Chila paatukaliloode- 1

Nenjukul peithidum

Ippo mani randu. Job kurian paadiya “Paadatha paatellam paadavandaal”um kettangane njelinjirikumbol orthu…utta changathiyod paranjirunnu, exam kazhnju njn pazheya “Pala blog” veendum ezhutaan thudangum ennu…

Naaleyku maati vekunilla. Angane maativechatellaam orupad vaikiyite ullu…

urangum munne oru cheriya orma kuripu kond thudakamenkilum idaam ennu theerumanich irunappol “enthine kurich?” enna chodyam vannu.

Obviously kettukondirunna paatinte varikal ullilekku thatti vittathaavam ee lekhanathinte subject.

Many songs happened to us at Pala. Athe… happened. Athellam sambhavangal aayirunnu. Hence so.

The first that comes into my mind is “nenjukul peididum from “varanam Aayiram”.

Pala Housil ninnum rande randu thavanaye njanglku cinemakku povaan anuvaadam kittiyitullu. Randu tavana kitti ennu parayunath tanne valya karyamaa. Hostelnte ettavum nalla performance kittya 2 aazhchakal. Athilonnine patti parayam

Vaaranam Aayiram was released at Pala the same time as the Joshiy flick “20-20” starring all the etc etc of Malayalam industry :D  The whole crowd was eager to go for 20-20. Mammoka mohanlal fans tammilulla chooderiya kaliyaakalukalum okkeyaayi.Aake santhosham. Thidukam. Ticket kittanamallo.

 Ithinte idayilaanu njnum ajithum varanam aayiram kaanam ennu theerumanichath. Oppam kootaan shramichu palareyum. Aarum vanilla. Padathne patti onnum ariyilla. Gautham Menon aanu ennu ariyam. Pulliye njngalku randu perkum ishtamaayrnu. Paalayil aayathkond tv-yil trailer onnum kandittumilla. Sooryayude 6 pack posterukal maathram. We had no idea what the film was about. Nor did we know what the name meant. We expected some thing like vettayadu vilayaadu…

“Minnale”, “vettayaadu vilayaadu” enna randu padangalum avayile paatukalum ishtamullath kaaranam njnum ajithum gautham menon padathnu povan thane urachu(annu njn suryayude oru padam polum kanditilla!!!) anyway we went to the yuvarani-maharani theatre complex to watch it when all our friends , romans and countries went to watch 20-20…

Theatril oru thirakkum illa.  And about that I would just say, Palayil njngal kandidatholam oru padavum angane odiyitilla, except 20-20. Baaki ella idathum  superhit aayi odiya mikka padangalum palayil 1 week okkeyavum odiyitundaava…

The movie snatched our hearts with its title credits itself. Mudinja feel. Anyway , if I start abt the movie I will go on writing 2 or 3 articles about it :D so am going to the song in the spotlight…

I still remember watching the song so vivdly sitting in the taazhathe seats(not balcony) all awed by the breathtaking visuals for which gautham menon is still famous for and above all by the vocals by HARIHARAN. I have always loved his voice

Sattendru maarudhu vaanilai
Penne un mel pizhai

Aa bhagam kettapol romanjam vannath ippozhum ormayundu. Right now I got a gooseflesh thinking of that memory :D I was in love with song right from the 1^st stanza.

Was literally absorbing the song as I heard it. Enjoyed every moment of the song. Visuals and song. So damn btfl… But you all know what happens to songs. They end.

This one also ended.  L we didn’t want it to…

  I wanted more of it. Kept watching the movie wishing the song would come back at some point. Anyway, as jingles , in sad overtunes it did come. But that couldn’t quench my thirst. I wanted the song one more time…but I dint get it

 Anyway I was very very happy after the movie. We were very happy we didn’t go with the crowd. Had we gone, we would have missed the movie!!! I still wonder dat part. Would I have watched it if I missed it at pala… the movie deserved a theatre viewing.  And with that aspect in mind, I would have missed the movie for life …or regretted abt not having watched it in theatres…

 Ajith and me discussed our favourite parts (discussed  the whole movie :P ) we even  discussed about gautham menon’s issue with 1^st love in movies. “He kills 1^st wife in Vettayad vilayaad and now again the 1^st girl in varanam aayiram. Maybe he had issue in 1^st love” kinda thing ( well it went the same with vinnai thaandi varuvaaya :D) and at some point we started discussing the songs.

