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Rasayya, Thumbur, Krish - Well said. Some of the best and biggest albums of Raaja came from worst performing movies. That's the reality and how movie industry works. Raaja always quotes this phrase "Anything can happen in Cinema". Look at ace director Sridhar's "Ninaivellam Nithya" with poorly choreographed songs. The songs in NN is Gold standard for film music. Unfortunately the super-hit songs couldn't lift the box office collections. Later, Director Sridhar stuck gold with his mediocre movie "Thendrale Ennai Thodu" with a brilliant song album. The movie ran for more than a year in Salem and Coimbatore.
Bharathiraaja suffered with his flop "Nizhalgal" but the album had Platinum jubilee with Gold standard composition. Many such super albums came from box office disasters - Pattakathi Bhairavan, Solla Thudikuthu Manasu, Gramathu Athiyayam, many Vijaykanth films, Vikram, just to name a few from his cache of more than 1000 film albums. We all know hundreds of films which ran just for His songs. The current reality is that movies should have 100% superior script, story line, acting and novelty to even run for 30 days. There are no more 50 days run, except for few good story lines. I feel blessed to keep hearing Raaja's songs w/o knowing which movie it appeared 'cause the tunes still reverberate after all these years. Everything else is noise. I would like to see Raaja's background scores being performed in a live stage with full orchestration. The cancelled show at Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall was the first such experiment to showcase his background score. John Williams has done few performances of his scores in US and UK.
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Another new Tamil movie starring Arya directed by Manja Pai director:
http://tamil.webdunia.com/article/ta...1200050_1.html
thanks,
Krishnan
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Looks like Balki had special preview of songs of Ki and Ka. This reporter is highly impressed with the songs, especially the one composed by IR. Song is "Fool Ishq".
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movi...e/view/id/9750
thanks,
Krishnan
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Anyone going for Ilayaraaja aayiram show on Feb 27th at YMCA grounds???
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krish244
Looks like Raja sir composed only one song + bgm in this movie and I wonder why? No doubt Raja sir did an awesome song in Balki's earlier movies.
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Gautam Menon talks to Raja Sir at Mahabalipuram, (ilayaraja 1000 logo release).. there is a second part to this, I will post it once it is uploaded. Perfect PR approach, Raja sir is humble, funny and spontaneous. I like these type of interviews. Must listen, lots of known and unknown information in this.
http://www.hotstar.com/tv/ilaiyaraaj...aja/1000085389
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Rajaramsgi,
Tuned in to Vijay TV around that time and to my surprise this program was playing.
Had probably commenced a few minutes ago I understand.
The second portion was shot in his prasad Deluxe recirding studio. He showed and explained the locations of the various musicians during1973 when he was assisting GKV.
When asked about other languages and how he dwelves into their nativity with ease, he gives a good reply.
Sings "Jotheyalli" the classic hit for shankarnag and from the movie Geetha, awesome two lines just with his harmonium keys. My day was made. Couldn't ask for more.
I am going to watch this again with the back up TV versions when it is made available.
I loved every bit of the interview.
Noticed GVM never took his eyes off Raja even for a second or any distraction? Same I notice Kamal doing this gesture in london press meet lyca mobile show. Shows how much they are passionate and the depth of reverence they have against this simple man.
Nicely done and executed by Vijay TV and GVM did a matured job at anchoring.
Guys dont miss at any cost.
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Rasayya
Nicely done and executed by Vijay TV and GVM did a matured job at anchoring.
Guys dont miss at any cost.
Thanks Rasayya.
here is the second part:
http://www.hotstar.com/tv/ilaiyaraaj...end/1000085476
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Kal rahe naa rahe (Khilte Hain Gul Yahan from Sharmeelee)... there are 2 versions, one by Kishore kumar and another by Lata Manageshkar. Raja Sir reminded me today of one of my childhood favorite and our good old kootu kudumba times......We used to have a record player at home and my uncles use to buy hindi and tamil records until the early 80s, I remember listening to Sharmeelee, Aradhana, Hum Kisise Hum Nahin etc..
