Another reason, he wrote auto-biography about him and wrote lot of sensitive/personal/political information about him as well as others. Remember, when Anna presented ring to Karunanithi and what Anna replied when Kannadasan asked why he didn't get one?
Koppaiyele en kudiyiruppu was based on persian poet Omar Khayyam's life and work and the famous quote that poets are Gods are also attributed to him originally. Kaviarasar deserves credit for making it popular in tamil of course, not to mention he was another Omar Khayyam himself in many ways :)
Yes as SPS said KD was a genius in timing, correlating songs with hidden messages...few I know of -
Nalandaana - for Anna returning from illness Sivagaami maginadum - Forget he movie, some MGR movie with Saroja Devi playing Narasimha and Sivakami (i don't want to say anything more :)) but the song intended for Kamarajar when KD wanted to support him Poiyyile pirandhu - love song for Devika, who was his fan initially and girl friend later.. Neeyum naanuma - nephew Panju Arunachalam (I think) who was a budding movie poet
-Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse -- and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness -- And Wilderness is Paradise enow.
>in his autobiographical song kopaiyile en kudiyiruppu kannadasan
>venketesh.
In general " kopaiyile en kudiyiruppu, kolamayil en thuNaiyiruppu" means he is always with liquor and a lady.His critics used to say so.
But the other section of his fans gave a different meaning for the same.
Kopaiyile en kudiyiruppu means " an ink bottle is always with him" & kolamayil en thuNaiyiruppu means "mayiliRagu which is used to write poetry using ink is his companion".
saroja thevi in 2 roles. one is who goes mad just after she read sivakamiyin sabatham and imagines she is sivakami. finally she jumps off from the light house and dies.
appa! you should see thalaivar as maamallan. super.
> > Kopaiyile en kudiyiruppu means " an ink bottle is > > always with him" & kolamayil en thuNaiyiruppu means > > "mayiliRagu which is used to write poetry using ink is > > his companion".
beautiful! but that doesnt mean the widely accepted interpretation is false. both are equally apt for that genius
Wow..Venkat that is good gto know, I know thalaivar had a real crush on SS as a story and wanted to make it some day, he only got a chance to use it like this.
I don't think too highly of his looks or acting skills, but I know he respected the epic much.
MGR dotting Narasimha pallava was to a large extent tolerable (many who read kalki would have visualized N.Pallava as a 6 ft breat build wrestler). What was difficult - saroja devi as sivakami... the abinayams were found wanting, i would have preferred a padmini in the role.
Yes, Mamallan was a broad shouldered musclemann Mgr maintained good figure but was hardly a muscle man. Yes of course BS could not dance like padmini or vyjayanthi. It is interesting, NTR was famous for playing Krishnadevaraya, but real KDR was short pockmarked guy quite unlike NTR. The nice thing abt this song is BS makeup exactly like Maniam drew Sivagaami. The song is Panju Arunachalam, not KD. Very nice romantic lyrics.
> Yes, Mamallan was a broad shouldered musclemann Mgr maintained good figure but was hardly a muscle man. Yes of course BS could not dance like padmini or vyjayanthi. It is interesting, NTR was famous for playing Krishnadevaraya, but real KDR was short pockmarked guy quite unlike NTR. The nice thing abt this song is BS makeup exactly like Maniam drew Sivagaami. The song is Panju Arunachalam, not KD. Very nice romantic lyrics.
One more that I know of is about the 'Marudhamalai maamaniye', KD was out of money to conduct his daughter's marriage when he was penning lyrics of Deivam produced by great Muruga Bhakta Chinnappa Devar. He wrote the line 'Devarin kulam kakkum velayya, ayya', in his mind he had devas, not chinnappa devar but chinnappa devar was listening to the rehearsal in next room and was so impressed that he came out and gave KD a cheque for 1 lakh for his daughter's wedding!! Velayya was writing through KD's pen that day.:))
All KD Fans, if you have missed Mahendra Raj's blog, here is the link. Mahendra Raj is an authority on movies especially the 50s-60s-70s era. Suggestion before you read this. This is a real long link full of anecdotes and will keep you online a while. When I read it first i was so absorbed and forgot completely all my chores, even that I had to pick up a friend from airport. He arrived by himself, in taxi, i was still reading. Not happy he was. Enjoy :))
KD must be in par with the great legends of our time, a highly evolved spiritual person as every one knows. Of all his songs, the most catchiest with the greatest subtle spiritual tone would be 'Kodi asainthathum kaatru vanthatha'. Listen to it a few times and it will question the very basics of Maya. What and how did things happen and what do we feel true is it true :-) A detailed commentary of Sankaracharya's bagavad geetam words 'Dhukrinj kharane'. It takes a genius to put things in this prespective. KD was one.
Yes. In my opinion, the song "Ullathil Nalla Ullam..." in movie Karnan is one of his best. In a single song, he gives the essence of Bhagavat Gita and you also recently linked the youtube video
True, of all his songs, which mesmerize people this (kodi asainthathum) was the song that talks about 'Deja vu' and questions the very concept of what we percieve as truth and what is truth in essence. That is why this lands up as my first song. Only those who want to hear it in the fomat prescribed will enjoy the embedded meaning. Compare with Baarathi's "Nirpathuve nadapathuve parapathuve song and the flow unwinds. Another gem: Ezu swarangalukkul ethanai ragam, explains in purest form without mentioning the word Karma - what it is. That logic of what is Karma and how that prevails wether we want it or not. Lines below: Enakkaga nee azhalaam iyarkkayil nadakkum Nee enakkaga unavu unna eppadi nadakkum? Namakkendru bhoomiyile kadamaigal undu- adhai namakkaaga nam kaiyaal seivathu nandru