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Venugopalan Soundararajan
Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 532 Location: Mumbai
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Raghavendran,
Thanks for that lovely song. Giving below a Review of this movie that appeared in the Cinema Plus section of The Hindu of 10th Aug '14.
Regards,
Venu Soundar
Blast from the Past: Alukkoru Veedu (1960)
RANDOR GUY
Aalukkoru Veedu
Satyan, T.R. Ramachandran, L. Vijayalakshmi, D. Balsubramaniam, T.S. Muthaiah, Tambaram N. Lalitha, S.D. Subbulakshmi, P.S. Venkatachalan, T.R. Rajamani, C.R. Bhaskaran, P. Seethalakshmi, Rajeswari ‘Baby’ Malathi, ‘Master’ C. Raja and ‘Javert’ N. Seetharaman (Guest Artiste)
Satyan (Manuel Satyanesan Nadar), one of the finest actors of Indian, especially Malayalam cinema, was from Nagercoil. He was in the Army during World War II, and also in the police department in old Travancore, where he met people connected with theatre and cinema. He took his bow in Atmasakhi (1952) but stardom came with the classic Neelakuyil (1954). He introduced realistic acting, completely integrating himself with whatever role he played. He acted in over 150 Malayalam films and two Tamil films. Neelakuyil (1954), Thacholi Othenan (1964), Chemmeen (1965), Yakshi (1968), Kadalpalam (1969), Mooladhanam (1969), Vazhve Mayam (1970), and Karakanakadal (1971), for which he won a state award posthumously, are some of his famous hits. He was highly influenced by iconic Malayalam filmmakers such as K.S. Sethumadhavan, Aloysius Vincent, Ramu Kariat, P. Bhaskaran and P. Venu.
Alukkoru Veedu was written by well-known playwright and screenwriter ‘Sakthi’ Krishnaswami, produced by Subhash Movies, and directed by well-known Malayalam director M. Krishnan. The music was composed by Viswanathan-Ramamurthi, and the lyrics were by Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram and K.D. Santhanam. The film had Satyan as hero, supported by T.S. Muthaiah and D. Balasubramaniam. Dancing star L. Vijayalakshmi played the female lead. Tambaram N. Lalitha, T.R. Ramachandran and S.D. Subbulakshmi had roles too.
There are two brothers in a village; the greedy younger brother cheats the elder one of the family property and lives in style, with several houses. The dispossessed brother sells vegetables for a living but is run over by a deputy collector’s son Rajan, and dies on the spot. Rajan takes the body to the vendor’s hut where he meets his daughter and falls in love with her. He plots to recover his sweetheart’s lost property. Meanwhile, the younger brother’s daughter falls for a drama artiste, but the greedy father wants her to marry Rajan. How Rajan wins back his sweetheart’s houses and marries her forms the rest of the film…
‘Anbu manam kalantha pinney acchham thevayaa,’ a duet by PBS and P. Susheela, was a hit. The other playback singers were Jamuna Rani, Renuka, A.L. Raghavan, and K. Rani. The dances were choreographed by E. Madhavan, while A. Krishnan handled the camera. The film was produced at Vijaya-Vauhini Studios. In spite of excellent performances by Satyan and others, the film was only a reasonable success at the box office.
Remembered for: Satyan’s realistic acting and the pleasing music.
http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-alukkoru-veedu/article6299269.ece?secpage=true&secname=entertainment |
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parthavi
Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 705 Location: Chennai
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Sri Ragavendran,
Your meticulous identification of instruments including the cords that sound only for a second or two and your minute description is amazing. After listening to the song the way you have suggested, I am able to feel the stereo effect. What a great orchestration for a song that is not even known to most people!
I never knew that you have such a great knowledge about the instruments. i would request you to do a similar 'orchestral analysis' for the song 'indha mandraththil oedi varum' I am mesmerized by the orchestration every time I hear the song. And this has been happening for the past 40 years and more.
Hats off to your knowledge.
Hats off to your efforts. _________________ P Rengaswami (9381409380)
MSV, Un isai kettaal puvi asainthaadum, idhu iraivan arul aagum.
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ragasuda
Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 1532
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parthavi
Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 705 Location: Chennai
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Ragasudha,
My first thought was that this was from a Gemini Ganesan film. Then, I felt that the BGM was similar to some notes in the song 'Unnaith thoduvadhu iniyadhu.' So, I will go for 'Uththaravinderi Ulle vaa.' However, I am aware that sometimes MSV creates a tune from the BGM he has used for an earlier film. So, this is only a wild guess. _________________ P Rengaswami (9381409380)
MSV, Un isai kettaal puvi asainthaadum, idhu iraivan arul aagum.
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ragasuda
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:28 am Post subject: |
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parthavi wrote: | Dear Ragasudha,
My first thought was that this was from a Gemini Ganesan film. Then, I felt that the BGM was similar to some notes in the song 'Unnaith thoduvadhu iniyadhu.' So, I will go for 'Uththaravinderi Ulle vaa.' However, I am aware that sometimes MSV creates a tune from the BGM he has used for an earlier film. So, this is only a wild guess. |
Parthavi Sir
Happy to read your response. Your wild guess can be understood. To reduce the guessing work to a little extent, I can give a clue.
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parthavi
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you Ragasudha.
I am watching the film. I am writing this as I am listening to muththukkaLo kankaL. it is a wonderful piece of BGM preceding the song. There is also a whistling before the song which I have not heard so far since i had not watched the film.
Pl continue your treasure hunt.
Many thanks again for digging out the gems from the Maestero's creations! _________________ P Rengaswami (9381409380)
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