Vidya sagar - dark lion ?

The post here led me thinking about vidya sagar .

Vidyasagar's first outing that made us turn back was Jaihind . Esp the bothai yeri pochu song was something exhilarating . He found an ally in arjun and the duo gave some songs that are 50-50 . He ventured into mallu in 1995/96 and almost got a state award every year there .

He re-entered tamizh through dhill and followed up with dhool ,sathurangam ,parthipan kanavu , mozhi ,ponniyan selvan, Alli thantha vanam , gilli , kuruvi,thendral etc . Almost all of these movies atleast has a gem of a song which i enjoyed throughly.

VS is almost a 2nd favourite to most people. Most people like him , but do not like him sufficently to be the no.1 favourite . Hie melodies make him teh heir of Illayaraaja , MSV kind of melodies , though both of them had contrasting styles to melody . VS was sufficently eclipsed by rehman in the 90s and by YSR, HJ post the millennium. For a along time i was not willing to accept the VS melodies were superb , fearing that i might dethrone raaja from my mind , but then everybody changes - i too changed. My current list of Top 10s of vidyasagar , with no emphasis on ranking.

1. Engae engae from sathurangam - If Karthik were an female , i would have kissed him. Jazzized Vidyasagar , the saxophone seem to be an entry to heaven !

2.Udayathaa venilla from PRiyam - My first tryst with romance was accompanied by this song . What a song !

3.Pongaatru from MR.Madras - SPB , VS make this song mix with your hemoglobin , literally !

4.Pinju Mazhai chaaral from Varnajaalam - Karthik , vidyasagar never go wrong . Guess VS pays Karthik more for him !

5.Pesae madanthayae from mozhi - I simply hate mozhi - but this song , with a peronal mini tragedy in my life found an instant healing touch , so much so that i hate to listen to this song now . Not many songs have made me cry apart from IR/MSV's , and this is definitely one of them.

6. Adi Thozhi and almost all songs from thendral - If azhagi songs moved my heart outside my body , the songs from thendral made me choke my heart , esp the thandava kone song ! Pity that thangar went to baradwaj , although it worked !

7.Kannale kannale from Alli thantha vanam - Superb ! Unni menon is fantastic .

8. SHalla SHalla from Gilli - Surprisngly i didnt like appadi podu at any point of time. The charanam of this song is mesmerising , although the picturisation was too cliched.

9. Oru thethi Paartha from K.Mappillai : This was vintage VS , really !

10.Mugam enna from sabash - One of the gems from ARjun - VS combo !!