SOD : 23-Jul-2007

Very Good morning… !!

How will lovers communicate with each other….?
What are the means of communication..??
Started with .. Pura..(?).. Letters… Telephone….Mobiles.. E-mail.. SMS.. Chat… etc…
Can you imagine someone sending the THOODHU through WATER … ???
She explaines the reason for the same….


“maegaththath thoodhuvittaa dhesa maarip poagumoannudhaagamulla machchaanae thanniya naan thoodhu vittaenthannikku indha kanni thandhuvachcha muththamellaamennikka kuraiyaama eppa vandhu tharappoara?nee eppa vandhu tharappoara?”

What an imagination…?? Awesome lyrics by Vairamuthu… In the film “Achchamillai Achchamillai”.. directed by Iyakkunar Sigaram K.Balachander… Starring Rajesh,Saritha and Delhi Ganesh.


Saritha is one actress who could evoke audience's emotions with just a small change to her facial expression.
And K. Balachander is one of those directors who could make any person, who has even a tiny bit of acting talent, to perform exceptionally well on screen.
These two have combined to give a bunch of excellent tamil movies in the past.
Achchamillai Achchamillai is one of the best among them.


K.Balachander is best at his directorial experimentations…
Last week we saw “varumaiyil Niram Sivappu”… Narayana Iyyappan had mentioned about the “Scene” in the movie in which they will act as if they were cooking and eating .. with nothing…

In this movie also.. there is one scene which requires the actress to bring out the emotions that fill the scene and just display it in her facial expression. Well, who else is better than Saritha in doing this.

( Spend a min in reading this situation.. )

Rajesh (who once was a straight-forward person) has joined a filthy political party and has been a part of a lot of crimes. Also, he has grown increasingly impatient and shouts at everyone in the house, including his wife and his father (who he has been so fond of in better days).

In this particular scene, Rajesh is trying to answer a call from one of his political friends. There are a lot of things happening in the house...
· His child is crying for food,
· his father is shouting at him to leave those political goondas and take care of his family etc..
· Rajesh finally gets agitated and
· for the first time starts hitting his father....


The best part of this scene is none of these things are shown on the screen.
All this time the camera only focuses on Saritha's face who is
· concerned about the child when it starts crying for food,
· gives a sarcastic smile when Delhi Ganesh (Rajesh's dad) tries to convince Rajesh to get back to good ways,
· gets angry when Rajesh beats his own father and
· cries when Delhi Ganesh starts crying as he couldn't bear the pain.....

This scene wouldn't have been good, if the re-recording wasn't that sound.
V. S. Narasimhan just surpassed his mentor in re-recording (illayaraja) in this scene.

Truly one of the best scenes I have ever seen. You will definitely have to watch the movie to appreciate this scene.

V.S.Narasimhan…



· V.S. Narasimhan, the lead Violinist at Ilayaraja's Orchestra had a beautiful debut in "Achchamillai Achchamillai" ..

· He was the lead violinist in “HOW TO NAME IT” …
· He has given unbelievable work like "Resonance." ..
· Truly .. an amazing musician who has not received the recognition he deserves.
· I’m crazy about SAHANA… and there is a beautifullllll song composed by V.M.Narasimhan … in the T.V serial called “Rayil Sneham” directed by K.B.. “ INDHA VEENAIKKU THERIYADHU..”…
· ( PLEASSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE Listen to this song when you have time…… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1BEEwud1w ) it has a tremendous impact on the common rasika like me..
· I think… Even while he was composing independently,he was and is still the lead conductor for Illayaraja's orchestra.
· He was the only person to accompany Raja on his tour to compose the symphony.

· He has composed songs for movies like … Achchamillai Achchamillai, Pudhiyavan, 1000 Pokkal Malarattum, Pasa malargal,Kalyana Agathigal.. ( if any of you know .. kindly add to it .. or if I’m wrong.. correct me..)

In Achchamillai Achchamillai..
There are 2 haunting songs which I live the most…

• Odukira thanniyila...MV, PS
• Aavaaram Poovu aaru...SPB, PS

My choce today is .. as I have started in the first para… …. “ SENDING THOODU through WATER”…

“ODUGIRA THANNIYILA”…

( again… one more PLEASEEE try to listen to this song.. and SEEIT .. in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBNJsaCyCmI)

JULY MAADHAM ------ KUTTRAALA SEASON…..

I’m sure if you see this song ( at least in the weekend when you have time at home..) , YOU WILL SURELY BOOK THE TICKETS T KUTTRALLAM ;)

Today is Actor Surya’s Bday and he is in KUTTRAALAM busily shooting for his next film.. J

K.Balachander and K.Bharthiraja are the directors..( as far as I know) who as used the water falls, seashore, waves, rocks, and nature to the best for their movies….

Excellent FOLK song … one of the rare songs….
Sung excellently by P.Susheela…
And malaysia vasudevan…

People who have not listened to it… try to listen to it.. and you will like it..
( I remember myself and preetha singing and talking this song very often when we were in HYD. Also during by college days with Bhavani ..)

Have a GREAT and COOOOLL ( Sivaji Style) Week ahead ;)
( This week is an important week for SOD also.. you will know in the coming days .. J )

maegaththath thoodhuvittaa dhesa maarip poagumoannudhaagamulla machchaanae thanniya naan thoodhu vittaenthannikku indha kanni thandhuvachcha muththamellaamennikka kuraiyaama eppa vandhu tharappoara?nee eppa vandhu tharappoara?

oadugira thanniyila orasi vittaen sandhanaththasaerndhuchchoa saerallaiyoa sevaththa machchaan neththiyilaeola onnu naanezhudhi oada vittaen thanniyilaesaerndhuchchoa saerallaiyoa sevaththa machchaan kaigalilaeadi giraamaththuk kiliyae en kizhiyaadha dhaavaniyaekuliredukkum saaralukku koda pidikka vaa mayilaekodaiyum illa padaiyum illa thooralukku aadharavaadhaavaniya nee pizhiya kalasam vetta naan varavaanee nanaichcha aadaiyellaam nee pizhinjaa neervadiyumaiyththa magan naan pizhinjaa aththanaiyum thaen vadiyum(oadugira)malarth thoattaththu kuyilae idhu umakkaagap paadudhungaaasaiya naan thoodhu vida aruvi oru paalamungaaruvi poala azhugiradha arindhukondaal aagaadhoa?mundhaanaiyin oramennai mudindhukondaal aagaadhoa?vakkanaiyaa thaali vaangi vaasalukku vaaradheppoa?umma paadham patta manneduththu naanum pallu velakkap poaradheppoa?(oadugira)Thank you.

Musically yours,
Jenny Padma. R .