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Arunmozhi - underrated singer

Topic started by Ravi (@ 209.244.180.127) on Fri Apr 5 13:15:21 EST 2002.
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Arunmozhi is indeed on of tamil cinema's underrated singers. He has sung many songs for IR. My personal favorite is "Enna Vara Vendum..." from the movie Nandavana Theru. What do you guys think about Arunmozhi?

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• From: Peter Pan (@ 170.140.250.24) on: Fri Apr 5 13:38:15 EST 2002
  
  He is a good singer. His voice is pleasant and so is his diction.
  In case you didn't know, he is an excellent player of the bamboo flute and is the lead flautist in IR's orchestra. His flute renditions can be heard in most of IR's hits of the 80's and 90's.
  
  
• From: Mohan (@ 136.1.1.154) on: Wed Apr 10 15:02:56 EDT 2002
  
  Hmm...I like his voice in some songs...like "Naan Enbadhu Nee allavo..", "Varaadhu vandha naayagan".. But, he doesn't sing with punch..
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.223.210) on: Thu Apr 11 00:41:00 EDT 2002
  
  His pronounciation is very good - I liked his MoghaMuLL Song very much and "Varaadhu vantha naayakan", "Enna varam veNdum", "Oththa rupaay thaaraen" etc.,
  
  In a music program (coimbatore), He mentioned that he sang 'Pachchaik kiLikaL thoLodu' from Indian, later it was recorded in KJY's voice also, and they finally decided to use KJY Version !
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: Sam (@ 132.235.18.15) on: Thu Apr 11 10:42:42 EDT 2002
  
  NagaS, just curious, what did u mean by "they" in
  "they finally decided to use KJY Version". Just wondering cos I just saw some thread where someone asked how the MD decides the singer.
  
  
• From: mahabs (@ 203.199.209.81) on: Thu Apr 11 11:04:07 EDT 2002
  
  nagas
  
  what is his song in moghamull?? i thought all songs are by kjy.
  
  anbudan
  mahabs
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.223.210) on: Thu Apr 11 11:11:07 EDT 2002
  
  Sam,
  
  I meant the whole team as 'they', maththapadi enakku inside details ethum theriyaathu :-)
  
  Mahabs,
  
  Its 'Nenje Gurunatharin Sevadi' from MoghamuLL,
  
  MoghaMuLL had songs sung by KJY, MG Srinivas, Arunmozhi and S. Janaki
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: Neels (@ 64.213.155.229) on: Thu Apr 11 15:18:36 EDT 2002
  
  "NenjE Gurunatharin SEvadi ninainthu"
  Wow! What a great melody, with excellent lyrics, in a rarely used meLakartha raga, 'nAtaka Priya'!
  There were 2 versions of the above song in mOhamuL.
  The ArunMozhi version is better, 'cos M. G. Sreekumar just killed his version with his heavy MalayaLam accent!
  
  
• From: isaiosai (@ 165.122.129.69) on: Thu Apr 11 15:52:17 EDT 2002
  
  yes. there are 2 versions of both "NenjE gurunaatharin" and "Sollayo" and i liked all of them:) Arun Mozhi renders "NenjE gurunaatharin" really well. I love this song.
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.223.210) on: Fri Apr 12 00:45:25 EDT 2002
  
  Neels,
  
  I don't think there is a MGS Version of Nenjee ... Only 'Sollaayo' had two versions - One by SJ (Very well sung !!!!!) and the other by MGS,
  
  Kamalam Padha kamalam, Sollaayo (+1), Nenjee Gurunatharin and then, What is the fifth song in the album ?
  NagaS
  
  
• From: rajesh (@ 195.93.32.163) on: Fri Apr 12 02:35:04 EDT 2002
  
  He also sang Engal Veetil Ella Naalum KArthiukai,from Vaanathai pola. What a great singer.
  
  
• From: yvs mani (@ 164.100.11.114) on: Fri Apr 12 06:54:03 EDT 2002
  
  some more to add :
  odai kuyil oru pattu padikkaliyaa -thalattu paadavaa
  nee thaana nee thaana anbae nee thaanae - do -
  raathiriyil paadum pattu - aranmanai kili
  
  
• From: isaiosai (@ 165.122.129.69) on: Fri Apr 12 15:21:25 EDT 2002
  
  NagaS,
  There is indeed a MGS version of "NenjE gurunaatharin". I have it downloaded on my pc and listen to it quite often. But i guess the movie might have had only 1 version of both songs. The other song is "Sangeetha gnyaanamu" by KJY.
  
  
• From: Ram (@ 63.99.162.140) on: Fri Apr 12 18:33:01 EDT 2002
  
  Hi,
  I am sure that my question is not relevant to this discussion. But anyways, can anyone let me know where I can listen to Moghamul songs on the net? Sorry for the trouble
  
  
• From: Venkatesh (@ 212.72.11.66) on: Sat Apr 13 05:43:07 EDT 2002
  
  NagaS,
  
  There is another good song by KJY in MogamuL - Sangeetha gnanamu bhakthi vina (Telugu) - is it Tyagaraja kriti, any idea?
  
  
• From: isaiosai (@ 166.44.185.197) on: Sun Apr 14 16:59:18 EDT 2002
  
  About "NenjE gurunaadhanin" from Classical Ilaiyaraaja - 12 :
  
  "Recently I happened to listen to one superb Natakapriya song tuned by Ilaiyaraaja! It came as a pleasant surprise in the movie moga mull. The song is "nenja gurunadhanin"! It is a lovely song! The situation is similar to the one in sindhu bhairavi, where distraught hero Shivakumar, begs for alcohol and sings the song "thanni thotti thedi".
  
