Sharing-IR's music-interviews-BgmClips- in web [Archive] - Page 3

irir123

28th October 2008, 05:57 AM

[tscii:965568c2b7]Breaking news!!

Vegan Radio based in Boston, MA, USA will be be featuring Ilaiyaraaja’s music coming Thursday the 30th of October, 2008., at 7pm Eastern time.

That should be around 6.30AM on the 1st of November, 2008, in INDIA

Ilaiyaraaja’s music will be streaming live at www.valleyfreeradio.org and the podcast will be available in a couple days after that at www.veganradio.com.[/tscii:965568c2b7]

raagas

28th October 2008, 11:08 AM

Thanks crvenky, for that blog.

Does anyone have both the versions of My Dear Kuttichethan, so that we can have full-fledged BGMs from both the versions?

crvenky

28th October 2008, 11:16 AM

raagas,

I have both the versions. The end titles is also different. The new version is nice one, like Pandavas. Shall upload it soon.

Sureshs65

28th October 2008, 11:35 AM

Hi Venky,

Nice videos.

When I saw the song from Manasinakkare, I was reminded of my recent trip to Munnar. We went to the Kundale dam near Munnar and there was no crowd since that day was 'Munnar Bandh'. As we were standing there, amidst the greenery on one side and water on the other side, this same song, "Mellaiyonnu" started playing on someone's radio. The whole effect was fantastic. Great calm of that place combined with this soothing song. When I saw the song picturisation now, I was surprised that the song is picturised in a very similar place !!

crvenky

30th October 2008, 02:04 PM

Sureshs65

30th October 2008, 05:02 PM

Superb bhajan. Excellently composed and very well sung. What a song. Thanks for the link Venky.

S.Suresh

raagas

23rd November 2008, 01:20 PM

Please find here a sample Video of the recording of a Hindi Bhajan of Pandit Rajan & Sajan Mishra by Raaja Sir. First time a Hindi Bhajan on Lord Ayyappa is Composed. This video is part of the Bonus CD of Manikantan Geet Mala.

http://www.chennaisaimira.com/Videos/Music/2008/vfile/09/09-musicvideo01.aspx

I dont know why I am unable to view/listen to this video. Any other alternative link.

Pt. Rajan & Sajan Mishra are very famous Hindustani musicians, considered to be icons in Khayal form of Hindustani Music. They belong to Banaras gharana.

I am realy curious about Maestro's collaboration with them. But disappointed that the song is not available in cds. Is it so? If so, how can we get this song?

rajasaranam

24th November 2008, 12:01 PM

This is only a promotional material with the additional CD Hence it needs to be promoted :twisted:

Mandir Sabari (http://www.esnips.com/doc/ebd4abbe-173d-46e9-b448-422a1dcc329d/MGM09-Mandir-Sabari) - Beautiful tune and rendition it definitely gives us a blissful feel in the begining and moves towards Ecstacy during the crescendo, making us get immersed into the 'Bakthi' Feel. A must listen for all Believers and Rationalists like me :| ( Nalla irukku Just like when I listen to 'Polla Vinayen'. This song also transcends us into a different plane)
This should be a new and one of the kind song since there may not be any 'Bhajans' on 'Iyyappa'
Enjoy Listening :)

dochu

24th November 2008, 05:53 PM

RS,
You have few mp3's of Akkamahadevi's Vachanaas. What is that?

By any chance do you have anymore of MG's bhajan?

Sureshs65

24th November 2008, 10:05 PM

Dochu,

Akkamahadevi's vachanas were tuned by Illayaraja for a documentary on Akka Mahadevi, "Scribbles on Akka". RS has uploaded those songs in his site.

S.Suresh

rajasaranam

25th November 2008, 11:01 AM

RS,
You have few mp3's of Akkamahadevi's Vachanaas. What is that?

By any chance do you have anymore of MG's bhajan?

Read about it here:
http://pulikesi.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/scribbles-on-akka/

dochu

26th November 2008, 02:11 AM

Thanks, Suresh & RS.

LordLabakuDas

26th November 2008, 07:01 PM

Hi RS !! Looks like u r very active in tfmpage..:-) kalakunga..

rajasaranam

27th November 2008, 11:02 AM

Hi RS !! Looks like u r very active in tfmpage..:-) kalakunga..

8 Varusham :) BTW where are you?

LordLabakuDas

27th November 2008, 03:45 PM

Germany. Youtube is the only source of entertainment here. Was listening to how to name it, nothing but wind and rajapaarvai violin peice after a very long time in youtube last week.Bliss !! :-) 8 varushama? u mean its 8 years since we met in woodlands drive in?

rajasaranam

27th November 2008, 06:08 PM

should be atleast 5-6 years that we met in 'Drivein' . I meant Iam active in TFMpage for the last 8 years or so :) kalaila vanthu en mails check panrenno ennamo, TFMpage visit thaan 1st priority :)

vigneshram

15th December 2008, 10:26 PM

Can anyone share "Kaalaapaani" BGM ? the one used in promos those days?

kameshratnam

4th January 2009, 01:33 PM

Dear All,

I have tried my hands on getting the instrumental portions of TIO with the voice being set to a very minimal level. This its for the kothumbi song....I have used a sofware and canceled the voices in the songs...please hear and let me know ur comments ..the song can be downloaded from

http://rapidshare.com/files/179604330/03-03___AudioTrack_031.rar.html

Thanks
Kamesh

irir123

27th January 2009, 08:50 PM

Naveen Jebaraj - a pianist has done amazing work transcribing many of IR's classics for piano and has them on his website!

the punnagai mannan theme score, vaan megam and oho megam vandhadho are my picks of the lot - he has done a particularly amazing job on the PM theme score!

here it is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZZLcGc1vEs

teja

28th January 2009, 05:41 AM

Theme track from the telugu film Sister Nandini (Dubbed version of Manathil Urithi Vendum)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bsm93lra7U

28th January 2009, 06:10 PM

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Ilaiyaraaja interviewed by Vasanth and Bhavadharini (Kalaignar TV) (http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=zHd-uQz7j44&feature=channel_page)

baroque

29th January 2009, 02:18 AM

That's nice treat RR for Wednesday lunch break. :ty:

I was listening to EN BOMMUKUTTI AMMAVUKKU.....HEY CHITHIRA....CHITHRA WITH CHORUS.

Honey soaked speedy tune, joyous orchestration with flute, trumpet, violin :musicsmile: , soothing rhythm with all those reinforcing rhythmic calls, humming, chorus... lingering SWEETNESS of the composition is AWESOME. I am posting the musical in EMOTIONAL THREAD this evening. :swinghead:
See you, Vinatha. :)

crvenky

29th January 2009, 09:42 AM

RR, thats not Vasanth. He is Jeevan, director of Mayilu. This was the program on Kalaignar TV on the composing of Mayilu songs.

teja

2nd February 2009, 02:03 AM

Konji pesalama - title track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQbJJu5rdRg

I don't think this track has been released, or atleast i didn't find it in the CD.
Charanam is quite good.

rajasaranam

4th February 2009, 12:23 PM

While Discussing with Suresh we landed upon the album 'Maayabaazar'. It was surprsing he hasnt listened to the album, hence it is here (http://www.mediafire.com/?k24vmbwyzcz) now :)
It was a revelation for me too listening to it after a long time. Stunning Album with the Melodious 'Thumthanathum' & 'Adadaa', Rocking 'Muthu Muthu'...Amazing Orchestration & Arrangements...Listening to 1st interlude is pure entertainment with the violins and the vocals going into uncharted territories, 'Oru Oorilee' is a charming story and Iam happy to have found another story-song for my son :) The situational based fun filled 'Birthday Party' and Ofcourse peaking the album is 'naan Poranthu' with only vocal harmonies forming the musical structure of the song.

raagas

4th February 2009, 02:56 PM

Naan Porandhu is a brilliant composition. I remember i was once listening to a song from ARR's 'thiruda thiruda', which had no instruments but only vocals and i wondered if IR ever tried the same. And later, i came across this Naan Porandhu.

(no intention to drag ARR into this or to compare, just that i had thought listening to that song and later found this song. That is all it is and that is all it needs to be too.)

Sureshs65

4th February 2009, 05:37 PM

RS,

As usual a big thanks to you for this album. I will download it and listen to it now. It so happened that I searched Thiraipaadal site for the song but unfortunately I searched in 'Vanja Girija', that being an Urvashi film as well :)

S.Suresh

Sureshs65

4th February 2009, 05:39 PM

RS,

Listening to it now. Superb stuff. You don't miss the instruments at all. Wonderfully done. Thanks.

