16 Vayathinile (soundtrack)

1977 soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja March 2021March 2021 16 Vayathinile Soundtrack Ilaiyaraaja 16 Vayathinile (soundtrack).jpg Original album cover 1977 Feature film soundtrack 16:53 Tamil EMI Records & Saregama Ilaiyaraaja Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri 1977 Gaayathri 1977 16 Vayathinile is the soundtrack album for the 1977 film of the same name directed by Bharathiraja in his debut film and stars Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Sridevi in the lead roles. The soundtrack and background score for the film is composed by Ilaiyaraaja and featured lyrics written by Kannadasan, Gangai Amaran and Alangudi Somu. It was released under the EMI Records label.Pathinaru Vayathunilae (1977) http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000137 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140815234254/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000137 15 August 2014 1 October 2013 Raaga.com Development 16 Vayathinile was Ilaiyaraaja's maiden collaboration with Bharathiraja, Rajinikanth and Haasan.Rangan Baradwaj Baradwaj Rangan 6 September 2014 And more on the Ilaiyaraaja connection The Hindu https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/And-more-on-the-Ilaiyaraaja-connection/article61451859.ece live 24 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150524054109/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/and-more-on-the-ilaiyaraaja-connection/article6379569.ece 24 May 2015Rangan Baradwaj 2019-11-18 'Ungal Naan': In Search Of The "Greatest" Kamal Haasan-Ilaiyaraaja Album https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/kamal-haasan-ilaiyaraaja-album-greatest-baradwaj-rangan https://web.archive.org/web/20240131072650/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/kamal-haasan-ilaiyaraaja-album-greatest-baradwaj-rangan 2024-01-31 2024-01-31 Film Companion en Bharathiraja insisted that Rajkannu had met Ilaiyaraaja, although Rajkannu was skeptical on whether he would sign on due to Ilaiyaraaja's popularity after his debut film Annakili (1976). Ilaiyaraaja initially refused the offer because of an earlier bet with Bharathiraja that Ilaiyaraaja's mentor, G. K. Venkatesh, would compose the music for Bharathiraja's first film. But, Venkatesh insisted Ilaiyaraaja to score the film.Ilaiyaraaja 19 April 2015 பாரதிராஜாவின் 16 வயதினிலே படத்திற்கு இசை அமைக்க இளையராஜா மறுப்பு! ta Ilayaraaja refuses to compose for Bharathiraja's 16 Vayathinile Maalai Malar http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2015/04/19224100/cinema-history-april-19-ilayar.html dead 24 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150524013312/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2015/04/19224100/cinema-history-april-19-ilayar.html 24 May 2015 Ilaiyaraaja, in an April 2015 interview with Maalai Malar, stated that lyricist Kannadasan accepted salaries ranging from to , and he requested him to accept citing the film's budget constraints, to which Kannadasan agreed. The soundtrack combines with folk and Western classical music,Ramachandran 2014 67 using Viennese musical tropes, according to film critic Baradwaj Rangan.Rangan Baradwaj 14 October 2011 The strange man in a Superman suit http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-strange-man-in-a-superman-suit/article2537318.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150524051706/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-strange-man-in-a-superman-suit/article2537318.ece 24 May 2015 24 May 2015 The Hindu The first song to be recorded for the film was "Chavanthi Poo";Ilaiyaraaja 20 April 2015 16 வயதினிலே படத்தின் பாடல் பதிவு: எஸ்.பி.பாலசுப்பிரமணியத்துக்கு பதிலாக மலேசியா வாசுதேவன் 16 Vayathinile song recording: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam replaced with Malaysia Vasudevan http://www.maalaimalar.com/2015/04/20234651/cinema-history-april-20-ilayar.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150524015302/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2015/04/20234651/cinema-history-april-20-ilayar.html 24 May 2015 24 May 2015 Maalai Malar ta initially Ilaiyaraaja wanted S. P. Balasubrahmanyam to sing "Chavanthi Poo" and "Aattukkutti", but as Balasubrahmanyam had been diagnosed with pharyngitis, he was replaced by Malaysia Vasudevan. Gangai Amaran debuted as lyricist with "Chendoora Poove".Ilaiyaraaja 21 April 2015 இளையராஜா இசை அமைப்பில் செந்தூரப்பூவே பாடலை எழுதினார், கங்கை அமரன் ta Gangai Amaran wrote the lyrics for Ilaiyaraaja's "Chendoora Poove" Maalai Malar http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2015/04/21215550/cinema-history-april-21-ilayar.html dead 24 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150524030406/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2015/04/21215550/cinema-history-april-21-ilayar.html 24 May 2015 The term "Chendoora Poove", which refers to a flower, was coined by Amaran since there is no such flower by that name.324335148382445569 rameshlaus @minieSayz No Its not.. That is something Gangai Amaren came up with for his famous song in 16 Vayadhiniley.. Ramesh Bala 16 April 2013 6 October 2017 https://archive.today/20171006064025/https://twitter.com/rameshlaus/status/324335148382445569 6 October 2017 Ilaiyaraaja debuted as a singer with this film by singing "Solam Vidhaikkaiyile",January 2013 Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja in Conversation with G. Venket Ram https://issuu.com/thebrewmagazine/docs/brewjanuary2013 The Brew 22–26 Issuu16 April 2016 இளையராஜாவின் இதயத்தில் இடம்பெற்ற எம்.