{"id":117705,"date":"2023-07-04T17:49:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=117705"},"modified":"2023-07-04T17:50:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:50:44","slug":"dingiri-dingaale-the-tamil-film-song-liked-by-many-sinhalese-by-d-b-s-jeyaraj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/dingiri-dingaale-the-tamil-film-song-liked-by-many-sinhalese-by-d-b-s-jeyaraj\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dingiri Dingaale\u2019 The Tamil film song liked by many Sinhalese-by D.B.S Jeyaraj"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2018Dingiri Dingaale\u2019 The Tamil film song liked by many Sinhalese-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">by D.B.S Jeyaraj<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/news-features\/Dingiri-Dingaale-The-Tamil-film-song-liked-by-many-Sinhalese\/131-262252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailymirror<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/news-features\/Dingiri-Dingaale-The-Tamil-film-song-liked-by-many-Sinhalese\/131-262252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-singapore-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.sg.dailymirror.lk\/assets\/uploads\/image_9c7982bcac.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>The rollicking\u00a0 song from the Tamil movie \u2018Anbu Engey\u2019 was widely popular during my childhood days<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0It was the Indian music director S.S. Vedhasalam who composed the tune for Dingiri Dingaale<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>No sing-song or dance at a party was\u00a0 complete without it<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>The most popular Sinhala version of the song had the opening line \u2018Harima Wedak Nedha Machang, Harima Wedak Ne\u2019 set to the tune of\u00a0 Dingiri Dingaale<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Another version \u2018Pissu Vikare, Dagena Polkatu Male\u2019 was sung by H.R. Jothipala and also Milton Perera and M.S. Fernando<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>In later years different versions based on the tune were rendered by performers like Anton Jones, Desmond de Silva and the Gypsies<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0An important reason for Dingiri Dingaale\u2019s success in Sri Lanka was because the tune was extremely conducive to dancing the Baila<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Writing about the song at this juncture has also evoked pleasant memories in my mind of a father, his eldest son and a lit cigarette!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-singapore-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.sg.dailymirror.lk\/assets\/uploads\/image_b3cc879b9b.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><big>This article focuses on the\u00a0 evergreen \u2018Dingiri Dingaale\u2019 song from the Tamil film\u00a0 \u2018Anbu Engey?\u2019 (Where is love?) that was first screened 65 years ago. Although a Tamil film song, the number was hugely popular among Sinhalese too. I have written about this song in my blog earlier. This is the first time I am publishing an article about it in a newspaper. \u2018Dingiri Dingaale Meenatchi Dingiri Dingaale, Ulagam Poara Poakkaip Paaru Thangamay Chiillaaley\u2019 was a song that rocked Sri Lanka then known as Ceylon in 1958 and the years that followed. The rollicking\u00a0 song from the Tamil movie \u2018Anbu Engey?\u2019 was widely popular during my childhood days. The film was first screened in India on December 12, 1958. It was released in Sri Lanka some months later in 1959. However, songs from the film like \u2018Dingiri Dingaale\u2019 had been aired over \u2018Radio Ceylon\u2019 from mid -1958 onwards<\/big><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The rapturous Dingiri Dingaale was the most famous among Tamil film songs then. No sing-song or dance at a party was complete without it. Even at children\u2019s parties this song would be sung or played with every one dancing. Singing Dingiri Dingaale and dancing to the song was a regular feature of life in those years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dingiri Dingaale or more correctly the song\u2019s melody really caught on in Sri Lanka. Many Sinhala versions based on the tune also evolved. The most popular one had the opening line \u2018Harima Wedak Nedha Machang, Harima Wedak Ne\u2019 set to the tune of Dingiri Dingaale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Another version \u2018Pissu Vikare, Dagena Polkatu Male\u2019 was sung by H.R. Jothipala and also Milton Perera and M.S. Fernando. There was a folk song version too. I have been informed that in later years different versions based on the tune were rendered by performers like Anton Jones, Desmond de Silva and the Gypsies too. There were mischievous variations too with ribaldry riding high in some. The bands at the Royal \u2013 Thomian and other big matches would play them regularly then.