Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[madhu]

Hi All

In youtube somebody has mentioned that the real MD for the film Athma is Karthikraja only and not IR.

is it true ?

[V_S]

and in that Sakshi interview, for that "cooking food takes time" topic, when journo asked him - how come you do music quickly.. he replies.. "because you are coming to a place where the food is ready to be served already"

Thanks aakarsh. I rewinded that part almost ten times yesterday to understand what he was saying. Now it makes sense. Good one!

[jaiganes]

Hi All

In youtube somebody has mentioned that the real MD for the film Athma is Karthikraja only and not IR.

is it true ?

not entirely true..
Ninaikindra paadhayil and kanaalan kaadhal are by KR, rest by Raaja including the almost impossible melody "Innarul tharum".

[Plum]

Only ninaikkindra paadhayil by Karthikeyan. Rest all IR only. Karthikeyan was "officially" rumoured to have done 1) ninaikindra paadhayil(awesome effort by thambi karthikeyan by the way) 2) pandiyanin raajiyathil 3) hev vanjikodi from ponnumani 4)amaidhi paai bgm and kaalapani bgm partly 5) sollli vidu from amaidhipadai.

[wizzy]

Remember AV giving a glowing review for Aatma..it was sleeper hit..it also had a energetic commie song Vidiyum Pozhudhu by Mano..for some reason I tend associate this song with Jagada Jagada from the Geetanjali.
Prathap Pothan has to be one of the highly underrated director when it came to hit combos with Raaja.. MDM/Aatma/Vetri Vizha..some strike rate that.

[venkkiram]

Only ninaikkindra paadhayil by Karthikeyan. Rest all IR only. Karthikeyan was "officially" rumoured to have done 1) ninaikindra paadhayil(awesome effort by thambi karthikeyan by the way) 2) pandiyanin raajiyathil 3) hev vanjikodi from ponnumani 4)amaidhi paai bgm and kaalapani bgm partly 5) sollli vidu from amaidhipadai.

6) appadi paakkuRathunna venaa 7) karugu mani (am not sure how true these are)

[baroque]

Mumbai Ramki told me that Janu's stunning VILAKKU VAIPPOM... ATHMA is
karthik raja's work appadinnu!

[MumbaiRamki]

1) Appadi paakarthu - Only orchestration

2) Enge en kadhalai - Devathai - Only orchestration

3) hichiki hichiki - Paa - Full ( and some pieces in Paa)

I feel Kr has done many under IR , which may never know - I suspect meetadha oru veenai entire orchestration is by him ..

[baroque]

Great,I am totally enjoying DHONI.

Hope to see Raja and GVM give me an album like mouna ragam or agninatchathiram or ninaivellam nithya type.

woke up this morning with agninatchathiram.

3 female solos in this album, plenty of piano, violin and guitar.

may be an album like AGNINATCHATHIRAM (though it has usage of synth).

I am dreaming of an album of that class, where lots of piano, violin, guitar, indian classical rags... 3 female solos, 2 duets, one male group song! Stunning work AGNINATCHATHIRAM.

Pakkalaam!

high expectations from GVM!

[kj]

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