Thakita Thadimi

Thakita Thadimi (Telugu: తకిట తదిమి; Tamil: தகிட ததிமி, Malayalam: തകിട തദ്ധിമി) is one of the songs from the Telugu movie Sagara Sangamam, composed by Ilaiyaraaja and written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. It was sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. This song was part of the film music album for which the composer and singer won the Indian National Award for best music direction and best male playback singer, respectively. In the song, the main character Balakrishna, played by Kamal Haasan, has gotten drunk and is dancing on top of a well. Madhavi (Jayaprada), his friend, is watching from behind a wall, extremely worried that he might fall into the well. The song is set in the 56th melakartha ragam Shanmukhapriya. The song, along with the movie, was dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam, with lyrics by Vairamuthu and Sreekumaran Thampi respectively. The Tamil version was also sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, while the Malayalam version was sung by P. Jayachandran. Kamal Haasan was commended multiple times for his skillful portrayal of a talented but drunk dancer.