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Universality of Music<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The main reason why the Tamil song Dingiri Dingaale became immensely popular among Sinhalese was because of the lilting tune. A contemporary parallel would be the popularity of \u2018Puruthugeesi Kaarayaa\u2019 from the Sinhala film \u2018Sandesaya\u2019 among Tamils. It was the standard song those days for dancing the \u2018Baila\u2019. As in the case of Dingiri Dingaale, there were many Tamil versions of \u2018Puruthugeesi Kaarayaa\u2019 set to the melody composed by Sunil Santha and orchestration arranged by Muthuswamy master. Linguistic conflicts cannot undermine the universality of music. Music has its own language!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">An important reason for Dingiri Dingaale\u2019s success in Sri Lanka was because the tune was extremely conducive to dancing the Baila. This was due to the influence of the Baila itself upon the music director who composed the Dingiri Dingaale melody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/news-features\/Dingiri-Dingaale-The-Tamil-film-song-liked-by-many-Sinhalese\/131-262252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-singapore-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.sg.dailymirror.lk\/assets\/uploads\/image_86de492cf8.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">S. S. Vedhasalam<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>S.S. Vedha (Vedhasalam)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was the Indian music director S.S.Vedha (full name SS Vedhasalam) who composed the tune for Dingiri Dingaale. Vedha had acquired a taste for the Baila due to his \u2018Ceylon connection\u2019. The talented Vedha had earlier worked under the music director C. N. Pandurangan and also played the harmonium for the orchestra at dance performances of popular Indian actress Vyjayanthimala. Vedha\u2019s first big break to be a music director of a film on his own was given by pioneering Sinhala director and actor B. A. W. Jayamanne. The first film that Vedha composed music on his own was the Sinhala film \u2018Umathu Vishvasaya\u2019 produced and directed by B.A.W. Jayamanne in 1952. It was the Tamil\u00a0 film actor Sriram who introduced Vedha to B.A.W. and helped him get his big break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Vedha went on to compose music for several\u00a0 Sinhala films produced by B.A.W. Jayamanne. These included \u2018Kele Handa\u2019(1953) and \u2018Irangini\u2019 (1954). \u2018Kele Handa\u2019 was a smashing success and the songs became widely popular. Apart from B.A.W. Jayamanne, Vedha composed music for some Sinhala films produced by others too. Among these were \u2018Dingiri Menike\u2019(1956) produced by S.D.S. Somaratne and \u2018Jeevitha Satana\u2019 (1957) produced by Ceylon Theatres. The practice of enlisting Indian music directors like Vedha to compose music for Sinhala films ceased only after the production of Sinhala films in India was stopped by the S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike government of 1956 -59.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was while composing music for B.A.W. Jayamanne\u2019s films that Veddhasalam acquired a familiarity with Sri Lankan music and dance forms particularly the Baila.Vedha had made some trips to Sri Lanka. However, his close interaction with \u2018Ceylonese\u2019 was in Chennai \u2013 then known as Madras \u2013 itself.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">B.A.W. Jayamanne had rented out two adjacent houses on Lloyds Road in Madras for his team of actors and artistes to stay when in India for making a film. Among these were B.A.W.\u2019s brother Eddie Jayamanne and his wife Rukmani Devi. Apparently Vedha used to visit the Sri Lankans regularly and interacted closely with them. It was then that he became fascinated with the Baila.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2018Anbu Engey\u2019 (Where is Love?)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Tamil film \u2018Anbu Engey?\u2019 (Where is love?) was released on December 12th 1958. The film was produced for Jubilee films by V. Govindarajan with whom the actor Sriram had collaborated in making films. Sriram who introduced Vedha to B.A.W. Jayamanne earlier, recommended his friend the music director to Govindarajan also. Vedha got the assignment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The film was scripted by \u2018Murasoli\u2019 Maran the nephew of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. Maran himself later became a cabinet minister in the Indian Central Government. The Anbu Engey movie director was D. Yoganand who also directed the Sinhala movie \u2018Sundara Birinda\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When the film was being planned it was decided by the director and music director that a dance sequence in a Western \u2013 style club should be filmed. The director wanted an upbeat toe-tapping number. The music director suggested a Baila type melody. Yoganand gave the green light to Vedha. He composed a \u2018bailaistic\u2019 tune. The producer Govindarajan rejected it and wanted Vedha to compose a light classical number instead. Fortunately the director overruled the producer and the original tune stayed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Lyricist V. Seetharaman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The lyricist V. Seetharaman was given the task of writing the song. Seetharaman had a flair for writing humorous songs and was known as \u2018Sirippu Paadal Seetharaman\u2019 (humorous song Seetharaman). When Seetharaman was searching for a catchy opening line, it was Vedha who