Surprised with the price of Ajantha CD. It is only Rs. 33 including Rs. 5 discount coupon for movie. Thus, its actual price is Rs. 28 only.
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Surprised with the price of Ajantha CD. It is only Rs. 33 including Rs. 5 discount coupon for movie. Thus, its actual price is Rs. 28 only.
About Jayarams' movie..
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/m...cle/30358.html
Looks like lot of scope for IR in this movie :)
sanjeevi - where did you buy Ajanta CD ?
mm..Atleast now ,we should buy original CDs ..Good move by the producer ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
To be honest for a movie with average actors ,IR and 5Rs/- discount are the only ways to bring in some crowd (Tell me ..whoever saw Konji pesalam should be an IR fan :) )
After listening to the samples, this album looks like will have couple of nice melodies with Raja's touch, will buy the album and see.
Also there are couple of songs, one starts like 'kaiyil keyboard' and another female song which sound bad to me atleast.
For the last three days, I could see Vinoda Yatra songs repeatedly in Malayalam channels..Songs are sure hit !
But how about the movie ?
For the last three days, I could see Vinoda Yatra songs repeatedly in Malayalam channels..Songs are sure hit !
But how about the movie ?
Sify's review of Vinodayathra:
http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/rev...tid=5&cid=2428
"Ilayaraja has come out with some nice tunes"
I saw the interview of Sathyan Anthikkad in Asianet. He was mentioning why he goes to Raja for all his ventures. He also said Raja & Cheran after watching the movie, were all praise for the location and asking where it was. Its apparently some village near Palakkad.
Enge Irundhai has nice piano (or piano sounding synth sound) usage in the prelude. The second version has even nicer accompanying strings section (a little unlike IR). Great prelude for the song "Vandhadhu yaar" and the pallavi itself has a melodious tune. The way the piano + strings section has been used for "thoorigai indri" is nice, but I did not expect a high pitched pallavi. The prelude for "yaarum thodadha" is different and nice as well.
In the above songs, something more refreshing and new to expect from IR. I am looking forward to hear the full version of the above songs in this movie.
thanks,
Krishnan
what a blissful album after so many days. A completely satisfying one. will pour in more thoughts after more listenings.
rajasaranam - pls give us the link for buying the audio online
Rajasaranam and others,
I'm sorry but i'm a bit lost here. Which album are you talking about? Can you pl provide the links for the samples?
Ajanta and the samples are available at www.raaja.comQuote:
Originally Posted by thinkfloyd
Thanks! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJudge
I though of writing a decent review before presenting this to fellow Raaja Fans.
As my days are getting busy Iam not able to do that hence here is my present for you all
http://rapidshare.com/files/25559684/Ajanthaa.rar.html
BTW Raajavin isaikku entha vimarasanamum thevai illai mukkiyamai intha padathirkku.
"ithuVarai Ajantha endraal Kaalathaal azhiyaatha Oviyum INI Ajantha Endraal Kaalathal Azhiyaatha Isai Kaaviyam"
Enjoy :)
IR and BR joining hands..
http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/specia...ja_070412.html
IR and BR joining hands..
http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/specia...ja_070412.html
On the above news of possible BR-IR combo:
It could also be because recently BR-VM have strained relations...in Kumudam Q&A VM has explained the reason...there could be more to that...(like VM-mu.kA v/s BR-AIADMK affections, VM skipping Manoj's marriage function & BR not appreciating the gift etc. while IR was kind of doing the thAi mAman role in the marriage)
BTW, BR had VM for the first time in nizhalgaL. He had five superb films prior to that with songs as good as (in some cases even better than) his post-nizhalgaL ventures that had more of VM...(nizhalgaL is the top IMHO and it had pon mAlaippozhudhu by VM, madai thiRandhu by VAli and poongathavE thAzh thiRavAi by GA...I'm not sure about the lyricist of `dhooraththil nAn kaNda un mugham'...if anything, VM's contribution to the success of nizhagaL i.e. as a music album can be accounted at the max 25%...and the movie was a flop)
BR should mentally come out of this "VM syndrome" (means throwing away IR in lieu of VM), which didn't do him much good. As this article points out, his only successful venture without IR is `kizhakku cheemaiyilE' which is a very low percentage considering the failures without him. There again who remembers KC songs today?
OTOH, while he had failures with Raja too (one that quickly comes to mind is vAlibamE vA vA whose music as well as the movie sunk without a trace), they were fewer compared to the successes. And the successes weren't some average grossers but really colossal ones and some were even remarkable trend-setters in TF & TFM!
Yes you are correct on the success %, as well as the last movie they worked together had great songs..So for pure VM relationship BR broke with IR which was stupid..Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
It's not like IR-RVU, i think the last movie they worked together was a junk movie and the movie was a disaster too..so he moved out of IR
Read IR interview in Kumudam
He said
"Kutraparambarai BR-vudaiya latchiyapadaippu. Oru latchiyapadaippuku naan thunai nirpathil aatchepanai illai"
IR-ku innum BR mela gopam mutrilum kuraiyavillai enbathu ithilirunthu therikirathu. Mella mella athu maraiya vendum. Appotham superb musical album kidaikum
Add Vedham pudhidhu and Karuththamma as successful non IR-BR films.
