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Some preparatory tidbits on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe" theatre play:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/10441607.cms
"...The haunting strains of Ilaiyaraaja's music fills the air of Ravindra Bharati and actor Kamal Kamaraju, who was all geared up for the rehearsal of his play, takes a few seconds to compose himself. "The first time I heard what the music maestro has composed for the play, I was speechless.
You can't help but get overwhelmed by emotions when you listen to his tunes when you are on stage," says the Tollywood actor..."
"...I play a young, Biology professor who wants to move up the social ladder and grow in life. And through the course of the play, the character undergoes a complete change. Illaiyaraja's music perfectly sets the mood for your character. For my scenes, he created a young and playful flute composition that is perfectly in sync with who I am in the play," he says..."
thanks,
Krishnan
Rumours going on in telugu film industry regarding next Nandi award winner...
http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?...6&cat=1&scat=4
SriRama Rajyam, special promo video, featuring Ilayaraja. Jump to 2:21 for some BGM bits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Jeij1dcWohw
The final comment from maestro is a master stroke :)
Some gr8 news on the Padithurai front , it is to release after Diwali and also an added bonus - Maestro is also to compose for Suka's next Production
http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011..._012101015.jpg
I have been to the play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". I didnt like the play.
Regarding the muisc - firstly, i felt the play did not have much scope for music. On 2nd level, it didnt have much scope for Ilaiyaraaja as well. There were very few (short) pieces that he had done. And those short pieces were just about ok. They are like teasers to something big... and that something big never came up. Honestly, it was a disappointing work. I dont know if it is disappointing because he didnt have much scope. If he didnt have, why he did he take it up in the first place? And if he, by some illusion, felt that it had scope, then why didnt he utilize and fill it up with music?
Those videos of "making of music" might be tempting, but I am afraid that is all you could hear in the play as well.
:oops2: :cry3: I shouldn't be asking this, but did you manage to record anything?
There was nothing substantial to record. The play was about a couple who keep fighting. So lot of screaming was going on. And in the middle, a strings piece comes that stays for about 10 seconds and then vanishes. Then, no music for another 15-20mins.. and suddenly another 30 seconds of oboe and flute... and another round of screaming. The short pieces were apologies in my opinion. The tail-end piece of a song in "Hey Ram", which had symphonic effect, is much better and longer music than all the music put together in this play!Quote:
Originally Posted by KV
The sound volume was extremely low (and faulty)... and imagine a soft low base flute amidst all that screaming. Totally inaudible. I bet my phone couldnt have recorded even if I had placed it near the speaker. But sound system aside, the themes played were hardly anything. What can we enjoy, from a piece that lasts for 12seconds or 20 seconds.
There was only 1 piece that prominently played out for 1 and half minutes... And guess what was that - Singing Self, from Nothing But Wind. (I cannot forgive IR for this :-( )
All that hype about Hungarian Musicians etc is all pointless. He did use them probably, but to no effect at all.
Forget it... move on... and look forward to Happi (if that is releasing, by the way).
similar comments from kamalakarsh on twitter... another misused opportunity.. hmm
i heard NBW & HTNI sounds in the above vidoes. mild aa davut aanen, marubadiyum re-use aannu! ippa confirm aagiduchi
Don't understand what are IR's priorities. This is a unique opportunity presented and he handled without any special focus from what I hear. Does it not require some preparation and special treatment given the fact that musicians don't get very many opportunities.
I feel the same thing happened when he tried symphony. While he is extremely talented, he should have given good time and should have given 200%.
Thalaivar probably do not know what his fans are expecting out of him. What to do?
I think people need to calm down and not overreact by making silly statements that IR handled it without any focus and such. This is a play not a musical play from what i read. IR probably did it because the director came to him and requested him to. Its the director's choice on how he feels the music needs to be and how much music is needed for the play. This is not a Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber kind of musical play. I also think it must have been the directors choice to use the Singing Self bit for the play since IR rarely wants to re-use his old music unless specifically requested by the director/producer.
