TOTW # 40: Celestial bodies/ Chand, Suraj, Taare - Page 14

Song: Chalo dildar Chalo Chand ke par Chalo

Movie: Pakeeza ( 1972)

Music: Ghulam Mohammed

Artist: Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi

https://youtu.be/ghZqkYYIeIQ?si=vatIEfG4m5J1mFK7

Nila in Tamil means Moon

Vennila means Bright white moon

Vennilave Vennilave (O bright white moon)

Film: Minsara Kanavu

Music: A.R. Rahman

Lyrics: Vairamuthu

Singers; Hariharan, Sadhna Sargam

The Hindi version has been posted I think, the lyrics are an almost exact translation from the Tamil version.

vennilavae vennilavae vinnaiththaandi varuvaayaa

O bright white moon, o full moon, will you cross the skies and come to me

vilaiyaada jodi thaevai

I need a playmate

indha booloagaththil yaarum paarkkum munnae

before anyone on the Earth can spot you

unnai adhikaalai anuppi vaippoam (vennilavae)

we'll send you back to where you came from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TVvRETczto

Nila Kaigirathu (Tamil)

Film: Indira (1995)

Music: A.R. Rahman

Lyrics: Vairamuthu

Singer: Harini

Nila kaigirathu..neram theigirathu..yaarum rasikevilaiyea...

The Moon is shining, time is waning away, but no one is enjoying it.

Intha kangal matoom unnai kaanum..

Only these eyes see you.

Thendral pogindrathu..sollai sirikindrathu..yaarum suthika vilaiyea..

Cool breeze is drifting, the gardens are smiling, yet, no one enjoys it

chinna kaigal matoom unnai theendoom..

Only these tiny hands tease you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj2V-EaQHEo

Male version by Hariharan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsx9HCqfrc

O Vennila

Film: Kadhal Desam (1996)

Music: A.R. Rahman

Lyrics: Vaali

Singer: Unnikrishnan

O vennila... Iru vaanilaa?

Oh bright moon! Are you in two skies?

O nanbane... ariyamal naan

Oh friend! I don't know what to do

Kanne Kanne. Kaadhal seidhai

Oh eyes! You fell in love

Kadhal ennum poovai neidhai

Wove the blossoms of love

Nanban andha poovai koidhaan

My friend then plucked those blossoms

O nenje, nenje! Nee enn seivaai?

Oh my heart, What can you do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YNIG1TKMdk

Originally posted by: NerdyMukta

Song: Ravi me (Marathi)

Play: Sangeet Maanapamaan

Artist: Asha Bhosle

Ravi means Sun. This is a classical song from a popular stage musical from the 60s and 70s.

https://youtu.be/aBce258HYvM?si=eHzysnwaP3dwyk2N

Mānāpamāna was first performed in 1911. It is not "from the 60s and 70s."

Lyricist: Krishna Prabhakar Khadilkar

Music: Govind Tembe

Asha Bhosle never acted in this play; she only sang covers of some of the hero's songs that had been performed on stage by her father, Dinanath Mangeshkar.

In this song set to Rāga Tilaka Kāmoda, the hero Dhairyadhara jokingly tells his attendant Vanamālā (the heroine Bhāminī in disguise) that he is the sun (i.e. burning hot in battle), so what is he doing parading with the moon (a medal) on his headgear? He goes on to say that what (lustre) the moon cannot attain in the sky is found in her face.

Originally posted by: NerdyMukta

Song: He suranno Chandra Cha (Marathi)

Artist: Mahesh Kale

A classical song from yester years; contemporary rendition here by Mahesh Kale.

https://youtu.be/BXl-TJZSDG0?si=p9iS-TJfXTaaZzMg

He Surāṃno Candra Vhā, set to Rāga Cārukeśī, is from the musical play Yayāti Āṇi Devayānī (1966).

Lyricist: Kusumāgraja (Vishnu Vaman Shirvadkar)

Music: Jitendra Abhisheki

Vennila Vennila Vennilave

Film: Iruvar (1997)

Music: A.R. Rahman

Lyrics: Vairamuthu

Singer: Asha Bhosle

Vennila vennila vennilave, vandhade mudhal kadhal

O moon, o bright full moon, here comes (my) first love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAPHomV3J1M

Aishwarya Rai's debut movie showcasing the rivalry between MGR and Karunanidhi. Aishwarya's character was supposedly modeled on Jayalalitha. ARR infuses this song with ebbs and flows that Jazz is known for and Asha Bhosle admirably takes the challenge and knocks it out of the park. Not an easy song to sing by far!

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

Nila Kaigirathu (Tamil)

Film: Indira (1995)

Music: A.R. Rahman

Lyrics: Vairamuthu

Singer: Harini

Nila kaigirathu..neram theigirathu..yaarum rasikevilaiyea...

The Moon is shining, time is waning away, but no one is enjoying it.

Intha kangal matoom unnai kaanum..

Only these eyes see you.

Thendral pogindrathu..sollai sirikindrathu..yaarum suthika vilaiyea..

Cool breeze is drifting, the gardens are smiling, yet, no one enjoys it

chinna kaigal matoom unnai theendoom..

Only these tiny hands tease you.

One of my favorite Tamil songs.Thanks for the explanation.

Chand jaane kahan kho gaya

Film: Main chhup rahoongi (1962)

Music: Chitragupt

Lyrics: Rajinedr Krishen

Singers: Rafi, Lata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs2ZzIvH4t0

Chand sa mukhda kyon sharmaya

Film: Insaan jaag utha (1959)

Music: S.D. Burman

Lyrics: Shailendra

Singers: Mohammad Rafi, Asha Bhosle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AdygDLjv8

Tum gagan ke chandrama ho

Film: Sati Savitri (1964)

Music; Laxmikant- Pyarelal

Lyrics: Bharat Vyas

Singers: Mannadey, Lata Mangeshkar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBbd53FtxWA

How has no one posted this yet?

This song deserves its own post

Ye chand sa roshan chehra

Film: Kashmir ki Kali (1964)

Music: O.P. Nayyar

Lyrics: S.H. Bihari

Singer: Mohammad Rafi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXS4CP7GpMA