S.Suresh

teja

5th February 2009, 12:26 AM

Veera BGM tracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pkXmMXXKP0

Ilayaraja + violins = Magic.

kingvj

5th February 2009, 12:29 AM

Is "Oththayile ninnadhenna" from Vanaja Girija available anywhere? Chithra singing for Oorvasi in a funny voice.

rajasaranam

5th February 2009, 11:02 AM

kingvj,

Othaiyilley ninnathenna (http://www.mediafire.com/?gc2unmzxihn)

ensoi :)

irir123

12th February 2009, 01:35 AM

listened to Rajasthan - the big sore factor in that album is Bhavatharini's voice

Hulkster

14th February 2009, 06:36 PM

http://www.mediafire.com/?tx4wnjwzmwt

Thought of sharing with you guys this. My most favourite BGM from the movie. It comes before the interval for those who are guessing. You can just visualise without having to see it.

irir123

14th February 2009, 08:41 PM

Mayabazar 1995 is vintage IR!!

teja

27th February 2009, 01:30 AM

Aatma bandhuvu - (Telugu version of Muthal mariyaathai)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPMOIm2mfQQ

S.Janaki's voice, particularly towards the end, is pure musical bliss!

raagas

2nd March 2009, 01:45 PM

raagas,

I have both the versions. The end titles is also different. The new version is nice one, like Pandavas. Shall upload it soon.

crvenky...

Any chance of uploading both the versions of this film?

teja

15th March 2009, 11:14 PM

A couple of songs from a relatively unknown telugu film "Chakravyuham".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZXjc0wCyM
That one is a rehash of Johnny's "Aasaya kaathula".

And then there is this one, with stunning interludes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HL2KPkbQik

baroque

16th March 2009, 07:12 AM

teja :ty:

chakravyuham (1992) - vompuko sompu.... is indeed terrific. I have never seen the visual.
It always reminds me vaanam yenna ...vetri vizha(tamil - 1989). Ilayaraja must have restructured his earlier masterpiece from Tamil.
good old days :redjump:
Ilayaraaja with bubbly S.P.B and talented kamala Haasan spoiled us.
Ilayaraaja blasted. :bluejump: :swinghead:
vinatha.

raja_fan

17th March 2009, 12:28 PM

"Thendral varum " from Paaru pattanam paaru.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvOScv1rjcI&feature=related

But this song doesnt seem to be a 1986 style of IR. Sounds even earlier. But Ranjini was a later entry. So should be 86 only.

A.ANAND

18th March 2009, 03:05 PM

A.ANAND

18th March 2009, 03:34 PM

Kanmaniayie Kathal Yenbathe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35I_SyS5oH8&feature=related

Ore Naal Unnai Naan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th3LJyFDZzY&feature=related

rajasaranam

18th March 2009, 03:44 PM

Enullil Engo - Rosaapoo Ravikkaikkaari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOP5FtPjFHk&feature=related

:omg: :omg: :omg: raja rajatha'yya. :notworthy:

ettna oscar vaanganalum intha song-ikku eedagathu! :D

I was just thinking yesterday of listing out the erotic/soft romantic songs of Raaja...the two songs that came to my immedietly were 'Enulle Enulle' from Valli and 'etho mogam' from Kozhi koovuthu. Thanks for reminding this song. Every instrument oozes sexuality perfect in harmony with the inner longing and desire of a female.

The reason I wanted to 'study' such songs stemmed out of the discussions we were having regarding rootedness in some other thread. this single genre will show the mastery of IR in understanding the female body in her own language within the cultural context which she resides and transforming it into music. Listening to a city girl singing 'Naane Naana', 'enthan kannil ezhulagangal', 'mounamaana neram' 'maalaiyil yaaro' and an educated village girl singing 'Enulle Enulle', 'Enullil Engo', 'Ponvaanam paneer thoovuthu', 'manasu mayangum' and an uneducated village girl singing 'orakka kathuthu kozhi' and a drama artist singing 'Sivarathri'.....Perfect research material :notworthy:

The feeling is same but the situational and cultural context plays a definitive role in expressing it musically or otherwise.

raja_fan

18th March 2009, 04:24 PM

hmm.oru range-la thaan pogudhu...

nadathunga..nadathunga :)

complicateur

18th March 2009, 05:12 PM

RS,
Equanimus was requesting a dissertation on the subject in the Last song listened to thread. A lot of factors need to be considered and it should be comprehensive but it is worth doing!

krish244

23rd March 2009, 06:56 PM

Not sure if its posted before:

http://ishare.rediff.com/video/news---politics/tv9-special-interview-ilayaraja/519525

IR's interview for TV9 (telugu). Could not stop laughing when he says "the memory chip is not working" :)

thanks,

Krishnan

sureshmehcnit

8th April 2009, 05:01 PM

Maestro's Masterpause

http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/04/maestros-masterpause.html

raja_fan

8th April 2009, 06:48 PM

Maestro's Masterpause

http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/04/maestros-masterpause.html

Yes !!
That is the best of re-recording !

Raja fills exactly the gap provided by MR, nothing more, nothing less..

The man who is known to work even without a stop-clock during re-recordings ! Marvellous !

raja_fan

9th April 2009, 04:12 PM

Same evergreen "Ilaya nila.."

but I have not listened to such an excellent stereo version as this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owiXDr1xQ8Y&feature=related

rajasaranam

27th April 2009, 11:45 AM

Suresh,

Have uploaded 'Anuraga Kottaram' (http://www.mediafire.com/?vnk2zuyzj0o). enjoy :)

Sureshs65

28th April 2009, 10:34 AM

RS,

As usual, you come to the rescue. Thanks for uploading the songs.

Hulkster

9th May 2009, 07:36 AM

Anumanaspadam BGM

http://dilsoftbgm.blogspot.com/2009/04/anumanaspadam-bgm.html

The synth dominated BGM is refreshingly new and makes for a good listen. All the eleven themes are concocted to form the main theme by the uploader. Ensoy thangamani.

venkkiram

11th May 2009, 08:20 AM

காணக்கிடைக்காத பெருமான் (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPFFJajZyQc&feature=related)

அருவி போல விழும் சங்கதிகளுக்கு இணையாக விரல்களும் போட்டிபோடும் அழகை பார்த்துக்கொண்டே இருக்கலாம் போலிருக்கிறது.. வெண்ணிற உடையில் சுடராக தெரிகிறார் ராஜா..

rajasaranam

13th May 2009, 03:50 PM

irir123

13th May 2009, 08:13 PM

'jab jhume jhume' sounds like 'nee kettael naan maataen yendra solven kanna' to me!!!

otherwise the audio quality is substandard and the vocals even worse

ananth222

13th May 2009, 09:23 PM

"O cheli" reminds me of "maamen oru naal" from Rosaapoo Ravikaikaari

ananth222

14th May 2009, 09:47 PM

Hulkster

15th May 2009, 10:36 AM

I think its from DVD. You have to ask mr dilsoft who uploaded the BGMs regarding the fomat.

Dunno about enrico's style but i felt that the themes had a very new-age feel about them.

rajasaranam

15th May 2009, 12:25 PM

Anumanaspadam BGM

http://dilsoftbgm.blogspot.com/2009/04/anumanaspadam-bgm.html

Brilliant, thanks for sharing! Great tracks in such good quality... was it released as a CD or recorded from the film DVD? Very Morricone'ish in parts.. it would be great if more of IRs film scores were released in this format.

dilsoft is a HCIRF and he goes on digging Raajas old treasures like me :) He also has some mastery over audio extracting that we are able to hear voiceless BG scores through him. He has many more movies to rip further. DL & Listen to 'Heyram' BGM from the same page absolutely amazing :thanks: to dilsoft.

Nerd

22nd May 2009, 08:21 AM

Uploaded paayum puli title BGM - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zoymhwmgkmm

Spectacular!

Hulkster

22nd May 2009, 08:51 AM

Really spectacular. This is how a composer should score for a high octane action films.

raagas

22nd May 2009, 11:54 AM

A rare find by one of the fans 'dilsoft' in Pathabangaram (http://pathabangaram.com/forums/index.php)
was a movie titled 'Vinalani Vundi' (http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4431/vinalanivundilx7.jpg). for further details check the thread HERE (http://pathabangaram.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6098).
Just wanted to know if any of you are finding which songs are composed by Raaja. 'Chimile' is a strong contender for the time being.
The movie was being directed by RGV after 'Daud' and got dropped for unforeseen reasons. but somehow the songs have found their way to youtube & PB. The song which is doubted to have been composed by Raaja, 'Jab Jhume Jhume' hindi version of 'Chimile' can be viewed HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=804dqIpbWrs)

The original film did not have name. I am not sure if it was RGV also. There was a film started by Singeetham with Chiranjeevi & Tabu but it got shelved (i think it was titled Bhooloka Veerudu). Ofcourse, RGV also discussed (not started) a film with Chiranjeevi but it didnt materialize. And this Vinaalani Undhi album has songs from various shelved films. So no two songs are by same composer. I think the audio company might have had rights to the audios of those films, which got shelved and it later released all singles woven into one album. The title 'Vinaalani Undhi' was also given to the album just for the heck of it and it was not the original name of any of the films whose songs are put into this album. They didnt credit the album, but i think composers include Ilaiyaraaja, Keeravani etc. And my guess is that the ilaiyaraaja song could have been from the shelved Singeetham film.

