Saarasam...

I came across this rare video featuring P.U. Chinnappa a while ago. I have always adored this man's singing since the time my brothers introduced me to his music. That, coupled with hearing my late appa sing praises of the man for the remarkable actor and singer that he was, I grew to have his songs imprinted on my mind even though the cassette of his songs is long gone from my possession. It takes a true thamizhian with an undying passion for his or her roots to appreciate an old-time favourite like this one. God bless my appa's soul for instilling that passion in me...

For the uninitiated, the man singing the song in the video is P.U. Chinnappa himself, and he was also the man who actually sang the song. Unlike the many tone-deaf actors these days, actors in the olden days had to be able to sing in order to make it as an actor.