SEITHI NALLA SEITHI...

It feels extremely horrible to have an entire post dedicated to this blunderbuss of a radio show!!! But my hatred for it is frothing beyond the seams and I’d rather give vent to it here than pluck all the hairs out of my head every morning!

Well, there’s this stupid stupid stupid show called ‘Seithi Nalla Seithi’ on All India Radio 800 KHz (Medium Wave). Every day I take my pocket radio to college due to the lack of the presence of a cell-phone with radio facility or an iPod! Owing to my music crazy nature, I’ve become so addicted to this contraption now that I can’t do without listening to music in that one hour span till I reach my college!

I switch on my dear radio and try tuning to Mirchi’s (as I simply love the way Suchi talks… Ahem… some friends of mine find my voice and talks similar to hers and boy, am I not thrilled!!! :D ) ‘Hello Chennai’. Well, for a while, till my bus snakes its way to Velacherry, 98.3 FM sounds clear and after that, weird noises erupt and disrupt the clarity of transmission!

Then by around 7:50 am, my radio stops picking the FM waves and seems partial only to AM waves! Sadly, I switch over to the aforesaid AM station to hear, what this post is going to talk about- ‘Seidhi nalla Seidhi’. A programme intented to communicate the good news happening in society(which also seems to include the release of stills from ‘Sivaji’ movie etc!), I think I’d just type out the script of the show that I heard on Friday for the benefit of my dear blogging community! Here goes…
(Pssst… don’t blame me if you hate me at the end of it!!!! :D)


Seithi nalla seithi nigazhchikku ungalai varaverkirom. Naanga unga anbu thogupaalargal
“Mani”
“matrum Kavitha”
“Vanakkam!!!”

M: Kavi, namma nigazhchi la modhalla oru nala seidhiya kekkalaama?

*The “Amma….. Amma…. Oru ketta Seidhi! Oru nalla Seidhi” ad of Horlicks plays over!*
M: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazhchi todargirathu
K: Mani…
M: Sollu Kavi…
K: Mani… Unakku Delhi theriyuma?
M: Theriyume… Avan ennoda pathaam class varaikkum padichaan!
K: Aiyo Mani… Naan andha Delhi-ya kekkala!!!
M:Pinna endha Delhi?
K: Mani… Namma Desathin Thalainagaram Delhi pathi kekkaren!
M: Oh… Theriyume! Ippo adha pathi en kekkara?
K: Illa… Delhi vaanoli epdi irukkum?
M: Nalla irukkum… Amaan kavi ippo en adha pathi kekkara…
K: Illa Mani.. Naan inikku seithi-ye kekkala. Adhaan Delhi vaanoli’la kekkalaam-nu nenachen!
M: Apdiya Kavi? Seri… andha seithiya vidu. Ippo oru nalla seithiya kekkavendaama?
K: Oh… Kekkalaame!
M: Thirupoor lendhu Ravi avar magan Kumar-in mudhalaam andunirava epdi kondadinaaru theriyuma?
K:Epdi???
M: Anaadha ashramathila irukkum moondru kozhandaigalukku unavu kuduthaaram!
K: Aaha! Evlo nalla seithi adhu!!! Than magan mattum illaama matravargalukkum sandhosham kudutharu paartheengala!
M: Ippo indha nalla seithiya kettu namma neyargal epdi magizhchi adanjiruppaanga!
K: Ippo oru nalla pattu kettu magizhchi adayattum!!!

*Thottaal poo malarum song plays for exactly 15.5 seconds!*

K: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazhchi la neengalum unga veeeeetula, oooorula illa colllllony-la nadakkum nalla seidhigala naanga pagizhndukolla aaaavaludan kathirukkiROM(ROM in high squelaish pitch!!! )
M:Neenga ezhudhi anuppavendiya mugavari
Seidhi nalla Seidhi
Thabal petti yennnnn naalu aynthu aaru onbadhu
Warrrrrli
Mumbay naalu poojyam poojyam poojyam poojyam ondru nangu

M: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazchiyila marubadiyum ungala sandhikkira varaikkum ungalidam irundhu vidai perugirathu, ungal Maniiiiiiiiii
K: Matrum ungal kaviiiiiiii

M& K: VaNAKkkkkkkammmmm!!!

*All India Radio’s monotonously toned announcer comes up and says
Neram ettu mani rendu nimidam arubaththi aaru nodigal.Ippodhu ‘Alai’ padathilirundhu Karthik matrum Srivardhini padina paadal olibaruppapogirathu*

*Full song is played and I’m transported to my own dreamworld as I simply loooooove that song!!!*

Then… to stop my reverie….