And that reminds me, few years ago (2000-2001), a telugu director Kodi Ramakrishna shot a film, a fantasy film (like Jaganmohini) with Balakrishna. Ilaiyaraaja completed the score and i have even seen a photograph of ilaiyaraaja's composing session with veteran singer 'Bhanumathi' for this film.the film didnt get complete(shot 70% i think), because Balakrishna superstitiously felt that such them doesnt work for his image in this age(he got into faction films) and producers also lost confidence that audience might not appreciate a fantasy subject. But the score must be lying somewhere.. finished score that too.

ajithfederer

4th June 2009, 01:37 AM

http://www.youtube.com/user/yowan1977

I don't know whether hubbers here knew this but this youtube channel owner has uploaded a lot of BGM clips. A lot of them are title card BGM's.

My small contribution!!

tvsankar

4th June 2009, 01:41 AM

af,
Thanks a loooooooooooot for the youtube.

ajithfederer

4th June 2009, 01:44 AM

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ilayaraja+IR+best+BGM+bgms+ti tle+score+song+music+instrument+tamil+film+movie&search=related&v=3-xT0lZMip4&page=1

Usha madam, no problem :D.

tvsankar

4th June 2009, 01:47 AM

af,
just open the site. very much loved.

Best pieces are found.

Inum parthu mudikavilai.
apparam dhanae download....

excite ayiten. adhan udane Big Thanks to you.

ajithfederer

4th June 2009, 01:51 AM

No problem, The pleasure is mine, :).

tvsankar

4th June 2009, 01:55 AM

af,
philly la enna time ipo....

ajithfederer

4th June 2009, 01:56 AM

Evening 4.25 p.m.

af,
philly la enna time ipo....

tvsankar

4th June 2009, 01:59 AM

oh,
apo sari. nee inga post pannidae irukalam,
inga night 2 mani aradhu af.

kelambaren pa.bfn.

Have a nice eve.

ajithfederer

4th June 2009, 02:00 AM

Yes goodnight. If i come across any useful link you can be assured that it will find its place here.

tvsankar

4th June 2009, 02:01 AM

sari af.
kandipa solren.

katti vechuko - song kaekaren.

nice. Night la IR songs ku swweet
konjam adhigam. hahhahah
bfn .

sureshmehcnit

7th June 2009, 10:10 AM

Re-Recording Raaja Contest

http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/06/re-recording-raaja-contest.html

ajithfederer

14th June 2009, 12:27 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRYyxIITD4&feature=related

:clap:

tvsankar

14th June 2009, 01:11 AM

Thanks af...

ethanai time parthalum

kamal - Jaya pradha - IR - azha vaipanga ennai..

Ipavum kannil kannir dhan...

ajithfederer

28th June 2009, 12:00 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSdAHDVD2fA&feature=related

Kanne navamaniye - IR - En bommu kutty ammavukku.

tvsankar

28th June 2009, 12:20 AM

af,
thanks for the youtube.

wat a song.......

Sureshs65

28th June 2009, 11:16 PM

An interesting article

http://www.desipundit.com/baradwajrangan/2009/06/27/between-reviews-the-beat-is-on/

"It is very difficult to single out a rhythmic style or raga that Raja has not used."

NormalMan

29th June 2009, 11:31 AM

I bow thee ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6vOpege2Y0

jaiganes

29th June 2009, 09:16 PM

irir123

29th June 2009, 09:55 PM

I bow thee ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6vOpege2Y0

Thats not from IR's score for GEETHANJALI - I know every piece of BGM from GEETHANJALI by heart! i can vouch for it

app_engine

29th June 2009, 10:07 PM

An interesting article

http://www.desipundit.com/baradwajrangan/2009/06/27/between-reviews-the-beat-is-on/

"It is very difficult to single out a rhythmic style or raga that Raja has not used."

I think he has not yet used a bhairavi in his songs..

From an old discussion in TFMpage, I got directed to a link (that does not exist anymore but google cache has it) that says :

bhairavi

20 naTabhairavi janya
Aa: S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
Songs:

aanandamaanandamaayenu
aarabhimaanam (caraNam 2)
alaiyaamal paarumayyaa - SNB
baalagOpaala - D
bhairavi paramEshwari - HB
deena dayaaLO - also kaapi - BR
EnaaTi nOmu phalamu - T
indukaa puTTincitivi - T
jaya jaya gOkulabaala 1
kaamaakshee
karpakavalliyun porpadam - LD
kavalaippaDaadE manamE -SNB
koluvaiyunnaaDE - T
lalitE shree - T
mrgapaaNE - HB
mukhattai kaTTiyE
naatha brOvavE - T
nammina vaarini - T
nee gadiyaladu - PS
nee paadamE - HB
nee paadamulE
neevaNTi deivamu - T
nijamaitE mundara - T
ninnane nambi
nityakalyaaNi 6
Odi baarayya
pannageendra sayana 4
raamaa ravikulasOmaa - KI
shaantamaaga un - SNB
shree raamaa - HB
shree shhanmukam - PS
taayE Ezhaipaal - PS
taayE sharaNam - SNB
tanayantE prEma
tillai naTaraajanE - SNB
upacArmu cEsE - T
vElavarE umai tEDi
yaarO ivar yaarO

Film songs:

inbam ooTTiDum aanandam (raajakumaari)
kaigaLiraNDum illaa pEdaikku (nyaanasowndari)
kizhakku paravai mErkil parakkudu (tisaimaariya paravaigaL)
koluvaiyunnaaDE (bombay sisters - tyaagaiyaa)
paadamulE (patna subramanya aiyyar)
solla vallaayO kiLiyE solla nee vallaayO (kavarimaan)
taayE bhairaviyE maamaayE (kannigaa)
tEDi vandEn
tirupaarkaDalil paLLi konDaye (swami ayyapan)
undan meedE kaadal koNDEn (Ezhai uzhavan)
undanukkOr iNai yaavar ulagil (manOnmaNi)
unnai kaNDu mayangaada pErgaLuNDO (asOkkumaar)
yenna solla pOgiraay (kaNDu koNDEn kaNDu koNDEn)

This raaga is said to be at least 1500 years old.

kavarimAn is IR's music, isn't it? 'pooppOlE un punnagaiyil' used to be my most fav song during that time period.

It seems there's a Bharathiyar song sung by Varalakshmi in this raaga.

jaiganes

29th June 2009, 11:57 PM

@app Engine - need to hear it to see if it was actually tuned by IR - For bharathiyar songs, most of them have the raaga to be used specified (though IR deviated from the set raagas in his songs). Need to check if it was an actual bhairavi or a modification.
That apart - are you by any chance in a data mining project?

Sureshs65

30th June 2009, 01:20 PM

Jai,

I don't think the writer literally meant it. My take is that he was saying that Raja has used a wide variety of ragas and talas and in that he is correct.

app_engine

30th June 2009, 05:39 PM

That apart - are you by any chance in a data mining project?
:lol: இல்லீங்க. சில சமயங்களில் "பொழுது போகாத பொம்மு" ப்ராஜக்ட்'ல இருக்க வேண்டியிருக்கு, அவ்வளவு தான்:-)

jaiganes

30th June 2009, 05:46 PM

Jai,

I don't think the writer literally meant it. My take is that he was saying that Raja has used a wide variety of ragas and talas and in that he is correct.

no no - I am not disputing the writer - I agree with him completely, just wanted to know in the context if anyone mined out a bhairavi by IR. A_E has done it and I am pretty happy.

thumburu

30th June 2009, 06:14 PM

As I have not heard that "kavarimaaN" song, I cannot comment. But Raja normally retunes Bharathiar songs ,example being 2 different tunes for "nalladhor veenai seidhe" . Bhairavi, Thodi etc are called "gana" ragas and as they are quite difficult to play around, normally our film MDs avoid them and esp Bhairavi" is close to Mukhari which is considered as an "oppaari" raga :))
And Rahman's "enna seiya pogiraai", except for that tiny flute bit in the interlude is just not Bhairavi

Hulkster

30th June 2009, 06:17 PM

Thalaivar's Mouna Raagam Score discussed in the Cultural Study of Music in Google Books.

Original Source :

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Dr J Vijay Venkatraman <drjvvr@yahoo. com> wrote:

Dear All,

I happened to get a preview of a couple of pages from the book 'The Cultural Study of Music' on Google Books which talks about our Maestro's work in 'Mouna Raagam'.

Here is the link:

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Gdk7-mItegwC&lpg=PA293&dq=Ilayaraaja&lr=&pg=PA293

I would be happy to know what you feel about this book. Also, if someone could throw more light on the background of the authors of the book, it would be great.

It says our Maestro's name entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the maximum number of movie scores. Is it true? Do any of us have information about this?

Yours Always Musically,
Vijay.

app_engine

30th June 2009, 06:57 PM

'solla vallAyO' is here :
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00290.html

Those who are raga-literate, please confirm if this is bhairavi.

If this is true, the "classical Ilayaraja" series that claims that IR has never done a bhairavi song is incorrect. (I just saw a portion of that article which contains another error - of attributing the KJY bhairavi song 'thiruppARkadalil paLLi koNdAyE' to MSV. I think it was by Dhakshinamoorthy for the film Swami Ayyappan)

jaiganes

30th June 2009, 09:36 PM

Sureshs65

1st July 2009, 10:14 AM

app_end and Jai,

The song from 'Kavariman' does not contain any Bhairavi!! As thumburu rightly mentioned, Bhairavi is a raga which doesn't yield itself easily to film music. The well known modern Bhairavis from film music would be 'Tiruparkadalil' from Swamy Ayyappa. Music by Devarajan. (Not MSV or Dakshinamoorthy Swamy). The other well known Bhairavi appears at the fag end of the song 'Adisaya Ragam Ananda Ragam'. The song from the Malayalam film, Chandrakantam, 'Hridaya Vahini' has shades of Bhairavi. As with the 'Adisaya Ragam' song, this too was composed by MSV. The Malayalam song is infact sung by MSV.

