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Cast : VijayakumarBhavani,Amjad Kumar,S.R.Vijaya,Vijaya Malini,Ananthu,Bala Bhaskar,M.R.Krishnamoorthy,N.S.Ramasami,Suresh Kumar
Director : S.A.Chandrasekaran & S.C.Sekar
Producer :M.Shobitha Kumar & S.Chandrasekaran
Music :"Isaignani" Illiayaraja & Veda

Track Info :

01.Maalai Ilam Manathil - SNSurendher & Shoba Chandrasekar : Download

Annai Velankanni Creations’ avaL oru pachaikkuzhanthai- 1978 starred Vijayakumar and Bhavani. I believe this film marked the directorial debut of S.A. Chandrasekhar. And that is all I know about the film. Hope someone will chip in with elusive details like the lyricist and the other songs in the film.

Kalaimaamani S.N.Surendar made his debut in tfm as a child- he was first heard (along with his brother S.N.Sundar), lisping ‘A for apple, B for biscuit, C for chocolate--’ (Saadhu Mirandaal/ 1966) and followed it up with songs like ‘varavu ettaNa selavu pathaNa’ (Bama Vijayam/ 1967) and ‘aalayam enbathu veedagum’ (Thamarai Nenjam/ 1968). And ss for his sister Shobha, she was first heard demanding ‘Odi pidithu viLaiyadaa oru thambi papa vENdum en kooda’ (‘maharaja oru maharaNi’/ Iru MalargaL/ 1967) followed by ‘nalla pErai vaanga vENdum piLLaigaLE’ (Nam Naadu/ 1969). In the mid 70s, the siblings Sundar, Surendar, Shobha and Sheela formed a light music troupe (named Lalithanjali after their mother)

‘maalai iLa manathil’ perhaps marked Surendar and Shobha’s reentry in tfm as adult singers. Over the years, Surendar got to sing many songs for MSV, IR, S-G and GA, and many of his songs became quite popular. In the meantime, he also became a successful dubbing artiste, especially for Mohan. His career as a singer enjoyed a grand resurgence with ‘Oomai Vizhigal’, and along with Sasirekha, he emerged as the favorite singer of Manoj-Gyan.

Shobha’s career as a singer never really took off. She did sing a few songs in the films directed by her husband S.A.Chandrasekhar, and some of them did enjoy ephemeral popularity like ‘pagalil oru dhaagam’ (Sattam Oru Iruttarai), ‘meenodu meen vandhu’ (Alai Paayum Nenjangal), ‘deivam vandhadhu thEdum varam thandhadhu’ (Puthu Yugam), ‘oru kuLLa nari pullukkattu’ (Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu). She went on write the stories for many of her husband’s films, and then took over the director’s mantle for films like Nanbargal (1991) and Innisai Mazhai (1992). Innisai Mazhai (MD: IR) also had her singing a great duet with SPB ‘dhoori dhoori manathiloru dhoori’. Though not a great singer, she is definitely made for better things than yelling ‘thottabetta roattu mElE mutta barotta’ (Vishnu) and ‘oormiLaa oormiLaa KaNNilE kaathalaa’ (Once More), that too with her son! But to give her due, she can hold the record of being the only singer to have sung duets with her brother, and also with her son.

Btw, their sister Sheela has sung a lilting duet with Unnikrishnan ‘thendRal vandhu thendRal vandhu’ (MD: Deva) in the (probably) unreleased film Manasu that was also produced by her.

In later years, Surendar and Shobha did get to sing a few more duets together like ‘ethanai naaLachuthu’ (Kudumbam/1984/GA) and ‘azhagE nee azhalaama’ (Puthu Yugam/1985/GA)

Shobha and Surendar are among the very rare brother-sister duo to have sung duets together. SPB & SPS were the other pair. In Hindi we had Nazia Hasan and Zoheb Hasan, and in recent times Shaan (Shantanu Mukherjee) and Sagarika have sung together.

Source : Dhool.com

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02.Ponnu Parkka - Shoba Chandrasekar : Download

First song with Ilaiyaraja's name mentioned

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