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Enge Unnai Kandaal kuda (Rare SPB_SJ Duet)

– Saravanan writes: A forgotten SPB/SJ treat dished up by MSV: ‘engE unnai kaNdaal kooda’ from chithira sevvanam. Lyrics by Kannadasan. I don’t know much about chithira sevvanam (1979/ Dhanashekari Enterprises), except that the film starred Srikanth, Srividya & Jaiganesh. … Continue reading

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Rare Melodies of Ramakrishna with Janaki (A Tribute)

Ramakrishna emerged a promising singer during early 70’s. He was sister’s son of legendary P Suseela and he rendered many beautiful songs with her. Not only duets with PS, his solos for almost all leading actors were famous for a … Continue reading

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Ten songs not to miss from MSV_SJ (A Tribute)

Dearmost “Mellisai Mannan” (King of Light Music) M S Viswanathan left us on 13th July 2015. Undoubtedly, A black day for South Indian film music. His services to music were unparalleled. He ruled musical waves for decades together like no … Continue reading

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Malayisa Vasudevan -S Janaki Evergreen Duets Vol 2

          He is no more with us but his music is! Malaysia Vasudevan had a magical voice which was tailor made for folk tunes of Tamil Nadu.           He shared many duets with SJ especially in music of Ilayaraja. They sang both … Continue reading

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S.Janaki’s songs in Malayalam – Part VI

The Nightingale in God’s Own Country- Part VI K.J. Joy is another composer who belonged to the same decade as Shyam, and the joys that he brought to Malayalam film music in the late 70s and early 80s are varied … Continue reading

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S.Janaki’s songs in Malayalam – Part V

The Nightingale in God’s Own Country- Part V Carrying glowing testimonials from actress Sheela who had perceived his capabilities when he worked for her Tamil movie ‘appa amma’ (1974), Samuel Joseph alias Shyam made a grand entry the same year … Continue reading

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S.Janaki’s songs in Malayalam – Part IV

The Nightingale in God’s Own Country- Part IV After years of composing music for stage plays of all the major theatre troupes in Kerala, the immensely talented M.K. Arjunan composed music for the movie ‘karutha pournami’ (1968) starring Madhu, Saradha … Continue reading

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S.Janaki’s songs in Malayalam – Part III

The Nightingale in God’s Own Country- Part III The following decades brought halcyon years in Janaki’s career in Malayalam cinema, with her remaining happily ensconced in her enviable position as the most prolific female singer therein. All the music composers … Continue reading

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S.Janaki’s songs in Malayalam – Part II

The Nightingale in God’s Own Country- Part II Old-timers Brother Lakshmanan (sree rama pattabhishegam/1962, snapaka yOhannan/ 1963, atom bomb/1964, priyathama/1966) and LPR Varma (streehrudayam/1960, Mayor Nair/1966, sthanarthi saramma/1966, thottavadi/1973) had worked with Janaki in those heady years and reaped magnificent … Continue reading

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S.Janaki’s songs in Malayalam – Part I

The Nightingale in God’s Own Country- Part 1 I promised I would return with a sequel to the ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ that had appeared in April to celebrate Janaki’s birthday and to commemorate her completing 50 years in film … Continue reading

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