when IR himself is like an university-faculty combined, there is no need for him open a music university - just listening to his scores shd be a lesson for other composers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vysar
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when IR himself is like an university-faculty combined, there is no need for him open a music university - just listening to his scores shd be a lesson for other composers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vysar
IR was in the process of building the college, but lost significant money in the land dispute. I dont recall which one (JJ or MK) screwed him, but one of them definitely did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vysar
ARR is smart, probably well guided as well. He has his life planned out. Oscar is part of the plan that he executed well. IR is not. This is common in all careers. People who have plan, execute well and ARR is an example.
unneccessary.......it doesent matter what ARR does or doesent when talking abt IR......Quote:
Originally Posted by Vysar
quite true...Quote:
Originally Posted by irir123
untrue......oscars just happened on its own......thalaivar was abt to do "Whats your rashee" :lol2: instead of SDM but changed his mind at the last moment.........SDM didnt even have chance of getting released leave alone oscars......SDM's destiny was probably written.......but yes, ARR is very smart and savvy, guided by his mother and his own traumatic childhood experiences.........he is under tremendous "financial" pressure for running the music school but he should overcome that too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by njv
ஆதி உஷஸ் = வாயசைப்பு இல்லாத பாட்டு தானே? குருப்பு எழுதியதில் உணர்ச்சி 100% வரவில்லை என்றால் ஏன் தமிழில் அப்படியே (கிட்டத்தட்ட) மொழி பெயர்ப்பு செய்திருக்கிறார்கள்?
ராசா சொல்லும் குழப்பத்தின் உடைமை ஹரிஹரனேயொழிய குருப்பு இல்லை :-)
:shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by njv
If only life and Oscars were that simple!
Often the discussions turn to ARR. I dont know why.And if the idea is only to draw parallels (not just music, but even other aspects such as marketing albums or film selection), then why dont people quote Vidyasagar,Harris Jeyraj,Mohana Sithara etc etc.Strange that people always tend to compare IR and ARR and it turns into a debate.Why not other composers as well?And most of the times, the comparison itself is unnecessary!
My 2 cents!
True - SDM got into the oscars race simply because Fox searchlight bought it - so even while the film was being scored there was no way that Rahman would have known about Fox searchlight's interest in that movie. Unless one believes in things like Oracle and stove josiyam in Rahman's household. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
I too felt the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
The reason Raja might have been prompted to discuss this would have been some back talk in the industry circles that Raja took too long to compose Aadhi ushas (If at all such talk existed - which he cryptically alludes to in the speech). My mind only recalls an old MSV interview in Doordarshan where he says how kavignar composed lyrics for a song on 'trunk call'. Raaja comes from this heritage where ppl write sandha lyrics instantaneously.
Most likely, but the plan and desire was there and even doing SDM is part of the plan. It just happened that his first step into that goal itself was a success, but the decision to take that step is part of the bigger plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaiganes
apdi plan paNni irundhA nothing wrong with that.
Vidai Kodu Engal Naade... was a very apt song for the situation. Brilliant singing by MSV.
தலையில் கொஞ்சம் நெஞ்சில் அதிகம் சுமந்து போகின்றோம்... kudos Viramuthu.
As per raaga, the lyricist of tamil PR songs also குருப்பு (ennaya pEru idhu). So who did the translation (குருப்பு? or JM?)Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Vaalee wrote (or translated) all the songs of Pazhasiraja Tamil - He has done a decent job, eventho' I don't see much room for creativity here!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
NagaS
Dig::Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
It's a surname...what sounds good in one language may sound foolish in another...better accept it as yet another name, and move on. enga office la kooda, Jayesh Jatti nu oruththan irukkAn, idhayellAm kostin paNNa mudiyumA?? :)
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IMO, there was no reason for Raja to mention it....Guys who were working for him (ouseph, a brilliant composer himself, was a violinist with Raja) are now talking about Raja. Given that a politician has started giving opinions on this, Raja might lose out his chances in Mallu land. He may not even get considered for N.Awards, given that it's driven by politicians :(
I don't want to dwell on these issues/controversies - as Jaiganes rightly said who are we to judge him (or any such genius for that matter), its like a microbe vs dinosaur . Ivaroda music namakku kekkara vaippu irukkaradhe oru vaazhkai thavam madhiri. However, i wish some fans here apply the same wide net of the "benefit of doubt", "just expressing an opinion", "he mentioned that because of the context", "a peer expressing an opposite view point", "media is twisting stuff" etc to other celebrities as well. Enakkennamo, inga oru standard, matra edathula oru standards madhiri appattama theriyidhu, and repeatedly at that.
Bala aNNan yaari solreeya ? ;-)
More than the Natl Awards, it is the sureshot Kerala state award that IR will lose now.
