Guest article by N. Venkataraman
(Mr Venkataraman’s first part of Hindi-Tamil similar songs was on ‘Inspired and adopted songs’. He also mentioned in that article that he would be covering the subject in three parts. In the second part he discusses songs from Hindi movies which were dubbed in Tamil. Synchronizing the lyrics, meaning, meter and lip movement requires a great deal of talent. It is a journey into a fascinating world, which, I presume, is unknown to most of us. There is a warning though. There is something infectious about these songs – you would soon forget that Madhubala ever sang ‘Mohabat ki jhoothi kahani pe roye’, because ‘Kanu kanda kaathal’ will grip you, or that Nargis sang ‘Raja ki ayegi baraat’, because after reading this article you would be humming, ‘Kalyana oorvalam varum’, and so on. – AK)
At the outset, I feel like a traveller commencing the second part of my journey through a desert looking for the elusive oasis. I am afraid that the scope and variety found in the first part will be lacking to a great extent in this article. Except the lyrics and the singer(s), everything else will be almost similar in both the versions. Even the singer(s) in one or two instances can be the same. Hoping that the deserts too can provide enough charm on a calm and moonlit night.