Since this is about duet songs, I have chosen real duets, that is, songs that have both male and female voices in it. There is a huge list but these are best among the best.
There is no top 10 rating for them, so just sorted them in alphabetical order.
* Ale Ale - Boys
This song captured my senses in first listen itself. "Ale Ale" was a catchy phrase and the rest of the lyrics that speak about the effect of love were simply beautiful. Karthik and Chithra Shivaraman give a lot of life to this song tuned by maestro Rahman. The onscreen picturisation had frozen shots for first time in Tamil cinema, beautifully and grandly shot. May be that’s why my heart freezes every time I listen to this.
* Kangal Irandaal - Subramaniyapuram
The chartbuster of 2008 in voices of Belly Raj and Deepa Mariam, which marked the debut of James Vasanthan as music director. The mellifluous song with carnatic touches was an instant heart grabber for me and I am proud to be one of the first fans of this song(I had set it as caller tune the day I listened to it, when many people were not even aware of it) Yet another song about effects of love :)
* Kannukkul Yeadho - Thiruvilayadal Arambam
I don't know what is so great about this song, but every time I listen to it, I feel so happy and contented. Ever since Revathy sang "Idhuthaan kaadhal enbadha" in pudhiya mugam, everyone is trying to find out what love actually is. And this is yet another song that goes in the way of “kanne soll idhu thaan kaadhal enbadha". The main strength of the song is the melodious voice of Vijay Yesudas with support from Rita's vocals and D.Imman’s music
* Mellisaye - Mr.Romeo
The moment Swarnalatha starts her humming, I would start flying and till the same humming comes at the end I would be simply out of this world. One song that is close to my heart and my all time favorite. Tuned by the one and only Rahman, and sung by Unni Menon, Sujatha, Srinivas, Swarnalatha (at her best)... It can't get lovelier than this!
* Mudhal mazhai - Bheema
Harris Jayaraj has this unique talent of using catchy harmony for most of his songs. This one song in that trend, of course with beautiful lyrics too. The song is tunes so well that it gives you a feel of getting wet in first rain every time you listen to it. Evergreen Hariharan at what he does best-melody and Mahathi as his soulful companion take the song to greater heights.
* Munbe Vaa - Sillunu Oru kaadhal
A popular belief is that people who drench gods in honey during their daily pooja would be blessed with a voice like honey in next birth. Shreya Ghosal is one such singer, who can make fresh honey flow in your ears through music. Yet another beautiful composition from Rahman, lyrics full of love and emotions by Vaali, it is one of the best romantic melodies of Tamil Cinema. Naresh Iyer's sweet voice is yet another icing on the cake.
* Nee kaatru - Nilaave Vaa
One of the best numbers from Vijay's romantic era of late 90's. Golden lyrics from Vairamuthu that makes an exhaustive comparison of He and She to anything and everything around us. Divine music by Vidhyasagar that keeps lingering in ears whenever you think of this song. Brilliantly rendered by Hariharan and Chitra, it is a song that describes the divine form of love.
* Perunthil Nee - Pori
Yet another song that stole my heart just by lyrics. Penned by Vairamuthu again, this describes in th best way what He means for She and vice versa. And the lyricist has promptly chosen the best of everything to describe this. One of the rare compositions from the otherwise junkyard of Dheena, this song is given life by Madhu Balakrishnan and Madhushree, inspite of the latter murering the beautifully written Tamil words.
* Pudhu vellai mazhai - Roja
This is one song which no one can dislike forever. An evergreen melody from Rahman which made Sujatha and Unni Menon known to us. Think of Roja and this song, if you close your eyes, you can feel Kashmir in a moment. Such excellent feel lies in this song which (no matter if others say it is a lift off from any international number) soothes your senses like nothing else.
* Suttum Vizhi - Ghajini
People can forget Ghajini after a decade but definitely not this song. Bombay Jayashree and Sriram Parthasarathy at one of their career bests put to tune by Harris Jayaraj and written by Na. Muthukumar(if I am not wrong) beautifully written, tuned, rendered, picturised and edited, it is one of those landmark songs of Tamil Cinema.
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From Roja to the red carpet of Oscars, this man's journey has been full of excitement, pride and full of honors. He has made Tamilian proud in Indian Stage, India on the world stage and now he has made the long time dream of every Indian and Tamilian true.. That too twice...
