Lyrical Songs

STORY : 

n 1958, M. G. Ramachandran announced Ponniyin Selvan, a film adaptation of Kalki Krishnamurthy's historical novel of the same name. Ramachandran bought the film rights to the novel for ₹10,000 (equivalent to ₹810,000 or US$10,000 in 2020), and would produce, direct and star in the adaptation, which would feature an ensemble cast including Vyjayanthimala, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, Savitri, B. Saroja Devi, M. N. Rajam, T. S. Balaiah, M. N. Nambiar, O. A. K. Thevar and V. Nagaiah. Before shooting could begin, Ramachandran met with an accident, and the wound took six months to heal; Ramachandran was unable to continue with the film even after renewing the rights four years later.



In a January 1994 interview with Filmfare, Mani Ratnam stated that adapting the novel was one of his "dream projects" that he had hoped to work on during his career. Ratnam revealed that he worked on a first draft of the film alongside actor-director Kamal Haasan, who had bought the rights of the novel, but the pair shelved their plan as the project did not make financial sense at the time.



In late 2010, Ratnam renewed his interest in the project and worked alongside writer Jeyamohan to finalise the script for the film adaptation of Ponniyin Selvan. Expected to be made in the Tamil at a cost of ₹100 crores, Ratnam planned to produce the film himself initially, with the intention of teaming up with a bigger production house later on in the film-making process.[35] Technicians including composer A. R. Rahman, cinematographer Santosh Sivan, editor A. Sreekar Prasad and art director Sabu Cyril were soon after attached to the project.



Ratnam cast Vijay in the leading role of Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan. After signing the film, Vijay called it a "privilege" and a "dream come true" to be working with Ratnam for the second time after Nerrukku Ner (1997). Mahesh Babu was cast as Arulmozhi Varman, who later becomes the Chola emperor Rajaraja I in the project, and also expressed his delight at being selected by Ratnam. Arya also joined the project to play a third leading male role after the script was narrated to him. Meanwhile, Sathyaraj was signed to play a supporting role in the film. During the course of the casting process, Ratnam had also considered other actors including Vikram, Suriya and Vishal but they eventually did not make the final cast.[40] For the leading female roles, after considering Jyothika, the team finalised Anushka Shetty for a role and held discussions with Priyanka Chopra in regard to other characters.



Seven days before the scheduled start of the shoot, a photoshoot for the film was held in Chennai featuring Vijay and Mahesh Babu. For the shoot, the team sought permission from the officials of Mysore Palace and Lalitha Mahal to film sequences. However, their requests were denied with palace officials keen to keep film crews away from the historic locations.[46] The film was later shelved before the start of the filming stage, as the expected cost of production escalated. Jeyamohan stated that the film did not materialise as the team struggled to find available locations to shoot the film. He revealed that temple officials in Tamil Nadu refused to allow the team to film scenes on the premises and that the expensive cost of producing replica sets meant that it would not be a viable solution.

ಚೋಳ ಚೋಳ

ಕುನಿ ಕುನಿ ದ್ವಜ ಹಿಡಿದು

ಗಗನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಟ ಪಟ ಪಟ ಬಡಿದು

ಕದನದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಟ ಹಟ ಹಟ ಮೆರೆದು

ಕುದುರೆಗಳು ಪುಟ ಪುಟ ಪುಟ ನೆಗೆದು

ವಿಜಯವಿಡು ಕಾಡಾಡು ಕಾಡಾಡು

ಹೋರಾಡು ಹೋರಾಡು

ಮೋಲಗಲಿ ಹುಳಿಗಳೆ ವೀರಗರ್ಜನೇ

ಭುವನದಿ ಬೆರಗಿನ ಚೋಳ ವರ್ಣನೆ

 

ಹೆಡರದು ಹುಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೂ

ಏನೆಂದರೂ ಚೋಳ ಚೋಳ

ಅರಿಯದು ಹುಲಿ ಸೋಲೇಂದರೇ

ಏನೆಂಬುದ ಕೇಳಾ ಕೇಳಾ

ನಾಗಾಲೋಟ ಹೊಳೆದಿದೇ ಉರಿಗಣ್ಣಲ್ಲೇ

ವೀರಾವೇಶ ಖುರಪುಟಗಳ ಧೂಳಿನಲ್ಲೇ

 