Seithi nalla seithi nigazhchikku ungalai varaverkirom. Naanga unga anbu thogupaalargal
“Mani”
“matrum Kavitha”
“Vanakkam!!!”

M: Kavi, namma nigazhchi la modhalla oru nala seidhiya kekkalaama?

*The “Amma….. Amma…. Oru ketta Seidhi! Oru nalla Seidhi” ad of Horlicks plays over!*
M: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazhchi todargirathu
K: Mani…
M: Sollu Kavi…
K: inikku en coat-suit ellam pottu oru officer range-ku vanduirukkira?
M: Apdiya Kavi? Naan eppovume jam-nu thaan dress panippen!
K: (in a very teasing way!) illa inikku edho rumba mukyamana nigazhchi nadakkapora madhri irukke? (giggles)
M: Amaan naan inikku en nanban office-ku poiirundhen adhaan!
K:oh.. apdiya?
M:ellarum nalla irukken-du sonnanga!
K: (teasingly again) neeye solriya illa avanga nejamaave sonnangala? Naanga thane sollanum!!!
M: Unakku porama! Seri… adha vidu. Ippo oru nalla seithiya kekkavendaama?
K: Oh… Kekkalaame!
M: Vanambakkam oor makkal enna pannanga theriyuma?
K:Enna pannanga???
M: Avanga oor thiruvizhava rumba jam-jaamnu kondadinaangalam! Pakkathula irukkaar oor makkal ellam brahmichu poittanga na paaren!
K: Aaha! Evlo nalla seithi adhu!!!
M: Ippo indha nalla seithiya kettu namma neyargal epdi magizhchi adanjiruppaanga!
K: Ippo oru nalla pattu kettu magizhchi adayattum!!!

*Kannum Kannum Nokia song plays for exactly 15.5 seconds!*

K: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazhchi la neengalum unga veeeeetula, oooorula illa colllllony-la nadakkum nalla seidhigala naanga pagizhndukolla aaaavaludan kathirukkiROM(ROM in high squelaish pitch!!! )
M:Neenga ezhudhi anuppavendiya mugavari
Seidhi nalla Seidhi
Thabal petti yennnnn naalu aynthu aaru onbadhu
Warrrrrli
Mumbay naalu poojyam poojyam poojyam poojyam ondru nangu

M: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazchiyila marubadiyum ungala sandhikkira varaikkum ungalidam irundhu vidai perugirathu, ungal Maniiiiiiiiii
K: Matrum ungal kaviiiiiiii

M& K: VaNAKkkkkkkammmmm!!!



*All India Radio’s monotonously toned announcer comes up and says
Neram ettu mani pathu nimidam aymbathi ezhu nodigal.Ippodhu ‘Ji’ padathilirundhu Madhu Balakrishnan matrum Sadhana Sargam padhina pattu olibaruppapogirathu*

*Full song is played and I’m all happy. I like the song!!!*

Then to put a full stop again…


Seithi nalla seithi nigazhchikku ungalai varaverkirom. Naanga unga anbu thogupaalargal
“Mani”
“matrum Kavitha”
“Vanakkam!!!”

M: Kavi, namma nigazhchi la modhalla oru nala seidhiya kekkalaama?

*The “Amma….. Amma…. Oru ketta Seidhi! Oru nalla Seidhi” ad of Horlicks plays over!*
M: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazhchi todargirathu
K: Mani…
M: Sollu Kavi…
K: Nee kalai nigazhchigala pathi enna ninakkiraaaaa?
M: Romba nallathu-nu ninakkiren. Kalaingyargaloda thiramaiyai velipadutha adhu oru rombavum ubayogamaanadhu!
K: Adhumattum illa, matra kalaingyargala adhu ookkapaduthum!
M:Seriya sonna!
K: Ippo oru nalla seithiya kekkavendaama?
M: Oh… Kekkalaame!
K: Namma Karnataka arasangam namma Divya Thedukkoneva Manila Virudhu kuduthu govrava padithi irukku!
M:Apdiya?
K: Evlo nalla visham illaaaaaa?
M: Amaan! Adhu Evlo nalla seithi adhu!!!
K: Ippo indha nalla seithiya kettu namma neyargal epdi magizhchi adanjiruppaanga!
M: Ippo oru nalla pattu kettu magizhchi adayattum!!!

