You know how we hear about those songs-

with a palpable thread of sorrow woven into the tapestry of happiness that the song otherwise is.
That famed மென்சோகம், perhaps foreshadowing a latent loss.

This song from Rani Samyukta
With a Sitar, Samyukta sings about her muse, her lover, Prithviraj, about how his memory will last as long as her heart beats.

She sings about her love for him, about his love for her.
But...
But, we know, we know that the future holds tragedy.

Prithviraj will win the first battle of Tarain and then lose the 2nd one.

Their life together forever will come to a premature end.
How well KV Mahadevan captures that மென்சோகம்!
And Padmini!
I don't think any actresses looked as queenly as Padmini or Vaijayanti Mala did!

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