Ilaiyaraja songs from Annakili

Annakili was the first movie of Ilaiyaraja as a music composer. Annakili movie was released in the year 1976 starring Sivakumar. All the songs from Annakili were super hit and the movies success too credited to it’s music.

There were five songs in the movie Annakili.

1. Annakiliye Unna theduthey
A folk song sung by S. Janaki with beautiful jumping rhythms and the song a hill side village in the movie where a female shepered sings about her life. This song has some unique happiness while listening to it.

2. Machana Paathingala
The beautiful folk song composed by Ilayaraja even before the movie annakili and the song was used for this movie. In the movie the heroine sings about her marriage in imagination. The song ends with the lines ‘Manasara vaazthungalen engal kulam vaazha vaazhthungalen’ … may be this line has come true in the life of Ilaiyaraja. His entire family today in limelight because this song and the movie.

3. Annakiliye Unnatheduthey
The sad version of the first happy song, sung by the one and only TMS. This was the first time that the same song made for both emotions happy and sad. This also proved the musical knowledge of Ilaiyaraja.

4. Sontham Illai
Another sad song sung by P. Suseela , TMS and P. Suseela were at ther peak at the time this movie annakili was released.

5. Muthu Muthu
A happy and celebration song sung by S. Janaki, the song is about preparation for a marriage in the house and all the preparation work explained and the workers sing this song and prepare the things for marriage. Good lyrics and a simple and happier song and in the end the herioine feels sad about her fate as the hero marries another girl. the song ends with a sad emotion. Fantastic composition.