no prelude, no interludes, simple beat, but what a song. 'kalellam nogudhadi' from 'en bommukutty ammavuku'.
it was released in april 1988, a thamizh new year release. directed by faazil and a remake of 'enda mamati kutti ammaiku'. it was the 2nd or 3rd serious movie i watched. and this one fdfs at chromepettai vetri theatre. i was adamant that i will not come to this movie. my brother insisted that we shud go to this movie as it is by a good director faazil.(actually we did not get ticket for any other movie nearby, later my brother revealed this)
it is a story about a couple who lose their child in an accident ( the child falls from a cruiser boat) and then adopt a child. after the bonding with the child, its original mother claims it and the child is given back to its original mother.
it starred sathyaraj, raghuvaran, suhasini, rekha and baby geethu mohandas. geethu, u wud have seen, went on to become the heroine of 'nala dhamayanthi'. baby shalini was introduced by faazil in its original malayalam version.
this song comes when raghuvaran persuades satyaraj to meet rekha, the original mother of the child. satya is not interested and gives some lames excuses and says he is busy. but raghuvaran says he will wait till satya's work is over and waits in a nearby ground. this song was not featured in the records and cassettes. so also 'kanne navamaniye'.
no prelude, suddenly the voice of raja sings 'kaalellam nogudhadi.........' something moved in my stomach. and i was spellbound for the entire 2 minutes of the song. satya's confusion, raghuvaran's predicament and the sadness that is going to prevail however the story ends, all are captured in this song by raja.
i was already emotionally disturbed by the title song 'kanne navamaniye' which comes 3-4 times in the movie. now this second blow was almost unbearable for a 13 year old, who had never undergone any emotional turmoil, till such time.
i understood what music can do.
the 'aelelo' by raja also beautifully coincides with a boat in long shot. in fact he wud have seen the rushes and kept the aelelo for that sequence.
both these songs were composed after the movie was finished and faazil was the lucky guy to get these 2 gems.
i still remember a review which read 'ella nadigargalum adakki vasithu irukkiraargal, geethuvai thavira', and that was in praise of the child artist. she was really cute and played her role very understandingly.
faazil also did a neat job'. particularly in the asylum scenes, a lunatic will be shouting 'kidaikkalada kandasamy kiddaikkalada' in the background which will be heard very feebly when geethu enters the asylum for the first time. and the same man will shout ' kidachidichuda kandasamy kidachidichuda' when geethu is handed over to rekha.
