பொன்னோவியம், கண்டேனம்மா எங்கெங்கும் - Up in the sky !!

Up above the World so high … like a diamond in the sky !, nay, not diamonds, not Stars but Birds – big ones, wheeling at a height where  they looked more like Pigeons !!

 

பொன்னோவியம், கண்டேனம்மா எங்கெங்கும்

கொண்டேனம்மா பேரின்பம்

அன்பில் ஒன்று சேருங்களே; இன்பம் என்றும் காணுங்களே

பார்வையில் ஆயிரம் பாடுங்களே  .. .. ..  பொன்னோவியம்

 

The above was a famous hit song from a movie which did not do well in the box office

 

Fly, Eagles, Fly

On the road to victory

Fight, Fight, Fight

Fight, Eagles, Fight

Score a touchdown 1-2-3 

Philadelphia is a sports town through thick and thin. And even though their beloved Eagles have never won a Super Bowl, fans are never shy to cheer for their team. In 1960, Charles Borrelli and Roger Courtland took their fandom to the next level and created the "Eagles' Victory Song." The song lost its popularity in the early 1990s and in an attempt to bring it back, Eagles management changed its musical key and renamed it "Fly, Eagles Fly." They planned to reintroduce it in the 1998 season, but the team played so poorly that they decided to wait. The next season, the Birds were successful and the song was played after every score, which is still tradition today. 

The song at the start -  பொன்னோவியம், கண்டேனம்மா was from  Kazhugu  - Rajnikanth, Rathi Agnihotri, starrer, directed by SP Muthuraman, music by Isaignani Illayaraja, released in 1981. Though a cult with Rajni style manenrisms, the unconventional story, which revolved around hypnotism and human sacrifice did not go well with the audience and it became an average grosser in the box office. It was an adaptation of the 1975 American film Race with the Devil.

 

The ones that soared high in the sky, pictured here are not Eagles but Pelicans !!

 

Regards – S Sampathkumar
8.1.2025