Tamilnadu has produced great music composers in G. Ramanathan, K.V. Mahadevan, M.S. Vishvanathan, Ilayaraja and A.R. Rahman.

Rahman in this list is responsible for drawing the attention of the world to the music unique to this part of the world.

When Roja’s music CD and Cassettes came, I heard lot of my friends calling it as a supper-duper hit. I was an ardent Ilayaraja fan then (of course, I am his fan even now). I used to tell my friends at that time that this is a good song but will not last for long like Ilayaraja’s.

But one of the other reason for saying like that was Vairamuthu. Though Vairamuthu’s pen have given wonderful songs, I somehow felt that he had maintained a distance from laymen. So for this song my funny comment was “வேறே வேலையில்லாதவன் தான் இதெல்லாம் செய்வான். இதெல்லாம் நடைமுறையில ஒரு கிராமத்துப் பெண் பாட வாய்ப்பு இல்ல. அப்படியே பாடினாலும் அது உரையாடல் தமிழ்ல தான் இருக்கும்”

May be this is also one of the reasons why I did not like that song (that much). As the days passed (leave all those awards, I have least faith in those) Rahman started to amaze me with beautiful songs movie after movie. The very taste of the song can be realised only when we listen to it after a gap.

Three-four months back I loaded all ARR songs in my iPod. With the Bose Speakers connected to it I played Chinna chinna aasai with Periya Periya Osai (louder like in Tea Shops). I was totally amazed and Rahman pulled me into the song. I told to myself, “I was wrong”.

Apologies for rating this songs down when it came first. May be I was in a transition stage…

Thanks for bringing back my memories with the song.