If the NA committee is headed by a mallu jolna pai, maybe the NA is sureshot gone. Even there, there is internal politics in Kerala film world, adhan padi, if someone against Kurup gets to head the committee, adhukkAgavE IR-ku NA kedaikkalAM :-)
OTOH, if some Prakash Jha or Sudhir Mishra head it, anyway the award will go to the Wake up Sids or SRK mokkais. The only relief is if a Bachan camper gets in, Paa-kku chances irukku
Raja luck padi, the committee will be headed by some group with its own agenda for best music. I dont expect a NA for PR, even though it well and truly deserves. No disappointments if it doesnt - I am prepared for that
I'd be happy if KSC gets it for kunnathe. I'd be very disappointed.
Raja's house in ECR:
http://www.tamilcinema.com/CINENEWS/...er/241109c.asp
I'm not sure who you are referring to as "other celebrities" here, so can't comment on the double standards. But as I said earlier, I think sanitising these issues by arguing that Raaja is in fact being "better" than others (inadvertently characterising normal human traits like humility or politeness as essentially dishonest) is ironic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
idhula enna microbe/dinosaur? (In fact, a microbe is likely to receive a much greater amount of spontaneous criticism.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
In case you haven't read this before, here is our Maestro's recent interview to Hungarian Press:
http://lemarietta.wordpress.com/2009...way-two-times/
avar vEra yaarainga solla pOraaru? ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by equanimus
http://jeyamohan.in/?p=5164
Ennenamo Solranga
http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullsto...9&cid=13525926
This says PR songs are thumbs down. I think one more song got trimmed off in Thamizh version, means only kunnaththE and Adhi ushus , how can these two be thumbs down for a 3 hour movie? (That these two are brilliant songs is besides the point)
Planned campaign against IR!
app_engine
Intha newspaper-ellam naan padikkarathe illa. Avanga - kudutha enna kudukkalina enna? :smokesmile:
May be they get paid for this.Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
app_end and anegan,
You may probably be right given the way they headlined Raja's speech as 'Raja insults ONV'!!!
and who could be doing it?Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
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There are any number of press people who got rubbed the wrong way by Rasa :-) There may be a sangham for them even :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
oh, could be..... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
can someone throw more light on this? a song from sri ragavendra was the inspiration !
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The Elephunk Theme
"The Elephunk Theme" is a song written and produced by hip-hop band The Black Eyed Peas. The song is featured as a bonus track on the German version of their 2003 album Elephunk. The song sampled the music of Ilaiyaraaja from the soundtrack to a 1985 Tamil film called Sri Raghavendra (song title: Unakkum Enakkum) and remixed it. The Tamil lyrics on the original track is sung by legendary south Indian singer S. Janaki. The Elephunk Theme also has Latin vocals sung by the band's only female member, Fergie.
"The original song" is rendered by S. Janaki and 'Malaysia' Vasudevan, though the remixed version of Black Eyed Peas, uses only the parts sung by Janaki.
Vel,
Elephunk Theme was part of the Album Elephunk composed by the band 'Black Eyed Peas' Relesed few years back. But the Song got Deleted in the later editions pertaining to some Copyright Issues. what those issues were is unknown, but the First Edition Album cover had Credited Dr.Ilaiyaraaja as the original composer of the song.
The song is one of the Best remixes of a Raaja song to this day IMO.
thanks RS for the clarification...very interesting and am eager to listen to the remix version...
Never knew the history of this song version.
But, heard this version of the song plenty of time in number of dance-shows in our tamil channels.
:exactly: Excellent counter in pubs to snobbish fellow Tamilians and North IndiesQuote:
Originally Posted by rajasaranam
Chaaarrrruuu ThArumAru
http://mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=12410&start=1110
:rotfl: :rotfl2: :rotfl3:
http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/review.php?id=14922221&ctid=5&cid=2425
The one crew member from Paa I hurried to look up on the internet, apart from the make-up artists, was the dialogue writer. Turns out, it’s director R Balki (of Cheeni Kum fame) who’s written the film’s crisp conversations.
Talking about the internet, there is a charming dialogue in the movie when 11-year-old Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) looks up an errant politician on the computer saying ‘Google se bach ke kahan jaoge’ (you can’t run away from Google).
It’s difficult then, not to fall for Auro, the possessor of a dry humour that consistently produces gems like the one above. We flashback to his mother, medical student Vidya’s story (Vidya Balan), who, after an affair with a political science student, Amol (Abhishek), gets pregnant and is disappointed when she is asked to get an abortion.
She speaks to her mother (Arundhati Naag, superb) who had brought up Vidya all alone after her husband’s demise. When plainly asked whether she wants to keep the baby or not, Vidya decides to go ahead with the pregnancy. Already wondering how she’ll bring up a child all alone, she’s shattered to know her newborn is suffering from progeria, a rare disease causing premature ageing in children.