As thumburu had pointed out, expect for a brief flute piece that appears in an interlude, 'enna seyya pogirai' has no connection to Bhairavi.

irir123

15th July 2009, 07:34 PM

FYKI, many of IR's instrumental albums being re-released in newly remastered format!

Recent worldwide release(s) of Ilaiyaraaja's music:

http://www.saayee.com/saayee/soul_core.html (contains remastered versions of IR's 80s hits!!)

http://www.saayee.com/saayee/Thiruvasakam.html

http://www.saayee.com/saayee/Music_Journey.html

http://www.saayee.com/saayee/The_Music_Messiah.html

http://www.saayee.com/saayee/India_24_Hours.html

http://www.saayee.com/saayee/Master_Pieces_Of_Ilaiyaraaja.html

http://www.saayee.com/saayee/Isai_Gnani_Ilaiyaraaja_Hits_on_Keyboard_%26_Sax.ht ml

http://www.saayee.com/saayee/Ilaiyaraaja.html

Hulkster

16th July 2009, 06:47 AM

http://www.ilaiyaraaja.in/ilaiyaraaja/home.html

Ilaiyaraaja's new website by Agi music. It is currently under construction. Has a article on Ilaiyaraaja by Sir John Scott. :bluejump:

ajithfederer

17th July 2009, 01:30 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBWuBSS-d_c

Amala's Intro bgm from AN :lol:

crajkumar_be

30th July 2009, 05:10 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdzYkCFMSpw&feature=related

Sigappu Rojakkal Title Score

rajkumarc

1st August 2009, 05:36 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdzYkCFMSpw&feature=related

Sigappu Rojakkal Title Score
Thanks for posting this crajkumar_be. Astounding score with lot of creepy bits and changes in mood. Beautiful vocal humming. Is that Kamal's voice?

Hulkster

6th August 2009, 03:48 PM

Hi.... Vanakkam to everyone. Modern media entertainment release new re master version Ilaiyaraajas music album with under exclusive copyright license from Agi music. The album title is ISAIYIN ISAI. Now available in all music shops in klang valley,Alor Setar,Sungai Petani,Penang, Ipoh,Setiawan and Kangar. South state can get start 7th August... We need all of your supports. Shops info can get from www.myilaiyaraajaso ngs.blogspot. com or contact our sales man Mr.Balan 016-6191565. Also can buy online shop via www.saayee.com. If still any retail shop not having this album kindly contact to Mr.Balan or mymodernmedia@gmail.com

Nanri.Bye

The blogspot probably refers to shops in Malaysia. Not sure about other countries. The list of songs remastered are also listed.They request us to buy original as well.

ajithfederer

7th August 2009, 02:52 AM

One of my favorite Tamil movies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUr-AkCTvu4

My fav piece starts from 2:14 :smokesmirk:

kid-glove

8th August 2009, 10:39 AM

yowan1977 is a legend.

sureshmehcnit

8th August 2009, 01:43 PM

Illayaraja's Incredits

http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/08/illayarajas-incredits.html

raagas

10th August 2009, 02:16 PM

Illayaraja's Incredits

http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/08/illayarajas-incredits.html

Scintillating Post Suresh! Phenomenal.What a great service to Fans like us, and also a great tribute to Maestro!

raagas

10th August 2009, 02:18 PM

sureshmehcnit

10th August 2009, 03:38 PM

Raagas - Thank you. Glad you liked it.

raja_fan

10th August 2009, 08:05 PM

sureshmehcnit,

Fantastic !
Can we download those BGMs ?

sureshmehcnit

10th August 2009, 08:43 PM

Raja_fan - Thanks you.

Yes. You just have to right click the link of each title piece and 'Save' to download.

kid-glove

12th August 2009, 10:52 AM

Not sure if they were all posted before,

Veedu - happy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEbmC_WjIlU&feature=related

Veedu - pathos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__KtbOfFTM&feature=related

PAP- Yuvan used it for Sarvam of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVPnDJKt1M0&NR=1

crvenky

30th August 2009, 01:09 PM

I have uploaded the Nizhalkkuthu (Malayalam, 2002) BGMs here:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0otmmzy2wiw/Nizhalkkuthu - Protagonist themes.mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ykjllxi2l4n/Nizhalkkuthu - Story in imagination.mp3

irir123

30th August 2009, 08:46 PM

RRROOOTTTFFFLLL!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-x2hLmiimY&NR=1

Horrible, atrocious, hilarious dubbing for IR's voice!

Sureshs65

31st August 2009, 01:55 PM

irir123,

:lol:

I don't know who took the decision of dubbing that voice for Raja. If done intentionally, the person has a great sense of humor :D

Sureshs65

31st August 2009, 01:58 PM

crv,

Thanks for the BGM. I have watched this movie and this is one movie which showcases how well Raja understands a director's intent.

NormalMan

8th September 2009, 11:14 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY8xdsEfFMA

Listen from 9:27 to 10:38 ... I bow to thee music ...

Hulkster

13th September 2009, 05:20 PM

Naan Kadavul BGM has been recorded fantastically by Dilip Kumar. Alot of innovative techniques in this bgm score especially with the synth.

Naan Kadavul BGMs (http://www.indianbackgroundscore.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=103&p=189#p189)

Sureshs65

20th September 2009, 11:07 AM

Please pardon my indulgence. Here is a blog post of mine which was inspired by the picturization of a Raja song.

http://sureshs65music.blogspot.com

Let me warn you though that this blog post does not have much to say about Raja's music.

fan_ir

21st September 2009, 09:48 AM

Kamal explains how Inji Idupalagi was tuned. -->5:15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHhgpIg6VTA

tvsankar

21st September 2009, 08:25 PM

Sureshs65

21st September 2009, 10:03 PM

Thanks Usha. Happy that you liked it.

fan_ir

1st October 2009, 11:12 AM

Couple of rare photos of thalai

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwc4tnZXMXo/SYCGnZrMnBI/AAAAAAAAAEk/5c29L9HOsvU/s1600-h/A+visit+to+Starlight+Orchestra+Vellore+by+Ilayaraj a-+as+a+Chief+Guest..jpg

http://musicsheettamilsongs.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/MrIlayaraja_as_a_chief_guest_to_Starlight_Orchestr aVelloreNA.265211815.jpg

Thanks

tvsankar

1st October 2009, 03:22 PM

fan_ir,
Thanks for the pics...

andha naal nyabgam vandhadhae.....

2nd photo la IR kuda irukaravar yar.........

Hulkster

1st October 2009, 05:27 PM

My mum says its chandrabose. I actually thought it was the conductor of the starlight orchestra.

tvsankar

1st October 2009, 09:36 PM

Hulks,

Unga amma sonna madhiri - Chandrabose madhiri than thonudhu....

Plum

1st October 2009, 09:52 PM

If you were buttoning your collar with one hand and pointing skywards with another hand, as if to say, "If I tighten my collar any further, it is heavens for me", then your were ANR (Akkineni Nageshwar Rao),

:rotfl3:

Sureshs65

1st October 2009, 11:52 PM

Thanks Plum. :)

Just to give the context to others, Plum is quoting from my blog post to which I had given a link earlier.

irir123

2nd October 2009, 09:25 AM

sureshs65 - pls check ur PM

Sureshs65

9th October 2009, 06:09 PM

Today I bought a Kannada CD which had the music from the movies 'Chandanada Kombe', 'Bayaludari' and 'Hombilsilu'. Honestly I know nothing about these movies. It so happened that in the CD credits, two instrumental songs were mentioned and the credit said that the orchestration is by 'Pavalar Bros'. This is what prompted me to buy the CD. (I am sure all of us know who the Pavalar Bros are :)

Now, the two instrumental versions are not songs tuned by Pavalar Bros but songs of another MD (from the Net I found out it was Rajan Nagendra.) The 'Yaro Kurudu' has the flute playing for a lot of time with some harmonium / accordian accompaniment. The other song 'aakasa' has the harmonium playing most of the song. We all know Raja used to play the harmonium. So is it Raja who is playing the harmonium here?

You can download and listen to these two pieces here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=8e33cb20ac50d571d6baebe61b361f7cb065535c c1bc00064ca8d2a77d7aad89

BTW, I was surprised that the credits were given to Pavalar Bros because I couldn't find the names of the MDs for any of the three films that the CD had !!!

13th October 2009, 12:48 PM

http://www.tamilentertainments.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?qry=uqYUdJkaALZFNB0nHJ6cOg==

Pazasi Raja Tamil Version

14th October 2009, 04:18 AM

http://www.tamilrain.com/ulaga-nayagan-kamal-50-13-10-2009/ulaga-nayagan-kamal-50-golden-jubilee-function-day-2-part-13-video_6c6a1d232.html

Thalaivar Sings for Kamal

fan_ir

18th October 2009, 01:18 PM

Kaatril varum geethame - IR and Vaali discussion.

