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- It is possible for a song or tune to have so many versions (may be in same language or in different languages).
- One such master piece which has multiple versions (all of them are great) is our Maestro Ilaiyaraaja’s tune.
- First Version got released in the year 1982 for the Malayalam movie “Olangal” directed by the legendary director Balu Mahendra. Music by Ilaiyaraaja.The song is “Thumbi Vaa”.
- Second Version came out the same year for the Telugu Movie “Nireekshana” directed by Balu Mahendra. Music by Ilaiyaraaja and the song is “Aakasham enatidho”.
- Third Version came out one year later (1983) for the Tamil movie “Auto Raja” which has actor Vijayakanth in the lead role.
- Actually the movie “Auto Raja” has music composed by none other than Shankar Ganesh. The producer of the movie was impressed by the song “Thumbi Vaa” from Olangal.So he requested our Maestro Ilaiyaraaja to compose the same tune in Tamil and the final product is “ Sangathil Paadatha Kavidhai”
- And here comes the fourth version “Neer Veezhchi thee mootudhae” from the movie “Kanne Kalaimaane” which got released in the year 1988.Music by Ilaiyaraaja.
- And here is the final version “Monday Tho” from the movie “Aur Ek Prem Kahani” released in 1995.The movie is a remake of Kannada movie “Kokila” directed by Balu Mahendra. Music by Ilaiyaraaja …
- What about the Instrumental versions? You may ask… There are two available as far as I know.
- First one from Ilaiyaraaja sir’s Jaya TV concert “Andrum Indrum Endrum”.
- Second one from Ilaiyaraaja’s “music Journey -Live in Italy 2005” concert.
- Note : The tune came as a background track in the movie “Moondram Pirai” directed by Balu Mahendra with Raaja sir’s Humming.I think this must be Balu Mahendra Sir’s favourite tune.He has used it in four of his movies so far.
- See Sujatha and Swetha Mohan singing “Thumbi Vaa” from Olangal here and note Balu Mahendra sir’s reaction in the video.
- Download Lyrics for the songs “Sangathil Paadatha Kavithai” and “Neer Veezhchi Thee Mootudhae” here(available as JPG)…
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- Update : As you guys all know,Thumbi Vaa tune is back to the track.Yes Balki made it.Thanks to him.So,Here comes the final version “Gumsum Gum” from Paa..
August 25th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
good work buddy…. nice information……
September 7th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
great job…. friends……. thank you
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:33 am
Really a great post saga…Its a treasure for “Raaga Devan” Raaja fans…I have been searching all the versions of thumbi vaa for the past 1 month..Finally i got all the versions..Thanks a lot..
November 12th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
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November 14th, 2009 at 9:28 am
The next version of this song as I understand is going to be in R Balki’s Paa starring Amitabh, Abhishek and Vidya Balan. Balki is an avowed fan of Raja sir…acknowledges Raja sir’s greatness and has popularized some of Raja sir’s best numbers in Cheeni Kum…
November 15th, 2009 at 10:10 am
I kneel before you & bow my head……. you are simply GREAT
What an analysis???????
Stupendous Job!!!!!!!
November 15th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Man dis iz awesome job……you have everything in one place…..thanks a lot
November 15th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
@Gopi and @Dina
Oh, the pleasure was mine. I had a great time making this post…Hail Raaja sir!
November 16th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Hi
Good job
November 16th, 2009 at 9:56 am
thanks for the update truly mesmerizing tune … u have done a greeat service,,, tahnx once again from a raja fan a tic
November 16th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Uyirgal anaithum Isaiku Adimai
Umakko !!… Isai Adimai !!
- ilaya Raja is the GOD
November 18th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Hey. This is nice work. But I think the Tamil version came first coz I remember Raaja talking about this song in the jaya tv concert and he said Balu Mahendra after hearing the tamil version wanted to use it for Olangal. Olangal was the most popular one but Tamil version was the first one.
November 18th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
@Mahesh
I don’t think so..Olangal’s Thumbi Vaa came first..Hope I am right..Whatever it is, each version is a gem..
November 18th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Thats true. Infact the most interesting one for me was the “Ek aur prem kahani” version. Its unbelievable that Raaja has used the same tune with different BGM’s for completely different situations…. And thanks to you, it also led to me to find out two other songs from the same film – the hindi version of “Kaatril Enthan Geetham” and “Pothi Vecha Malliga Mottu” !!!
On my earlier comment, I am certain the tamil version in Auto Raja came first (since Raaja himself said that). Also in Raaja.com both are mentioned as released in the same year – 1982.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
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November 19th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Try to bring on the ‘Saravana’ Stores AD, Reworked by KarthickRaja and the Clip from Moondram Pirai, so that we can complete the whole cycle
November 19th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
its amazing to see the other versions, esp the hindi version. Nice documentation. Each version soothes our soul with diff moods, variations and depth. He is an absolute gem. May be thats the diff between the composers and copycats
November 19th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
I don’t think i can find saravana stores ad reworked by karthik raja in Internet…Anyway Thanks for the Information Mr.Pulikesi..
