Thaiyatha thaiyatha thaiya thaiyathaa.. a bharadwaj musical feast

Long long ago, in doordarshan during the advent of Mega-serials there used to be a long yet decent(unlike what we have now) serial named as Vizhudhugal. The title song of that serial is a very sweet Kalyani that even today I hum it occasionally. Why I say this is that, it was the first time I got to listen to a composition from (Ramani) Bharadwaj. I should say he is brilliant in patches for some of this songs are so good that it exceeds his average quality by a long mile.

Thaiyatha thaiyatha thaiya thaiyathaa
paiyya thaa paiyya thaa panju mutham thaa
uyir vaazhgira varaikkum unakke madi koduppen
ini oar janmam irundhal unakke meendum pirappen
unadhu kanavil ninaivil uruvil naane endrum iruppaeeen

Thaiyatha thaiyatha thaiya thaiyathaa
paiyya thaa paiyya thaa panju mutham thaa

Nilangal udaindhu poonalum nizhalgal udaivadhillai
nesam paasam nijamaanadhu
mazhayil kiligal nanaindhaalum saaya poovadhillai
anbe nam kaadhal adhu poondradhu
pennukku peraasai veru ondrum illai
sonnadhu seyidhaale nigar yedhum illai
nee urudhiyaanavan yen urimaiyaanavan
pasi rusiyai pagal iruvai pagindhu kollum thalaivan

Thaiyathaaa thaiyatha thaiyatha thaiya thaiyathaa
paiyya thaa paiyya thaa panju mutham thaa

Piravi vandhu poonalum uravu murivathillai
uyirai uyiraal murukketravaa
unnai poondra anbaalan yaarku vaaiku meendum
udalai udalaal kulippaatavaa
oruganam nee yennai pirinthaalum kannaa
maruganam naan unnai serum varam vendum
unnai irukki anaikkiraen uyir nuraikka rasikkiren
anu anuvaai unai pizhandhu yen aayul adaippen

Saadhana Sargam- In my opinion the best import for TFM from north India. She’s my favorite non-south singer and comes in my top 3 best women singers that we have(along with Sujatha and Chithra). So mellifluous and so complete her singing is that its purely a delight. To put it simply no one could have sang this song better. The high pitch rendition of the song has been delivered flawlessly by this genius of a singer and the rich tune really deserves kudos.

This song is a sublime Charukesi number. I am very fond of this Raga and Bharadwaj has certainly given his best here that he proves he is a noticeable entity in TFM

The bestest part I would pick in this mesmerizing number is

oruganam nee yennai pirinthaalum kannaa
maruganam naan unnai serum varam vendum
unnai irukki anaikkiraen uyir nuraikka rasikkiren
anu anuvaai unai pizhandhu yen aayul adaippen

Though am not quite convinced at the way the song has been picturized, it still is a song for me to adore. Hats off to Bharadwaj to give a pure classical number in this age. Wish he does this more in time to come...