Salil Chowdhury recorded the Kanal Vari pattu in Silappathikaram about river Kaveri ( the song starts like Thingal Malai Ven Kudaiyan ) in 1973 for a Tamil Movie "Karumbu."
This song was written by our Ilango Adikal in the 2nd century AD. It perhaps waited for 1600 years for a music rendition and that too by a Bengali ( Salil )! Wonder who was the singer - our K J Jesudas, a Malayali!!
So this is another example for the greatness of our mother land.
After some persuation, Gautam Chowdhury a decendant of Salil Chowdhury has made it available for listening on online.
In the film Poompuhar (starring SSR) there's a song starting as "Ponnaal ithu pole varuma inimele" in which the lyricist has used words of Silappadikaram" such as "maasaru ponne, valamburi mutthe, kaasaru vidaye, karumbe, thaene.