Kannadasan kavithaigal

I came across a book of all his film compositions long back. I would love to have that book now. He was a genius when it came to threading words into rhyme and reason.

Consider one of my favorites - kodi asainthathum katru vanthatha. Wonderful lyrics, aptly tuned.

If you are looking for inspiration or motivation in life, you need to go no further than

vaazha ninaithal vaazhalam

vazhiya illai bhoomiyil

aazha kadalum solai aagum

aasai irunthaal neenthi vaa

You can get lost within those words. Simply magical.

Ingu nee oru paathi naan oru paathi

ithil yaar pirinthalum vethanai paathi

kaalangal maarum kaatchigal maarum

kaathalin munne neeyum naanum veralla

Even his last movie, moondram pirai had such wonderful lyrics.
Sivappu kallu mookuthi is one of my earliest-remembered songs. Nostalgia!
I am still trying to decipher the multitudes of meaning in athikai aalangai
Nature herself would bow her head to senthazam poovil vanthadum thenral.

(to be continued...)