We were in love with all the songs. The most enchanting ones for me then were Nenjukul as a melody and mundhinam as a song I kept relating to my parents. Later we fell in love with ava enna too. But that was after we had access to the songs,ie at our houses.

Well, we tried humming the song all the way to palahouse n discussing how beautifully it was sung. We were extra eager to share it with Nidarsan, Richard and Nikhil S. the three music loversof pala house.

 Next morning, we told nido(nidarsan) abt the song. But couldn’t recollect the tune. We kepttrying had to remember it. Both ajith and me. We kept saying “aliya athil hariharan padiya oru paatundeda. Kidilam.. verum kidilam. Randu vari undu, stanza end cheyumbo,hariharan verum kidilamaaytaa avdam padiye. Neeyum varendathaarnu” etc.  But we couldn’t remember the tune!

And  later that day  I was on my way to  tharavaadu suddenly I remembered the tune of “ Sattendru maarudhu vaanilai,Penne un mel pizhai”.

I ran :D

I still remember running to nidarsan who was at that moment near the end of the corridor near reference, that led to tharavaadu. And I hummed it faintly, the way I remembered it :D

I still remember his face then… :D could see the eagerness to hear the real one in it…

He was very eager. So was I. so was Ajith. I wish he would tell about how much that song meant to him,some time…

We had no means to hear it unless it came up during the time we had dinner at Roys canteen. Afteral mobiles were prohibited in palahouse. I was wishing to go home to hear it over and over again…

So was ajith. We fell in love with all the songs of the movie.

Ava enna was given the title “the second Love failure anthem”.  First was “venmathiye” from minnale .

Mundhinam has so many stories to it. Daey will come later on if I keep writing (and as always I hope no one will be eagerly reading any of these n hence I know I can take my time ;)

Anyway,during the next week, nido took me thru  sum small idavazhi to a paying guest house from where he gave me a chance to listen the song again from a friend’s mobile.

The song was an oasis for a hopeless romantic like me.

I know how much I longed to hear it one more time.

 And I remember hours, hours and hours, almost till 3 in the morning (just like the 3:00am in my computer clock rite now :P)  that I sat hearing to it in front of the computer during the next visit home. Wasn’t enough though I heard it every moment I could.

Back to pala, we all wished to catch a glimpse of it in sum tamil channel wen we went for break to Roys canteen…

Iam damn sure that  all my fellow “nenjukkul peididum”-loving-palahouse-mates would have their own storys of longing to it… and I wish I could hear them from them…

And lemme add one last detail to this article in capital leters and in manjesh sir style…

“IVIDE CHILLARUNDU. NENJUKKUL PEIDIDUM PAATU KANDU SURYEDE GUITAR VAYANEM KANDU IPPO TANNE ATHU POLE GUITAR VAYIKAAM ENNUM PARANJU GUITAR PADIKAAN POYAVAR”( alleda ajithey… ;) 

well it doesn’t stop with one ajith… I know many who started off guitaaring-guitaring  after that movie :D not many did guitar for long :D well some did survive :D

It was a song close to our hearts, from a movie for our lifetime, on our life’s most memorable year

 And at this odd morning hour, am signing off to get a night’s sleep as the day begins :P

Thookangalai thooki sendrai
Yekkangalai thoovi sendrai
Unnai thaandi pogum podhu
Veesum kaatrin veechu veru...

dats my 2nd fav part from the song :D
gudnite on a goodmorning guys :D 

love
hari
PS- if anyone is reading...do share your pala house nenjukul story... :)