And the clip from Moondram pirai will be updated soon…
November 19th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
2ஐடியா ஸ்டார் சிங்கரில் துர்கா விஸ்வநாத் இந்த பாடலை என்னிஷ்டமாக பாடி இருப்பார்… யூடியுபில் அதன் முழுவடிவமும் கிடைக்கவில்லை. அதன் முழு பாடலும் யாரிடமாவது இருந்தால் தர முடியுமா.. ப்ளீஸ்.. dginnah@gmail.com
November 19th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
உங்கள் தகவலுக்கு மிக்க நன்றி சகா!!தங்களின் கோரிக்கை நிறைவேற என்னால் ஆன முயற்சிகளை செய்வேன்!
November 19th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
@Mahesh: The correct information was, Ilayaraja played the tune for Thooral ninnu pocchu. Pandiarajan, who at that time an assistant to Bhagayaraj was assigned to collect/select the songs for that movie. Pandiarajan got very much impressed with the tune Okayed it. When Bhagayaraj heard it he thought it may not be suitable for the situation (or thought people may not accept it). Nevertheless he gave another gem for the situation “Bhoopalam Isaikkum..Poomagal Oorvalam”.
Ilayaraja didn’t wait and played the tune to Balu, he picked it up. Thats the story.
These things was told by Pandiarajan in a TV interview.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Great Information Guru Prasath Saga…Thanks for sharing here…
November 21st, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Hi
Excellent job.
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Gentlemen,
I myself was wondering why this song was so overused. However, I would like to point out that three of the above clips are not ‘versions’ but the same song. The olangal song, the telugu song and the associated tamil songsare exactly the same song. IR gave only one song…recorded only one song. The song was just dubbed into the other two languages. I know Nireekshana was remade into Telugu (but guess songs are dubbed) but not sure if the tamil version was a dub from Olangal or from Nireekshana.
Regards,
Bhanu
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:20 pm
And who knows if Gum Sum will be the final version……-:)
November 24th, 2009 at 2:18 am
@Bhanu
Thanks for your comment.Do you think this song was so overused?I don’t think so..Well,Opinion differs.
Whatever it is , I am very happy that this song or tune reaches all over India through Various forms…
November 26th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Thanks Pa ,you are one of same like a fan of Raja’s
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Fantastic job buddy. i’ve been searching the instrumental version months together even before paa’s audio release. Now u made my job so effortless. And thanks for all the information about this tune. Tribute to maestro Ilayaraaja.
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Balu Mahendra Sir’s reaction in the video is not playing. Please help.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:39 pm
@leosimha
The video is deleted by the user(uploader) in youtube..I gave a link to another youtube video..You can download the video..Thanks for informing me..
December 4th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
@admin
thank you very much for providing the link. IR rocks. wonderful. excellent. can’t get more words to describe the genius.
December 7th, 2009 at 4:07 am
Great effort to collect this info ! wonderful work man !
December 8th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Great!
Thanks Friend…
December 11th, 2009 at 1:59 am
The Auto Raja (Tamil)version was originally in Director Mahendran’s movie “Azhagiya Kanne”. I do not know why the same version was repeated again in Auto Raja, which had other songs from it’s Kannada Version of the Same name. The music was by Rajan Nagendra in Kannada movie
December 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
@Ganesan Sundararajan
I don’t think so…As far as i know, only “Auto Raja” (Tamil) has the song “Sangathil Paadatha”. It has music by Shankar Ganesh… Another Tamil version “Neer Veezchi” is from “Kanne Kalaimaane” movie..
December 12th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Awesome work! Keep it up.
IR rocks.
December 17th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Great job dude… A big big heartful thanks to you for sharing all such pearl kind of music numbers
I admire to be as you such as a great fan of Ilayaraja sir. Its heaven… no other words may not fit here… I admire to meet Ilayaraja sir in person atleast once in lifetime.
Wow……… thank u so much boss…………………………
December 17th, 2009 at 3:26 am
@Jaya krishna
My Pleasure
December 26th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Awesome job !!!. Raaja raja thaan. No one can ever equal him. It brings up lots of nostalgia when I listen to Raaja’s songs , It reminds me of my school and college days.
I recently listened to the Hindi version when driving to work on the desi fm station here in Dallas.
December 30th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
great compilation.. thanks for that
January 5th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Great Work…..Thanks for sharing.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
@all
Its my pleasure.
January 15th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Thank you very much.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Thanks for your effort.
I was looking for this collection for almost 2 years.
God Bless You.