Maalayil Yaaro - Swarnalatha

Here is another versatile singer from the south, Swarnalatha.

Swarnalatha's voice is very different from her peer female singers..and she definitely stood out because of that!

Her songs, Aaatama Therotama, Povoma Oorkolam, Ennule Ennule, Rakkama are some of the super hits...Latest rendition of hers is in Sillunu Oru Kaadhal - Kummi Adi..what a song!

I have tried my voice on her very popular song, Maalayil Yaaro, one of my personal favorites.

Enjoy listening and leave your comments for me to improvise.

Song: Maalayil Yaaro
Movie: Chatriyan
Originally sung by: Swarnalatha

My special thanks to Sowmya for sharing this Karaoke track with me. You can listen to her rendition of this song here

Alayamaniyin Oosaiyai - P. Susheela

My humble attempt at a song by P Susheela, the legend in film music industry. There are so many songs of P.Susheela that I would have loved to sing, this song is one of the first in the list.

'Petra Thaai' movie made in 1952 in Tamil (Kanna Thalli in Telugu) with A. Nageswararao and G. Varalakshmi in lead roles, is the movie that P Susheela sang her first song - a duet with A. M. Raja - 'Edhukku azhaithaai' for the movie.

The songs that she sung in 'Kanavane kan kanda dheiyvam' (1955) brought her the popularity that she so well deserved. Especially songs like 'Endhan ullam thulli vilyaaduvadhum,' 'unnaik kan thedudhe' brought out her talent for rendition. Then came 'Missiyamma' in the same year. Susheela became very popular with 'Brindha vanamum Nandha kumaranum' and 'ariyaa paruvamada' set to Karaharapriya.
If you are interested in P Susheela's history, check out this website

One of my personal favorites of P Susheela's is Oru Naal Yaaro from Major Chandrakanth. Will try to sing that next, if I get hold of the Karaoke.


Song: Alayamaniyin Oosaiyai
Movie: Paalum Pazhamum
Originally sung by: P Susheela

Karupputhaan Enakku Pudhicha -Anuradha Sriram

Here is another singer who has become very popular in a short time in Indian film music space.

Though her first song was "Malrodu" in Bombay, her "Nalam Nalam ariya aaval" in Kadhal Kottai was a big hit. So was the song in Aasai "Meenamma"

The song that I have sung here is Karupputhaan enakku pudicha coloru, song from the movie VettriKodi Kattu. This song was a hit too for not just the music but also the lyrics...

Enjoy listening...

Song: Karupputhaan Enakku Pudicha coloru
Movie: Vettrikodi Kattu
Originally Sung by: Anuradha Sriram

Yeh zindagi Usi ki hai - Lata Mangeshkar

So here I am completing my first month of audioblogging (successfully??!!!)

As the first month anniversary day, I am dedicating this song to my mom, who has been asking me to sing this song ever since I started blogging a month back.

I did not have the Karaoke, so I have put bits of music, in between, hoping it will not spoil the beauty of the song. I did this just to ensure that I was singing at the same pitch as the original.

Song: Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki hai
Movie: Anaarkali
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

Arriyathe Arriyathe (Maiden Malayalam song)

UPDATED ON DEC-17:
Updated the song with a new recording.
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While in stream of singing songs of different singers, I thought of trying a song in Malayalam by singer Sujatha, but I had a huge challenge of firstly knowing what solo songs were sung by singer Sujatha, then I had to look for a place online that could let me buy/download karaoke for that song and also find the original to practice.

A song that was an answer to all the above challenges was "Arriyathe Arriyathe" from the movie Ravanaprabhu sung by KS Chitra.

This song is dedicated to all my hostelmates and chechis who helped me speak and learn Malayalam during my stay in Kerala.

En Vaanile - Jency

Here's one more masterpiece from Ilayaraja from the same movie Johnny (as Katril Endan Geetham). This song was sung by Jency who gave some very good hits in the 80s. Some of her songs that are evergreen -

Iru Paravaigal & Aayiram Malargale : Movie - Niram Maaraatha Pookal
Kaadhal Oviyam: Movie - Alaigal oivathillai
Namthana namthana: Movie - Pudhiya Vaarppugal
Idhayam Poguthe: Movie - Pudhiya Vaarppugal
Enuyir neethane: Movie - Priya

I have sung one of the very popular songs by Jency.

Song: En Vaanile Ore Venila
Movie: Johnny
Singer: Jency Anthony

Forever and Always (Shania Twain - My choice)

The response for the first attempt at the english song that I sang, was very encouraging. So decided to try another one of my favorite english song (Shania Twain again). This does not fall into my "trying songs by all female singers" agenda...but too good a song to let go.

Again, matching the accent has been a challenge in this song and I have tried to just sing it the way I wanted than copy Shania's accent.