There’s no shortage of machaans, machis, and machinis in Kollywood. That’s just as it should be. Meanwhile, Tamil film lyricists did the one thing they always do – they wrote songs about them. From the large collection of machaan songs, here’s today’s song of the day:
“Karutha Machaan” from Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu
Singers: S Janaki
Music Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Lyricist: Muthulingam
Starring: Suganya
The Karutha Machaan is totally a different breed. In this film with its very agricultural title, the machaan is super-tanned from all his toiling in the sun. And hence, the song.
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“Machaana Paathegala” from Annakili
Singers: S Janaki
Music Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Starring: Sivakumar, Sujatha, Phataphat Jayalakshmi.
The Machaan songs to beat all Machaan songs. This folksy number is from Ilaiyaraaja’s debut as music composer, and is a hit with the audience even today.
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“Machaana Paarudi” from Thanga Magan
Music Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Starring: Rajinikanth, Purnima Bhagyaraj, Anuradha
Watch for Rajinikanth’s gold shirt. Stay for Poornima’s dance moves. A quick trip down memory lane to the time when Rajinikanth was the baddest machaan around, this song is all things catchy and energetic.
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“Yaaruda Machaan” from Thottal Thodarum
Singers: Vandana Srinivasan, Sathya Prakash
Music Composer: PC Sivan
Starring: Adithi, Thaman Kumar
Light bulbs compete for attention with Aditi, as she sings about finding the machaan she loves. Obviously, Thaman Kumar (the machaan) joins her for a duet later on.
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“Yethi Yethi” from Vaaranam Aayiram
Singers: Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer, Solar Sai
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Music Composer: Harris Jayaraj
Starring: Suriya, Divya Spandana
A song about the ‘youth’ version of machaan – the machis and the various things they do to while away time. A study really of a rare type of beast – the Tamil teenagers.
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“Machaan Meesai Veecharuva” from Dhill
Singers: Pushpa Sriram
Lyricist: Pa Vijay
Music Composer: Vidyasagar
Starring: Vikram, Laila, Papilona
An item song quite like all other item songs, this one too had a junior artiste dancing away onscreen, surrounded by half-drunk machaans.
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“Vaa Machaney” from Irudhi Suttru
Singers: Sean Roldan
Lyricist: Muthamizh
Composer: Santhosh Narayanan
Starring: R Madhavan, Ritika Singh
A quirky little song in which Roldan is let loose by music director Santhosh Narayan. Muthamizh’s lyrics make this song instantly catchy.