ಕುನಿ ಕುನಿ ದ್ವಜ ಹಿಡಿದು

ಗಗನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಟ ಪಟ ಪಟ ಬಡಿದು

ಕದನದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಟ ಹಟ ಹಟ ಮೆರೆದು

ಕುದುರೆಗಳು ಪುಟ ಪುಟ ಪುಟ ನೆಗೆದು

ವಿಜಯವಿಡು ಕಾಡಾಡು ಕಾಡಾಡು

ಹೋರಾಡು ಹೋರಾಡು

ಮೋಲಗಲಿ ಹುಳಿಗಳೆ ವೀರಗರ್ಜನೇ

ಭುವನದಿ ಬೆರಗಿನ ಚೋಳ ವರ್ಣನೆ

 

ಹನಿ ಮದಿರೆಗೆ ಓಲಾಡುತ

ತೇಲಾಡುತ ನನ್ನ ಲೋಕ

ಇಹ ಪರಗಳು ಒಂದಾಗಿರೇ

ಸಂಗಾತಿಯಾ ಆಸೆ ಬೇಕಾ

 

ಮಣ್ಣೀನ ಗುಣವೇ ಮಾತಾಡು

ಕಣ್ಣೀರ ಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಮಾತಾಡು

ಮತ್ತೇರೋ ಗುಟುಕೇ ಮಾತಾಡು

ಮುದ್ದಾಡ ಮಾರಾಯ್ತಿ ಮಾತಾಡು

ಮಣ್ಣೀನ ಗುಣವೇ ಮಾತಾಡು

ಕಣ್ಣೀರ ಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಮಾತಾಡು

ಮತ್ತೇರೋ ಗುಟುಕೇ ಮಾತಾಡು

ಮುದ್ದಾಡ ಮಾರಾಯ್ತಿ ಮಾತಾಡು

 

ಲಲನೇ!

ನನ್ನ ಕಾಯವು ಗಾಯವು ನೀನೇ

ಇದೋ ಇದೋ ತನುವಿನಲ್ಲಿ

ಸಮರಗಳ ವಿದ ವಿದ ಹಳೆ ಕಳೆಯು

ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿರಿ ಬಿರಿಯುವ ಉರಿಯು

ಕರೆಯುದಿರೆ ಕೊಡು

ಸೋಮರಸ ಗುಟುಕೇ ಸುರಿದು

ಇದೇ ಕಾಳಗವೂ ನೋಡಿನ್ನು

ಹಿಡೀ ಖಡ್ಗವನು ಸೆಲೆದು ಹಿರಿದು

ಸಿಡೀ ಮರೆಯದಿರು ಸೇಡನ್ನು

 

ಹನಿ ಮದಿರೆಗೆ ಓಲಾಡುತ

ತೇಲಾಡುತ ನನ್ನ ಲೋಕ

ಇಹ ಪರಗಳು ಒಂದಾಗಿರೇ

ಸಂಗಾತಿಯಾ ಆಸೆ ಬೇಕಾ

 

ಕಂಡಿತ್ತೋ ಮಹಾನಾಡು ಕನಸಲಿ

ತುಂಬಿತ್ತೋ ಆಹ ಧೈರ್ಯ ಎದೆಯಲಿ

ಕುಂದಿತ್ತೋ ಅರೀ ಸೈನ್ಯ ಎದುರಿನಲ್ಲಿ

 

ಓ ಹೊ ಹೊ...

