My hunch was correct. The Tamil movie song writer Vaali was an Iyengar!

Rishi wrote:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/345563/tamil-movie-lyricist-vaali-dead.html

http://dinamani.com/latest_news/2013/07/18/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2/article1689951.ece

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaali_%28poet%29


Interesting.

The DK/DMK crowd preferred this Iyengar guy over Kannadasan a Chettiar.

garam_kuta wrote:

actually good citizen may know more about it.

but, you are kidding right? after the dalmiapuram trauma when kanndAsan was jailed for more than 2 weeks while K'dhi walked out in 45 minutes  KannadAsan quit and calls his tenure with them as' vanavAsam' .  in baae pAndiya 'yArai engae vaippadhu endru song  is a gem, his reflection of that time in jail.

did you know that vAli wrote more number of songs for Sivaji ganesan than for MGR - not sure may be because Sivaji was in the movies for longer time.. need to normalize and check it out.. but that is what vAli said in a vairamuthu book launching vijay tv-show may be two years ago.

garam_kuta wrote:

Rishi wrote:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/345563/tamil-movie-lyricist-vaali-dead.html

http://dinamani.com/latest_news/2013/07/18/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2/article1689951.ece

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaali_%28poet%29


Interesting.

The DK/DMK crowd preferred this Iyengar guy over Kannadasan a Chettiar.

Uppili probably is the right person to provide more incisive insight into this.

actually good citizen may know more about it.

but, you are kidding right? after the dalmiapuram trauma when kanndAsan was jailed for more than 2 weeks while K'dhi walked out in 45 minutes  KannadAsan quit and calls his tenure with them as' vanavAsam' .  in baae pAndiya 'yArai engae vaippadhu endru song  is a gem, his reflection of that time in jail.

did you know that vAli wrote more number of songs for Sivaji ganesan than for MGR - not sure may be because Sivaji was in the movies for longer time.. need to normalize and check it out.. but that is what vAli said in a vairamuthu book launching vijay tv-show may be two years ago.

Rishi wrote:

garam_kuta wrote:

Rishi wrote:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/345563/tamil-movie-lyricist-vaali-dead.html

http://dinamani.com/latest_news/2013/07/18/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2/article1689951.ece

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaali_%28poet%29


Interesting.

The DK/DMK crowd preferred this Iyengar guy over Kannadasan a Chettiar.

Uppili probably is the right person to provide more incisive insight into this.

actually good citizen may know more about it.

but, you are kidding right? after the dalmiapuram trauma when kanndAsan was jailed for more than 2 weeks while K'dhi walked out in 45 minutes  KannadAsan quit and calls his tenure with them as' vanavAsam' .  in baae pAndiya 'yArai engae vaippadhu endru song  is a gem, his reflection of that time in jail.

did you know that vAli wrote more number of songs for Sivaji ganesan than for MGR - not sure may be because Sivaji was in the movies for longer time.. need to normalize and check it out.. but that is what vAli said in a vairamuthu book launching vijay tv-show may be two years ago.

I know that the DMK crowd fell out of favor with Kannadasan.

But I am curious as to why the Anti-Brahmin DMK liked Vaali, a brahmin. They could have found a another non-brahmin movie song writer.

goodcitizn wrote:

garam_kuta wrote:

actually good citizen may know more about it.

but, you are kidding right? after the dalmiapuram trauma when kanndAsan was jailed for more than 2 weeks while K'dhi walked out in 45 minutes  KannadAsan quit and calls his tenure with them as' vanavAsam' .  in baae pAndiya 'yArai engae vaippadhu endru song  is a gem, his reflection of that time in jail.

did you know that vAli wrote more number of songs for Sivaji ganesan than for MGR - not sure may be because Sivaji was in the movies for longer time.. need to normalize and check it out.. but that is what vAli said in a vairamuthu book launching vijay tv-show may be two years ago.

This might explain the rift between Kannadasan and Karunanidhi. I had received this from a friend in the cine field.

40 வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னால் கண்ணதாசனை பார்த்து "நீ கவிஞனா?" என கருணாநிதி கேட்டதற்கு கண்ணதாசன் எழுதிய கவிதை.

அஞ்சாதா சிங்கமென்றும்
அன்றெடுத்த தங்கமென்றும்
பிஞ்சான நெஞ்சினர் முன்
பேதையர் முன் ஏழையர் முன்
நெஞ்சாரப் பொய்யுரைத்து

தன்சாதி தன்குடும்பம்
தான்வாழ‌ தனியிடத்து
பஞ்சாங்கம் பார்த்திருக்கும்
பண்புடையான் கவிஞ‌னெனில்
நானோ கவிஞ‌னில்லை
என்பாட்டும் கவிதையல்ல‌

பகுத்தறிவை ஊர்க்குரைத்து
பணத்தறிவை தனக்குவைத்து
தொகுத்துரைத்த‌ பொய்களுக்கும்
சோடனைகள் செய்து வைத்து
நகத்து நுனி உண்மையின்றி
நாள்முழுதும் வேடமிட்டு
மடத்தில் உள்ள சாமிபோல்
மாமாய‌ கதையுரைத்து

வகுத்துண‌ரும் வழியறியா
மானிடத்து தலைவரென்று
பிழைத்திருக்கும் ஆண்மையில்லா
பேதையனே கவிஞ‌னெனில்
நானோ கவிஞ‌னில்லை
என்பாட்டும் கவிதையல்ல