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After the amazing success of K.Balachander’s “Sindhu Bhairavi”, a movie comparing the Carnatic Classical style of music with Folk in Tamil, many movies were attempted on similar genre. Among these, a few were successful too. In this article we are going to explore the musical richness of a rare and excellent movie called “Ananda Thandavam” based entirely on the Carnatic Style of Music. It had exemplary music by L.Vaidyanathan. However the true element of surprise and happiness springs out for all P.Susheela Fans when we come to know that she was the “SOLO” singer (single title card) for the entire movie and handled the responsibility of rendering more than 22 songs with ease. Let’s go ahead with a detailed analysis.
“Tāṇḍavam”is a divine dance performed by the Hindu god Shiva. ... While the Rudra Tandava depicts his violent nature, as the destroyer of the universe, even of death itself; the Ananda Tandava depicts him as enjoying himself in the process of creation.
A few words about the director: L.Vaidyanathan, hailing from Yazhpanam , was a musical genius and had in depth knowledge of both the Carnatic as well as western style of music. He was also a violin Vidwan or expert and worked as a MD for Tamil films like “Yezhavathu manithan”, “Pesum Padam”, “Marupakkam” etc and also for a few Kannada films as well. Apart from that, he used to assist various other music director’s too. He was instrumental in adding a new dimension to Bharathiyar’s songs and never failed to experiment with new ideas unlike other MD’s who just stuck to their style (not wanting to risk). Violin maestro L.Subramanyam is his brother.
Now let’s listen to an inspiring bharathiyar composition under PS, Vaidyanathan combination:
( aaduvome pallu paaduvome )
After listening to “Ananda Thandavam album”, we also get a similar gist of happiness and bliss as we listen to the brilliant rendition of P.Susheela in a more pure Carnatic style. The lyrics have a strong spiritual content which raises one to a higher level of ecstasy , devotion and self -introspection.
The disc for “Anandha Thandavam” movie was released in 1986 and it was totally and purely Carnatic classical music in nature (without any other influence). L.Vaidyanathan wanted PS to render all the 22 songs in this album and so used to come to her house every day to give special training to make it possible. It is really heartwarming to learn of such incidents where there was so much passion, dedication and hard work involved in the mindsets of MD’s and singers to provide the right output and ones who never compromised on quality. This movie was translated into 5 languages and P.Susheela was the main and solo singer in all these too which is a feat by itself.
We have collections of these songs in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, but couldn’t find info about the rest. It could either be in Kannada or Malayalam. I am not sure if the movie was ever released in theatres and as a result, this vast rich treasure of music was hidden without a trace. As PS fans, we should do something about it so that such rare gems don’t get lost! It’s true that these songs may not be appealing to masses because of Carnatic style, but true ardent lovers of classical music could take part in preserving this album. “Mohanam sringara kaviya thandavam”, “Asaiye madha yanai”,”Omkara Oliyodu”,”Aatmajyothi ye”,”Gunamedhum elladha mukkanan sivan” - Each and every song is an exception by itself. The lyrics for Tamil version was penned by Vaali and these songs should be heard atleast once by patrons of Carnatic music to enjoy the flavor.
One Video here ..
( Mohanam srungara Kaviya thandavam)
Telugu fans can listen to the compositions here: The lyrics were penned by Arudra, A.Raghunatha Reddy, Eashwar etc..
In Hindi, it was released as “Kaam kala Thandaav”.
Thanks..
After the amazing success of K.Balachander’s “Sindhu Bhairavi”, a movie comparing the Carnatic Classical style of music with Folk in Tamil, many movies were attempted on similar genre. Among these, a few were successful too. In this article we are going to explore the musical richness of a rare and excellent movie called “Ananda Thandavam” based entirely on the Carnatic Style of Music. It had exemplary music by L.Vaidyanathan. However the true element of surprise and happiness springs out for all P.Susheela Fans when we come to know that she was the “SOLO” singer (single title card) for the entire movie and handled the responsibility of rendering more than 22 songs with ease. Let’s go ahead with a detailed analysis.
“Tāṇḍavam”is a divine dance performed by the Hindu god Shiva. ... While the Rudra Tandava depicts his violent nature, as the destroyer of the universe, even of death itself; the Ananda Tandava depicts him as enjoying himself in the process of creation.
A few words about the director: L.Vaidyanathan, hailing from Yazhpanam , was a musical genius and had in depth knowledge of both the Carnatic as well as western style of music. He was also a violin Vidwan or expert and worked as a MD for Tamil films like “Yezhavathu manithan”, “Pesum Padam”, “Marupakkam” etc and also for a few Kannada films as well. Apart from that, he used to assist various other music director’s too. He was instrumental in adding a new dimension to Bharathiyar’s songs and never failed to experiment with new ideas unlike other MD’s who just stuck to their style (not wanting to risk). Violin maestro L.Subramanyam is his brother.