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=367238

No sure though if this is included in the album. BTW does anybody have good quality version of this remix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KlvIjB3q0w ?

crvenky

18th November 2009, 03:27 PM

Kalaignar's TV serial Thenpandi Singam with Maestro's music.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/TzY3a3ZIcHZUWUJMWEE9PQ

tvsankar

18th November 2009, 04:03 PM

Dear Venky,
Thanks for the link.....

Sureshs65

18th November 2009, 10:25 PM

Thanks Venky.

crvenky

21st November 2009, 06:46 PM

Kannukkkulle title score download link:

http://www.ziddu.com/download/7444279/Kannukkulletitlescore.mp3.html

fan_ir

29th November 2009, 12:43 PM

Though this is not by our man but the arrangement has a striking similarities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QStm3ZyzgY0

Hulkster

29th November 2009, 12:48 PM

Though this is not by our man but the arrangement has a striking similarities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QStm3ZyzgY0

Thanks for the clip really enjoyed it :D. It also shows the future of technology with regards to music. The day thalaivar was fearing perhaps.

Saagar

29th November 2009, 08:54 PM

Keep discovering new gems...

There's a malayalam film kaveri by IR , music for which he has composed along with the legendary V.Dakshinamurthy.

Heard the online version here:
http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/mmdb/822.html

Classical gems.

Anyone got the mp3/download version?

Raikkonen

6th December 2009, 04:09 PM

Indru poi naalai vaa radhika intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2mSJOvHRFI&feature=related)

:bow:

i just love this one.. i mean bgm

Sureshs65

6th December 2009, 11:40 PM

Saagar,

You can get Kaveri from Rajasaranam's site. He had earlier given the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=92d0c5a58eae7e5d95af63b7d44918aa8863110a b8ec5db0

sivasub

7th December 2009, 01:54 AM

Happened to see one of Kamal's very old interviews. Amazed by the amount of respect he has for IR....

http://www.screenindia.com/old/feb04/cover.htm

irir123

7th December 2009, 11:04 AM

Happened to see one of Kamal's very old interviews. Amazed by the amount of respect he has for IR....

http://www.screenindia.com/old/feb04/cover.htm

just get hold of GUNA original audio cassette and listen to the Kamal-IR interplay - two geniuses conversing on the same frequency!

no wonder IR has always come up with outstanding scores for Kamal's films - the two share a unique chemistry, not many actor-composer share in cinema!

crvenky

18th December 2009, 02:07 AM

Kannukkulle BGMs :

http://www.mediafire.com/?fynrnjdztv2

crvenky

18th December 2009, 02:23 AM

Pazhassi Raja BGMs:

http://www.mediafire.com/?imzqjdzi25m

Raikkonen

18th December 2009, 11:45 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWiT1pmLgrk&feature=related

aboorva sagodarargal - registrar office/circus scene

:bow: :cry: king of bgm..

irir123

19th December 2009, 03:03 AM

Kannukkulle BGMs :

http://www.mediafire.com/?fynrnjdztv2

awesome bgms!! goodness me! its sad that such an effort is down the drain! many of the stuff was so frigging rich in strings, they wud have been instantly noticed had it been a bigger/popular movie!

IR still standing head and shoulders above anyone else in the BGM department!

irir123

19th December 2009, 09:46 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWiT1pmLgrk&feature=related

aboorva sagodarargal - registrar office/circus scene

:bow: :cry: king of bgm..

IR needs that kind of emotionally packed scene or at least a decent script to give something phenomenal

the Pazhassi Raja bgms (especially the deliberate discordant sound from the wind instrument in the title score, the various themes/motifs) and the Kannukkulle bgms (its been a long time since i heard such heavy strings usage in IR's bgms) just show that if ppl are not using IR, then they are the losers and not IR!

Saagar

20th December 2009, 06:22 PM

Kannukkulle BGMs :

http://www.mediafire.com/?fynrnjdztv2

OMG! Such a wasted effort!

sivasub

20th December 2009, 07:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9MF1LCem-k&feature=related

Telugu version of Mutthadudhe... dont think I ever heard this

crvenky

24th December 2009, 12:17 AM

Mathiya Chennai:
Another wasted effort on a dud movie :( Good BGMs (esp. the title score and a bit song).

Download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2mzjelgzuni

raagas

29th December 2009, 07:37 PM

Kannukkulle BGMs :

http://www.mediafire.com/?fynrnjdztv2

OMG! Such a wasted effort!

Thanks crvenky for those pieces.Brilliant pieces!

It is understandable if people were not releasing the background scores during 80s. But now!!! How many IR films, will get such brilliant pieces.. and still those pieces dont reach the wide audience.

Saagar

30th December 2009, 01:53 PM

Happy new Year to all!

A New Year special :

Songs from "Chaitram" (Malayalam), probably not something many in the forum may have heard.

http://www.mediafire.com/?6ixjrz4mzxi

There are 2 songs : Hridaya raaga & Paadoo Sakhi - Both gems!

Sureshs65

30th December 2009, 06:12 PM

Saagar,

Thanks for the New Year gift. I was anyway going to ask you for this :)

I read your list of Raja movies in Malayalam and realized that I did not have songs from some of those movies. Other than this movie, I would like to have the songs from:
- Samrajyam
- Aarumanikor

In case you have them, kindly upload.

crvenky

30th December 2009, 06:31 PM

Suresh,
Samrajyam (*ing Mammootty) is a songless movie, it had only the BGM by IR.

Sureshs65

31st December 2009, 12:28 PM

Thanks CRV for the info.

Saagar

5th January 2010, 07:34 PM

Yes Suresh,

Samrajyam did not have songs. But I remember one aspect of the film - that it it had a trademark signature tune runing all along the movie in the background that was very famous and talked about when the movie released.

Saagar

5th January 2010, 08:20 PM

Suresh,

I had been on travel again- Sorry for the delay in posting the reply.

The link to Aaru manikoor song. There are 3 songs in the film, but have got only one :

http://www.box.net/shared/guo88ojk0k

It's a Mal version of Oru naal Unnodu oru naal uravainil....

Sureshs65

6th January 2010, 12:13 AM

Thanks Saagar. No problem about the delay. All of us have our day job. (Though it is not apparent when they see our postings :)

6th January 2010, 03:39 AM

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=padutha+theeyaga+4th+Jan&search_type=&aq=f

Ilayaraja special with Gangai Amaran as Judge

Sureshs65

6th January 2010, 09:47 AM

Thanks K. Was looking for this since I did not watch the episode on TV.

raagas

6th January 2010, 11:48 AM

firstly, thanks for that link K.

Was there only 1 episode of Ilaiyaraaja special in paadutha theeyaga?

Sureshs65

6th January 2010, 08:13 PM

raagas, There were 2 episodes. From the first episode, only one song, 'Asalem Gurthuku raadu' is up on youtube.

eagle

6th January 2010, 11:18 PM

I like fans like us here at least (mothama setha oru lorry kooda fullagathunnu ninaikiren :D ) buy original CD's of Raaja's albums. But i do understand sometime it becomes next to impossible thing to get the CD's of 70's, 80's.

I am trying to collect original CD's or LP's as much as possible. Recently i was surprised to find of of his rare album , the movie is "Enakkaga kaathiru". I love all the songs... absolutely fantastic. I know MP3 versions are available in the net but very poor quality. If any of you need the songs from the album do mail me.

raagas

7th January 2010, 11:45 AM

One more video from Paadutha Theeyagaa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C72O0s4RjsU
Good anecdotes, i must say!

raagas

7th January 2010, 11:57 AM

Suresh already posted this link in another thread. I am re-posting it here just because we are sharing many Paadutha Theeyaga links here, for easy reference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqbGh6qudO0

Sureshs65

7th January 2010, 06:46 PM

Check out the links posted by raagas. SPB says that some of the very popular songs like 'Ravivarmake' and 'Rasanu Premalekalenno' have Raja's contribution in them, though not acknowledged.

Vkrish

7th January 2010, 09:40 PM

Just came across this link - fabulous singing - and excellent supporting orchestra in this IR rounds - munch star singer in Asianet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UIWjaugdl4

Sureshs65

7th January 2010, 11:56 PM

Thanks for the link Krish. A tough song to sing but she does justice. The juniors are doing a great job compared to their seniors.

baroque

8th January 2010, 04:47 AM

Dig
Hey guys,
Someone sent me this link.
Nostalgia....Miss my Great Nation!
they are playing couple of Shri.Ilayaraaja songs.
some of you may enjoy it!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7GF2ZTWK
http://bravojuju.blogspot.com/2008/07/indian-brass-bands-as-they-are-know.html
End
IRIR123 , Kiru etc... may contact this person and introduce him Shri.IR's original compositions, he may like it.

He is enjoying M.K.T, Shivkumar Sharma to Rolling Stones. TRUE MUSIC LOVER!