I am not sure that BR chose VM over IR. I guess BR had his own differences with IR. Otherwise he wouldnt have worked with IR in movies like Pudhu nellu pudhu naathu, en uyir thozhan, Nadodi Thendral etc. which came after the IR-VM split.
Which edition of Kumudam ? Latest ? I am not able to find IR's interview :(
Anyways..
They are too late ! That generation is gone and very less people will take them BR-IR seriously now..
Samsaaram adhu minsaram dialogue ninaivukku varugiradhu !
Nallaa irundha paanaiyai udaichaachu..inime ennatha ottinaalum ottaadhu..
Ilaiyaraajaavin pidivaadha gunathaal evvalavu izhappugal :(
Maniratnam
Rajini
Bharathiraja
Balachandar
Evvalavu izhappugal isaikku...Idhai payan padithi kondu evvalavu kuppaigal nuzhaindhu vittana :(
yes latest
today or tomorrow you can buy
>>I am not sure that BR chose VM over IR.<<
At least that was the reason cited at the time of `vEdham pudhidhu' (BTW this movie got some acclaims / awards etc. and had decent music by Devendran -though resembled IR a lot, `kaNNukkuL nooru nilavA' can easily be mistaken for an IR song- but not a big commercial success...may be did moderate business...)
After their apparent patch up with `en uyir thOzhan', why did they split again?...Does anyone know?...Was it because of VM's renewed career after the successful arrrival of ARR that made BR think like ...'Well, why should I go and beg this IR...He is soon going to be a spent force...I have my VM and can work with the new whiz-kid...'
Thanks rs, for the upload. Dont completely agree with you..But I like your earlier statement..the album is 'very satisfying'. In these days, when MDs are happy with composing a catchy pallavi it is good to be able to listen to the whole song..especially if you dont analyse or compare.
In general, most of us IR fans are beginning to think alike..I sort of agree with raja_fan on IR's probable intransigence and sanjeevi on the pent up anger part..Yesterday, I watched a movie with my 5yr old son, Meet the Robinson's ..this is about an orphaned boy searching for his mother..the message is let go off the past and 'Keep Moving Forward' (which turns out to be the logo of his successful corporation in future ..typical american style :-)) also abused in our neighborhood as 'mannippOm marappOm'..Still there is value in this..pent up bad feelings affect our performance..especially if you are an artist ..composer etc.
Anyways..what the heck is this 'rhythm programming' man ..sucks the genuineness out of good lyrics with this 'beats in a for loop' kind of perfect timing thingy..only us software engineers are programming with our head..why not these musicians play with their heart and soul for heavensake..
I wasn't able to get the files from rapidshare, rs...In any case, my strong feeling for Ajantha (regardless of how the songs are), any effort by IR is vizhalukku iRaiththa neer...I'd be too happy to be proven wrong...
I'd rather wait for 'pazhassi rAjA'...
I was not able to download from rapidshare.
please upload to sendspace
review from first listen
1.yengae irundhaai - FRESH tune (though has subtle shades of "thendral katrey, konjam nillu" from early 1990s and
VS Narasimhan's "nano kann paarthaen" from some 1985 movie)- KJY's voice sounds jaded though - lyrics appear to be relevant to the implied theme of the movie
2."thoorigai" - second interlude awesome!! flute dialogue classic IR - tune a bit odd in the charanam portion, but the strings going hand-in-hand with the vocals is the IR i been missing for long
3."yaarum thodaatha" - VINTAGE IR! Shreya is one of the rarest gifts to have entered the film industry - she rocks - the first interlude has very interesting short sax pieces - only the charanam part is a notch below the pallavi (in terms of the sheer beauty of the pallavi)- second interlude has AMAZING strings section, followed by a very different flute-violin dialogue - the trademark IR style strings + flute overrule the synth usage
4.sloka - it is more like a Bhajan bit - my pick of the album! for long, as a HCIRF, I have wondered how it would sound, if IR were to come up with an album with full-fledged Hindustani style music! this piece is a classic demonstration of how it would sound like - wonder who the singer is, the voice is great, but the pronounciation is a bit off - my wishlist's top item: IR does more numbers like this, exploring Hindustani classical stuff and get some
well-known, well-trained classical singer to sing the same - it is a pity that this piece is short - it had all the potential of blossoming into a treat like "jhoote naina bole" from Lekin
5.yengae irundhaai - second version - has more use of cello, viola than the first version and the rhythm is more subdued - but again, the tune's freshness is very heartening - second interlude has a very interesting twist on strings! irritants: the synth-based weird 'noises' that IR seems to have picked up from "Mayakkanadi" compositions
6."kaiyyil oru" - listen-and-forget-it - apaswaram - sticks out like an ugly thumb - but it might become popular, given the kind of music that sells
7."yengae irundhai" - just as i was wondering how come IR hasnt sang the signature song of the movie, here it is - same interludes as song no.1, and IR's singing matches KJY's in its sheer AGE!