எஸ்.வி. ta MSV, who found a place in Ilaiyaraaja's heart Dina Thanthi http://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/CinemaNews/2016/04/16115135/Ilayaraja-heart-The-music-director-MSV.vpf 14 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160714101146/http://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/CinemaNews/2016/04/16115135/Ilayaraja-heart-The-music-director-MSV.vpf 14 July 2016 although it does not appear on the original soundtrack.21 February 2011 Singer Malaysia Vasudevan passes away http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Singer-Malaysia-Vasudevan-passes-away/articleshow/7536303.cms? dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170220072540/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Singer-Malaysia-Vasudevan-passes-away/articleshow/7536303.cms 20 February 2017 20 February 2017 The Times of India Track listing Singer(s) Manjakkulichi Alangudi Somu S. Janaki 4:26 Chendoora Poove Gangai Amaran S. Janaki 3:33 Aattukkutti Kannadasan Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki 4:20 Chavanthi Poo Kannadasan Malaysia Vasudevan, P. Susheela 16:53 4:34 Solam Vethaikayile Kannadasan Ilayaraaja 2:41 Reception The soundtrack was critically acclaimed, with B. Kolappan of The Hindu regarding the song "Chendoora Poove" wrote that it "employs a rush of violins to set up the intro for the folk melody that follows."Kolappan B. 25 December 2012 In tune with nativity and modernity http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/in-tune-with-nativity-and-modernity/article4236799.ece live https://web.archive.org/web/20150524073512/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/in-tune-with-nativity-and-modernity/article4236799.ece 24 May 2015 24 May 2015 subscription The Hindu Critic based at Film Focus article in Tribune described the song as "silver lined melody that paced the film and added to its brilliance".19 February 1983 FILM FOCUS Kamalahasan https://books.google.com/books?id=ZU8ZAAAAIAAJ&q=displace live https://web.archive.org/web/20210827063143/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZU8ZAAAAIAAJ&q=displace 27 August 2021 14 October 2020 Tribune Ceylon News Service 52–53 Ananda Vikatan's review for the film described Ilaiyaraaja's music as "sweet to the ears".9 October 1977 16 வயதினிலே! https://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2008-jul-23/vikatan-pokkisham/44703.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20190527043937/https://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2008-jul-23/vikatan-pokkisham/44703.html 27 May 2019 27 May 2019 Ananda Vikatan ta Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai, who researched on the trends of Tamil cinema in the 1970s, reviewed 16 Vayadhinile and added that Ilaiyaraaja's "ability to draw from composers like [Johann Sebastian] Bach to the very specific folk music of the narrative locale" on the compositions, were instrumental in the film's success.Pillai Swarnavel Eswaran 31 January 2012 The 1970s Tamil Cinema and the Post – classical Turn http://www.cla.temple.edu/chat/india/documents/Pillai.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160926121258/http://www.cla.temple.edu/chat/india/documents/Pillai.pdf 26 September 2016 15 July 2016 Temple University He also appreciated Bharathiraja for the visualization of the songs through his "unique style of repeated entry of faces in close-ups, freeze-frame shots, and symmetrical reversing of movement". The song "Aattukkutti" established Vasudevan's popularity. Accolades AwardCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef. References National Film Awards Best Female Playback Singer S. Janaki 1978 25th National Film Awards http://dff.nic.in/2011/25th_nff_1977.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170119143000/http://dff.nic.in/2011/25th_nff_1977.pdf 19 January 2017 19 January 2017 Directorate of Film FestivalsTamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Music Director Ilaiyaraaja Ramachandran 2014 68 Best Female Playback Singer S. Janaki Other versions The album was later remastered in DTS 5.1 surround sound by A. Muthusamy of Honey Bee Music in June 2013.Jeshi K. 13 June 2013 Music to his ears https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-cinema/music-to-his-ears/article4810299.ece live https://web.archive.org/web/20150524054925/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-cinema/music-to-his-ears/article4810299.ece 24 May 2015 24 May 2015 The Hindu The background score was retained in the Telugu dubbed version Neekosam Neereekshana.https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sridevi-rajinikanth-and-kamal-haasans-16-vayathinile-is-now-digitally-restored-and-dubbed-in-telugu-as-neekosam-neereekshana/article31858908.ece ‘Neekosam Neereekshana’, a digitally restored and dubbed version of ‘16 Vayathinile’ in Telugu Dundoo Sangeetha Devi The Hindu subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20200708164604/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sridevi-rajinikanth-and-kamal-haasans-16-vayathinile-is-now-digitally-restored-and-dubbed-in-telugu-as-neekosam-neereekshana/article31858908.ece 8 July 2020 18 June 2020 19 August 2026 References Further reading Ramachandran Naman Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography Penguin Books 2014 978-81-8475-796-5 2nd Naman Ramachandran 2012 Category:1977 soundtrack albums Category:Ilaiyaraaja soundtracks Category:Tamil film soundtracks Category:EMI Records soundtracks