kiru,
The older the wine gets the higher its value :)
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kiru,
The older the wine gets the higher its value :)
I don't think anyone would have expected a song like "Hodadhavane" from IR. Orchestration/music screams Yuvan trademark!
Rest (about other songs) of the comments later. This song tempted me too much to share my thoughts.
thanks,
Krishnan
And all the bass lovers should listen to 'Sringara Sindhura' song. Lovely bass all along.
Here goes my review:
1. 'Giliya Mariyondu'(Raja) and 'Nanavale'(Rahul Nambiyar): Typical Raja pathos songs. The use of violins, flute and tabla, the choice of the raga, and the way the tune flows, reminds you of many Raja songs of the past. As I said in an earlier post, Raja fans would like it but whether it will capture the imagination of a larger public is open to question. 'Giliya Mariyondu' reminds me of a song in the Telugu movie called 'Sunny'. I think that song was sung by Karthik. Rahul Nambiyar does a good job of 'Nanavale'. I do wish Raja would give some more songs on the lines of "Chirugali' (Mallepoovu) for situations like these. I like both the songs, especially 'Nanavale'.
2. Yaarivanu (Bela) and Yaarivalu (Sriram): The same tune sung in female and male voice but the instrumentation is different. The female solo is more melodious while the male one is more vigorous.
The female solo has the synth 'tsk tsk' beat (as app_eng called it). If you don't mind this beat, then you will enjoy the bass work in this song. The tune is lovely and instead of the drum beat listen to the bass.
The male solo, as I told, is more vigorous. I like the way Sriram ends the pallavi, sort of 'what can I do' feel. Very casual and nice. The beat is different and the bass follows the whole song. It is great to see how the same tune is used to convey different emotions. The female very seriously in love and the male totally confused about his emotions. Excellently done.
3. Hodedavane (Tippu and Rahul): The stunner in this album. When I read in the review it was a song about the hero, I expected something on the lines of the hero song of 'Nanavanu' but I was pleasantly surprised. The song is so un-Raja like. Lots of energy in this song.
4. Rangu Rangu (Raja and Shreya): Lovely violins start the song with the bass following closely. Tune almost starts like a marching beat. The chorus adds to this march effect. The violins take over in the first interlude before the bass joins in again. The charanams are extremely melodious again the bass contributing beautifully. Shreya is in great form. Wonderful second interlude makes this an excellent song.
5. Kogile Koogu Ba (Bela): Initial humming is followed by the drums and bass. The bass line is lovely in the pallavi and follows the synth in the interlude. Excellent tune. My feeling is that the director would have wanted a song similar to 'Haadu Kogile' of NMH. The charanams are melodious and Bela does a nice job. The charanam seems to end with a scale change.
6. Badavara Manage (Sadhna Sargam): Again the bass does a lovely job in the Pallavi. Looks like a 'Laali' song and the evokes the necessary peace. The pace is perfectly right for these types of songs.
7. Sringara (Shreya): Starts with the keyboard with bass providing support. Shreya starts wonderfully and there is a 'thullal' in her voice. She perfects captures the mood of someone who is excited. The bass lines are lovely. The first interlude has the keyboard starting off with some lovely bass work. The charanams are mesmerising. Very well done by Shreya. When he gives her songs like this, no wonder she worships him :)
Overall an excellent album. I am loving it. Especially the fact that almost all songs have nice bass going on.
Parts of the second interlude of 'Hodavane' was getting into my nerves as I knew this from somewhere else but not able to point it.
Finally a relief after identifying it as from 'Josh De Josh De' of Shiva 2006 :)
This album is picking up on me. Thalaivar has really explored synth usage in this album. Hodedavne is still my favourite but yaarivalu by sriram is getting second spot. Rangu Rangu pushed to third place.
Listening to Rangu Rangu and Hodadavane back-to-back shows us the glimpse of genius who can make us do a time travel. :notworthy: Amazing violin works in Rangu Rangu (Yes just Like Mella Mella/PAP BGM).
Finding myself in Madness complete Madness - Charles Jason bourne... alpha beta kappa delta! Thalaivar in full form :bluejump: :redjump: :bluejump:
Listened to other songs just once!
