Kannulaku choopandham from the Telugu Movie Padhmavyooham (actually the dubbed version of Puthiyamugham) is one of the few songs where the dubbing has been done full justice.
The words fit perfectly in the rhythm in fact, sounds even better in Telugu and the words are very close to what it is in Tamil. Just the first line, 'Kannulaku choopandham' is a deviation from the theme - describing how something enhances the beauty of something else. While 'Kannukku Mai azhagu' means the coal or kajal adds beauty to the eyes, kannulaku choopandham means eyesight adds beauty to the eyes when eyesight is what eye is for!
This song is unforgettable for many reasons one, this was one of the early hits of AR Rahman, Revathy and her husband Suresh Menon acted in this movie. This was the first audio cassette we had in the new white plastic packaging ( along with the lyrics sheet and having the names of the musicians also) instead of the two piece hinged one that always broke! And then there was a kumudha or anandha vikatan contest to write lines in the lines of Kannukku mai azhagu. I remember sending 'Sippikku Muthazhagu', of course did not hear back ;-) !
For a long time, wanted to give some Telugu song a try - this seemed easy - so here is a video with me singing along with the lyrics in English.
The words fit perfectly in the rhythm in fact, sounds even better in Telugu and the words are very close to what it is in Tamil. Just the first line, 'Kannulaku choopandham' is a deviation from the theme - describing how something enhances the beauty of something else. While 'Kannukku Mai azhagu' means the coal or kajal adds beauty to the eyes, kannulaku choopandham means eyesight adds beauty to the eyes when eyesight is what eye is for!
This song is unforgettable for many reasons one, this was one of the early hits of AR Rahman, Revathy and her husband Suresh Menon acted in this movie. This was the first audio cassette we had in the new white plastic packaging ( along with the lyrics sheet and having the names of the musicians also) instead of the two piece hinged one that always broke! And then there was a kumudha or anandha vikatan contest to write lines in the lines of Kannukku mai azhagu. I remember sending 'Sippikku Muthazhagu', of course did not hear back ;-) !
For a long time, wanted to give some Telugu song a try - this seemed easy - so here is a video with me singing along with the lyrics in English.
