Tamil cinema’s (and Silverscreen‘s) love affair with celebrating the feminine continues. As we enter the final week of 2016, listen to songs that celebrate women and femininity.
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Song – “O Sukumari” from Anniyan
Singers – Shankar Mahadevan, Harini
Music Director – AR Rahman
Lyricist – Vairamuthu
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Song – “Adi Ennadi Rakkamma“ from Pattikada Pattanama
Singers – T.M.Soundararajan
Music Director – MS Viswanathan
Lyricist – Kannadasan
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Song – “Radha Radha Nee Enge” from Meendum Kokila
Singers – SP Balasubramaniam and S Janaki
Music Director – Ilaiyaraaja
Lyricist – Kannadasan
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Song – “Shenbagame Shenbagame” from Enga Ooru Pattukaran
Singers – Mano
Music Director – Ilaiyaraaja
Lyricist – Gangai Amaren
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Song – “MADHAVI PONN MAYILAAI “ Iru Malargal
Singers – T. M. Soundararajan
Music Director – MS Viswanathan
Lyricist – Vaali
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Song – “O Maria O Maria” Kadhalar Dhinam
Singers – Devan, Yugendran, Febi
Music Director – AR Rahman
Lyricist – Vaali
Tamil cinema handled the advent of the World Wide Web in typical Tamil cinema style. And so the song begins with a nice little revolving model of the earth, surrounded by men and women Instant Messaging each other in a cafe. It’s the good old days of chat room flirtations.
Rambha, in all her ’90s glory, personified the Internet-savvy woman. She walks away from men, climbs ladders into the sky – you know, typical girl stuff like that. The song was a huge hit, leading many a drunken youth to sing it outside the balconies of their beloved.
