Naanaaga Naan Illai Thaaye - Thoongathe Thambi Thoongathe (Anbu)

Naanaaga Naan Illai Thaaye ... Lyrics & Chords

Recently, watched this song in Isaignani. Ilayaraja’s live concert “Endrendrum Raja” performed by Shri. SPB. What a soft, touching and expressive performance by this legend. Brought tears in my eyes !! The song portrays the hero’s singing in praise of his mother, how much he has been missing her all along and motherhood in general. Also, the same song was covered brilliantly by SPB clone…Sriram Srinivasan in Muziboo few days ago. Well…inspired by these two performances, I wanted to cover a version of my own…to some extent good enough to listen. The tune of the song seems to a simple one, but what makes more beautiful are the minute sangathis sprinkled all along the song. Taken this as a learning experience and tried to bring out whatever possible to my level. I would also like to thank Sriram Srinivasan for sharing the track immediately, after sending him an email request.

Please listen and leave your valuable comments. Usually, I post lyrics of the songs. But, since the song is known by heart to me, I didn’t have to prepare one.

Song Details:
Movie Name : Thoogathe Thambi Thoongathe
Music : Dr. Isaignani Ilayaraja
Original Singer : SPB (also there is Ilayaraja version)
K-Track Courtesy: Sriram Srinivasan
Cover, Mixing & Mastering : Anbu J. Mohamed

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Jay Kumaran said

I think there was a IR version as well…? I vaguely remember my mom playing the cassette and listening to that!

ELla emotions and nuances pinnified. Ur version is another lovable one, Mista Love!!

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Hamsapriya Pro user said

Awesome performance bro

I watched the programme on line too

Loved the expressions

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Hari Bhaskar Pro user said

Ithu ah! sooper! Wonderful rendition with apt emotions and expressions. Loved it my friend. This is the kind of performance that I’ve been expecting from you. You made it happen. Best wishes.
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Saroj Nair said

nice expressive suuuuperb singing Anbu….
mixing mastering ellam suuuperb…)

‘Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.’
-William W. Purkey

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Swati Prasad (unable to be frequent) said

nice song!!very beautifully sung really too good …… liked it a lot :)
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Ajay m nair said

lovely song selection…. v.well sung with good feel…. liked it v.much

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Latha Ganti Pro user said

Anbu anna – So beautiful & expressive rendition ,loved it

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Thinkal govind kumar Pro user said

Anburaaja………
Your soulful rendition reminded my humble self of the great Legend’s original rendition !
LOVED your voice, style & feel !
Hats off !
GOD Bless !
Loving Best Wishes,
Thinkal Govind Kumar.

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Priya Sukumaran Pro user said

Heard Sriram’s version the other day…. I guess one cud be called the SPB version and the other the I.R… golden times with golden songs, beautiful singing, nice modulations.Enjoyed this, Anna.

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Vasudevan Subramaniam said

anbu, good old song and very well sung. felt ir in many parts of the song… keep rocking….

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Vinay Chowdry said

Awesome anna :) Junior IR….
Regards,
Vinay
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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

JAY KUMARAN: Thank you for dropping by as the first listener and registering your thoughts.

HAMSA SIS : True, it was awesome to watch it live in the concert. Thank you for listening.

Regards
Anbu J. Mohamed

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

HARIBHASKAR : Very glad to see such a feedback from you. Guess, you are impressed by this song. Ha…Ha…

Regards
Anbu J. Mohamed

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

SAROJ CHECHI | SWATI PRASAD | AJAY NAIR | LATHA SIS | TGK Sir | PRIYA SIS | VASUDEVAN | VINAY BRO :

Thank you all very much for visiting, listening and registering your thoughts about the song. Glad to know that you all liked it.

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Rajesh Ramani said

Anna :)

Kalakkal !

What expressions & feel ……really soothing one to hear…….Straight away gets in my favorites anna :)

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Sohag Mia (will be back soon!) said

wonderful anbu ji! Really liked it……………….
I Love Singing More Than I Can Say!
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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

RAJESH RAMANI | SOHAG MIA : Thank you so much for listening and your comments.

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Emotive cover, Anbu… nice song as well.
Cheers,
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Poornima R Pro user said

I like this song very much. Excellent rendition. You have captured the feel of the song. Very soothing to hear…Enjoyed a lot brother. Cheers!!

