I first heard this song on FM radio one morning when I was rushing to office. The tune captivated me instantly. I thought at first that this was the ad jingle for some product. So I waited without changing the channel to find out what product that might be. To my surprise, it turned out to be a song. But right after the song got over, there was a commercial break and I didn’t get to know which movie it was from. The first Google Search [GS] I ran that morning was for this song. I landed at a blog which told me that this song is inspired by another folk song and it was featured in a movie called “Kalai Pani”. I ran a GS for the movie but no luck. Work beckoned and I had to stop the searching. But the tune kept coming back to me all day.
That night again I tried GS. This time with spelling variations and Voila!! I found a online music station where I could hear it. I played it over and over a dozen times and meanwhile I found a place to download the song too. I was totally hooked on to it.
You can check it out here.
The tune resembles a rhyme I learnt in nursery.
Oh dear, what can the matter be (3)
Jhonny’s so long at the fair.
He promised to by me a bunch of blue ribbons(3)
To tie up my bony brown hair.
The simple lyrics steal my heart and the tune is so damn haunting. Its almost like a lullaby. I played the song to my mom and she thought the same. The voice is flat yet endearing. The violin background in the interlude is too good.The song is about a small girl (I assume) who has lost her doll and how she misses it.
The Actual lyrics:
Ennamma thozhi bommaya kaanom
Naa enna seiya poren
Thala vari pinni, pookkal vaithu
Pudhu chattai pottu vittu..
Ippasi masam kaveri snanam…
Bommaya vaangi vandhen
Thaalattu naan pada kanmooda mattayo
Maraindha podhum… manadhil ennum …
Malarodu pesum mazhalai geetham ..Maranam ella varam kettu…
Maru jenman ondrirundhal maari vidum…
Mugam madhiyo udal nadhiyo…
Melliya kai viralgal pulveliyo….
Kaalai pozhudhellam kaathirukkum
Ival vizhi kaanamal kalai izhakkum…Ennamma thozhi…
When I opened last Friday’s paper, I saw that this movie was releasing that day!! Its a small budget decent movie. That makes it eligible to fall in the slip-the-public-notice-and-sink-without-a-trace category. Anyways the song is worth hearing. And if you live in Chennai, “Radio City” plays it once in a while because their RJ Sulabha is the voice behind this haunting number.
44 Comments
August 20, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Hey.. loved this song when i first heard it. was searching for the lyrics for a very long time.. found it here.. Thanks a billion.. [:D] .. Keep it going.. Cheers
Regards
Anitha
August 21, 2008 at 4:51 PM
I heard just now after priyaiyer referred. Nice song. I heard good song after long time. really touched me….. thanks to priyaiyer and aparna
August 22, 2008 at 7:50 PM
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August 23, 2008 at 11:15 PM
hi sulabha..
the song s best ever melody i ever heard from female voice.
its just short and sweet.
Hope u’ll makes us to spend more time on hearing ur voice, in coming days.
why didnt u started early to sing.
late’aa vanthalum, latest!…..
September 15, 2008 at 7:52 PM
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September 18, 2008 at 6:29 PM
hey hi to everybody who liked this song just like i did..
i was searching for this song like anything.. still searching.. also i have requested the admin of following site http://tamilvibration.dk to upload the song in their site.. if i got that song i wil intimate you frens.. hatsoff to RJ sulabha & aparna (this is the first USEFUL blog in net which i have not seen before)
September 27, 2008 at 11:52 AM
“Ennamma Thozhi” song can be downloaded from cooltoad website
October 3, 2008 at 10:18 AM
I have seen you commenting around the blogosphere before. But HOW I found you is truly amazing. I was searching for this very song when I found your blog listed in the top 5 search results of Google. I was wondering which new blog to read. Now you have a new reader.
October 3, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Hi aparna….
I came across ur blog wen i was searching for ppl’s view abt this song…
i loved this song from the first moment i heard it.. thanks to my friend who made me hear it… this song moves sooo much in me….. it is kind of nostalgic.. takes me back to so many childhood memories.. d singer RJ Sulabha makes this song seem very effortless.. n flawless… she deserves due credit for tat….
My day is not complete widout having listened to this song at least once..
U hav put down exactly wat i feel abt this song… thanks for sharing ur view…
take gud care..
October 26, 2008 at 1:31 AM
thank u aparna……………………
i heared the song………..
i liked it very much……………
we can directly download it from
http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=370789
November 6, 2008 at 5:08 PM
hmmm…. ii simply cudn’t resist recording this song.. it iz one of my fav’s.. but the high notes.. i will take time to correct ‘em.. sulabha did a fabulous job indeed…
February 13, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Hey Aparna…
This is one of the songs which I like the most… Like you, first I heard this song in radion one… On the very frst time of hearing, the song attracted me to it… But missed the movie name… But atlast searched for the song in net and downloaded to add it to my favs…
Its a gr8 song to listen ‘n’ feel… whenever I hear this song, it gives me a feel good mood and tempt me to hear it again…
The lyrics are so clear and pronounced beautifully… also the lyrics are so cute that they are childish in nature….
Overall, a very gud song that didnt reach out to the mass because of the film’s unpopularity…
July 21, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Love this song! Something about its simplicity captures the heart!
August 1, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I first heard this song on youtube, my daughter gave me the link. I played it over and over a whole night, Excellent song. Thanks to my daughter akshaya.