Oh sukumaari (Anniyan):
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/s/movie_name.7209/
(Song 5) - Aarabhi with some Sama thrown in
>>>> This song has elements from three ragas: Aarahi,
Sama, and Shuddha Saveri.
un peyarennada (Feb 14):
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/s/movie_name.7923/
(last song) -
Starts like sindhu bairavi but ends in Thodi
>>>> This song is essentially based on sindhu
bhairavi. There is a suggestion of the thodi-ish "sa
ri ga" in one place, but it can almost be ignored as a
passing tune, considering that most of the song
follows the sindhu bhairavai scale. Actually,
classical sindhu bhairavi has a lot of foreign notes
in
carnatic music, as compared to the hindustani parent
raga. More interestingly, this song follows mostly the
"pure" version of hindustani origin.
raa raa (Chandramukhi):
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/s/movie_name.7545/
(last song) - Beautiful song in Surya/sallaapam (with
Hindolam for happy parts)
>>>> This raga is NOT surya. I think the confusion is
in the interpretation of where you think the "Sa" is.
The starting of the song is actually "Ni Sa Ga", while
you seem to interpret it as "Ga Ma Dha". I would
classify this raga into the pentatonic scale "sa ga ma
pa ni sa" notes of gowrimanohari as the parent scale.
I am not sure if there is a known classical raga for
this scale, but this raga has been used by film
musicians. For instance, Ilayaraja's "vellai nilaa
irandum vellai nilaa" follows the same raga.
kanda naal mudhalaai (Kanda naal mudhal):
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/s/movie_name.8040/
(Song 2) - A kind of remix of the popular carnatic
song in Mathuvanti.
>>>> This is a good representative of raga madhuvanti
in film, after several other attempts that we have
seen in the past.
moolai thirugum (Kanaa kanden):
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/s/movie_name.7860/
(Song 4) - Mainly suddha saveri (with kanakangi
touches)
>>>> The scale is shuddha saveri. I think the foreign
touches are part of every film song, and are best
ignored.
>>>> I would add this one:
>>>>> ennai konja konja vaa (Aathi): - this song is
based on a hindustani raga "Mian Ki Malhar" (same
raga as the hindi song "bOlErE papi harA" - Vani
Jayaram), a good attempt at this raga, and a very nice
delivery by the singers..
Subu
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