He is hosting couple of R.D.Burman albums, Mandolin Sreenivas etc..
See,
Ustad Zakhir Husain is here
http://bravojuju.blogspot.com/2009/01/gift-to-ustad-allah-rakha-75th-birthday.html
R.D.Burman album here.
http://bravojuju.blogspot.com/2008/03/rd-burman-caravan-1971.html
M.K.T பாகவதர் album is here.
http://bravojuju.blogspot.com/2008/04/mkt-bhagavathar-1937-1959.html
Everybody deserves to enjoy Shri.IR's sangeetham! :musicsmile:
Western classical music experts, write about this song and send !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZzNkClW8aU&feature=fvw
pining in the melody with tabala rhythm and the imperial orchestration!
ஒரு பானை சோற்றுக்கு ஒரு சோறு பதம் !
love, Vinatha.

Sureshs65

8th January 2010, 11:02 PM

Just listened to Kannukulle BGMs. As saagar exclaimed, 'OMG, What a wasted effort'. The master in full flow. Whoever played the violin has done a very nice job. Lovely tone and very well played.

raagas

9th January 2010, 09:53 AM

I came across this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jTNHh1ubPA

The uploader(artist) is a musician based in New York and he improvised the Mouna Raagam theme into a song (as a tribute to Ilaiyaraaja and Maniratnam). He did quite a good job. i wouldnt say he strictly stuck to IR school of thought alone, but he took the theme and did his own thing, quite well. Pretty impressive.

Sureshs65

9th January 2010, 02:04 PM

Check out Violin Vicky's latest post of Raja - Janaki combination in Malaylam.

http://raagadevan.blogspot.com/

sivasub

9th January 2010, 05:12 PM

paadutha teeyaga - IR special

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuHC2lTlbaE

sivasub

9th January 2010, 05:13 PM

not so great singing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olqr8chSm34

raja_fan

10th January 2010, 09:12 AM

app_engine

10th January 2010, 07:11 PM

Check out Violin Vicky's latest post of Raja - Janaki combination in Malaylam.

http://raagadevan.blogspot.com/

Great post there!

I knew it was IR for #8,9 & 10 as they came during my Palakkad tenure. Actually 'yamunE ninnude' was a rage when I started there in Jan'86 with being played everywhere. I didn't know it was IR initially but instantly liked it (was thrilled to learn that it was our man's in BM / Mammootty's yAthra). pappayude swantham appoos was a Fazil / Mammootty / IR combo with songs written about in every Malayalam magazine (Manorama even printed an exclusive IR article which started with the 'Olaththumbaththu' lines).

OTOH, about others - excluding the ones that had equivalent TFM versions, I didn't know those were IR's though I've heard them here and there. Must have been hits when they arrived. Whether it was the customers' taste (i.e.directors) or IR's motivation to be competitive, his MFM had a superior melodic content always :-)

Sureshs65

10th January 2010, 08:17 PM

OTOH, about others - excluding the ones that had equivalent TFM versions, I didn't know those were IR's though I've heard them here and there. Must have been hits when they arrived. Whether it was the customers' taste (i.e.directors) or IR's motivation to be competitive, his MFM had a superior melodic content always :-)

Well said app_eng. Exactly my thoughts when I had written about Raja's Malayalam film songs in my blog: http://sureshs65music.blogspot.com/2008/02/crossing-boundaries-down-south-2.html

I am giving the relevant portion here. This is what I wrote, "While Illayaraja has done some great work in Kannada and Telugu, he seems to have given, as Julie Andrews would have said,"better than his best" for Malayalam. Traditionally, Malayalam Film music is supposed to be biased on the side of melody. Added to it Illayaraja had to match up to the glorious music of people like Baburaj, Salil Choudhary, Devarajan and his own guru, V.Dakshinamurthy. I guess nothing spurs a genius more than a challenge and Illayarja responded by creating magic in Malayalam movies."

raagas

9th February 2010, 06:36 PM

http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-award-goes-to.html

Sureshs65

14th February 2010, 07:19 PM

Vicky's top class post once again:

http://raagadevan.blogspot.com/

raagas

15th February 2010, 02:58 PM

Simply loved the post by Vicky. I liked all his posts till now. very informative.Solladha is one of my favourites and althoigh i could sense the peculiarity in the rhythm, i never studied or dissected it as such. Brilliant.

irir123

15th February 2010, 08:02 PM

there is another absolutely mind-blowing track in SATHYA (kamal, amala) that never made it to the screen - "ingeyum angeyum" - which has all the trademark unorthodox tala structures, twists and turns - special components include a piano motif and a stunning second interlude - in terms of evolution of motifs within a composition, that is under 5 minutes long, this piece is matchless in creativity!

somehow IMHO, IR always reserves such completely unorthodox styled scores for Kamal!

NormalMan

15th February 2010, 10:25 PM

jaiganes

15th February 2010, 10:45 PM

I added the following comment there...

Can we term it as a Thaalamaalika ala Raaga maalika. Also it sounds to me a marriage of diverse rhythmic schools - fusion at the level of rhythm - not just at harmony alone. the picturisation that we got to see finally had that element of jerk, jolt , then harmonious joining of a family doing a ring around the rosie with the centre piece being couple holding hands and going around and finally stumbling and jerking their way into reality. I find the song, the melody and rhythm shifts and beat cycle joinings reflecting the context aptly. Truly the hall marks of a genius on his day at the office.. and you too have proven your diligence with this wonderful post .. yet again....

Bala (Karthik)

15th February 2010, 11:43 PM

Bala (Karthik)

15th February 2010, 11:56 PM

:ty: Irir for introducing this song. What a miss :oops:

Fantastic composition indeed :notworthy:

Sanjeevi

16th February 2010, 12:17 AM

Ingeyum is indeed a v.good song. Thanks irir. And valaiyosai was sung by Latha Manageshar or Asha Bonsley? Thirappadal.com says it is LM :confused2:

Sureshs65

16th February 2010, 12:23 AM

I am following Bala today and seconding what he says :D My thanks to irir as well. Lovely song.

raagas

16th February 2010, 12:26 AM

ingeyum engeyum was also by Lata Mangeshkar. Even Vazha Osai was sung by her (her 1st song for IR).

irir123

16th February 2010, 01:05 AM

jaiganes

16th February 2010, 01:42 AM

:ty: Irir for introducing this song. What a miss :oops:

Fantastic composition indeed :notworthy:

It is my assumption that Kamal must have shelved the picturisation of this song keeping in mind the length of the film, or, perhaps the commercial appeal for the same, given that the album already had a whopping number 'valai osai' the like of which had not been composed earlier and has not been bettered by the master himself!

if this is the case with someone like Kamal who despite his daring to venture into unchartered areas still had to shelve such an unorthodox composition, it is mind-boggling when I think of how many countless such musical ideas/themes IR must have sacrificed for lesser more stereotyped directors insisting on formulaic songs/compositions from IR, when IR must have had better ideas!
I think Kamal has the musical sense to describe the situation in a way that makes sense to Raaja. Ofcourse - If Kamal simply stops saying hero heroine 'seeing' song or something like that, Raaja would have still have given him a gem, but Kamal sells his visualization idea to Raaja like a script writer pitcher his idea to a star actor. I just wonder what he must have explained the 'Unnai naanariven' for Guna - the whole mise en scene (thanks to zero) of it all for Raja to come up with that collage of andhra folk, to hindustani to carnatic tour of the whole area. Now that is an awesome experiment in 'sound scaping' - not what we hear in recent albums thanks to digital technology.

jaiganes

16th February 2010, 01:51 AM

irir123

16th February 2010, 03:38 AM

:ty: Irir for introducing this song. What a miss :oops:

Fantastic composition indeed :notworthy:

It is my assumption that Kamal must have shelved the picturisation of this song keeping in mind the length of the film, or, perhaps the commercial appeal for the same, given that the album already had a whopping number 'valai osai' the like of which had not been composed earlier and has not been bettered by the master himself!

if this is the case with someone like Kamal who despite his daring to venture into unchartered areas still had to shelve such an unorthodox composition, it is mind-boggling when I think of how many countless such musical ideas/themes IR must have sacrificed for lesser more stereotyped directors insisting on formulaic songs/compositions from IR, when IR must have had better ideas!

The lead guitar bit - portions of it was used (or imporvised upon) in Nothing But Wind.
the waltz in the first interlude was again improvised and used in 'Vetri vizha' Vaanamenna keezhirukku - whose rhythms were also a composite pattern incidentally. The symphonic(with due apologies to Madhan) twirls in the ludes - I hope would have been used in a movie and as usual we all would have missed it.

A very nice reason to revisit Satya and find out what is the relevant situation.