Lets be honest here this is not a Bombay Dreams kind of opportunity we are talking about here. Just a small play(though a Broadway play) done by Indian group and IR did what he could given the scope the play had.
Also lets stop questioning whether IR gave 100% or 200%. The man has dedicated his life to music. This is not a usual job like we do. Its a creative art and its upto people who work with him to extract the creativity out of him.
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Originally Posted by rprasad
Also, what's wrong if he used HTNI / NBW stuff for this play? :confused: I'm of the opinion that those albums didn't get the exposure they deserved and any more "stage" opportunity should be utilized to expose them a lot more.
In the west, people compose 4 or 5 worthwhile tracks in their lifetime, do world tours playing them everywhere on stage and make million times more money than what IR did with his compositions - thousand times the works of such famous fellows!
And we, ungrateful fellows, complain about him reusing some of his classics for a drama :shock:
nanRi ketta ulagam ayyA idhu!
Bad idea from the beginning. Raja was probably doing them a favor. The original play has almost no room for music, especially IR type music. It is a very dialogue driven play, a character study and brilliant one at that. Even seasoned actors fall short when performing this play and can easily turn into a shouting match. It is a play for Sivaji sir not Raja sir and I'd give anything to watch Nadigar Thilagam play that role :(
see my post. i doubted and it happened, thats all! i never said anything wrong. btw, who knows, the team wud have given less time and even lesser renumeration9as it may be a low budget one) and so within the given scope raja fitted his existing albums with fresh music thrown in here and there...
absolutely no disappointments there. oru manushan yerkanave, 10 jenmathula seyya vendiya velaya ore jenmathula senjirukkaaru!
btw, ஹேப்பி தீவாளீ! ஜெயா டிவில நிகழ்ச்சி ஏதாச்சும் இருக்கா?!?
If you know Tamil, head to Solvanam and read the lovely article on Jency by Director and Writer Suka: http://solvanam.com/
And after you finish that you can also check out the article on Ghazals in Hindi films: http://solvanam.com/?p=17085 I am plugging that because I wrote it. Please to excuse the plug :)
Thank you so much, Sureshji, for the links!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
Suka is as fluent and touching as usual :-)
And, :clap: :clap: :clap: for the wonderful article on ghazal (so enlightening to gnAna soonyams like me in that area).
Thanks Suresh for the links to two wonderful articles. The article on Jency was lovely, I was listening to all those gems while reading it and it does leave one with a heavy heart.
+1 with App for the Ghazal article, would serve as a primer for me as well.
Thanks App and Rajkumar for the kind words and for reading the article :) I hope you liked the Ghazal songs.
இளையராஜாவின் மனைவி காலமானார்
http://www.dinamani.com/edition/stor...AE%B0%E0%AF%8D
This is shocking, unexpected and most unfortunate . RIP madam - you supported raaja so much , and he is raaja because of you !Quote:
Originally Posted by p
That's a sad news :-(
Heartfelt condolences, Raja sir!
ராஜாவின் இந்த சோகமான தருணத்தில் அவர் இசையால் நிம்மதியுற்ற / மகிழ்வுற்ற ரசிகர்களோடு இணைந்துகொள்கிறேன். ஜீவா அவர்களின் ஆன்மா சாந்தியடையட்டும்.
unexpected shock! RIP Madam :( tears :cry:
Unexpected and shocking, RIP Mrs.Jeeva Ilayaraja :-( .. Heartfelt condolences to the Maestro and his family
Oh No! Can't believe it. Shocking indeed.! Rest in peace Madam. Deepest, heartfelt condolences to Raja sir and his family. :sad:
Very shocking indeed. Was she a heart patient? Deepest condolences to Raja and his family.
