Soulful Sunandha

Soulful Sunandha Chitralaya Sriram anna, not sure if this will be in your request or not but wanted to bring to light another koel from Raja sir’s nest. She is more sweeter and more soft and more melodious than the previous 2 koels for sure . yes none other than Sunandha. Sunandha was introduced by Raja sir in the Bharathiraja film “Puthumai pen” .Who can forget the duet with P.Jayachandran . “Kadhal Mayakkam azhagiya kangal thudikkum(lyrics:vairamuthu)” definitely both Jayachandran and Sunandha brought mayakkam to many music lovers with their voices .. Sunandha could not have asked for more.. A grand entry with a grand song .. quickly she was part of Raja’s gang.. yes “Poove sempoove un vasam varum”(lyrics:vaali) , many would have heard this song in Dasettan’s voice but the female version is equally good rendered by Sunandha. The Ever Famous “SEnbagame senbagame “ duet with mano and a short solo version even now makes us bright . Vella manam ulla machan velaiyadi onju vandhan from Chinna veedu with Malaysia vasudevan. She had a great number in Sirai paravai .. yes “aandham pongida pongida” both the duet and solo version (one of my fav). She sang along side SPB & Chitra in Enna samayalo(lent her voice for Aachi manorama ) yes “adiye mohana aduppadi enakkenna sondhama” yet another brilliant duet with Jayachandran in “en purushan thaan enakku mattumthan” – “poo mudithu pottu veitha vatta nila punnagayil paatezhuthum vannapura” . She along with SP shailaja sang a song with Raja sir himself “siruvani thanni kudichu “. Then came the ever famous lullaby one of Sunandha’s best “Mannava mannava mannadhi mannal allava” Vaali ayya’s lyrics, Raja sir’s tune and Sunandha’s voice for Sukanya made this song a classic. She also sang poonkatre inge vandhu vaazhthu with mano & uma ramanan from the same film. In the same year the sad version of Solli solli vandhadhinge from Senthamizh paatu with SPB was another great number. She sang for veteran actress sujatha. She sang another soulful pathos with Raja sir for Thaalatu – enakkena oruvarum illamal ponalum unakkena naan iruppen. Her singing continued in films like Dharma seelan, Sethupathi IPS. Pon vilangu had 3 songs for her .. 2 duets with Jayachandran. Oru kola kili vandhathe inbama(happy version), oru kola kili sonnadhe poimaya (sad version), ooty mala rotinile . all hit numbers. She also sang with SPB in the oru kola kili Jodi thanna theduthu theduthu mane (in the solo version Where she just sings few words like marvelous, wonderful etc ) . yet another duet with Jayachandran in the movie sevvandhi “semmene semmene un kitta sonnene” beautiful song . Nattukkota settiyaru with mano from Seeman She sang Indhariyo sundhariyo in Kadhalan for Rahman. He called her to be part of edhukku pondatti in Kizhakku seemayile. S.A.Rajkumar also has used Sunandha in his compositions. Manasum manasum serndhachu poomala thaan from Perumpulli was regular feature in radios at that time. She sang Nathcathira jannalil vanam etti paakkudhu with mano for Surya vamsam. She also sang in 3 hindi films for NAdeem shravan. Deva also gave her few chances(Sollava sollava oru kadhal kathai from mahaprabu)but after 1994-1995 she disappeared. According to an article in hindu she shifted from film music to Classical.. Anyone who knows her please request her to sing again. Unbearable voices torturing the music industry these days One of very few female singers who really impressed me and sunandha is one amongst them. @Chitralaya sriram anna – another koel from raja’s nest though not your request but mine . (Rajesh Venkatasubramanian)