Abandoned Railway station

photo courtesy - Sriraam kalingarayar.

‘Tell me a story” It is her way of asking me to tell something about what happened in the hospital.

‘I  am so tired, I have to wake up early, feel so sleepy’.

Adhi had  slept after listening to stories already read out from book.

‘You always have some reasons to tell only if I ask you to talk to me, while you talk so much to your friends over phone’.

‘ We talked so much about hospital gossips in the evening’..

‘Who did the talking? You started and I did the whole talking’.

‘Isn’t that enough? ‘I asked ‘ I got up early today too, and after college and clinic, let me sleep early on the days when I have no cases to operate’

Some song was ringing in my heart and I was singing “ thennai vanaththinil  unnai mugam thottu ennaththai sonnavan vaadugindren, ennathai sonnavan vaadugindren”

‘Is it MGR , Saroja devi movie?’ she asked

‘I don’t know, I just know the lyrics . Thats all’

‘How does the song start?’

‘ Sivagaami...Or should I sing Meenatchi..Hmm?  It starts with Ponezhil pooththathu puthu vaanil’

‘Oh! It is definitely MGR movie only’

(I spent my childhood in karnataka and we had our TV only when I reached 9^th standard. No DVD players then. After I joined college , I was completely cutt off from tamil movies and songs. The college itself was in some interior part of karnataka, where I stayed for 5 years. I know only of the songs but not much about the movies )

‘Hmmm! Is it so? Let us  see from youtube’

Every other song is uploaded in You tube..There it was, MGR in his best ( I was never a fan of MGR, Rajini had captivated us with his style by then) and Saroja Devi, with her fluttering eye lids and roving eyes, singing this song.

‘MGR would have been in his forties, See how smart he looks, square jaw, broad shoulders and the charisma in his face’ she told

Not to be left behind ‘ Even Saroja Devi looks beautiful, though there is an extra layer of makeup, small face, round and attractive’ I complemented

‘Who wrote the lyrics? Kannadasan or Vali ? My dad used to say- the music doesn’t impede the lyrics and happens to flow along the voice’

We searched for that too and It was by Panchu Arunachalam ,a lesser known Lyricist

Though we both had not born when the movie was released

And then She told ‘Search for the Sivaji and Savitri Bharatiyar song’

‘I know all of Bharatiyar tamil songs which have come in movies. But what you tell has no head or tail’

‘The one which Sivaji sings commending  the greatness of each state of India’

‘Oh, that one.Sindhu nadhiyin misai ‘

After that it was quite a few bharatiyar songs.. And where was my tiredness?

Then there was an sms, “ watch Vijay tv super singer show’’. She was amused when I switched on the tv.

A new face was singing an old song based on carnatic music. ‘who sent the sms?’ She asked.

“Krishna, the anesthetist “

“Even your new friends know all about you, its only with me you don’t tell stories”

Oh My God.. It has started again..

The abandoned railway station

We sat  together ..

Where no one  comes

Where no train passes

Just  we two,like new friends

Like the rails of  the track..

The words couldn’t be rememberd

 It was enough that we Sat there..

 Intent to listen, eager to share..

Gossips, dreams and our past

We sat there at the station

Where the Gulmohar and silver oak

Wet after the night’s shower

Like two aged grandmothers

Stood still listening to our words

Dripping flowers now and then..

( This was written sometime back, about our old days spent in KGF..Hmmm those were days..though the station shown here is not  the same one)

 P.S. this is an excerpt from the blog which tells about the lyrics of the song.

There are just so many songs that have exceptional tunes and lyrics. Although I don't claim to be a genius in this department to critique them, I could write down the enjoyment.
Here are the lyrics for ponnezhil poothathu from kalankarai vilakkam:
 http://and-i-say.blogspot.com/2007/03/ponnezhil-poothathu.html