8."idho" - pallavi sucks bigtime! IR trying to be Yuvan and its like Sachin trying to play the hook/pull shot like Ganguly! but hey, the first interlude has the long-forgotten
IR low-bass flute (recall 'aasaya kaathhula') - and then with the first charanam the tune morphs into a sweet flowing melody, a different tune! perhaps its for some stage music/ dance competition kinda situation
9."vandhadhu yaar" - the prepallavi has shades of Shankar Ganesh's "oru kadhal devadhai nerinil vandhaal" from some late 1980s movie! the main song's interludes are ditto as song no.2, but the tune isnt as good as I anticipated
10."podudaa" - goes straight to the garbage bin! even at the heights of his creative prowess during the 1980s, this would have merited exactly thus
Overall the interludes are more interesting/appealing, than the main tunes themselves, in all the songs!! cant explain why I feel so
but, the scores just do not match the anticipation the samples created, period!
irir123,
Agree with ur comments .Wish song 10 ,6 were not there ..
In all the songs as u have mentioned ,Raaja rules and jumps with his interludes !!!!
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irir,
thanks for a beautiful review, My pick of the album were
Enge irunthaai isaiye - Trio
Thoorigai indri
Vanthathu Yaar
Yaarum Thodatha Ondrai
Keerthanai
the mood swing between the three versions of the Enge irunthaai isaiye has been maintained well by tweaking the interludes and lyrics a bit here and there.
The 1st version is a happy version where someone who is awed by music is having a dialogue with it. In the same version the female joins in to glorify music in relation to religion. The 2nd jazzy interlude somehow infuses the bubbling happiness in the singer having found music and then suddenly transforms to reverence towards music.
The 2nd version interludes are completely different to keep up the mood of lost person and a female joining in the second stanza singing some nostalgic moments both of them had earlier.
the 3rd version sung by Raaja himself is a self glorifying song which
takes the lyrics from 1st version's first stanza and 2nd version's second stanza where in the lyrics completely imply the relationship of a composer to music.
thoorigai indri/Yaarum thodatha/vanthathu yaar have some vintage Raaja interludes which we are missing a lot. though kept short than his 80's lengthy mini symphonic interludes its good to hear such music and get solace that he is not completely lost :wink:
thoorigai indri some how reminds me of the Siru siru siragugalil from Konji Pesalam :?
Ilamai itho is a good composition too barring the pallavi. And exactly the same song 'Aaasaiya kaathula' came to my mind after listening to the first interlude... and the way it transforms into the 2nd stanza is amazing, a very beautiful soul stirring melody is waiting for us. May be Raaja conceived this song as a music flowing from junk to greater heights. 8-)
Overall This a very good album IMHO barring Kaiyil oru keyboardum and Podu Sakkai podu.
It was after Nadodi thendral - for which the story and songs were also written by Raaja along with composing music. But the movie flopped and BR didn't settle money to Raaja asking him also the share the loss. But Raaja As usual "natpu vera thozhil verannu'' sollitaar :(Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
VM-ARR kellam ithula sambandham illai cos BR made captain magal and some other movie in between with music of Margathmani aka MMkreem aka Keeravani (Ethaanai peruppa orutharkku :) )
nadodi thenral - story was by sujatha ...skillfully butchered by screenplay by Bharathi Raaja
Ilamai itho clearly reminds me "Pani Vizhum Iravu" song much than "Aasaiya kaathula thothuvittu" (only the beat)
I liked three songs equally - Yarku Yar entur, Yaarum Thodatha, Engirunthai isaiya. Next Thoorigai inri...
App_engine:
>>>"There again who remembers KC songs today?
A_E, you were talking about Kizhakku seemaiyile.
Even today it is played in the FM channels, especially aathankarai marame...
Also, coincidently my father who is slowly learning how to play music in MP3 player in computer was clicking in the "then kizhakku cheemai yile " song, and I remarkjed him to observe how closely it resembles " lesa lesa " song...
There is a huge world outside the big fat pot inside which many are riding horses...
Hope they peep outside once in a while.
According to me Kizhakku is still listenable and playing in Channels, but yet another BR+ARR combo film Karuthamma do not get the same status.
Happy Tamil New Year to all Music (IR) fans :)
I am just happy listening to the AWESOME fretless bass line being played in vandhadhu yaar..Sometimes I feel sorry for the musicians working for IR..they are as good as any world class musicians but totally unkown.But kudos to them for happily being an unknown entity in the shadow of the Maestro.
Mumbai Ramki,
The story of Nadodi thendral was by IR.
Atleast the titles of the movie say that !