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Mannan M.S. Vishvanthan: Poet and lyricist Vaali was voluble
in his tribute to MSV as always. He was the one who had given
the then struggling Vaali his much needed break. "I've said it
several times and I say it again, before MSV came into my life I
had no food to eat and after that I've had no time to eat," said
Vaali. His address was a treat. T. M. Soundararajan refused to
sit and speak. "At 82, I'm the youngest here. I can stand," he
quipped. His plaudits touched a thanksgiving plane when he
gratefully acknowledged the opportunities the pair had awarded
him.
The generally sober and sedate Ilaiyaraja sounded highly-strung
as he recalled the days in his village, when he grew up with the
music of MSV and Ramamurthy. " We can be as proud of these
masters of music as we are of Thiruvalluvar, Kambar and Bharati.
Be it A. R. Rahman or me, the glory we have earned is all
because of the benevolence of MSV and TKR. My words are from the
heart and I have no hesitation in voicing them," he said. A. R.
Rahman agreed with the maestro in toto. "MSV and Ramamurthy laid
the road for us. So did Ilaiyaraja. And we traverse on it. I was
very nervous when I tuned the lyrics of MSV's number, `Thottal
Poo Malarum ... ' again. It was a wonderful surprise when he
hugged me and complimented me ," he said.
The imposing array of celebrities that included PBS and S. P.
Muthuraman, and the packed hall, bore testimony to the aural
bliss the duo had offered for a decade and more, and also the
goodwill that they had earned from within the fraternity and
without.
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