![]() ![]() ![]() They were priced from 10 to 25 cents then. The average Tamil film in those days had about six to nine songs. These were actually tiny booklets printed on cheap paper with the words of songs in a particular Tamil film. We were greatly aided in this by what was known as ‘Cinema Paatu Puthagam’ or cinema songbook. My sister and I would also sing along with some songs being played out on radio. Thus one was able to keep abreast of contemporary Tamil film music courtesy ‘Radio Ceylon’ in those wonderful days of yore. Popular radio announcer Mailvaganam conducted these programs where film songs were featured regularly. The Tamil ‘Varthaga Oliparappu’ or Commercial service of ‘Radio Ceylon’ was a treasure trove of film songs.Īpart from broadcasting the latest Tamil film songs even before the films concerned were screened in India, the commercial service also aired specific programs about films being currently shown in theatres in the island. ![]() ![]() Watching Tamil movies on screen and listening to Tamil film songs over radio was an integral part of life for me as a child growing up in Colombo. The Chief Minster greets the recipients of the award MSV and TKR as Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan look on ![]()
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