ಕೆಂಪಿತ್ತೋ ಹೊಸಬಾಣು ನಸುಕಲಿ

ಹಂಚಿತ್ತೋ ಸಮಾಚಾರ ಜಗದಲ್ಲಿ

ಮಿಂಚಿತ್ತೋ ಸದಾ ಶೌರ್ಯ ಅಭಯದಲಿ

 

ಒಗ್ಗತ್ತಾಗಿಯೇ ಬದ್ದುರು ನಾವ್

ಪ್ರಾಣಕ್ಕು ಸಹ ಸಿದ್ದರು ನಾವ್

ಭೂಮಿ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿ ಬಾಣ ತಟ್ಟಿ

ಬಾ ಗೆಲುವ ತಲೆಯ ಎತ್ತಿ

 

ಕುನಿ ಕುನಿ ದ್ವಜ ಹಿಡಿದು

ಗಗನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಟ ಪಟ ಪಟ ಬಡಿದು

ಕದನದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಟ ಹಟ ಹಟ ಮೆರೆದು

ಕುದುರೆಗಳು ಪುಟ ಪುಟ ಪುಟ ನೆಗೆದು

ವಿಜಯವಿಡು ಕೊಡು

ಸೋಮರಸ ಗುಟುಕೇ ಸುರಿದು

ಇದೇ ಕಾಳಗವೂ ನೋಡಿನ್ನು

ಹಿಡೀ ಖಡ್ಗವನು ಸೆಲೆದು ಹಿರಿದು

ಸಿಡೀ ಮರೆಯದಿರು ಸೇಡನ್ನು!

 

Chola Chola

kuni kuni dvaja hididu

gaganadalli pata pata pata badidu

kadanadalli hata hata hata meredu

kuduregalu puta puta puta negedu

vijayavidu kaadaadu kaadaadu

horaadu horaadu

molagali huligale veeragarjane

bhuvanadi beragina chola varnane

 

hedaradu huli elliddaroo

enendaroo chola chola

ariyadu huli solendare

enembuda kelaa kelaa

naagaalota holedide urigannalle

veeraavesha khuraputagala dhoolinalle

 

kuni kuni dvaja hididu

gaganadalli pata pata pata badidu

kadanadalli hata hata hata meredu

kuduregalu puta puta puta negedu

vijayavidu kaadaadu kaadaadu

horaadu horaadu

molagali huligale veeragarjane

bhuvanadi beragina chola varnane

 

hani madirege olaaduta

telaaduta nanna loka

iha paragalu ondaagire

sangaatiyaa aase bekaa

 

manneena gunave maataadu

kanneera kshanave maataadu

mattero gutuke maataadu

muddaada maaraayti maataadu

manneena gunave maataadu

kanneera kshanave maataadu

mattero gutuke maataadu

muddaada maaraayti maataadu

 

lalane!

nanna kaayavu gaayavu neene

ido ido tanuvinalli

samaragala vida vida hale kaleyu

hridayadalli biri biriyuva uriyu

kareyudire kodu

somarasa gutuke suridu

ide kaalagavoo nodinnu

hidee khadgavanu seledu hiridu

sidee mareyadiru sedannu

 

hani madirege olaaduta

telaaduta nanna loka

iha paragalu ondaagire

sangaatiyaa aase bekaa

 

kanditto mahaanaadu kanasali

tumbitto aaha dhairya edeyali

kunditto aree sainya edurinalli

 

o ho ho...

kempitto hosabaanu nasukali

hanchitto samaachaara jagadalli

minchitto sadaa shaurya abhayadali

 

oggattaagiye badduru naav

praanakku saha siddaru naav

bhoomi metti baana tatti

baa geluva taleya etti

 

kuni kuni dvaja hididu

gaganadalli pata pata pata badidu

kadanadalli hata hata hata meredu

kuduregalu puta puta puta negedu

vijayavidu kodu

somarasa gutuke suridu

ide kaalagavoo nodinnu

hidee khadgavanu seledu hiridu

sidee mareyadiru sedannu!

