Guest article by N Venkataraman
(Venkataramanji had planned his articles on Multiple Version Songs in Hindi and Tamil films in three parts. After his first first two articles on ‘Inspired and adopted songs’ and ‘Songs from dubbed versions’, his final part was going to be on Remade films form one language to the other. However, on the way he stumbled upon a large treasure trove of South Indian dances and songs, remade from Tamil into Hindi, and decided to offer us this unexpected bonus. He would be now completing his series with two more articles on similar songs from remade films (Tamil to Hindi, and Hindi to Tamil). Thank you Venkataramanji for your very generous bounties. – AK)
After completion of the first two parts, namely the article on ‘Inspired and adopted Songs’ and the second part on ‘Songs from dubbed versions’, I am venturing into my next episode. Compared to the other two areas this is a vast sea and I thought that one should sail with the tide and try to find the moorings at the suitable time and situation. In course of my search for materials for this article I came across a fairly large number of traditional dance (and song) numbers from the films remade from Tamil to Hindi. This was a fascinating theme by itself. Therefore, though not originally planned as a separate post, I decided to anchor and take refuge at this haven for now. I would be completing my series with similar songs from remade films (probably in two parts).