Now let’s listen to an inspiring bharathiyar composition under PS, Vaidyanathan combination:
After listening to “Ananda Thandavam album”, we also get a similar gist of happiness and bliss as we listen to the brilliant rendition of P.Susheela in a more pure Carnatic style. The lyrics have a strong spiritual content which raises one to a higher level of ecstasy , devotion and self -introspection.
The disc for “Anandha Thandavam” movie was released in 1986 and it was totally and purely Carnatic classical music in nature (without any other influence). L.Vaidyanathan wanted PS to render all the 22 songs in this album and so used to come to her house every day to give special training to make it possible. It is really heartwarming to learn of such incidents where there was so much passion, dedication and hard work involved in the mindsets of MD’s and singers to provide the right output and ones who never compromised on quality. This movie was translated into 5 languages and P.Susheela was the main and solo singer in all these too which is a feat by itself.
We have collections of these songs in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, but couldn’t find info about the rest. It could either be in Kannada or Malayalam. I am not sure if the movie was ever released in theatres and as a result, this vast rich treasure of music was hidden without a trace. As PS fans, we should do something about it so that such rare gems don’t get lost! It’s true that these songs may not be appealing to masses because of Carnatic style, but true ardent lovers of classical music could take part in preserving this album. “Mohanam sringara kaviya thandavam”, “Asaiye madha yanai”,”Omkara Oliyodu”,”Aatmajyothi ye”,”Gunamedhum elladha mukkanan sivan” - Each and every song is an exception by itself. The lyrics for Tamil version was penned by Vaali and these songs should be heard atleast once by patrons of Carnatic music to enjoy the flavor.
One Video here ..
| Year | Lang | Movie | Songs | Music |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | aandavan aanaalum | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | aasaye madhayanai pOl | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | arthanAreeswaram | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | athmajyothiye nathane kEl magane | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | dehinos aasmin yadha | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | gunamethum illatha mukkannan | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | jaadasyavi | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | kaamathil thOntri | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | mai vannamum manjal mugamum | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | maranamendra kodiya | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | mohanam singara kavya dhandavam | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | Om yogi yoogitha | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | omkaara oliyodu maya vanthaal | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | padaikkum kariyam seyyum | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | piranthu irappadhuvum | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | sachidhanandha murthyin | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | sambOga santhOshamE | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | shakthi dhandavam | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | sivajyothi thathuva | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | sri satguru arulaal nighazhum | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | ulaganaidhum azhidhuvida | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Tamil | Aanandha dhandavam | yadha viniyatham | L. Vaidyanathan |
Telugu fans can listen to the compositions here: The lyrics were penned by Arudra, A.Raghunatha Reddy, Eashwar etc..
| Samyoga Santhoshamu | ||||
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | aathma jyotini | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | aradanareeswaram | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | bhuvanamulu | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | busalu kotte | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | dehino aasmin | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | gunadosha rahidhulu | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | jaathasyahi | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | kama sambootamu | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | ragame punnagamai | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | sakthi thatva thandavam | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | samuoga santhoshamu | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | sarasa srungara | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | satchidananda | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | siva sathhule | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | sivajyothi thatva swaroopam | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | sree sathguru | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | srujana karyamu | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | tananundi tane | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | teera jalani | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | yada viniyatam | L. Vaidyanathan |
| 1986 | Telugu | Aananda thandavam | yogi yunjitha sathatham | L. Vaidyanathan |
In Hindi, it was released as “Kaam kala Thandaav”.
| Year | Lang | Movie | Songs | Music |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | aadi kaal se kaal shakthi | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | aatma jyothi hoon mein | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | ardhanaareeshwar | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | dehino aasmin | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | jaatasyahi | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | kaam kala kai | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | kaam ki kamna hai | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | kaamini gaja kaamini vilasini | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | phan ko khole mrityujwala | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | rasavanthi shringar | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | sainyog anand hai | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | satchit anand trinetra | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | shakthi tatva rupdhar | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | shiva jyothi rupini | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | shiva jyoti tatva roop hai | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | shiva shakthi ka madhu | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | shri satguru ka aashish | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | srijan karya kartha hai | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | widhwansini hai | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | yada viniyatam | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
| 1986 | Hindi | kaam kala tandav | yogi yunjita sattatam | L.Vaidyanathan & lakshmi kiran |
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