Thumboli Kadappuram

Nr	Song	Singer	Other known versions
Nr	Song	Singer	Hnd	Mal	Tam	Tel	Kan	Bng	Oth
TK1	Kaathil	K.J.Yesudas	-	-	-	-	-	HS1	-
TK2	Etharo	K.J.Yesudas & Ch.	UK2	-	-	-	-	-	-
TK3	Olangale	K.S.Chitra	-	-	-	-	-	AN34	-
TK4	Varavelkayaa	Yesudas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TK5	Kaathil	K.S.Chitra	-	-	-	-	-	HS1

A cassette was released by a company called Sargam. It lists three songs but in fact it contained 4 songs and the fourth song is TK4. It's a classical song based on the karnataki raga beautifully sung by Yesudas. I wonder how Salilda knew about this raga and felt comfortable to even compose a song based on this raga. One of the best Salil songs I would say. According to our very knowledgeable Salil admirer Sadanand Warrier, this song is based on a carnatic raga called Shubha Panthuvarali.The closest approximation in Hindustani music would be ragas belonging to the Poorvi thaat possibly Lalit which sort of merges with both Todi and Poorvi thaats.
Song #TK2 is a nice variation on that famous 'Machalti aarzoo' by Lata from 'Usne Kahaa Tha'.
'Olangale' is a unique song composed in 'paanch-maatra' - i.e 1-2-3,1-2 rhythm. Antara Chowdhury first recorded this song in Bengali 'O bhola mon' in 1990.Salil was experimenting with the suspended 4th chords then and he was rather pleased with that song.
K.S.Chitra's version of 'Kathil' (TK5) is excellent and is a rare find. It's in the film but not in the cassette.

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