Vande Matharam

With Vande Matharam making news for all sorts of reasons these days, I thought I should highlight a lesser know Vande Matharam song from Siraichalai penned by Arivumathi and set to music by Raaja. In Raaja's era when one comes across good lyrics, one immediately tends to think of Vairamuthu or Vaali. But this song probably proves that given the right situation there are others too who can do an equally good job. But thanks to Tamil cinema's theevira "Kadhal" with "Kadhal" in the 80's and 90's we generally got pedestrian and unimaginative songs from most lyirc writers(with exceptions ofcourse). Thank "whatever is up there", that we atleast had the "Young King" to do magic even when given the most uninspiring of situations.


idhu thai pirandha desam
nam thandhai aaNda desam
idhu naam vaNangum desam
uyir naadi indha desam
maN peridhaa uyir peridhaa
badhil tharavaa ippothe
vaa puliye nam vazhvum saavum yaar vasam
vande maatharam.. vande maatharam..
vande maatharam.. vande maatharam..

veerathai gundugal thulaikkaathu
veeranai sarithiram puthaikkaathu
nattai ninaikkum nenjangaL
vadagai moochil vazhaadhu
izhandha uyirgaLo kaNakkillai
irumi savadhil sirappillai
innum ennada viLaiyaattu
edhiri narambile kodiyetru
nilathadiyil pudhaindhirukkum
piNagaLukkum manam thudikkum
vande maatharam.. vande maatharam..
vande maatharam.. vande maatharam..

thayo paththe maasamthaan
adhigam sumandhadhu desamthaan
udalum uyirum yaar thandar
uNarnthu paarthal desamthaan
indha puzhudithaan udalaachchu
indha katruthaan uyirmuchchu
indru irandume paripochu
innum ennada verumpechu
kaivilangai udaithuidadaa
erimalaiye vedithuidadaa..
vande maatharam.. vande maatharam..
vande maatharam.. vande maatharam..