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1st January 2010, 08:43 PM
Plum

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Originally Posted by Vivasaayi

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Originally Posted by MADDY

...maybe the larger design is for everyone to choose louu and bury our hate :D

:)

:-)
BTW, I ran into Madhavan in Hyderabad airport last month. He was all alone and casual like any other traveller.
1st January 2010, 10:42 PM
Sureshs65

Reminds me of the time I saw Rahman in Madras airport around the 1996/97 timeframe. I guess he was coming back from Singapore and the customs officials were falling over themselves to 'serve' him. As usual, he was his simple self.
2nd January 2010, 12:34 AM
ajithfederer

Maddy :)

Incidentally I have also seen ARR during my visit to India in 2007 at the Chennai airport 8-)
2nd January 2010, 05:23 AM
app_engine

I've recently read a few posts in Shaji's blog (related to IR's music / ARR's dad's music etc) thanks to links from the hub and other places. (I believe Jeyamohan helps him in Thamizh articles. Shaji is also supposedly an associate of JeMo's "arch rival" Charu).

However, this post is somewhat disappointing :
http://shajiwriter.blogspot.com/2009...ingers_31.html

Not because he talks about darling-darling. Please compare these two self-contradictory portions from this post :

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Originally Posted by Shaji

It is true that world over the critics of music have not taken Boney M seriously; but they have not made any negative comments about them either. But in India there is nowadays a trend of holier-than-thou criticism of Boney M.

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Originally Posted by Shaji

As I got acquainted with more and more classy Western music, I gradually realized that Boney M’s basic tunes were less creative and had the goal of addressing the lowest common denominator of the mass of music lovers.

I think it's time not to take this guy seriously anymore :-)
(This article has other factual errors like crediting 'one way ticket' to BoneyM, calling darling-darling as Priya's theme song etc.)
2nd January 2010, 04:17 PM
Sureshs65

SPB is running a Telugu singing contest in ETV. It is titled 'Paadutha Teeyaga'. He did it a few years back for ETV before shifting to Maa TV and doing 'Paadalani Undi'. He is now back in ETV. This happens at 9pm or 9:30pm on Monday. Last Monday was dedicated to Raja songs with Gangai Amaran as the judge. As usual the singers are not that great but Balu's comments and his insights into what makes Raja songs great is what makes this show so watchable. My friend, who is ambivalent about Raja, called me to say he enjoyed the insights that Balu provided. As usual, Gangai Amaran was charming and irritating in equal measure. The next Monday (4th Jan) continues with Raja songs. So those of you who have an ETV connection, watch the program.

The episode is not yet loaded on youtube. Instead watch an earlier episode, where K Vishwanath was the judge, and Balu and Vishwanath talk about 'Mounamelanoyi' from 'Sagara Sangamam'. When you listen to people like Balu explain the uniqueness of the song you understand how much more of Raja you do not know !!!

The link to watch Balu talking about the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqbGh...eature=related
3rd January 2010, 02:34 AM
buggle

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Originally Posted by MADDY

i just saw Ilayaraja sir at thiruvannamalai temple. i saw him within a foot's distance. People around me saluted him and he reciprocated warmly as he kept walking. I was too shocked to react, extraordinary xperience.

He was along with karthik raja, his daughtrinlaw, his 2 grandsons. He was particularly fond of his 2nd grandson :-) .

i envy u....did u see him in the girivalam path? or inside the temple? i was planning long time to go for girivalam on full moon day but not getting worked out.
3rd January 2010, 09:11 AM
MADDY

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Originally Posted by buggle

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Originally Posted by MADDY

i just saw Ilayaraja sir at thiruvannamalai temple. i saw him within a foot's distance. People around me saluted him and he reciprocated warmly as he kept walking. I was too shocked to react, extraordinary xperience.

He was along with karthik raja, his daughtrinlaw, his 2 grandsons. He was particularly fond of his 2nd grandson :-) .

i envy u....did u see him in the girivalam path? or inside the temple? i was planning long time to go for girivalam on full moon day but not getting worked out.

it was inside the temple....
4th January 2010, 01:01 AM
sivasub

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Originally Posted by Sureshs65

SPB is running a Telugu singing contest in ETV. It is titled 'Paadutha Teeyaga'. He did it a few years back for ETV before shifting to Maa TV and doing 'Paadalani Undi'. He is now back in ETV. This happens at 9pm or 9:30pm on Monday. Last Monday was dedicated to Raja songs with Gangai Amaran as the judge. As usual the singers are not that great but Balu's comments and his insights into what makes Raja songs great is what makes this show so watchable. My friend, who is ambivalent about Raja, called me to say he enjoyed the insights that Balu provided. As usual, Gangai Amaran was charming and irritating in equal measure. The next Monday (4th Jan) continues with Raja songs. So those of you who have an ETV connection, watch the program.

The episode is not yet loaded on youtube. Instead watch an earlier episode, where K Vishwanath was the judge, and Balu and Vishwanath talk about 'Mounamelanoyi' from 'Sagara Sangamam'. When you listen to people like Balu explain the uniqueness of the song you understand how much more of Raja you do not know !!!

The link to watch Balu talking about the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqbGh...eature=related

This is one of the GA episodes.. waiting for others to be loaded. One of the very good songs from Anthapuram.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYXAV6yG57A
4th January 2010, 10:59 AM
Sureshs65

Thanks sivasub. I was hoping the sx4 (Dileep) would load it and as expected he has. Can't thank that man enough for the number of amazing songs / clips that he loads in youtube. His specialty is Telugu Raja.
4th January 2010, 01:06 PM
par

As I am not a big fan of Ilaiyaraaja of recent years, I usually turn to his earlier songs. There are quite a lot of his songs that I listen to on repeat mode for hours. 'Sangathil paadaatha kavithai' is on the top of the list.

But, when I read this month's 'Uyirmmai', I was shocked to know that the pallavi of that song is a copy of a song (Istanbul, Not Constantinople) by a group called 'The Four Lads'. Anybody knows anything about this? Is there any truth in it? When I tried, I couldn't find that particular song on the net.

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