Also, here's an old KH interview that I chanced upon...
http://www.screenindia.com/old/feb04/cover.htm
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Also, here's an old KH interview that I chanced upon...
http://www.screenindia.com/old/feb04/cover.htm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shank
Typical of Raja :-)Quote:
How have you succeeded in getting such fabulous results out of Ilayaraja?
It’s not only because of our longstanding association. I’ve worked extensively with other composers as well. This man is on his own trip. He’s a colossal talent. He saw the rushes of the film and decided what he wanted to do.
உனை நானே அழைத்தேனே
உயிர் நீதான் இளமானே
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00091&lang=en
ஓல குடிசையில பழஞ்சேலையில்
ஊஞ்சல் ஆடும் குயிலுக்குஞ்சு
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00445&lang=en
Ola kudisailey is good one. complete raining effect will be there.
Suresh & others,
I know the background... the whole payment issue between KH & LS and how IR was roped in. I also know that LS composed songs and they were picturised. And that KH decided to scrap the LS songs bcoz of copyright issues or whatever and asked IR to start afresh. I read that interview long back, during the time before Hey Ram's release and that interview got me excited about the music back then. I was excited about KH roping in LS and then i read about the problem and IR's entry. I agree till here. But my question is, which songs were those that were composed looking at the lipsync? There were hardly any songs that had lipsync firstly.
Vaishnava Janatho (short song) & Chahe Pandit ho are the two songs that have complete lipsync. The Marathi Lavni has few lipsync shots and few montage shots.
If you look at Chahe Pandit Ho song, it is a energy packed song, fast paced number. Now, if LS had composed a song for that situation and KH,SRK had already shot that song, Then Composing a new song reading their lip sync and expression (according to the lyrics) is something unimaginable. And it is too far fetched. The composer needs to have same metre and same aalaap at places that would match the actor's aalaap expression (try the word "Sun Zaraa" that comes in the song). And the actors are dancing there. Thats impossible guys! The song looks like any normal song - composed first and picturised later. Because, there are no long shots to cover up some technical issues etc. All are close-ups. You can see actor's lipsync in each and every line of the song. I request you all to watch the song once and try imagining if such a feat is actually possible. I somehow dont buy it.Logically speaking, it doesnt seem possible.
Secondly, I agree if the number of lipsynced songs are more and repicturisation gets difficult. If the only song was "Chahe Pandit Ho", i dont think it would have been a big deal to re-shoot the song for freshly composed tune. Afterall, the whole song was shot in a set.
I suspect it could be the Marathi Lavni song that has partial lipsync and partial montage shots (that could have been used to overcome the hurdle)
raagas,
Only KH or IR or someone who has worked closely in the film can clear this mystery. As to which was an already picturised song for a LS tune for which Raja retuned. Till then we can only speculate :)
While I guess KH and LS must have broken off the relationship after this, the relationship between LS and Raja seems to be quite strong. Read an article recently which said that LS introduced Raja to someone saying that Raja is a genius.
Yes Suresh, It all seems bit weird. Come to think of it, if IR really composed new tunes looking at lip-sync, he would have ended up with Guinness Book. I guess when KH was saying "already picturised songs", he meant the songs that were not lip-synced.
And yes, both LS and IR have mutual admiration for each other. IR admired not only LS, but his brothers L.Shankar and Late L.Vaidyanathan (who passed away few months ago and IR visited the family to express condolences) too. IR worked with LV infact (under G.K.Venkatesh). I dont know if IR worked with LS anytime. On the other hand, ARR did work with LS.
Shank,
'naan irukkum' is superb. Vintage Raja. Fantastic tune. I can't think of any other MD even dreaming this!!!
I have heard the terrific 'Nizhal Tendum Nanjangal' songs earlier based on a reco here. What a groovy guitar and sax in 'pookal sindhungal' !!
He in fact pointed to Raja and told that "God of Music" is here in that function.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
I heard/read somewhere that, IR got confirmation from KH that, LS compositions should not be released in any format to avoid comparison. Only KH & IR knows the differenceQuote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65