The prelude to Oruvan mudhalali was so popular that Sun TV used it regularly for Kungumam issue ads :D
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The prelude to Oruvan mudhalali was so popular that Sun TV used it regularly for Kungumam issue ads :D
Songs were huge successful and they advertised like "First RK+ARR combination" :cool:
BTW one belated write-up
Pacha killi of Karuthamma is one of worst songs of ARR. I can list the worst songs of ARR and Eachambalam, a pavithra song will place top position
Muthu - first super league album of Rahman 8-)
When Muthu audio was about to be released, we were so excited to see what will be the outcome........cos on one side, we had Rajinkanth and his fans, who have a great ear for conventional songs/ formula songs......and on the other side, we have ARRahman who was hell bent of breaking norms and formulas.......so to be frank we were really scared about the outcome........ :D .....but wat came out was Muthu and rest is history.....
Interesting incidents :
1. When i went to devi paradise for watching this movie, there were a group of college fans taking "arrathhi" for rajini poster........me, a small boy, went directly to them and told - appadiye ARRahmanukkum oru arrathhi yedungalaen.......2-3 guys in the group were like :evil: , move out before we break ur neck..... :shaking: ....then one guy told, dei machaan chinna payyan aasa paduraan, yaen keduppane and they gave the arrathhi plate to me and i took arrathhi for ARR's photo there :rotfl: .....it was one of the best moments of my life.....
2. when the audio released, i was on a school picnic to mahabalipuram............i had 100 rs with me for the entire 1 day trip........me and my frnds had "kothhu barotta" from the nearby shop and i paid for all those idiots, which left me with 40rs........then i saw muthu released poster in the cassette shop , but found out the cassette was 45rs........i couldnt buy the cassette and i was so upset that i couldnt buy it that day........i didnt talk to that group of frnds for the entire return journey.... :rotfl: .........(didnt even have the patience to ask for 5 rs loan from someone :oops: )
Listen it here - http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/movie/T0000106.html
songs listing in my order of preference:
Kuluvalile: wats Udit narayan doing in a rajini movie song??? that was my initial reaction.......but didnt his voice fit thalaivar??? :D wow.....i thot he was a natural rajini playbacker 8-) ........his voice was the biggest asset in the song.......just listen to the pallavi that comes after 1st charanam - "love love yea yea aaee"....amazing..... sorry guys, we havent seen a talent of this caliber since SPB and yesudas :oops: ......and the malayalam-pop fusion just elevates this song.....one of the classiest Rajini duets (except for katchi, thittam - political lyrics :banghead:)
Oruvan Oruvan: it mite not be the best rajini intro song ever but the most grand of starts.....this prelude even beats "rakkamma kayya thattu" prelude hands down....the arrangement was so majestic that it left ppl.'s mouths open....... :D ...........then the song somewhat slows down in pace and rythm but the feel of a rajini song with momentum was still there/......
Kokku saiva kokku: a very underrated song which was a sound engineering marvel with all hen,peacock,parrots,sparrows sounds in it :lol: ........the base beats accompanied with jaalra "cling" came in countless songs thereafter........a trend setter 8-)
Thillana : YO! this is called "rythm" dude.......the song had amazing rythm pattern, zig zagging ur senses on a roller coaster ride.......the jungle beats were so catchy and it just stays throughout the song.......it was later copied exactly in bollywood called "dewaana deewana" wth ajay devgan....... :lol:
Muthu was a very crucial album for ARR in the sense, a normal-talented, weak hearted youngster wud have been crushed under the mass of rajini and his fans.....but heres ARR, the man whose music is gonna stay for 1000 yrs, took it effortlessly and gave a real unique Rajini album and thaliavar also okaying such a different sound to his album...... :clap:
still many rajini fans dont like muthu as they feel it was pretty westernised and Rahmanish than thalaivar;s album :oops: .....i think ARR failed to satisfy rajini fans here but more than made it up in padayappa
but he more than satisfied this Japanese Rajinikanth fan: :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140399/#comment :clap:
Awesome pick! My favorite Rajini - ARR album... :clap:
* I like the titles themselves, the BGM played when they show all those characters in cartoon-paintings!
* Best intro song ever for Rajini!
* My favorite is Kokku Saiva Kokku... There'll be an interlude that completely mesmerizes me!
* Kuluvalile, very different for Rajini and soooo classy in those beats!
* Vidukathayae, absolute pathos song that blended sooo well with the script, and brought tears to the audience as the scene moved!
* Thillana Thillana, song of the masses at that time... Superhit!
* Overall, it was puzzling for a lot of ppl when ARR was signed for the movie, but then he showed his amazing style of music to convert what would have been a normal masala-family kinda village story into a classy one with an absolute western flavor! The BGM for all the stunt sequences were amazing! It is still soooooooo fresh in my mind, how many times me and my friends used to listen to this album every day!
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Again, Rajini fans are all not alike, but have diff tastes and favorites when it comes to music... So I dont think stereotyping all Rajini fans as liking or disliking an album is a good idea! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
MADDY :lol:
maddy ur avatar is :thumbsup:
Good Pick :thumbsup:
This is the order for me:
*Kuluvalile
*Vidaugadhaya
*Thillana Thillana
* Oruvan Oruvan
* Kokku Saiva Kokku..
I hate the song Kokku Saiva ... Apart from that a very good album!
Kuluvalile superb beats 8-) (Remember this movie was released around 12 years back)
Thilana Thilana also...
A different Rajini album...
did i say "all"......i said "many" :DQuote:
Originally Posted by m_23_bayarea
bay, FYI , me too a thalaivar fan........its just that his fans (many not all :lol: ) couldnt understand his penchant for unique sounds..... :oops:
btw, did u read that IMDB comment??? she credits music as the main reason for liking the movie.... :clap:
Gr8 post,maddy....Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
I was studying 9th std at Nagercoil when the audio got released. I had booked my cassette 3 days b4 the release date. I remember going to the same shop umpteen times to check whether the cassettes had come. finally i got my copy at 5 in the evening.. Still Muthu is one of my fav Rajni albums..
No problem! :PQuote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
Yes, I did read that comment! And it really makes sense... The music played a BIG part in the movie's success! The album was a craze in 1995 - 96! :thumbsup: