subject: Tamil Folk – Song in movies [print this page] Tamil folk songs are normally adapted in films for their high value musical content, rhythms, themes , chorus melodies and tunes. Almost, all the folk songs hold high emotional quotient in the heart of common people rather than its intellectual thought behind it for the people at large. Most of the Tamil folk songs appeal to large group of people in conversation and colloquial words, Which give the natural feeling of rich traditional values, culture, and food and over all historically essence of Tamil Land. Majority of Tamil folk tunes are used a background music especially in pathetic and melodramatic scenes. The Dialogues between lovers use such passages as : Nee Pambu Anal, Naan Parundu Aven , Nee Pull Anal Nan Pasu Aven' Are taken from the folklore , to indicate that the lovers match affection with more affection and enmity with bitter enmity. Folk - Songs are used very effectively in movies by well know Cine- poets with suitable adaptations ,theoretical forms and great value alternatives to make the film box- office hits . Variety of themes and stories are adapted in movies, which represent the real interesting point of view in today's movies. One more example of folk tune adopted in films is here: Thazhaiyam Poo mudithu Thadam parthu vazhi nadanthu Saalaivazhi poravale Ponnamma The web portal www.tamilmp3songslyrics.com has good collection of Folk song's lyrics, If, one is looking real good old Tamil folk songs information and database of lyrics of such traditional songs used in movies one must visit this wonder full site . We can find folk songs by Mrs.Vijayalakshmi Navaneetha krishnan, pushpavanam kuppusamy, paravai muniyamma, thenisai chellappa and Many more in this web portal. You can also find song lyrics of Ilaiyaraaja. He has composed over 4500 songs and provided film scores for more than 900 Indian films in various languages in a career and also lot work on folk songs .
