This article focuses on the evergreen ‘Dingiri Dingaale’ song from the Tamil film ‘Anbu Engey?’ (Where is love?) that was first screened 65 years ago.
Writing about the song at this juncture has also evoked pleasant memories in my mind of a father, his eldest son and a lit cigarette!. An important reason for Dingiri Dingaale’s success in Sri Lanka was because the tune was extremely conducive to dancing the Baila. In later years different versions based on the tune were rendered by performers like Anton Jones, Desmond de Silva and the Gypsies. 
Jothipala and also Milton Perera and M.S.
Another version ‘Pissu Vikare, Dagena Polkatu Male’ was sung by H.R. The most popular Sinhala version of the song had the opening line ‘Harima Wedak Nedha Machang, Harima Wedak Ne’ set to the tune of Dingiri Dingaale. No sing-song or dance at a party was complete without it. 
Vedhasalam who composed the tune for Dingiri Dingaale
The rollicking song from the Tamil movie ‘Anbu Engey’ was widely popular during my childhood days
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