Song: Punjai Undu Nanjai Undu
Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Lyrics: Pulamaipithan
Actors: Kamal Haasan
Singers: SP Balasubrahmanyam
Film: Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
No song today quite carries the message that ‘Punjai Undu Nanjai Undu’ from K Balachander’s Unnal Mudiyum Thambi did.
Standing atop the tall hills of Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan, with the farmers and labourers who work on those lands, spreads his hands wide and sings that we’re fighting as if there is a shortage of land and resources. Can we not see that the land is overflowing with the year’s harvest and the waters of the Ganga?
To mark National Voter’s Day (January 25), here’s the legendary song written by the teacher, poet, and lyricist Pulamaipithan, composed by Ilaiyaraaja. It’s a song that makes us want to get up and do something about the lack of leadership, that all of us who fighting for caste pride and property, but not for what is just, are responsible for.