"satya" and "agni natchatiram" were both released Tamil new years day, 1988! between the two, AN was a chartbuster, while in the BGM dept, 'satya' was heads and shoulders over AN - the use of the percussion based on the sound of the (chennai suburuban) rail running on tracks had an amazing impact!

when kamal tries to persuade amala who is inside her house and kamal outside, a brilliant violin piece and then again, when they both reconcile on the beach, a romantic smooth jazz piece!

all this from memory, its been more than a decade since I last saw 'sathya' !

jaiganes

16th February 2010, 03:42 AM

:ty: Irir for introducing this song. What a miss :oops:

Fantastic composition indeed :notworthy:

It is my assumption that Kamal must have shelved the picturisation of this song keeping in mind the length of the film, or, perhaps the commercial appeal for the same, given that the album already had a whopping number 'valai osai' the like of which had not been composed earlier and has not been bettered by the master himself!

if this is the case with someone like Kamal who despite his daring to venture into unchartered areas still had to shelve such an unorthodox composition, it is mind-boggling when I think of how many countless such musical ideas/themes IR must have sacrificed for lesser more stereotyped directors insisting on formulaic songs/compositions from IR, when IR must have had better ideas!

The lead guitar bit - portions of it was used (or imporvised upon) in Nothing But Wind.
the waltz in the first interlude was again improvised and used in 'Vetri vizha' Vaanamenna keezhirukku - whose rhythms were also a composite pattern incidentally. The symphonic(with due apologies to Madhan) twirls in the ludes - I hope would have been used in a movie and as usual we all would have missed it.

A very nice reason to revisit Satya and find out what is the relevant situation.

"satya" and "agni natchatiram" were both released Tamil new years day, 1988! between the two, AN was a chartbuster, while in the BGM dept, 'satya' was heads and shoulders over AN - the use of the percussion based on the sound of the (chennai suburuban) rail running on tracks had an amazing impact!

when kamal tries to persuade amala who is inside her house and kamal outside, a brilliant violin piece and then again, when they both reconcile on the beach, a romantic smooth jazz piece!

all this from memory, its been more than a decade since I last saw 'sathya' !

The pulsating 'umbrella ' scene and the climax where the 'chase' happens with bus and footboard in the key moment + the final electrocution and that smile on Kamal's face at last and the music that follows - Classic stuff.

innum 4 kamal venumyaa nammaalukku.

Renault

16th February 2010, 04:41 AM

I enjoyed the other not so listened song from Sathya.... (Nagaru Nagaru).

jaiganes

16th February 2010, 05:15 AM

I enjoyed the other not so listened song from Sathya.... (Nagaru Nagaru).
It seems a well watched one though ;-)

irir123

16th February 2010, 06:40 AM

I enjoyed the other not so listened song from Sathya.... (Nagaru Nagaru).
It seems a well watched one though ;-)

that song is a well-made 'dhrishti suzhi' for the entire film!

app_engine

19th February 2010, 02:42 AM

Possibly the biggest commercial success with IR as MD:

http://radiospathy.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post_18.html

baroque

19th February 2010, 03:56 AM

INDEED! BEAUTIFUL photos!

:musicsmile: :clap:
Whenever we are lazy to run to the store & rent a dvd to watch...
we always pull out கரகாட்டக்காரன், சலங்கை ஓலி, மைகேல் மதன காமராஜன், ஆண் பாவம் from our own collection.
ZILLION times we have watched, VERY FOND OF IT!
Not to mention, my son used to love watching the songs...
:ty: Shri.Ilayaraaja & his men for all the respite those yrs. :)

vinatha. :)

AravindMano

25th February 2010, 11:50 AM

Is there any good site where i can listen to Raja's Malayalam songs, if not all, atleast most of them?

Thanks in advance!

venkkiram

1st March 2010, 08:09 AM

எனக்கு "அழகி" படத்திலிருந்து ஒரு காட்சியின் பிண்ணனி இசை கேட்கணும்னு ஆசை.

பார்த்திபனும் நந்திதா தாஸும் சண்முகம், தனலட்சுமியாக வரும் நேரம். தனலட்சுமிக்கு கல்யாணம் ஆகி, கையில் குழந்தை இருக்கும். ஊரில் இருக்கும் அம்மன் கோயிலுக்கு சாமி கும்பிட இருவரும் வர அங்கு எதிர்பாராத விதமாக சந்தித்து கொள்வார்கள். சும்மா ஒரு பிண்ணனி இசையை அமைத்து நகராமல், அதற்கு ஒரு சின்னதாக சாமி பாட்டு அதுவும் நாட்டுப்புற இசையில் அமைத்திருப்பார். அசத்தலாக இருக்கும். அந்தக் காட்சி, இசை ரொம்ப காலமாக நெஞ்சில் நிழலாடுகிறது.

யாராச்சும் எனக்கு(எல்லோருக்கும் தான்!) உதவி செய்யுங்களேன்!

Sureshs65

1st March 2010, 05:49 PM

Arvind,

A couple of sites for Malayalam songs:

http://ilayaraja-mp3songs.blogspot.com/
http://www.punchapaadam.com

In both these sites you can download the songs. The first site does not require registration. The second site does.

You can also check out the Malayalam channel in http://www.raaga.com Search of Illayaraja under music directors. The number of films is not very high though.

AravindMano

4th March 2010, 10:50 AM

Suresh - Thanks much :D

jaiganes

4th March 2010, 09:53 PM

IGCinema.com has Sathya movie online!!!! this weekend watch...

app_engine

4th March 2010, 10:00 PM

jaiganes,
I watched it in theater when released :-(

I wrote earlier in the mysteriously disappeared thread "Appreciating decent picturisation of good songs" about my horrible experience.

We bachelors were watching olium oLiyum at Palakkad, thanks to the newly opened "Kodaikkanal antenna" and the fabulous vaLaiOsai made us rush to the theater without delay.

Kamal's team tortured us in this movie. I would recommend people to watch that song on youtube and that's about it :-)

Bala (Karthik)

4th March 2010, 11:19 PM

app_engine,
Puriyala, picturization pidikkalaya?

app_engine

4th March 2010, 11:21 PM

app_engine,
Puriyala, picturization pidikkalaya?

It's the other way around, I liked ONLY vaLaiyOsai picturisation - one of the best ever in TF. The movie was not my cup of chAya:-)

Bala (Karthik)

4th March 2010, 11:27 PM

Oh ok (teeplight me) :)

jaiganes

5th March 2010, 12:45 AM

Vayya Burger(K)ing!
ippo dhaan vazhi therinjadha indha pakkam vara?
Remba feelingsla irundheenga pola irukku?

app_engine

12th March 2010, 10:54 PM

http://radiospathy.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post.html

There are some unusual movies in this blog that talks about IR-KBraj combo (few songs I've never heard before)...

baroque

13th March 2010, 12:10 AM

LOVE YOU SO MUCH RAAJA! :redjump:
நீங்காத எண்ணம் ஒன்று நெஞ்சோடு உண்டு....
Always Raaja!
vinatha. :)

Punnaimaran

13th March 2010, 12:53 PM

மேகம் மிதக்குது
ஆகாயம் மேலே பறக்குது..

அதுபோலவே நானும் பறக்கிறேன்... :musicsmile:

app_engine

23rd March 2010, 11:19 PM

http://solvanam.com/?p=7087
has a clip from pANdavAs

app_engine

25th March 2010, 08:39 PM

http://www.desipundit.com/baradwajrangan/2010/03/25/bitty-ruminations-1/

Couple of IR songs in a Baradwaj Rangan blog post.

Interesting to know that parts of 'Attukkutti muttai ittu' is based on senchurutti rAgam.

app_engine

26th March 2010, 12:07 AM

அழகாக தாலாட்டுகளுக்கு ஒரு ப்ளாகர் பட்டியல் போட்டிருக்கிறார் :

http://rajarasigan.blogspot.com/2010/03/ilayaraja-thalattu-songs.html

irir123

26th March 2010, 03:55 AM

Another reference to IR's glorious 80s here! http://www.desipundit.com/baradwajrangan/category/tamil-film-review/

tvsankar

27th March 2010, 10:44 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4hwEb-k4jw&feature=player_embedded

IR in Orchestra... Simply he presents......

Think of This IR............

The people are really lucky..........

app_engine

2nd April 2010, 11:07 PM

Nice blog, with a few karoke songs sung sweetly by the blogger :
http://swarams.blogspot.com/

app_engine

19th April 2010, 07:56 PM

http://radiospathy.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-post_18.html

Sunandha songs :-)

kAdhal mayakkam is one of the best ever duets in TFM!

Sanjeevi

20th April 2010, 12:34 AM

meaning of terrific

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGq4ae277sQ&feature=related

app_engine

14th May 2010, 01:41 AM

While trying to get a link for a malayalam song (to post in the last song thread of TF forum), stumbled upon this goldmine :-)

Tons of IR Malayalam songs, lyrics, youtube links! (http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/secure/MalayalaSangeetham/php/index.php?encode=utf&m_movie=&exactmatch=on&startsWith=&m_year=&m_musician=Ilayaraja&m_writers=Select+One&m_bgm=Select+One&m_director=Select+One&display=Search&submit=Search+For+Movie+Names)

And many other directors as well - equivalent of thiraippAdal for Malayalam

Sureshs65

14th May 2010, 09:32 PM

app,

Thanks for the link. I was looking for something like this for a long time.

raj_musing

15th May 2010, 09:44 PM

Great App,A lot of rare songs which were not available anywhere....I was looking out for My dear Kuttichathan Part 2 for long and here it is!!....

eagle

23rd May 2010, 01:59 AM

யாராவது மலேசியா வாசுதேவனின் திரும்பி பார்க்கிறேன் ஜெயா டிவியின் நிகழ்ச்சியின் முதல் பாகம் ரெகார்ட் செய்திருந்தாலோ அல்லது அதற்கான சுட்டி :-) இணையத்தில் பார்த்திருந்தாலோ இங்கு தெரிவிக்குமாறு கேட்டுக்கொள்ளப்படுகிறது

Sureshs65

2nd June 2010, 07:08 AM

As usual, a lovely blog post by Vicky. The interesting part of this post is that it is a video blog!!! Vicky explains all the nuances himself in his own voice. Check out:

http://raagadevan.blogspot.com

raagas

2nd June 2010, 11:20 AM

oh suresh, u already posted it :-) i didnt see this & posted it in News Thread i think.