 

STORY : 

n 1958, M. G. Ramachandran announced Ponniyin Selvan, a film adaptation of Kalki Krishnamurthy's historical novel of the same name. Ramachandran bought the film rights to the novel for ₹10,000 (equivalent to ₹810,000 or US$10,000 in 2020), and would produce, direct and star in the adaptation, which would feature an ensemble cast including Vyjayanthimala, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, Savitri, B. Saroja Devi, M. N. Rajam, T. S. Balaiah, M. N. Nambiar, O. A. K. Thevar and V. Nagaiah. Before shooting could begin, Ramachandran met with an accident, and the wound took six months to heal; Ramachandran was unable to continue with the film even after renewing the rights four years later.



In a January 1994 interview with Filmfare, Mani Ratnam stated that adapting the novel was one of his "dream projects" that he had hoped to work on during his career. Ratnam revealed that he worked on a first draft of the film alongside actor-director Kamal Haasan, who had bought the rights of the novel, but the pair shelved their plan as the project did not make financial sense at the time.



In late 2010, Ratnam renewed his interest in the project and worked alongside writer Jeyamohan to finalise the script for the film adaptation of Ponniyin Selvan. Expected to be made in the Tamil at a cost of ₹100 crores, Ratnam planned to produce the film himself initially, with the intention of teaming up with a bigger production house later on in the film-making process.[35] Technicians including composer A. R. Rahman, cinematographer Santosh Sivan, editor A. Sreekar Prasad and art director Sabu Cyril were soon after attached to the project.



Ratnam cast Vijay in the leading role of Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan. After signing the film, Vijay called it a "privilege" and a "dream come true" to be working with Ratnam for the second time after Nerrukku Ner (1997). Mahesh Babu was cast as Arulmozhi Varman, who later becomes the Chola emperor Rajaraja I in the project, and also expressed his delight at being selected by Ratnam. Arya also joined the project to play a third leading male role after the script was narrated to him. Meanwhile, Sathyaraj was signed to play a supporting role in the film. During the course of the casting process, Ratnam had also considered other actors including Vikram, Suriya and Vishal but they eventually did not make the final cast.[40] For the leading female roles, after considering Jyothika, the team finalised Anushka Shetty for a role and held discussions with Priyanka Chopra in regard to other characters.



Seven days before the scheduled start of the shoot, a photoshoot for the film was held in Chennai featuring Vijay and Mahesh Babu. For the shoot, the team sought permission from the officials of Mysore Palace and Lalitha Mahal to film sequences. However, their requests were denied with palace officials keen to keep film crews away from the historic locations.[46] The film was later shelved before the start of the filming stage, as the expected cost of production escalated. Jeyamohan stated that the film did not materialise as the team struggled to find available locations to shoot the film. He revealed that temple officials in Tamil Nadu refused to allow the team to film scenes on the premises and that the expensive cost of producing replica sets meant that it would not be a viable solution.

ಪೊನ್ನಿ ನದಿ

ಹೋ ಕಾವೇರಿಯ ಕಾರ್ಮುಗಿಲೇ

ತಮ್ಪೆರೆವಾ ನೀರ್ಮಡಿಲೇ

 

ಎದ್ದಂತೆ ಪಯಿರೆಲ್ಲಾ ಮಳೆ ಸದ್ದಿನಿಂದ

ಎದ್ದಂತೇ ಶಿಲೆಗಳ್ಳು ಉಳಿ ಸದ್ದಿನಿಂದ

ಎದುರಾಳಿ ಸದ್ದಿಗೆ ಎದ್ದಂತೆ ಬಾಣ

ಎಡಯಿಂದ ಎದ್ದಂತೆ ಈ ಚೋಳ ಗಾನ

 

ಪೊನ್ನಿ ನದಿ ಮುಟ್ಟಬೆಕು (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಸಂಜೆಯೊಳಗೆ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಚೆನ್ನೆಯಾರು ಮುತ್ಥಬೆಕು (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಬಂದು ಬಳಿಗೆ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

 

ಬರಡು ಬಯಲು (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಸೀಮೆ ಧಾಟಿ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಕರಿಯ ಎರಯ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಭೂಮಿ ಧಾಟಿ (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

 

ಕೊಚ್ಚಿ ಹೋದೇ ಚೆಲುವೆನಲಿ (ಸೆಂಬಾ ಸೆಂಬಾ)

ಸಮಯ ನಿನ್ತಿರಲಿ

ಹೋ... ಓ... ಓ...

