Ennittum Neeyenne Arinjillallo (Naseema(Thamburu)-1983) by S.JANAKI

Dedicated to my Favorite singer,Smt. S.Janaki.

Thanks to all Janaki amma fans.

A little bit of history about the song.
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Writer and head of the Music Research wing of Mathrubhumi, Ravi Menon recalls an incident during the composing sessions for Naseema, one of Johnson’s early works. “Renowned poet P Bhaskaran was the lyricist for the movie. Johnson was thrilled to work with him. The lyrics of one of the songs began like this, “ennittum neeyenne arinjillallo…” (yet, you didn’t know me). It was unusual to begin a song that way, with an abrupt line. Johnson took it as a challenge. It took him one whole week to arrive at that perfect tune for the first line.”

Ennittum is a quintessential Johnson song – a  lovely melody with a touch of Hindustani music. A lover’s lament, it takes off like a continuation of a story already told. Could that first line have been any better than what it is now? Possibly not.

One more speciality in this song is that it has 11 notes out of a possible 12 in this song which is very rare.

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Movie........... Naseema (Thamburu) (1983).
Movie Director.......... A Sheriff.
Lyrics............ P. Bhaskaran.
Music............Johnson.
Singer........... S. Janaki.

lyrics.......


എന്നിട്ടും നീയെന്നെ അറിഞ്ഞില്ലല്ലോ...
എന്നാര്‍ദ്ര നയനങ്ങള്‍ തുടച്ചില്ലല്ലോ...
എന്നാത്മ വിപഞ്ചികാതന്ത്രികള്‍ മീട്ടിയ
സ്‌പന്ദനഗാനമൊന്നും കേട്ടില്ലല്ലോ...
(എന്നിട്ടും...)

അറിയാതെ അവിടുന്നെന്‍ അടുത്തുവന്നു...
അറിയാതെ തന്നെയെന്നകത്തു വന്നു...
ആ... ആ... ആ... (അറിയാതെ.. )
ജീവന്റെ ജീവനില്‍ സ്വപ്‌നങ്ങള്‍ വിരിച്ചിട്ട
പൂവണിമഞ്ചത്തില്‍ ഭവാനിരുന്നു...
(എന്നിട്ടും...)

നിന്‍ സ്വേദമകറ്റാനെന്‍‍ സുന്ദരസങ്കല്‌പം
ചന്ദനവിശറി കൊണ്ടു വീശിയെന്നാലും (നിന്‍ സ്വേദമകറ്റാനെന്‍‍.. )
വിധുരയാമെന്നുടെ നെടുവീര്‍പ്പിന്‍ ചൂടിനാല്‍
ഞാനടിമുടി പൊള്ളുകയായിരുന്നു...
(എന്നിട്ടും...)
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