The Unheard Years : Raja in the mid 90s

[KV]

Sureshji... deadly stuff! Fantastic posts! .
Interesting choice of songs. 'Punnai vanathu kuyile', I'll even bracket it with Raaja's 80s classics. Lovely melody! IR+SPB+SJ+Sivaranjani... difficult for this one to go wrong, aint it!?
OTOH, 'idi idikkudhu' - you can set your counter ticking! I'm listening to this one for the first time now. Instantly catchy; interesting charanams. Nice find, indeed!

[thumburu]

Not being such a great lover of "azhumoonji" raaga like Shivaranjani, I was put off when I got to hear "punnaivanathu kuyile" at the time of its release. But I liked "andha kanji kaLayatha" and infact I still like it beter than the Mal original as this was the one I heard much before. Thanks to legendary hubber Udhaya with his "diamond standards" recommending this song in the old tfmpage days. I took a relook and a liking too.
Need to listen to "idi idikkudhu" - Never heard this one. But Malligai mottu from Shakthivel is my personal fav , Swarnalatha's bountiful singing thru the labyrinthic tune