Paartha Vizhi Paartha padi..

For the first post, I didn’t have to think too much about what to write. The toss was between Janani Janani and Paartha Vizhi. Even to my surprise the choice was Paartha Vizhi from Guna

naayagi naan mugi naarayanI kai naLina pancha saayagi
saambavi shankari shyamaLai jaadhinachuvaayagi
maalini vaarahi sollini maadhangi endru
aaya kyaadhi udaiyaal charanam...

charanam charanam charanam!!!

paartha vizhi paarthapadi poothu irukkaa
kaathirundha kaatchi ingu kaana kidaikka
oon uruga uyir uruga thaen tharum thadaagamae
vazhi varuga vazhi neduga oLi niraiga Vazhvilaee

idankondu vimmi inai kondu irugi
ilagi muthu madalkonda kongai malai kondu iraivar valiya nenjai
nadankonda kolgai nalankonda naayagii
nallaaravil pankonda Anbu panimozhi--vedhap pariburaiye

paartha vizhi paarthapadi poothu irukkaa
kaathirundha kaatchi ingu kaana kidaikka
oon uruga uyir uruga thaen tharum thadaagamae
vazhi varuga vazhi neduga oLi niraiga vaanilae

Paartha Vizhi paartha padi is a song that I would love to listen in a temple or my Pooja room. The vibration that it creates in me and the poise that it brings is inexpressible in words. Only a genius like Ilayaraja could have even conceived a number. It is from a movie Guna, enacted by Kamal Haasan. Fittingly another genius to star in the song. The movie is not for an average cinema buff. It’s a treatise.

Kamal, in one of his interviews remarked that when he and the director narrated the situation to Ilayaraja(will be referred as Raja from here on), Raja took minutes to compose the song and called Jesudas to the studio and asked him to sing which the latter did with remarkable ease. Kamal was dumbfounded at the brilliance and how true!

The beautiful rendition by Das and the chorus with classical overtures in Paavani Raaga is just an out of the world wonder and soul stirring music to put it simply. The rhythm in the song is something that you don't find often in any cine song. It was just destined to be a song that stands apart and it does!

The part I would like to pick in the completely divine song as my “bestest pick” is by the chorus.

idankondu vimmi inai kondu irugi
ilagi muthu madalkonda kongai malai kondu iraivar valiya nenjai
nadankonda kolgai nalankonda naayagii
nallaaravil pankonda Anbu panimozhi--vedhap pariburaiye

I shed tears every time I hear this.

Dear Raja- I owe you my life just for this feel !

PS: The song (or the whole movie infact) is more enjoyable when you see it in the hero’s perspective. At the start of the song, a policeman would direct kamal to stand in the Queue pointing towards a direction saying something ; kamal hears it but doesn’t listen to it. For him, it seems that the policeman is showing Abhirami to him. He feels happy and he smiles!