Raja sir says: SD burman uses 3 phrases to repeat again and again in this song and increases Raja sir's curiosity without knowing what is going to come next. I guess you too love this one. By the way, sorry for posting a hindi song here. If it is good for Raja sir, then it is good for super duper good for us too :-) Just thought of sharing what amazed our man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBgKPyi1aXA (Kishore Kumar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1NBhfsC4Sw (Lata Magaeshkar)
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Watched Vijay TV rAjA - GVM show on both the days and felt there were
not many things an IR fan inhabiting these parts of the web
did not know.
A safe, sincere interview by GVM that made IR comfortable to open up , was evident.
Few tid bits were fascinating for me, like
1. IR improvising Kaapi raagam in Hindustani flavor during "thumbi vaa"
2. IR singing with references to the Hindi original of "rAdhaiyin nenjamE" and
how S.D.B got inspired by another "Abheri" based older song from another
movie. Now, I need to look for this one too.
3. Praising S.J for "rAsAvE .."
4. How a tragicomedy was averted after IR decided against directing
Rajini in "rAjAthi rAjA"
5. S.V.Venkatraman on a 'ottagam' , composing 'engu maRaindhAyO' of
M.S.S's Meera
6. How he deliberately puts himself in other MD's shoes and
decides NOT to compose bgm like them and come up each time with
his own creativity.
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Balki's Ki & Ka songs
Balki has three composers for his upcoming Hindi release "Ki & Ka". Which are the songs composed by Maestro? I can recognize Maestro's by the Guitar rendition for two songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4izWKO98LKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9neoxsRD4
The "High Heels" by Honey Singh is a mediocre beat and typical Bollywood dance tune. Nothing unusual here.
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Rajsekar, I am not sure if these are songs from Ki and Ka movie. As per below trailer, the music composers are Ilaiyaraaja, Meet Brothers and Mithoon. IR has composed one song (Fool Ishq) and doing the BGM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2fxtycjf_I
Below trailer/poster slides has music by IR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MprEdJL30s
thanks,
Krishnan
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Audio of "Game" (Kannada) is out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEw_ly_mMmE
Heard only the first song so far...it is good.
thanks,
Krishnan
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it is too early to say if I like Game songs or not. (at least I don't feel like I want to hear the songs one more time right away)
ondhu manjina bindhu by Ramya NSK? it is so annoying to find her singing in the same style (oru madhiri konji konjittu) soooo monotonous.
I am still curious to find out why Raja sir agreed to work in only one song+bgm for Ki & Ka. He did something similar with Lajja for which he composed Lata mangeshkar's Kaun Dagar (everyone spoke so much of this but I never understood and appreciated Raja sir + Lata's efforts) and Lajja's bgm, its theme music was well appreciated in those days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeERcZt1LMw
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For Lajja, Raj Kumar Santoshi approached IR at a later stage only for BGM. Not sure why IR agreed, probably the woman-centric theme appealed to him. On the director's request, he composed "Kaun Dagar" song. The song was not great, but decent, especially charanam portion. The BGM of this movie had really nice bits (and appreciated by press; I remember one online review mentioned it as "truly hollywood style BGM" for a hindi movie) and the style/sound was different from what he composed for Hey Ram. Both used Hungary symphony orchestra. Yes, many of my friends also liked theme music of Lajja.
For Ki and Ka, as per the online reports, it was T-series (they are music producers of Ki and Ka) who brought in multiple composers. Balki also agreed. It is all market driven.
http://www.indiawest.com/entertainme...c6e5467fc.html
"...He has told a Mumbai tabloid tersely: “Ilayaraja is the music director of the film. He has done the main song and is also doing the music of the film.”
thanks,
Krishnan
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Agreed about market conditions and the forces controlling.
As it goes " Kazhudaikku theriyuma karpoora vaasanai"
Spell it the way gounder would enact.........thats it.