 

ಮಣ್ಣೇ ನಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಮಗುವೇ (ಹಚ್ಛ ಹಸಿರು ಭೂಮಿ)

ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹೂವಲ್ಲು ನಗುವೇ (ಮಂಜು ನೆನೆವಾ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಈ ಗಗನವು ಖಾಲಿ (ಹಕ್ಕಿ ಕರಿಯ ಭೂಮಿ)

ನಾ ಬಳಿಯುವೆ ನೀಲಿ (ಚುಕ್ಕಿ ಕರೇವ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಸೆಂಬನೇ! (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

 

(ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಏ ಪೊನ್ನಿ ದೇವಿ... (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಲಾಲಿ ಲಲ್ಲ ಲಾಲಿ ಲಲ್ಲ

ಲಾಲಿ ಲಲ್ಲ ಹಾಡು ಮುಂದೆ

ವೀರ ತೀರವನು ಬೇಗ ಸೆರಿಬಿಡು

ಹಾಡಿ ಕುನಿ ನೀ

ಹಾರಿ ನಲಿ ನೀ

ಕದಾ ತೆರೆಡಿದೇ ಕನಸು

 

ಪೊನ್ನಿ ನದಿ ಮುಟ್ಟಬೆಕು (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಸಂಜೆಯೊಳಗೆ (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಚೆನ್ನೆಯಾರು ಮುತ್ಥಬೆಕು (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಬಂದು ಬಳಿಗೆ (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಚೆಲುವೆ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಕಮ್ಪಿಸಿರುವೇ (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಹುಚ್ಚು ಹಿಡಿಸಿ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಬಛ್ಛಗಿರುವೇ (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

 

ದಾಹದ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಇವಳೇ (ಸೆಂಬಾ)

ಮೋಹದಲಿ ಮಿಂದವಳೇ (ಸೆಂಬಾ)

ಜೀವಕೆ ತಾಕಿದೆ ಕೋಲ್ಮಿಂಚು

ಹುಛ್ಛನಾದೆನೆ ನಾನಂತು (ಅಂಬಾ)

ಕೋಲ್ಮಿಂಚು...

 

ಕಡಲಿಗುಂಟೆ ವಿರಾವ (ಸೆಂಬಾ)

ಏಳು ಮುಂದಿದೆ ಸಂಗ್ರಾವ (ಸೆಂಬಾ)

ಬಿಟ್ಟ ಬಾಣವು ನೀಡಿಂದು (ಸೆಂಬಾ)

ಹರಿವ ನೀರಿದು ಸಮಯ (ಅಂಬಾ)

ಮರಳಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕೀತೇ ನಿಂಗೆಂದೂ...

 

ಕಾಡುಗಳೇ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳೇ ಬಂಡೆಗಳೇ

ಹೆಳಿಬಿಡಿ ಗುಟ್ಟುಗಳಾ

ಹೂವುಗಳೇ ಚಿಟ್ಟೇಗಳೇ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳೇ

ಹೆಳಿಬಿಡಿ ಗುಟ್ಟುಗಳಾ

 

ಪೊನ್ನಿ ನದಿ ಮುಟ್ಟಬೆಕು (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಸಂಜೆಯೊಳಗೆ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಚೆನ್ನೆಯಾರು ಮುತ್ಥಬೆಕು (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಬಂದು ಬಳಿಗೆ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಚೆಲುವೆ (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಕಮ್ಪಿಸಿರುವೇ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಹುಚ್ಚು ಹಿಡಿಸಿ (ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ)

ಬಛ್ಛಗಿರುವೇ (ತೀಯಾರಿ ಇಸಮಾರಿ)

ಕೊಚ್ಚಿ ಹೋದ ಚೆಲುವೆನಲಿ

(ವಿರರಾ ಹೆತ್ತ ಭೂಮಿ, ಸೆಂಬಾ ಸೆಂಬಾ)