May Maadham

"May Maadham" was another musical blockbuster from A.R. Rahman released in 1994. The cassette was released by Mani Osai in Malaysia, and I remember it was a battle of sales between "Kaadhalan" cassette released by Alai Osai, and this audio release. The melody of the "Muppadhu Nimidam" song from the "Parasuram" movie released in 2003 appeared as a background score in this movie during the scene where the hero left the heroine without paying the bill in a restaurant. The hero's sidekick name in the movie is "Calcutta" which is mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Aadipaaru Mangaatha" as the person who asked the heroine to play the card game "Mangaatha". 

Sadly, I don't yet have the Pyramid CD of the soundtrack. I bought the Aditya Music CD release of the soundtrack but I believe the sound quality of the Pyramid CDs are much more superior. The "Holy Grail' CD will be the Pyramid CD "May Maadham & Musical Extravaganza" (CD PYR 8218) that contains the instrumental versions of the tracks with the exception of "Aadipaaru Mangaatha".

May Madham - Mani Osai - M 9040 - Cassette - Malaysia
For the Malaysian cassette release of "May Maadham", Mani Osai included 4 of the 5 instrumental tracks available. I believe Pyramid never released "Aadipaaru Mangaatha" as an instrumental track. I lost the sleeve of the Mani Osai cassette but I had the cassette with me until I converted the cassette into MP3 format.

Side A
Aadipaaru Mangaatha
Maargazhi Poove
Yenmel Vizhunda
Madrasa Suthiparka
Palakaati Machankku

Side B
Madrasa Suthiparka (Instrumental)
Yenmel Vizhunda (Instrumental)
Minnalae (Instrumental)
Palakaati Machankku (Instrumental)
Minnalae

Credits from the "May Maadham" Movie
The singers on the soundtrack were S.P. Balasubramaniam, Jayachandran, Chitra, Swarnalatha, T.K. Kala, Shahul Hameed, Shobha Shankar, Suneeta Rao, Noell James, G.V. Prakash Kumar, and Manorama.

The recording, and re-recording at Panchathan Record Inn by H. Sridhar, and S. Sivakumar with assistance from Noell James, and Samidurai.

Lyrics by Vairamuthu.

Tracks Order in the "May Maadham" Movie
Maargazhi Poove
Palakaati Machankku
Aadipaaru Mangaatha
Madrasa Suthiparka
Yenmel Vizhunda
Minnalae