Summa marketing perla kuppaya kotturome..
All this will change very soon.
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Song from "Love and Love only" (English) movie released on iTunes and Google Play. Sample available below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKn98YeYPq8
Song sounds good. Want to hear the whole song.
Official web page (available in FLAC and mp3):
http://www.loveandloveonly.movie/
thanks,
Krishnan
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You can also listen to the song here....
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ilaiyaraaja139
A good poppish song with catchy tune, nice drums and guitar. IR has kept it as a english pop melody format, so variations/variety in terms of tune/orchestration is short.
thanks,
Krishnan
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This is the link to the song composed by IR....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrZkrUI6pk4
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krish244
Thanks Krishnan..
அதே பக்கத்தில், ஒரு குவிஸ்.. ஜுஜுபி.... யாருகிட்ட? இதெல்லாம் சின்ன புள்ளங்க கிட்ட கேக்கணும்,
ஒவ்வொரு கேள்வியிலும் வரும் இசை 4 நொடிகள் மட்டுமே வந்திருந்தால் சற்று யோசித்திருப்போமோ?
Ilayaraja Quiz
Quiz Completed
You got 15 of 15 questions correct
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Sivasub, thanks for the link.
Fool ishq song is a catchy tune with peppy orchestration which should suit the situation. With just one song,I feel it is not as special as most of the songs in balki's previous albums.
thanks,
Krishnan
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Did you anyone attend Raja sir function today? info/news please....
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No updates from the ones who attended.
I am sure atleast few of the hubbers made it to the event.
Where is SKV and other seasoned campers.
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This is not the actual function link.. but it contains the programs air'ed on the 27th and 28th Feb by Vijay TV that are part of the Ilayaraja Aayiram series. இதை வெச்சு இன்னும் எதனை நாள் விஜய் டிவி ஓட்ட போறாங்கன்னு பாப்போம்.
http://www.hotstar.com/tv/ilaiyaraaja-aayiram/7361
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Pratap Pothen has come out harshly against the organizers of the function, Vijay TV for the late start of the function. Why can't these TV channel functions start on time? The function which is in honor of a person who is 100% stickler to time should start exactly at 6 PM, which was the announced time. I am waiting to watch the recorded version in Hotstar site. I am not sure who chose the songs for the function, Gautam or someone else.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/t...w/51187520.cms
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I heard that IR and Kamal surprised everyone by presenting a single track from the shelved film Marudhanayakam last night at the IR1000 event??
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krish244
You can also listen to the song here....
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ilaiyaraaja139
A good poppish song with catchy tune, nice drums and guitar. IR has kept it as a english pop melody format, so variations/variety in terms of tune/orchestration is short.
thanks,
Krishnan
Thanks a lot Krish. Yes, it is not earth shattering ; but very smooth and pleasant. May even sound like a common place pop song. so what? I have no qualms .
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About IR's 1000 movie felicitation show:
http://www.thehindu.com/features/met...cle8296032.ece
thanks,
Krishnan
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krish244
Thank you krishnan.
Regarding pissed off Pratap Pothen kind of people, I can understand. Whether the event went for 6 hours or 16 hours, a meticulously planned and well entertaining event would have enthralled everyone who went there for Raja sir.
Pratap is very lucky, He always got the best as a director or actor from Raja sir. I still enjoy the songs from My Dear Marthaandan.
Looking forward to the telecast, not sure when they have planned to do this.
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Marudhanayagam Exclusive Song | Kamal Haasan | Ilaiyaraaja Official
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6H27gxLk_w
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IR இசையில் ‘காக்கா முட்டை‘ இயக்குனரின் குற்றமே தண்டனை...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcrlnM2UAAEVv7u.jpg:large
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Ilaiyaraaja 1000 Trailer
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IR music for ராஜதந்திரம்-2
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LInk to the first 6 mins of the film Raja Thanthiram 2
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Loved the guitar riff at the end of the video, based on "Raja Kaiya Vachcha"