album and went unnoticed.

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Echoes of the Maestro – Song 58 – Vaangada Vaanga

Vaangada Vaanga is yet another typical Rajni Intro song with all the elements to it, from giving a message to how good a man he is and whatnot. Maaveeran (1986) is an official remake of the Hindi film Mard and also has two distinct specialties. This is the first film to record all the six-song tracks using the stereophonic sound and the first Tamil film which was completely shot in the 70mm Film format.

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Echoes of the Maestro – Song 56 – Vachukava Unna Mattum

Vachukava Unna Mattum was not only famous back in the day but it became widely popular after Chinna Bhai Yuvan remixed the song for Silambattam. It is a song that transcends time and is popular even today in both the Simbu andThalaivar versions. This song is set in the Sankarabaranam raga which is said to be mellifluous but also gives a majestic presentation of the songs.

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Echoes of the Maestro – Song 47 – Sennorita, I Love You

Johnny is one of the wholesome albums from Illayaraja and it’s hard for people to not love the songs. One of my all-time favorites is Senorita, I Love You. What’s interesting about this song is that the prelude sets a different mood than the rest of the song. It starts off with high energy

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Echoes of the Maestro – Song 31 – Ithuthan

The debut film of Director R.K.Selvamani, Pulan Visaranai, was also the first film for actor Sarath Kumar. This movie is based on the real-life confessions of the criminal Auto Shankar. While some of the dialogue in the movie didn’t age well, the song was a lot of fun to listen to, especially Raja appa enjoyed singing it himself. Oh! Do watch the Video song and Kuyili’s