BTW Yaarivalu has a amazing mix of percussion usage as rhythms. I can just listen to that song for these sweets. Not to forget the starting guitar piece for the second interlude. Adida mellathey :smokesmirk:
breezy songs - the pathos nannavale really is soulful!!
offcourse Rangu rangu is awesome to say the least.
Aa shringaara - Shreya G - pinnitta po!
Raja is in a peppy mood this year!!
and one thing...
Bala Shinde's voice sounds different in different songs, like the voice in 'Oli tharum' is not the one singing 'yaarivanu'. ...
You may be right..but I feel there is so much transitions and different rhythms for pallavai and charanams, including pauses and melody bits, to me it look very much like IR's. This song is mainly/almost purely rhythm I think we should compare agni natchathiram. raja rajadhi raja rather than the moodupani which is a rock song.Quote:
Originally Posted by rajasaranam
Re: the onslaught of songs - yes, I think after almost retiring the Tabla division and replacing it with the Synth Drum division, the music factory is operating full capacity :-)
jaiganes - i think yaarivanu is Sadhana ..must be some mistake in labeling.
suresh - you bet !! I normally dont recycles but recently it looks like the work is being done with much more enthusiasm.
dhoosi thatti thodaiththu vaiththalum nanRaagavE irukku
raaga - you got it - it is mella mella ..but they have very nicely laid the celtic fiddle tune over it nicely. The string transitions add the IR stamp. (BTW, is that bagpipes in the second interlude ?).
re: sriram parthasarathy - I think IR is doing a good thing in growing this classical singer into a playback singer.
kiru,
I also think 'yaarivanu' is Sadhna. Must be a labelling mistake.
It reminded me of 'Va Va Anbe' from 'eeramane Rojave'. or may be the scale and pitch in opening lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
:exactly: . I felt too. I thought the producer/director would have wanted a song in this genre.Quote:
Originally Posted by sudhakarg
True raagas about 'Vaa Vaa Anbe'. I guess there are more than one song in this particular scale / mood.
Vijays 50th film to be directed by S.P.Rajkumar and Produced by Ayya faithful Sangili Murugan.Is this big news??
Is IR the MD?Quote:
Originally Posted by rajaalltheway
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/47846.html
As per this news, the director for Vijay movie is the same as the one doing azhagar malai.
My guess is these are rumors deliberately spread to sell AM , which may be difficult to sell otherwise; Vijay may be doing some nanRikkadan in consenting to such ones. They also keep him in the news and he can always switch to others, after seeing AM results. If it turns out to be a flop, nobody will care for Sangili and his director.
In any case, the news report carefully avoids naming any other technicians and there is less possibility for IR.
(Well, all his three effors for Vijay were quite decent - KM / KN / Friends - but Vijay has gone far far away from these kind of films currently, trying to ape RK. Not that IR cannot tune for RK kind of films, but we've not seen him associated with any such projects in many many years)
Arya produce new movie with new faces music by IR
http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/gossip/
Arya :thumbsup:
Rangu Rangu is just class act , reminding me of the njoyment of listening to agni natchathiram, the same energy , modified for 2009 !!!
Hodadavne is YSr stamped all over , cleverly masked over a 80s raaja tune - an di liked it , although may not listen it more thn 4-5 times ..
Yaariavanu and Kogile is straight 'Oru Naal Oru kanavu' feel and its good to listen , bt could have been better with less synth or better sound mixing .
Gillya mariyonda is raaja's pathos and as usual soulful and might be a mismatch for today's films , inspite of its good melody.
http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies...0th-movie.htmlQuote:
இந்தப் படத்துக்கு இசையமைக்கப் போவது இளையராஜா. நீண்ட இடைவெளிக்குப் பிறகு விஜய் படத்துக்கு இசையமைக்க வருகிறார் ராஜா என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
pre "kadhalukku mariyadhai" days, Raja has scored for a couple of Vijay movies like Chandralekha with 2 lovely songs "Allah un aaNai padi" and "Arumbu thaLire". There is another Vijay movie which I dun't remember , that has 2 of my fav numbers "oru chudar iru chudar" and "ivaL yaaro"
thumburu
that is Rajavin Parvaiyile
Yes. 'Rajavin Paarvayile' is a superb album. Other than the songs mentioned by thumburu, 'Amman Koil Ellame' is also a nice song.
More evidence for my theory of "promoting AM" :-)Quote:
அழகர் மலை படத்தின் இயக்கம் பிரமாதமாக வந்திருப்பதாக அறிந்த பின்னரே ராஜகுமாரை தேர்வு செய்தாராம் விஜய்.
Once that movie is sold and released, things can change.
Hodadavne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHSpqVaud80 :lol:
:lol2: but the song exactly matches the situation. super ma :smokesmirk:
வால்மீகி - தியேட்டர் வாசலில் இருக்கும் பலகையில் "இத்திரைபடத்திற்க்கு யாரும் செல்ல வேண்டாம் என எச்சரிக்க படுகிறார்கள். மீறி சென்றால் நிர்வாகம் பொறுப்பல்ல. ஒரு வாரம் கழித்து வருதல் நலம் அதற்க்குள் இந்த படத்தை அகற்ற முழு முயற்ச்சி எடுக்கப்படும்." கடந்த பல பத்து வருடங்களாகவே ராஜாவின் இசைக்காக இப்படி பல கொடுமைகளை அனுபவித்து வரும் ராஜாசரனம் எனும் இசை ரசிகர் கூறியதாவது "தளராத விக்கிரமாத்தித்தன் போல் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் ஒரு நம்பிக்கையோடு வருகிறோம் ராஜா இசை அமைக்கும் படங்களுக்கு, ஜித்தன் ரமேஷ் நடித்த 'மது' எனும் திரைபடத்தையே முதல் தினம் பார்த்தவன் நான். எஸெமெஸ் என்னும் படத்தை வெளியில் நின்று கொன்டே பார்த்திருக்கிறேன். ஆனால் இந்த திரைபடம் போல் உள்ளேயும் உட்கார முடியாமல் வெளியேவும் செல்ல முடியாமல் ஒரு உச்சகட்ட கொடுமையை வேறு எந்த படத்திலும் அனுபவித்தது இல்லை. அதற்க்கு இந்த படத்தின் திரைக்கதையை தான் பாராட்ட வேண்டும், நமக்கு ஏதாவது நல்லது நடந்து விடாதா என நம்பிக்கையோடு காத்திருக்கு வைக்கிறது. ஆணாலும் கடைசி 'பிரேம்' வரை அது நிகழாதது இயக்குனரின் சாமர்த்தியத்தை உனர்த்துகிறது."
மேலும் அவர் கூறியதாவது "60களில் வந்து மாரல் சயின்ஸ் கதைகளை போல் உருக்கி பிழிகிறார் இயக்குனர், ஆனால் நம் கண்கள் தான் பனிக்க மறுக்கின்றன." திரைபடவட்டாரத்தில் விசாரித்த பொழுது எல்லோரும் கிசுகிசுப்பாய் பேசி கொள்வது இதுதானாம் 'எஸ் பிலிம்ஸ்' தப்பித்தது 'விகடன் டாக்கீஸ்' மாட்டி கொண்டது என்று.
Padam avalo mosama? Engey release kuda pennavillei. :cry2:
Listened to rangu rangu again. Someone mentioned is it bagpipes if thalaivar is using. It certainly is and the beats that come with it is also scottish. But like violin vicky said thalaivar uses the atomic level of a genre and this case he has used bagpipes to fill in for the flute and the scottish styled beats for the tabla but the end result is always a raaja genre. Enna oru soogam. pramadam. :clap:
very good picturisation!! Do we have video fr the rangu rangu song ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulkster
not the full length, just a video mix from the trailer.
Valmiki
Sadly, Valmiki lacks story, style and soul.
Verdict- Disappointing
That is because the movie is bad! keep listening to the album without even thinking about the movie and the songs will stay in your mind for years to come.Quote:
There is not even a single song of Ilayaraja that stays in your mind
http://sakthivelpages.blogspot.com/2...g-post_26.html
Enna Koduma Sir Ithu
http://padikkalama.blogspot.com/2009...g-post_26.html
Innum oru vaarathukku ella bloggerskkum nalla theeni. Intha padatha kizhichi thalla pOrAnga :D Ithula namma Raasa maattikkitaarenu nenaikkum bodhu rombave paavaama irukku :(
Pity that Raja's music either goes to movie like this or 'Mallepoovu'or SMS (Malayalam), which don't stay in the theaters or goes to movies like 'Nandala' which don't release!!! The only recent exceptions being 'Naan Kadavul' and 'Bhagyadevatha'. Let's see how the Kannada movies turn out to be. Generally I don't have much expectations from Kannada movies but they are capable of going lower than those expectations !!!
That brings us to the same old question.Why are some good film-makers not approaching IR? IR needs to do films that are made by good film-makers, atleast as perceived by people today.Among all of IR's clients, except for Bala, i do not see any film-maker, who has his own style or brand of films. its been long since IR has worked with anyone, who is known for his own brand of cinema, style, vision etc.Balu Mahendra was there. Bala is there. but what about others. Mind you, i am not talking about the film or its boxoffice fate.but about director's strong sense of vision and IR's match to it.Uliyin Osai was a fabalous score but i heard the quality of film is bad.when such things happen, the score fails to reach the masses. remember, a Devar Magan, which was completely rural based, was identified all across India and its score won that appeal. so quality of film really matters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
I am not sure if we have such wonderful film-makers in South (who can get the visibility for music too), except for Bala. Maniratnam is there but he is not working with IR. IR needs film-makers like these. I am expecting something good from Balki. Also, i wish IR gets to work in the Hindi circuit. because there, whatever is the fate of film, a film's music sells when it is by good film-maker. Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Farkhan Akhtar, Ashutosh Gowariker, Rakesh Mehra.. these guys have good music sensibilities and i wish IR gets to work with them. Ya i know they have their own music choices, but then, i just wonder that they are so sure about their music preferences, imagine what the output could be if they team up with IR. he would give them nuggets. IR needs film-makers like those, who are sure about what they want, and are not just casual about their craft.
BTW, anyone has any idea of what happened to the animation movie 'Manikantan'? I thought it was supposed to release in the April / May time frame.
http://sakthivelpages.blogspot.com/2...g-post_26.html
What this blog has written about IR really bothered me. The songs were good in my opinion.
These guys can write anything they want? (not that what they write is importanT!)
Somehow the comments affected me very much..
Bala
The world has moved on- IR has been swept aside partly because of his eccentricities. However genuine his causes may be, he is still like a fish out of water since the film industry is basically ruled by illeterates and ill-mannered people.
So, IR, being a devotee of Ramanar, is like a fish out of water in this industry. At the same time, these directors as well, who rely on vulgarity rather than creative stories, keep producing movies which are akin to old wine in a new bottle. Hence, neither do they need IR music since there are so many to give them catchy and racy songs - rather than pure and simple evergreen songs -, and nor does IR, who seems bent on handling things his own way, thereby giving a stick in the mud impression to others.
Yes, the losers are we ultimately. I feel that he should have got the Oscars easily for his evergreen songs. It is a pity that media didn't project him properly during his heydays. He will go down as yet another unknown person to the international community like so many geniuses India has produced (in Carnatic music).
The media is the ultimate cause for this and it is sad that it has turned a blind eye to IR's accomplishments.
Balaji,
There are bound to be many differing opinions and we may find many people not relating to the songs because the film was bad. You can expect comments as you found in the blog since the writer wants to thrash everything associated with the movie. As a listener I am happy with the songs. If someone else is not, I would feel it is his / her loss.
I can understand your feeling but given that internet is the most democratic place of them all, you can see lot of people writing as if they are equals of great legends and giving them advice!! (I laughed out loud when I read a recent review which ended with, "what say Raja?") That is the most fashionable tone to adopt nowadays. While I am fully for irreverence, sometimes this gets carried too far. But who are we to draw the line? All we can do is to give our opinion on why we found the album good and not worry too much about the negative tone adopted by others.