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

SRINIVASAN | MEERA MANOHAR | POORNIMA :

Thank you so very much for listening and the appreciative comments.
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Sheba said

Beautiful singing…Anbuji…
Loved the expressions.

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Raja.j Mohamed said

naanaaka naanillai Anbu nanbare….how to miss this your beautiful one this….realy very nice attempt and very sweet feel to listen nanbare….:)))))
Music are my breath:)

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

SHEBA : Thanks a lot for listening

RAJA NANBARE : Miss pannaama kettatharkku mikka nandri….

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Uthra said

A beautiful mother song. Anbu, well sung.

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

Thank you very much Uthra for your time and listening to this song ……

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Prahalad - will be away for a while said

Wonderful one anna :) got to listen ot this song after ages thanks to you, and it sounded very good in your voice. Very refreshing :)

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Chandrasekar Ramaswamy Pro user said

There definitely is an IR version of this song. But you are more influenced by SPB’s version as your rendition clearly shows :-)

Beautiful rendition, lovely expressions.

I am no expert and certainly not qualified to appraise your effort, but I think every minute modulations are in place. I think I can hear this one many times over!

Your rendition of this song is a favorite, though the original song is not one of my favorites.

Regards,
Chandra

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

Chandra,

Being a Kamal fan, this is indeed SPB version that I tried. But, listening to my IR voice covers, every listener starts concentrating my every song in that perspective only… I’m trying to erase that from the listeners mind and I am not succeeding till now… He…He…

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Chandrasekar Ramaswamy Pro user said

No, you have achieved that at least in this song. It was very clear that your influence was SPB’s version. There are modulation differences between the two versions.

I must have heard both versions many many times :-).

Regards,
Chandra

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

That’s very encouraging to hear from you….

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Ashok Sai Pro user said

I was about to comment and saw the comments by CR and your reply, stopped it.

Sir, it was flawless rendition with IR tone, but I was slightly uncomfortable when you try to mix Balu sir’s expression, it felt like a, free flowing river took a diversion for while, which had affected its flow. As can be read from your reply, you are trying to unmask the IR clone tag, but I felt you should have tried it thorough out the song.

Sir, its my humble opinion, since I liked the song too much with your version, I was forced to comment like this. Sorry sir, if I anyway offended.

Thanks for the new version sir,

Best Regards

Ashok

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Chandrasekar Ramaswamy Pro user said

Anbu bro,

I came to this page again because Ashok commented on it and listened to this again.

I am not a huge fan of this song irrespective of the number of times I have heard this song in the radio :-)

It is indeed SPB’s version that is clearly the one I liked, but I think IR couldn’t resist singing this song after the great lyrics. I think both SPB and IR must have felt identified with the lyrics :-) as both were at the peak of their powers and fame and probably missed their respective mothers.

What wonderful stories each of IR’s compositions have – the ultimate composer – the one who didn’t simply give songs – he touched and enriched the listeners’ lives :-)

Thanks for the memories and thoughts :-)

Regards,
Chandra

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

Thank you very much Ashok….for the details you mentioned and the analysis of my singing. Though, I am very much comfortable with IR voice….at times, I wish to try a non-IR voice for a break….and this was one. Still, it happens to be viewed by others as IR’s adaptation. This stayed in the middle probably….

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Ashok Sai Pro user said

Thanks Anna, taking my critic positively. I don’t even know that the IR version of this song exists, when heard this song, my mind straight away went to ‘kalyana malai – puthu puthu arthangal’ song since that was also sung by both SPB and IR and well received, I went to imagine to that extent. So, that is the reason I commented like that. I apologise sir, if I any way offended you.

Regards,

Ashok

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Anbu Mohamed Pro user said

No need to apologize Ashok….As a public forum like this, everyone has the right to express their views and comments about what they feel about the rendition. Such views are always welcome in my space.

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Shankar Pro user said

Wah wah…. A melodious song’s SPB version in Isaignani’s style sung by our very own Anbu bro…. What a superb rendition with every nuance being brought in and with perfect emotions and expressions…. A very high quality mixing makes the listening experience much more soothing…. Enjoyed it thoroughly…. Kudos Anbu bro…. Worth multiple visits…. My favorite….

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Vimala chandrasekharan said

Anbu brother,
Beautiful song.
Lovely rendition.
Very expressive singing.
vimala
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