Think of these two stalwarts and of course the first
song that you can think of is 'Kovil mani osai' from the movie Kizhake pogum rail. 'Aagaya Gangai' from the movie Dharmayudham starring Rajini
and Sridevi was one of the best romantic duets during the late
1970's.'Nilakayuthu', one of the most sensuous songs of all times is a
mega hit by this duet. 'Vaan megangale' from the movie Puthiya Vaarpugal
can be classified under their hits too.
The man has sung more than 8000 songs in his three
decades of active career. It is amazing to note that most of it are for
Ilaiyaraaja and ofcourse each song on its own is a wonder with
Ilayaraja's magic spinning along. Janaki on the other hand is the only
singer who can adopt a voice of a 5 yr old and can also immediately
switch her voice to that of a 80 yr old. Such is the amazing nature of
both the singers who have definitely taken kollywood to a whole new
level.
Sometimes one can wonder how these two singers have
contributed so much to the Kollywood industry in the era where the fresh
talents are also not able to cope with. It is also amazing to note that
the standard set by these two in terms of duets and also solos have
been irreplaceable by other singers. They were in demand for the
chemistry that came out through their voices. It is also believed that
these great singers could even record up to three songs a day and would
never get tired. It is also widely spoken about that these gifted
stalwarts would not take more than a day to finish one complete song
which infact is amazing considering there was no technology available
even to manipulate voice tones.
Other notable songs of the two would include 'Kaathal Vaibogame' , 'Poonguyile' , 'Anbe chinthamani' , 'Paathikalil' etc.
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