For a while, I thought it to be Ajith’s original voice.
One of the actors to whom SPB’s voice suited best was Ajith Kumar. Every song from Thalapathy – be it Adi Rakamma Kaiya Thattu or Kaatukuyilu, deserves equal credit and stands one of the top albums of Ilayaraja-SPB duo.
SPB’s voice only made it even more divine. SPB in a live show with Ilayaraja had mentioned that during the recording of this song, the musicians after playing the intro bit put their instruments down, stood up and gave a standing ovation to the musical genius for his goosebumps giving composition. Even now, this song is a regular if one were to tune in to Sun Music anywhere between 2 PM to 4 PM. Though the movie ended up as a box office failure, this song registered Vikram’s face among the people. This song in Muthu that is laden with meaning of life addressed to a much mature populace used to be the song that kids of those times hummed without even realizing the depth of the lyrics. The evergreen and the famous ones like – Mannil Indha, Sangeetha Megam, Nalam Vaazha, the numbers from Mouna Ragam, Kadhal Rojave, etc has been kept out of the list to accommodate some of the other songs.Īsk any boy of the 90s, and he would definitely mention about standing before the TV and trying to imitate Rajinikanth driving a horse chariot with that colourful whip. This list features some of the regular hits as well as a few under-appreciated melodies of those times. While some of the songs are much older, it had become a part of my life nevertheless, thanks to my mother who switches on the All India Radio by default every day. As a 1990s middle class kid growing up in urban Chennai, these are some of the songs that had gone through my ears embedding the times of that period in mind. SPB has sung melodies that resonate with all sections of people. The astonishing aspect of SPB is that every person who has listened to his songs will have their own memories associated with that song.
If in a family there are members belonging to three generations, SPB would have sung something for all of them for he remains the only singer to have lent his voice to a generation of actors and with it has earned a fan base cutting across ages. That is because people have lived listening to his songs echoing in their homes. For the past few weeks, as news of SPB’s health condition became a talking point, everybody had him in their prayers hoping that the singer would resurge and continue to give us more chartbusters.
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