http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=341106
நவம்பர் 01,2011,00:03 IST
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அவரது மனைவி ஜீவாவுக்கு நேற்றிரவு 10 மணியளவில், திடீர் நெஞ்சுவலி ஏற்பட்டது. அருகில்உள்ள தனியார் மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டார். அங்கு, அவரைபரிசோதனை செய்த மருத்துவர்கள், அவர் ஏற்கனவே உயிரிழந்துவிட்டதாக, கூறினர்.இசையமைப்பதற்காக,ஐதராபாத் சென்றுள்ளஇளையராஜாவுக்கு, இந்ததகவல் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது. அவர், இன்று காலைசென்னை வருவார், எனஅவரது குடும்பத்தினர்தெரிவித்தனர்.மறைந்த ஜீவா, கடைசியாக, சென்னையில் நடந்த சத்தியஜோதி தியாகராஜன் மணி விழாவில், பங்கேற்றது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
It also saddens me that a person we know so well through his music, is not known to us on a personal front for us to be of any help to him :( All we can do is pray that she rests in peace and God gives strength to the family to bear this loss.
Very sad and shocking. Can some one translate it to English? What exactly happened to her?
Looks like IR was in Hyd for SriRamaRajyam Audio success meet last night. Just saw tons of IR's pictures from the success meet, laughing and smiling :(
http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=341106
நவம்பர் 01,2011,00:03 IST
Madam got heart attack at 10 pm yesterday(31st) night and was admitted to nearby private hospital. After checkup, docters declared that she was dead on arrival. Raja sir was at Hyderabad at that time, for composition, and was informed.Quote:
அவரது மனைவி ஜீவாவுக்கு நேற்றிரவு 10 மணியளவில், திடீர் நெஞ்சுவலி ஏற்பட்டது. அருகில்உள்ள தனியார் மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டார். அங்கு, அவரைபரிசோதனை செய்த மருத்துவர்கள், அவர் ஏற்கனவே உயிரிழந்துவிட்டதாக, கூறினர்.இசையமைப்பதற்காக,ஐதராபாத் சென்றுள்ளஇளையராஜாவுக்கு, இந்ததகவல் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது. அவர், இன்று காலைசென்னை வருவார், எனஅவரது குடும்பத்தினர்தெரிவித்தனர்.மறைந்த ஜீவா, கடைசியாக, சென்னையில் நடந்த சத்தியஜோதி தியாகராஜன் மணி விழாவில், பங்கேற்றது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
இனி கொஞ்சநாளைக்கு ராசாவின் எந்த பாட்டு கேட்டாலும் சோகமே மிஞ்சும் :(
heartfelt condolences , may her soul rest in peace
:(
ஸ்ரீ.இளையராஜாவின் இந்த இழப்புக்கு யாராலேயும் ஆறுதல் சொல்ல முடியாது.
ஆனால், eventually ஸ்ரீ.இளையராஜா will accept and move on in life, continues to do the best he always does , taking care of other people 's mind and மனசு with his தெய்வீக இசை.
Memories remain forever and eternal, ராஜா!
அம்மா ஜீவா எப்பவுமே உங்க கூட தான் இருப்பாங்க.http://www.mayyam.com/talk/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
இதயம் ஒரு கோவில் அதில் உதயம் ஒரு பாடல் இதில் வாழும் தேவி நீ இசையை மலராய் நாளும் சூட்டுவேன் ...
Karthik, Bhava and Yuvan, their families, We are sorry.
வினதா.
Nobody can deny the fact that Jeeva was instrumental in IR's success. It will be tough for IR to get out of this and be active again, considering that he has lost his wife and companion for years. It is his music that kept me company in all the phases of my life so far, and what will keep him company for him in this sorrow? Ilaiyaraja - Thanks for your music and hope God gives you the strength to come out of this like Vaali.
May god keep Raaja Saab and his children strong. R.I.P Jeeva amma, she has left us for a better place. :cry:
Shocking news :-(
the hollowness that death of dear ones create is something that cannot be explained in words......no amount of condolence messages can pacify the maestro or his family.......may god give strength to the famil to overcome this difficult phase.....
P.S: had the good fortune of seeing madam live last year Jan1,2010 at thiruvannamalai temple along with IR and family
My deepest condolences to our beloved Raaja and his family. May God give him all the strength to get through this great loss.