At that moment, when you see Vidya Balan’s expressions on learning that her child is likely to have a life-span of only 13 years, you feel every bit of her anguish. All grown-up now and studying in a school, how an adolescent Auro rediscovers his Paa after 11 years forms the rest of the story.
The finest quality of the film is its refusal to coax pity out of the viewer - either for Auro or for single mother Vidya. A successful gynaecologist, Vidya is shown to provide Auro with all the comforts - from a nice car to a computer and even a play station. Together with Vidya’s mother, they form a cosy unit always good-naturedly ribbing one another. The inclusion of the Paa happens only after the interval, reminding you of Taare Zameen Par where Aamir enters the story around the middle.
Special: All about Paa | Images: Check out 13-year-old Amitabh Bachchan | Images: Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan unveil Paa
You adore Amitabh Bachchan’s performance while applauding his commitment to his craft. Reportedly, it took a 60-plus Bachchan five hours to wear the prosthetic make-up for six hours of shooting, with another two hours to take it off. So truthful is this performance, you begin recognising Auro as an existing character with flesh and blood and forget you’re watching Amitabh Bachchan.
Abhishek Bachchan is also excellent as the do-gooder politician, who never agrees with his father’s (Paresh Rawal) seasoned opportunism. The story is as much Vidya’s as Auro’s and Vidya Balan is fabulous as the proud, independent single mother. Kids playing Auro’s friends, especially Pratik as his best bud, are fabulous.
In the technical department, the first mention must go to make-up artists Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till for painstakingly and expertly converting Amitabh Bachchan into Auro. Cinematography by P C Sreeram, editing by Anil Naidu and art by Sunil Babu are top-notch.
Styling, too, deserves special mention. Vidya Balan’s lovely saris are matched by a thick-strapped ‘working-woman’s’ wrist watch and subtle earrings. However, it's a little odd that the foreign-educated doctor doesn’t have any contemporary western clothes in her wardrobe. Abhishek’s clothes are delightful as is Auro’s oversized hooded shirt that he picks up for a special occasion.
Music by Illayaraja and lyrics by Swanand Kirkire make for hauntingly beautiful songs. Just for the Ittefaq song and its wonderful picturisation, this writer intends to watch the film again.
Some might fear Paa would be a depressing, melodramatic film or a shadow of 2005’s heavily emotional Black. It’s not, and neither does it have any link to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
For a couple of moments, the film does turn your eyes moist, but there are dozens where you’ll enjoy Auro’s antics. Of course, you wonder about the film’s anti-abortion stand and it’s propensity to encourage child-bearing - in a rather awkward scene, Dr Vidya tells a couple, who confess they’re too busy to have a child, that they ought to have one as life changes for the better after a baby.
The melodramatic finale, too, seems unnecessary and it appears that the director, who had so boldly shown a mother raising her child without getting married, cops out towards the end.
These are minor complaints still, in a film that holds you from the first scene to the last. R Balki outdoes himself with a film that’s intelligent, entertaining and visually arresting.
It’s indeed a pleasure presenting four stars to a film after years. You don’t want to miss this one.
Rating: Four stars
http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/12/04/s...0450050200.htm
A subtle performance by this year's National Award winner Prakash Raj and good music by Ilaiyaraaja should have worked wonders for Madhiya Chennai, directed by Vivekanandh-Veerasingam. But what stands in the way of making the film an entertainer is the not-so-arresting screenplay.
Saravanan, an associate of a popular film director, wants to make it big in the industry, and is waiting to meet a good producer. Meanwhile, a scheming Badrinath (Mahadevan) acquires the property on which stands the humble houses of Saravanan and his friends, without paying them a penny. When they approach Badri, he demands Rs. 10 crore in six months' time if they want their land back. Saravanan accepts the challenge. How he manages to raise funds forms the rest of the plot.
Jayavanth, the hero, has a long way to go as far as acting and dialogue delivery are concerned. Ramya Farna, the heroine, is beautiful but has nothing much to do in the film. Prakash Raj, as the film director with no shades of grey, gives a restrained performance. Mahadevan scores as the villain, while Charlie as Chokan has proved that he's capable of more than just comedy. Ganja Karuppu as Madurai succeeds in evoking a few laughs. Shanmugarajan as Mahadevan's deputy is adequate.
The music enhances the film, especially the background score. The songs ring in your ears even after you leave the hall. The dialogues are powerful. Karthik Raja's camera work is commendable. You can't help but wonder why editor D.S.R. Subash has not scissored some of the unwanted scenes.
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Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
check the link sanjeeviQuote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
Excellent article :
http://cablesankar.blogspot.com/2009/12/15.html