Yaradhu sollamal nenjalli povadhu - Nenjamellam Neeye

There is a programme in vividhbharathi called 'guldasta' - a program for ghazals. It has been on air for more than 30 years as far as i know. Nowadays it is aired from 9.00pm to 9.30 pm. Though not a regular listener, I do give it a ear now and then.

If it should be given a name in thamizh, it can be named 'shankar ganesh neram'. You may be knowing that all fm channels in tamilnadu and even satelitte radio like 'KL radio' have programmes like "maestro neram" featuring raja's songs alone.

But the above case is a different one. Not because shankar ganesh have composed innumerable ghazals, but because they have lifted innumerable urdu ghazals and used it in their name, the programme shall be named as 'sg neram'.

The famous lifts are 'megame megame', 'tooth paste iruku brush iruku' etc. Another famous song 'yaaradhu sollamal nenjalli povadhu' from the movie 'nenjamellam neeye' is also a lift from a ghazal. All tfm listeners have unanimously agreed that it is a lift and there was no second opinion about it since sg's fame was such. But there are no web references to the original song. Also this time shankar ganesh have not done a 'ee adichaan copy' and thats why i think most tfm listeners could not pinpoint to this song.

Yesterday, i stumbled upon the original song aired on the program 'guldasta'. It has been years since i listened to this song.

This is a ghazal 'Main hawa hoon' by Hussain brothers from their debut album and interestingly its title also is 'guldasta', released in the year 1980.