P.U.Chinnappa

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In 1942 PUC acted in Jupiter Pictures' kaNNagi. SV Venkatraman
was the MD and Udumalai Narayana Kavi wrote the lyrics. The lyrics
were very very good and the music was excellent. Several songs by PUC
became big hits:

anbil viLaindha amudhamE
dhEva magaL ivaL yaar
maanamellaam pOna pinnE

But the song mentioned above, chandhrOdhayam idhilE was the most
special song in this movie. adhil isaiamaippaaLar SVV Shankarabharanam
raagaththai saaRu pizhindhaar; chandhrOdhayaththai senthamizh sandham
aakkinaar udumalaiyaar; indha mayakkum rasak kalavaiyai than saareeram
enum paLinguk kOppaiyil parimaaRinaar PUC; moththaththil andha paadal
oru mukkanich chaaRu. -- ippadi solgiRadhu PUC patriya oru pazhaya
journal article.

adhE padaththil naNdu - sippi vEy kadhali naasamuRungaal, thaan
koNda karuvaiyE azhikkum koLgaiyadhu pOl endru naakkil nuzhaiyaadha
oru paadalum uNdu; adhaiyum thiruththamaagavum laavagamaagavum
paadinaar PUC.

1942-il PUC Prithiviraj endra padaththilum nadiththaar.
adhil thanakku jOdiyaaga nadiththa Sakunthala-vaiyE than nija
vaazhkkaiyilum manaivi aakkik koNdaar.

SVV-yin isaiyil PUC pala inimaiyaana paadalgaLai paadiya padam
kubErakuchElaa (1943). Pabanasam Sivan acted as KuchElaa. kaayakalpa
vagaiyaRaavil ondrai saappittu kuchElar kubEranaaga maaRum pOdhu,
vatral vadivam koNda paabanaasam sivan, vaattasaattamaana PUC-yaaga
maaRividuvaar. 'paNam pandhiyilE' endra karuththai veLiyeedum
selvamE suga jeevaadhaaram miga inimaiyaana paadal. Saamaa
raagaththilum Ranjani-yilum amaindha indhap paadal PUC-yin paavam
thadhumbum bhaaNikku nalla eduththuk kaattu. kubEra Chinnappa,
kaadhal maiyam koNdu TR Rajakumari-yai thodarum pOdhu, nadai
alankaaram kaNdEn endru uruguvaar. Karaharapriya-vai kadaindhu
eduththa siRpamaaga veLikkaattum inimaiyaana paadal.

The song, namakkini bayamEdhu in Kalyani raagam, it seems,
was made for the movie, Jegathala Pradhaaban (MD: GRamanathan).
But, it seems the song was never used for the movie.

Kavinjar Kambadhaasan 'kadhaiamaippu, paadalgaL' varaindha padam
Mangaiyarkkarasi (1949). Thaaththaa-Thandhai-Magan endru
moondru vEdangaLil PUC nadiththu asaththiya indhap padaththil varum
paadaldhaan kaadhal kanirasamE. Thyagaraja swamigaLin
naadha dhanum anisham endru Chiththaranjani raaga varNa mettai
appadiyE thazuviyadhu ip paadal. indha Carnatic mettin azhagu,
thuLiyim baadhikkap padaamal paadiyuLLaar PUC. idhE padaththil
paarththaal pasi theerum endra paadalil Chenjuritti raagaththaik
koNdu nenjuruttiyuLLaar PUC.

The article that I have also talks about a movie, manOnmaNeeyam
(1942) acted by PUC and TRRajakumari. It seems the songs in that
movie were a feast in Classical music. I will write about them later.