Fun song 'Penne' tops Malayalam music charts

Kochi, Feb 16 (IANS) The songs of "Udayananu Tharam" and "Achuvinte Amma" are growing steadily in popularity as they are repeatedly played on TV channels

1."Penne En Penne": Film: "Udayananu Tharam". Music: Deepak Dev. Lyrics: Kaithapram. Singers: Afsal & Shalini Singh.

This song remains on the top of the list. Sreenivasan and Meena seem to have a ball in this song.

2."Shwasathin Thaalam": Film: "Achuvinte Amma". Music: Ilayaraja. Lyrics: Gireesh Puthenchery. Singers: Yesudas & Manjari.

This romantic song featuring Meera Jasmine and Sunil Kumar is used intelligently to show the progress of a relationship.

3."Karale Karalinte": Film: "Udayananu Tharam". Music: Deepak Dev. Lyrics: Kaithapram. Singers: Vineeth Sreenivas and Remi Tomy.

Sreenivasan's spoof on Mammootty's obsession with dressing young and his awkward dancing style gets a rapturous response from the audience.

4."Thamara Kuruvikku": Film: "Achuvinte Amma". Music: Ilayaraja. Lyrics: Gireesh Puthanchery. Singer: Manjari.

This celebratory song picturised on Meera Jasmine has the folksy touch of "Mappilapattu".

5."Minnale Minnale": Film: "Vesham". Music: S.A. Rajkumar. Lyrics: Kaithapram. Singer: K.S. Chitra.

Gopika dances to Chitra's voice. The magic of this combination refuses to go away.