*Kanden Kanden song from Madhurey plays for exactly 15.5 seconds!*

K: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazhchi la neengalum unga veeeeetula, oooorula illa colllllony-la nadakkum nalla seidhigala naanga pagizhndukolla aaaavaludan kathirukkiROM(ROM in high squelaish pitch!!! )
M:Neenga ezhudhi anuppavendiya mugavari
Seidhi nalla Seidhi
Thabal petti yennnnn naalu aynthu aaru onbadhu
Warrrrrli
Mumbay naalu poojyam poojyam poojyam poojyam ondru nangu

M: Seidhi nalla seidhi nigazchiyila marubadiyum ungala sandhikkira varaikkum ungalidam irundhu vidai perugirathu, ungal Maniiiiiiiiii
K: Matrum ungal kaviiiiiiii

M& K: VaNAKkkkkkkammmmm!!!

PHEW!!!!!

At laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast damn programme gets over and does not resurface for the rest of my trip!!! The News in English follows and I listen to it. Then either cine songs or some carnatic/Hindustani music is played. I listen to it or, if the radio picks up FM, I switch over!

But for as long as it doesn’t, I’m stuck with the DUMB ‘seithi nalla seithi’ programme! It is so wannabe and dumb simultaneously! The girl has the mostttttt artificial and giggly voice which infuriates me to no end! I swear I could sink a red hot poker down her vocal chords and damage her speech forever! The guy is equally irritating and thinks he’s so goddamn cool when he’s just the contrary! Puhleez… after reading the entire version above, won’t you agree with me that two of the most stupid people talk on a show with the most obsolete(almost dates back to pre-pharaoh days!!!) script in the entire galaxy!

Sadly the faces of the hero and heroine from the movie ‘Naagareega Komaali’ fit into the voices of Mani and Kavitha! Not that they aren’t dumb! They too are ‘wannabe cool’ types! Especially the heroine. You should see the movie clips for proof… Or atleast the song ‘Vaddi Vaddi’ from that movie! Gawd…… I could cry!

I don’t know how people cannot improvise from what they were. Don’t you think channels like Doordarshan or Radio channels like ‘All India Radio’ should move with the times and have more entertaining and creative scripts? Also show programmes that concentrate both on content and presentation? There’s this one good programme on DD1- Aisa hi hota hain. It’s a science show for kids which has great content and amazing packaging of the show! Similarly Podhigai has its own ‘Sports Quiz by Sumant Raman’. One excellent show! I wish such programmes are telecasted/broadcasted more often!

It really is irritating to hear trash like ‘Seithi nalla Seithi’! The intention of the programme is fine. But the way it’s presented and the way they cut the song when it’s barely started playing is highly bugging!

Well, till somebody in Doordarshan or Prasar Bharathi get some serious thought on giving their shows a new look, I don’t blame people for not watching/hearing the lousy shows and programmes put up there.

And till then, I’m SADLY stuck to hearing ‘Seidhi nalla Seidhi’ thrice every morning!
Sigh… life’s unfair sometimes!!!

GALI MEIN GULLY

If you had happened to see a bunch of over-excited girls and guys, yelling away in the streets of Mylapore, a couple of days back, playing a crude version of cricket, well, you had seen my dear friends and I having a wonderful memorable time!!!

Boy oh boy that was one amazing time that we had!!! All day-scholars (except 2) gathered in one of our friend’s place and after watching the England innings in the Faridabad one-dayer, we entered the street to play our own version of the gentleman’s game! It turned out to be so much more batter than we anticipated. The guys were initially very apprehensive about our playing skills. I don’t blame them. We were all poor batswomen but quite decent bowlers! :D

We played three games of 10 overs each with 8-10 players per team. The targets were miserably low owing to the narrow street due to which fielding was a piece of cake (not that we did not miss sitters and easy stops! :D ). A ‘commando’ chair played our stump, and any ball that enters any neighbouring house without bouncing, renders the batsman out! Weird rules we had… no run can be taken if the ball rolls behind the wicketkeeper! :D

All the rules, notwithstanding, the game was great. We cheered our teams madly, booed the others, huddled up for pre-match discussions ;) (idhu over scene thaan, theriyum! But was just too much to resist! We looked so professional… he he!!! ) had actual drinks breaks!!!

After two games, we trooped to Sangeetha’s for yummy lunch. We returned and saw the last 15 overs of the India attack! Had good good fun watching the match! My stupid friends began to find resemblances between Ramesh Powar and some ages-ago-crush of mine!!! :D It was intolerable yet funny!!! He he… we were all rotfl!!!

We rounded up by another match and then set off to our homes! Ah… lovely day man! These days we do so many such joyous activities. An account of one more such a riotous time we had, coming up…. Waiting for the pictures that go with it…

“Life’s on song!
Little dreams float along
Flocks of golden clouds abound
As my feet lift up from the ground!”


:)