suggested Dingiri Dingaale. Apparently,Vedha who composed music for Dingiri Menike liked the sound of the word \u2018Dingiri\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Seetharaman went on to write the words of the song in a satiric mode. It was a general indictment of the pretentious changes in society due to Western influence. In a song laced with pin-pricks of a lighter vein, several English words too were used. Each verse was in two lines with an alliterative touch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>T.M. Soundararajan \u2013 S.S. Rajendran<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In the film, the song was picturised on the hero S. S. Rajendran. It was a dance \u2013 song sequence set in a cosmopolitan club against a Westernised backdrop. The song was sung by T.M. Soundararajan (TMS) as S.S. Rajendran lip \u2013synched.TMS with his full\u2013throated voice sang ebulliently with gusto and fervour. SSR as he was popularly known usually acted as a villager or a common man in films. For this song sequence SSR elegantly wore a tuxedo with bow and danced flamboyantly at times. Vedha used an impressive orchestra with many\u00a0 Western musical instruments to provide the music. A large number of Anglo-Indians (equivalent of our Burghers) in Madras were hired to engage in dancing for the film shoot. The choreographer for this song-dance was Desmond Crusz.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Anbu Engey was a roaring success and the chief reason for the film\u2019s success was the song sequence Dingiri Dingaale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On a\u00a0 personal note Dingiri Dingaale is one of my favourite Tamil film songs. I first saw the film \u2018Anbu Engey at the age of five in Mylan theatre, Colombo with my family and a lot of other relatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I have had the habit in my younger days to return home after a film and re-enact some of the scenes imitating the actors and singers. After seeing Anbu Engey, I used to keep on singing Dingiri Dingaale and dancing. This led to an amusing practice that revives nostalgic memories of my father who is no more. I shall conclude this article with that anecdote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2018Cigarette Aaga Maari\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In the Dingiri Dingaale song there is a sequence where the hero SSR sings the lines \u201cAppan Paattan Aasthi Ellaam Cigarette AagaMaari- AiyaaVaayil Pugai Eduppaar, I am very Saari\u201d. In the scene a man in a corner is seen smoking. SSR goes down to him singing the above lines meaning\u00a0 \u201c the wealth acquired by your father and grandfather is now being turned into a cigarette.You gentleman are emitting smoke out of your mouth\u201d. Then SSR reaches out and snatches the cigarette from the man\u2019s lips saying \u201cI am very \u201cSaari\u201d( Sorry). I liked that shot very much.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My father though not a chain smoker was a heavy smoker. After seeing how the scene was played out in the film, I would sing Dingiri Dingaale when my father started smoking. When the \u2018cigarette\u2019 related lines came up, I would go up to my father and snatch his lit cigarette and throw it in the ashtray singing \u201cI am very saari\u201d. Initially everyone was highly entertained by this especially my mother who was always asking my father to reduce his smoking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cI am very Saari\u201d(Sorry)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">With my mother\u2019s tacit encouragement, I kept on singing Dingiri Dingaale whenever my father lit a cigarette and then snatched it away. Naturally, my father\u2019s amusement soon gave way to irritation as he was being denied his regular smoke as soon as he lit a fag. Finally, he and I had a \u2018discussion\u2019 and arrived at a compromise. I was to begin singing the song only when my father had smoked more than half the cigarette. By the time I came to the \u201cI am very Saari\u201d(Sorry)line, the fire would have reached the butt. I could then snatch the cigarette and throw it off. Of course this \u201cNegotiated settlement\u201d was made possible by the toys and tit-bits given to me as inducements\u00a0 by my father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Thereafter I started singing Dingiri Dingaale a few minutes after my father lit his cigarette. Everything was hunky-dory. After a while other films and other songs began entering my realm and Dingiri Dingaale was not sung as frequently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Father, Son and lit Cigarette<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">However, I never lost my liking for the song. Dingiri Dingaale too never lost its appeal and has stood the test of time. Writing about the song at this juncture has also evoked pleasant memories in my mind of a father, his eldest son and a lit cigarette!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Dingiri Dingaale\u2019 The Tamil film song liked by many Sinhalese-by D.B.S Jeyaraj &nbsp; Source:Dailymirror The rollicking\u00a0 song from the Tamil movie \u2018Anbu Engey\u2019 was widely popular during my childhood days\u00a0 \u00a0It was the Indian music director S.S. 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