How good is your
cinema Quotient – mine would be in the minus ! – ever heard this Illayaraja
no. :
அழகான பூக்கள் மலர்ந்தாடுமே
This MGR movie is well known - Anbe Vaa written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar hit the screens in 1966. The film starred MG Ramachandran and Saroja Devi, with S. A. Ashokan, Nagesh, T. R. Ramachandran, Manorama and T. P. Muthulakshmi in supporting roles. It was the story of JB, a wealthy industrialist who goes on vacation to his bungalow in Shimla, only to discover that his caretaker and his wife have left for Kasi after renting the bungalow to a family. The rest of the film revolves around JB's response to this situation.
அழகான பூக்கள் மலர்ந்தாடுமே, நீ வந்து நின்றால் வாய் மூடுமே
பொன்மானே செந்தேனே வந்தேனே !
உன் கண்ணில் கண்டேனே என்னை நானே
Pictured here is Bougainvillea
(Bougainvillea spp.), commonly called the paper flower. The bright pink
parts are actually bracts — modified leaves — rather than the true petals. The
tiny white, star-shaped flowers visible in the photograph are the actual flowers.
In Tamil, Bougainvillea
is commonly known as காகிதப்பூ (Kaagithapoo),
meaning “paper flower,” referring to its thin, papery bracts.
The song featured
here is from Mohan / Urvasi movie - Anbe Odi Vaa written, produced, directed and photographed
by R. Renjith Kumar, released in 1984.
SP Balasubramaniyam had sung this to the music of Isaignani Ilayaraja.
MGR movie Anbe Vaa was inspired by American comedy movie ‘Come September’ released in 1961 directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock
Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, and Walter Slezak. Set and
shot in Italy, the film was the first produced by Hudson's film production
company, 7 Pictures Corporation.
Its plot was : Wealthy
American businessman Robert Talbot owns a villa on the Ligurian coast, where he
and his Roman lover, Lisa Fellini, spend time together only in September each
year. Determined to stop settling for an annual affair, Lisa is preparing to
marry Spencer, an eager but unexciting fiancé. When Robert calls Lisa en route
from Milano for an impromptu fling in July, however, Lisa loses her resolve,
cancels her wedding, and rushes to meet him.
Regards
– S Sampathkumar
9.10.2026