  In moga mull, the hero Rajam is a music student. He gets a chance to perform in the house occasion of a local big shot. He refuses that chance. Later, his guru (Nedumudi Venu) falls sick and needs lot of money for hospitalisation. So, the hero becomes a victim of circumstance and is forced to go to that big shot for monitary help. The villain makes the hero sing in his house when there is no occasion. All his friends form a crowd and sit before the hero. While he sings, the insensitive audience talks aloud, giggles, and humiliates the hero in all possible ways. The song is "nenjae guru nadhanin" in the ragam Natakapriya. Arun mozhi has sung this song. Fantastic job! I have heard a classic krithi "geetha vadhya" in this ragam. If I remember correct, the Ri,Ga,Ma had been handled like in Thodi (with gamakam) in that krithi. Ilaiyaraaja has used plain swaras in this song. But, even then it is very classical and the raga identity is quite clear. Oh, what a pathetic situation it is, to be in a financially needy state, and to unwillingly sell one's music skill to a shameless crowd that is absolutely deaf to music! That scene only reminded me of the nowadays very popular marriage reception katcheris! Amidst the total chaotic environment of maamis (talking about their jewelry), maamas (talking about their gas trouble) and kids (playing with water gun), the musician has to sing! Often the musicians eyes will be tightly shut up, feigning full engrossment in his music! If not for the eye closure, who will come to save the musician from seeing the terrible audience!"
  
  
• From: isaiosai (@ 166.44.185.197) on: Sun Apr 14 17:02:15 EDT 2002
  
  Ram,
  Here is the link: http://www.nexus.internet-engineer.co.uk/search.html --> browse M-N listing and look for Moga Mull
  
  Venkatesh,
  It is indeed a Thyagaraja krithi in Dhanyasi rAgam, Adi thALam.
  
  Comments from Classical Ilaiyaraaja - 12 :
  
  "Ilaiyaraaja used one of the Thyagaraja krithi in Dhanyasi in the movie moga mull. Again, the situation is similar to sindhu bhairavi, where Shivakumar goes to a katcheri and takes over the singing of the musician on the dais. Ilaiyaraaja used the Thyagaraja krithi "lochana" In the ragam Dharbar to indicate the kind of musical talent that Shivakumar has (despite loosing his sobriety). In moga mull, a drunken musician gets on the stage and sings with a lot of abhaswaram. The hero gets on the stage and then sings "sangeetha gnanamu bhakthi vina" in Dhanyasi. K.J.Jesudoss has sung that song in the movie. In that situation there is a strong lecture by the hero's guru that many present day musicians take alcohol etc!"
  
  
• From: shankar (@ 206.148.116.172) on: Sun Apr 14 17:31:57 EDT 2002
  
  decent track singer:
  
  En Veettu Jannal Etti - Raman Abdullah
  another song from nizhalgal?
  
  
• From: raj (@ 198.151.230.253) on: Mon Apr 15 06:58:19 EDT 2002
  
  nizhalgal didnt hav Arunmozhi @ all
  
  
• From: srinivas (@ ) on: Sat Jul 31 12:04:20 EDT 2004
  
  I like his "thalattu pattu pada nanum thayillai" from "pondatti thevai",parthiban never miss his voice to add in his films.
  
  
• From: Gratitude (@ 65.29.123.115) on: Sat Jul 31 22:36:10 EDT 2004
  
  Arunmozhi is yet another intriguing IR find. Intriguing because you do not know why he was ever introduced. IR's other (in)famous male singers are MV and Mano. All these were supposed to counter SPB in IR's warped mind. GOd save us from these asingars.
  
  
• From: vijay (@ 68.51.215.28) on: Sun Aug 1 00:09:56 EDT 2004
  
  well said, Gratitude :-) Atleast Arunmozhi got some very selective numbers and in spite of his not-so-pleasing voice tried to impart some bhaavam to his renditions. Malaysia Vasudevan was a disaster. He probably has sung the max. no of junk songs for IR followed by Mano. Actually the reverse is true. Knowing that Mano and MV were going to sing his tunes, IR probably composed them without an iota of inspiration. I sympathize with IR in this aspect.
  
  Arunmozhi was, I believe, a track singer who could have been just a lazy substitute because IR didnt have time to scout around for better talent.
  
  BTW, I dont think IR introduced these guys with an aim to thwart SPB. I think he knows better. Because many songs sung by these jokers were sung by SPB in Telugu :-( Its just that SPB was probably busy in Telugu(singing a lot of junk songs there) or had some throat operation or some other reason which made him sing less in TFM. Namma poraadha kaalam, no viable alternatives available at that time. Maybe Jayachandran and KJY could have been used a little bit more.
  
  
• From: asas (@ ) on: Tue Aug 24 17:55:06 EDT 2004
  
  late arunmozhi?
  
  
• From: Senty (@ 128.231.88.6) on: Wed Aug 25 17:18:31 EDT 2004
  
  AM has got some beautiful melodies to his credit
  
  unnai kaanadha naal -kavidhai paadum alaigal
  velli golusumani-pongi varum kaveri
  Malarae thendral paadum veetle viseshangae
  aariraararo pattu paada -pondatti thevai
  podhum edutha janmamae-pillaikuttikaran
  
  there is 2 songs from this movie name that i forgot
  1)Semmeney semm menney unn kitta sonnaney
  2)Punnai vana pooonguiley poomagaley vaa
  
  
• From: srinivas (@ 202.62.86.3) on: Sat Aug 28 09:50:56 EDT 2004
  
  semmeeney song, sung by jayachandran and punnai vana by arun mozhi, both songs are in film cheevandhi.
  
  
  

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