Na Muthukumar tribute live performance: How the late lyricist was celebrated by Tamil cinema

What did Na Muthukumar imply to followers of Tamil cinema?

In the early 2000s, Muthukumar’s strains in fashionable movies paved the best way for a complete technology to specific their pleasure and sorrow.

Ask anybody who grew up throughout that part they usually’ll vouch for that. Like actor Sivakarthikeyan. “I used to be in faculty again then and keep in mind listening to the tracks from Kadhal Kondein and 7G Rainbow Colony,” stated Sivakarthikeyan, “I’m an enormous fan of the Muthukumar-Yuvan Shankar Raja mixture.”

Sivakarthikeyan is amongst Tamil cinema’s greatest stars now, however he was current for the late lyricist’s tribute live performance, titled Aanandha Yazhai, at Nehru Indoor Stadium, not as an actor however as a fan. Like many others within the viewers who had gathered for this distinctive musical occasion organised to commemorate the late lyricist’s fiftieth birthday and honour his legacy. Actor Sathyaraj elaborated, “When MGR took over as Chief Minister, he talked about that listening to lyricist Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram’s phrases had performed a job in his success. Words play an enormous position in shaping minds and Muthukumar’s strains have been inspirational.

The Tamil movie business has all the time celebrated the written phrase and Muthukumar’s arrival within the early 2000s coincided with the rise of administrators like Shankar, Ram, Bala, Vasanthabalan and Vijay, all of whom have been current for the night. “Humility was his forte. There may be higher poets however none as genial as him,” was a remark echoed by many.

Lyrically yours

While we are likely to affiliate Muthukumar songs with melodies, the lyricist has additionally written a ton of fast-paced numbers. Dancers from John Britto’s Dance Company did justice to them, placing up a present for the viewers with their quick strikes from hit movie songs. Singer Haricharan, crooning a quantity from Kaadhal, stated, “I’ve particular reminiscences with Muthukumar sir, as a result of my debut observe was written by him.”

Singer Saindhavi went all melody with ‘Vizhigalil’ from Deiva Thirumugal, as did composer-singer GV Prakash, who additionally subsequently carried out a observe from Thaandavam. “70% of my songs have been written by him together with essentially the most particular, my very first movie music. He was a particular individual to me,” says Prakash, who performed the piano for the superhit melody from Madraspattinam carried out by Saindhavi, Andrea and Sathyaprakash, one of many musical highlights of the night.

The greatest cheers have been reserved for Yuvan Shankar Raja and GV Prakash, composers who’ve carefully collaborated with the lyricist throughout his prime. Even as different composers like Vijay Antony, Deva and Srikanth Deva dished out just a few numbers, what caught out was the impression his strains had had on folks’s lives. Like Sivakarthikeyan stated, “We miss him, however his strains will dwell on.”

Like, for example, that one line within the ‘Aanandha Yazhai’ observe (Thangameenkal) that goes ‘Kovil edharku deivangal edharku, unnadhu punnagai podhumadi” (“Why the necessity for temples and gods when your smile will suffice”?). It’s a line that captures a father-daughter relationship completely. It’s a line that signifies Muthukumar’s supreme writing prowess.

The Hindu was the print accomplice for the occasion.