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mOnEy podEy Ruby Roy....R D Burman
On the birding trip to Mishmi Hills, I met a young Bengali histopathologist living in Chandigarh, Suvradeep Mitra.
Frogmouth Resort, in Rping, Upper Mishmi, Arunachal Pradesh on 14 April 22, when rain prevented us from going birding, Suvradeep sang this old gem. He forgot the last stanza, and his friend, erstwhile colleague,and birding companion ( Read more... ) -
Periods and pads....
There is much adulation of the movie,
click here to watch the trailer
"Padman"
which is based on the achievements of
Muruganatham who has given a TED talk about what he did for his wife ( Read more... ) -
A beautiful song in AbhOgi: thanga ratham vanthathu veedhiyilE
தங்கரதம் வந்தது வீதியிலே ( Read more... ) -
Nettru Illaatha Maatram Ennathu( what is this change, that wasn't there yesterday?)
The music, the instruments, the lyrics, the lovely voice of Sujatha Mohan, the beauty of Revathi and the scenes she is in...everything comes together in this song. I often think of the late 50's and 60's as the heyday of Tamil film music, but songs like this are jewels!
I wonder what happened to this talented singer? I googled for her name, and
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Oorvasi, and Koopsie, STL, 230815
Here's the original song:
and here's the version by the Enright Ave Dance'n'song Band (K2 calls it Koopsie!)
Do not miss the enjoyment of the audience!
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Violence against women...
If one thought that violence against women was something very recent...here's a song which justificaties drunken violence against women: it says, "Ithu thAn iyarkkaiyin niyathi" (This is the law of Nature). Vannakkili was a 1959 film. The song makes me cringe
Here is the storyline, and pretty grim it is, too ( Read more... ) -
Children, STL, 230814
When I say my grandson is de-lightful, I mean it!
After this, he started figuring out how to open the front door, and make good his escape...
And here's KTB,singing a very old movie song:
The original, with the horrific images of the man of the house beating up his wife and kid, here:
I've not taught Boodi Ma the 2nd stanza, talking about ( Read more... ) -
KTB singing "Let It Go"
AM has shared this on FB, so you do need an FB account to see
KTB singing "Let It Go" from the movie Frozen Here are the lyrics (I don't know this song and googled them online ( Read more... ) -
tErE mEre sapnE ab Ek rang hain
One of my favourite melodious songs, from the movie
Guide
made based on
novel by R K Narayanan
This song seems a happy one.... but there's an underlying current of sadness in it...as "Rosie" is already moving on from the relationship that "Raju" has fought the world and given up a lot for. No matter that R K Narayanan hated this ( Read more... )
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