Blogging about Cinema again, may be a child topic 'Music' in Tamizh Cinema.
Couple of weeks ago, My cousin Karthic had commented about the songs that he listened lately from Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathiley and OKOK. He did mention that he started disliking songs that portray girls are cheaters. Yes, it is about "வேணாம் மச்சான் வேணாம் பொண்ணுங்க காதலு" song from OKOK.
I am not sure if anyone replied or LIKE'ed that status yet. I din really try to scrutinize until I read "Its becoming a stereotype genre" in the same status update. I was unsure if he was right or not. So I wanted to recollect songs that I listened from my childhood to till date, with a filter of this Genre. ;) Lets call the Genre "Soup Songs" as Dhanush and the crew call it. :P
In my opinion, I thought these SOUP songs had a COME BACK with a bang when youngsters like Dhanush, Simbu depicted their love failures. I mean in movies. :P. But the soup songs were not invented by any of these youngsters. They are there in Tamizh Cinemas for long time.
P.S I might not quote the songs in the same order they were released. And they are not the best of the SOUP Songs. :P They are just the ones that came to my mind this morning. ;)
#1: The first song that comes to my mind is from the movie "ஆண் பாவம்" -Directed by PandiArajan (Not the Pasanga fame PandIrajan).
"காதல் கசக்குதையா.. வர வர காதல் கசக்குதையா...
மன்மதன் Love love நு அடிக்கும்,
லபோன்னு தான் துடிக்கும்,
தோத்து போனா குடிக்கும்,
பைத்தியம் தான் புடிக்கும்...."
The catchy lines from the songs are at the end.
" நம்ம தகப்பன் பேச்சை தாயின் பேச்சை மதிக்கணும்
நீயாக பெண் தேட கூடாது எனக்கு இந்த காதல் கசக்குதையா... "
Dont you think there is a resemblance with OK OK lyrics:
"Mummy சொன்ன பொண்ண கட்டினா torture இல்ல டா
நீயும் டாவடிச்ச பொண்ண கட்டினா trowser அவுழும் டா..."
#2: Those days the SOUP songs did come with sad tunes as well, unlike the one above, next one is very sad and had a deep meaning to the lyrics. Very very ஆழம் :P The song is from the movie "முதல் வசந்தம்". In the video we will see our character Artist Chandrashekar. :P
"ஆறும் அது ஆழம் இல்ல...
அது சேரும் கடலும் ஆழம் இல்ல...
ஆழம் எது ஐயா?
அந்த பொம்பளை மனசு தான் யா..."
The best for me from this song is:
"கண்ணுக்குள்ள மின்னும் மய்யி,
உள்ளுக்குள்ள எல்லாம் பொய்யி..." Ha ha. There aren't better lines in this song that could make us laugh in a sad song. ;)
#3: I am not sure from which movie this song is from. The song in which Janakaraj sings the following: :P. But the whole song is not about Women cheating Men. It is a general love failure song I guess. Dont remember any other lines too.
"காதல் என்பது....பொது உடமை...
கஷ்டம் மட்டும் தானே தனி உடமை ..." The music is by our Maestro. The Music Director Ilayaraja. Totally love the music.
#4: The next could be the funniest of all. Music is by our own music genius TR and written by??? சொல்லவா வேனும்? Our own TR. Movie is "மைதிலி என்னை காதலி" Everything by our Rock Star TR. ;)
The song starts with the bang, hits the nail. And its like:
"அட பொன்னான மனசே பூவான மனசே
வெக்காத பொண்ணு மேல ஆச .. நீ வெக்காத பொண்ணு மேல ஆச."
The best lines of all the best soup songs are as follows and please dont miss them. Read it twice to have all the fun:
"சமச்சி வச்ச மீன் கொழம்ப
நீ சலிக்காத தின்ன போதே
தாலி கட்ட துடிச்சிருப்ப
நீ தாரமாக்க நெனச்சிருப்ப
(அட கர்மமே ... இதுக்காடா ஆசை படறீங்க ??? SMS ல வர dialogue தான் ஞாபகம் வருது. "Figure ah Piece ah)
அன்று கைய்ய தான கழுவு என்றா ...
இன்று காதல் இல்லை அழுவு என்றா ..."
What a man? Jokes apart, he is really a music genius. One must listen to all his composition before making fun of his songs. He is really a music genius.
#5: Well, I have been slowly deviating and show casing only sad versions of Soup Songs. To chill out and get rid of from the sad versions, here comes a little latest song from the movie உன்னை நினைத்து Directed by All good Vikraman. :P I always thought if he ever had a production house he will name it as "ALL GOOD Films" like RB Choundary's SuperGood Films. That does not mean all movies of Vikraman's are Good. Certainly not. Not at all. All the characters in his movies will be too good and sweet. If at all there was a bad one, the climax scene will change that bad one to good one with the Movie's theme RR. Well, enough of praising Vikraman. Here comes the happy happy Soup Song:
Almost all the lines have to mentioned here. It starts like this:
பொம்பளைங்க காதல தான் நம்பிவிடாதே நம்பிவிடாதே ...
நம்பியதால் நொந்து மனம் வெம்பி விடாதே...
And the real punch lines are:
பெண்ணாலே பைத்தியமாய் ஆனவன் உண்டு
இங்கு ஆண்களாலே பைத்தியமாய் ஆனவள் உண்டா?
பெண்ணாலே காவி கட்டி அலைந்தவன் உண்டு
இங்கு ஆண்களாலே காவி கட்டி அலைந்தவள் உண்டா?
பெண்ணுக்கு தாஜ்மஹால் கட்டி வச்சான் டா
எவளாச்சும் ஒரு செங்கல் நட்டு வச்சாளா ??? (என்ன ஒரு Punch. One must watch the video when Sundarrajan says ஒரு செங்கல்)
பெண்களெல்லாம் பரிட்சையிலே முதலிடம் தாங்க
நம்ம பசங்கள தான் எங்க அவுங்க படிக்க விட்டாங்க ???
There are many such Soup Songs from Tamizh Cinema. I am too lazy to recollect few more favorite songs of mine and post them here. All I wanted to say in that status update of my cousin was " These things are not new.".
We never come to a conclusion in "What we see in movies are what we do or what we do in real life are what shown in movies". Thamizh Cinemas have always been doing this and as the industry is always dominated by a bunch of males, the output will always be like this. All ladies who read this blog would agree to this. But hey ladies, Am I really correct? "Why this Kolaveri di?" is a song from the movie '3' directed by Aishwarya Dhanush. This was the sensational hit a couple of months ago. Lets not talk about the movie now. :P The reason is definitely not because the industry is dominated by Men. The real reason that I think of is, the so called chauvinists give what actually is sold in market. They know the pulse of audience. That's the trick here. See ya all later.