Sureshs65

2nd June 2010, 04:41 PM

raagas,

No worries. For such links, more the merrier :)

tvsankar

3rd June 2010, 12:10 AM

http://mannairvs.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post_02.html

AravindMano

23rd June 2010, 12:31 PM

Searching for 'Paasa Valai' songs. If someone has a link, please pass it on. Thanks in advance.

kingvj

23rd June 2010, 10:52 PM

Searching for 'Paasa Valai' songs. If someone has a link, please pass it on. Thanks in advance.

Are you referring to Kamal-K Viswanath's telugu dubbed movie? It had music by Keeravani.

AravindMano

24th June 2010, 12:44 PM

kingvj - Ahh, my bad. Still, err, if someone has the links please PM me :P

Sureshs65

26th June 2010, 11:56 PM

Here is some BGM of PazhassiRaja. Amazing to say the least.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3q11Hg5k2I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72XNMimHVeI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T_h-tacIus&feature=channel

All of them loaded by a person called 'RaajaGeetham'. What fantastic works. Got this thanks to friends on twitter (the_tweedy) who retweeted this.

raja_fan

27th June 2010, 08:03 PM

Pazhassi Raja DVD is already out from Moser Baer. Costs 125 Rs.
A visual and sound/music treat !!

The end credits is much similar with Azhagi title credits.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

27th June 2010, 10:22 PM

http://www.youtube.com/user/yowan1977#g/u

nice compilations..

Sample list :-

Ilayaraja Vs Deep Forest
Ilayaraja Vs Michael Cretu
Ilayaraja Vs Robert Miles
Ilayaraja And Beethoven
Ilayaraja Vs Titanic
Ilayaraja Vs AR Rahman
Ilayaraja Vs James Horner
Ilayaraja Vs Arabic classical
Ilayaraja Vs Enigma
Ilayaraja Vs mozart
Ilayaraja Vs spanish guitar
Ilayaraja Vs Kenny g
ILayaraja Vs Hey ram
Ilayaraja Hypnotic BGM Mix

app_engine

6th July 2010, 08:46 PM

ஒரே முத்தம் படத்தின் "பாவையர்கள் மான் போலே" பாடல் பதிவு செய்வதன் ஒலிப்பதிவு (http://radiospathy.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html)

Sureshs65

7th July 2010, 08:31 PM

app,

Thanks a lot for the link. Very interesting to hear the rehearsal. Very nice song as well. A lot of North Indian touch to this song.

app_engine

12th July 2010, 08:53 PM

Nice blog post featuring some IR stunners (http://raviaditya.blogspot.com/2010/07/king-of-musical-stunners.html)

app_engine

12th July 2010, 09:00 PM

Shiva BGMs in this blog post (http://radiospathy.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post_12.html)

Sureshs65

12th July 2010, 11:19 PM

Thanks for the links app_eng. Need to go through them in detail. It is good to see how many people Raja has inspired to write.

tvsankar

13th July 2010, 01:06 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ_FgnCidxQ

tvsankar

13th July 2010, 01:26 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOgHjbNOg4U

app_engine

15th July 2010, 10:53 PM

Some evergreens sung by Jency (http://balhanuman.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%A E%BF-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8A%E0%A E%B0%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%95/)

Sureshs65

18th July 2010, 02:52 AM

A nice article by Raj about the song from 'PonMegalai' , "aadum padam", based on Latangi and sung by Sudha Raghunathan. A nice song and a nice explanation of details relating to dancing in this blog.

http://rajamanjari.blogspot.com/2010/07/natana-raaja-ii.html

app_engine

20th July 2010, 09:19 PM

a blog that plays 30 nice numbers (http://majeedhse.blogspot.com/2010/07/ilayarajas-evergreen-hits-tamilwire.html)

app_engine

29th July 2010, 09:26 PM

Some more IR stunners (http://raviaditya.blogspot.com/2010/07/king-of-musical-stunners-2.html)

One interesting observation for 'engengO sellum' in this blog post :

பாடலின் காட்சியில் 56 வயது யுவனும் 26 வயது யுவதியும் தோன்றுகிறார்கள்.Real stunner!

:lol:
I was earlier thinking that this song should have been for Sridevi + lover who also acted in PKB. Sometime back, youtube proved otherwise - that Sivaji provided unintentional comedy on-screen for this gem of a song:-(

Sureshs65

1st August 2010, 01:09 AM

Nice clip of Raja's guitarist Sadanandan appearing in Airtel Super Singer, playing some lovely tunes and talking about Raja.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRR3a_FPFY

tvsankar

1st August 2010, 05:52 PM

Suresh,
Patoda youtube dhan iruku. Sada Sir youtube link pl.......

app_engine

10th August 2010, 01:38 AM

five nice songs (http://radiospathy.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post.html)

புதிய பூவிது பூத்தது - தென்றலே என்னைத்தொடு

இந்த பாட்டில் இன்னொரு சுவாரசியமான விஷயம். இந்த பாடலில் வயலின்கள் போல் ஒலிக்கும் இசை உற்றுக் கேட்டால் தெரியும் அது வயலின் இல்லை என்று. ராஜா நோட்ஸ் எழுதி ஒலிப்பதிவிற்கு செல்லும் போது தான் தெரிந்தது வயலின் கலைஞர்கள் எல்லோரும் மும்பை சென்றுவிட்டார்கள், ஹிந்தி படத்திற்கு வாசிப்பதற்காக. ராஜாவோ இயக்குனர் ஸ்ரீதருக்கு வாக்கு கொடுத்துவிட்டார், பாடலை அன்றே முடித்து தருவது என்று. ராஜா உடனே சென்னையில் உள்ள மாண்டலின் கலைஞர்கள் அனைவரையும் கூப்பிட்டு இந்த பாடலை பதிவு செய்தார். வயலினுக்கு எழுதிய நோட்ஸை மாண்டலினிலும் எளிதாக வாசிக்க்கலாமாம்.

Is it?

jaiganes

16th August 2010, 11:53 PM

Wonderful BGM.
on the loop for the best part of this morning..

Goose flesh inducing music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWYaXI129E

watch out for the mellow variation of the theme when a small boy enters the scene. Subtlety and grandeur mixed in equal proportions - thy name is raaja.

BTW I did not find Raaja's speech in NBW (Nothing but wind - not non bailable warrant) function out of place or odd. Typical IR speech - the degradation of rasanais is there very much to see.

sureshmehcnit

20th August 2010, 07:13 PM

A Counterpoint in Thalabhadhi BGM

http://www.backgroundscore.com/2010/08/counterpoint.html

Sureshs65

22nd August 2010, 12:44 AM

Saw the program called 'Hariyudan Naan' on Jaya TV today. Quite a few Raja songs sung today. This episode was Onam special and one beautiful girl sang 'Thumbi Vaa'. Sarath, who is one of the judges, remarked, "I don't think any song has been such a massive hit as this song in Kerala. Janaki has sung this wonderfully. You don't know whether you should follow the tune or the orchestration. Illayaraja is known as 'Isai Gnani'. I think he should be called 'Isai Raja Maha Gnani' " One guy sang 'pitchai pathiram' decently and was overcome by emotion and couldn't complete the song.

Sureshs65

22nd August 2010, 01:00 AM

Two wonderful dance numbers: A Malayalam one and a Telugu one.

http://rajamanjari.blogspot.com/

Sureshs65

22nd August 2010, 10:57 AM

[tscii:249752a224]You learn something new every day!!! One of my classmates from Osmania Univ, a Telugu person, is a major Raja fan it seems and I didn't know that till around yesterday!!! Here is what he wrote about his experience with Raja's music:

"That reminds me of another incident in our college days. Actually I was crazy about Ilayaraja's music (once my friend took me to his recording in Chennai, I was simply thrilled). As there are not much Ilayaraja's songs in telugu at that time, I used to tune to tamil songs on radio; with great difficulty I used to catch some stations such as radio Ceylon.There is this Yesudas solo in tamil with Ilayaraja's music which I liked so much that I requested Natarajan and Kumaravelu to write in English and I practiced it for a day or two and I gave a live performance to my dearest audience Natarajan and Kumaravelu. It was in evening twilight, fading light falling through those large windows of hostel room, both my friends were sitting face to face with a study table in between them, little nervous and shakily I started and sang that beautiful song `Eeramana Rojavae, Ennai Paarthu Moodathae ……."

The impact that Raja made !!!![/tscii:249752a224]