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Nk ? ok..ok. :lol:
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...view/8938.html
"Ilayaraja has provided a couple of catchy melodies and with his brisk background score"
Looks like Dhanam movie is bad:
http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-mov...am-review.html
Rediff review of "Dhanam":
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/05ssd.htm
thanks,
Krishnan
Ellaam expected thaan :) The trailer told it all long ago !
IR-idam vandhu kottappatta innoru kuppai. Indha azhagil avar romba selective-nu vera naama sollittu alaiyarom :(
Rediff "Last but not the least: get masters of their fields like Ilayaraja, Thottatharani, 'late' Jeeva and others to contribute towards music, cinematography and art direction � and then waste their respective talents"
Behindwoods: "Music by Ilaiyaraja seems average by the maestro’s high standards. However, there is one song with a classical touch which is bound to be liked by everyone."
Raja_fan
With no biggies working with raaja , the only way he can judge is by intuition and recommendation . Dhanam story is best when its written by Balakumaran as a novel, but looks like its badly directed and conceived.
The very mention of a storyline of a prostitute turning good, fills my blood with cliches:)
'abhinayam kAttukindRa AraNangE' was on repeat mode this morning on my car, excellent song!
After a long time a really enjoyable instrumental piece in the end of the song - Raja doing some magic with strings, veeNai and phenomenal percussion! I think whenever Raja does an extended instrumental part to end a song, it turns out to be extraordinary!
The percussion is of very high order through out the song with excellent variations!
After hearing the song so many times, one thought came to my mind - and this is ofcourse not to undermine the greatness of the famous classical singers - I feel the song would have been even more endearing to me had people like VJ / KSC rendered this. For some reason, pure classical singers are not my #1 preference for film songs, even if the song is classical - semi classical etc.
While it's nice to have them sing other songs (I love BombayJayashree's vaseegara & BMK's chinnakkaNNan azhaikkiRAn, for e.g.), they tend to make it sound like an actual kachchEri if it's a classical song (and that's not my expectation in a movie song, unfortunately - however realistic it is). Or may be the obvious 'mudhirchchi' (in both senses) in their voices tend to make the song less youthful (and so less endearing to pAmarans like me).
I'm not sure how VJ's voice is at present but KSC should still be very good (pAdaRiyEn is one classic example how endearingly cinematic a classcial song can be).
Among males, KJY & TMS are perhaps excellent singers who can render carnatic songs in movies without "showing off" their training (while possibly having capabilities to do kachchEris well too, IMO).
Happened to see dhanam song Illamai Kanavugal Picturisation - Yucks man !
IR is over the hill and his creativity now is water under the bridge.
It is very painful to listen to his crappy songs these days after having been an ardent fan of his for the last 30 years.
His songs sound too predictable and sometimes I get the feeling that he is copying from his own run off the mill tunes.
With Kamal deserting him for his much aclaimed MY - which IR could perceive as rats deserting a sinking ship -, I think IR is left with no option but to call it quits. Otherwise, as it happens in this cruel world, he will be put to pasture as he is a has-been. So, Dhanam could very well be his swan song.
When people here are worried that Dhanam does not deserve the excellent tunes provided by IR, this guy says IR has to quit the field just because Kamal deserted him..Quote:
With Kamal deserting him for his much aclaimed MY - which IR could perceive as rats deserting a sinking ship -, I think IR is left with no option but to call it quits.
Let Kamal wander like a ghost from one MD to another..Why should IR quit ? :banghead:
Hi Vem,
You must be a masochist! to continue listening to IR songs when it is causing you so much pain???????
Do yourself a favour and stop listening to IR songs. Who the hell are you to suggest IR to quit? Even his father would not have that right.....
People with good taste for music still appreciate his high quality amazing tunes/melodies improvisations etc etc (even at this age!). Please select and listen to music as your taste suits; not too difficult to understand what kind of taste that it......
Cheers!
Why should he quit? IR has better directors to work with, Bala, Mysskin and probably with Ameer. If you get frustrated with projects like Dhanam, no one can help you.Quote:
Originally Posted by vem
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/41294.html
Mallepuvvu to release on September18th.
Thats wat... no one in the right frame of mind will ask him to quit... but fans are frustrated... the one song like 'nirpathuve" in bharathiQuote:
Originally Posted by MrJudge
"ilangaathu" from pithaamagan is missing no one can deny that too... at this stage only gud directors can inspire him... saw the movie
" subramanyapuram' and the song "siru ponmani" cudnt help tears... wat a amazing tune!!! sounds fresh even today...
Well, i also think on the same lines, but quite often, he springs back with a surprise...be it a Cheeni Kum or the recent Uliyin Osai. I dont see a reason why he should quit. Bad films for IR is not something new. He did bad films earlier too. But the point here is about the music.He really needs a director wtih good taste, insisting on what IR is best at..acoustic instrument music.Who knows, that might happen. Till then...if u like an album, add it to your collexn, else...discard it.Quote:
Originally Posted by vem
I wish IR does instrumental albums.
Ajantha (kannada version) expected for sep18th release...source:bangalore mirror
[quote="raja_fan"]" Do any body here or yahoo fan club have contacts with his assistant / manager ?
quote]
Yahoo fan clubla oru album sari ellai enru sonal ..neenga gali..ur posts wud be deleted or u wud be brought under moderation..
And also i dont think none of us have the guts to go and talk to IR regarding this simply because we lack musical talent
For example if u go and tell him dhanam nalla ellai, he will ask enna nalla ellai...we simply cannot explain...he wud reply back to u telling that he did this and that which for u wud be greek and latin..
U can ask him to create more instrumental albums but even for that we have to ensure that people buy it..>TIS was a good example.
Another observation on 'abhinayam kAttukindRa' song (if wrong, others please correct me):
It appears that IR wants to prove "purists" that he is also one, by leaving out his favourtie toy - the bass guitar - for this song :-)
The closest song that I can compare with this is 'azhagu malarAda' of vaidhEhi kAthirundhAL, which scores over this in both the above aspects of my observation viz.
1. Regular movie playback singer used instead of carnatic singer(s)
2. Phenomenal bass-guitar scores that are trade mark of IR
I've posted sometime back about 'pAttucholli, pAdachcholli' too does not have bass guitar which would have taken it to greater levels.
In his prime period, no IR song will be without the prominent bass backing which we're so accustomed to (and the successful MD's of today like ARR, VS & HJ use freely as well). In fact, this was one of the major differentiators of IR from his illustrious predecessors.
Alas, nowadays he has probably gone into a "purist" mode that he doesn't use in many songs. Or is there any other reason?
It depends on the situation, for koothu onnu of dhanam the bass lines were amazing. It really elevates the mood of the song. I see that he only uses it for certain situation nowadays as mood evoking instrument rather than a backline instrument.
Saw the kaNNanukku enna vEndum song on TV, Bhavathaarini's voice doesn't suit Sangeetha at all. :banghead:
Don't blame it on Bhavatharini..
Sangeetha doesn't suit a devotional song at all :)
I am not blaming her, but disappointed to see IR using her for a middle age woman Sangeeta. If Bhavatharini sings for a school girl (like in Bharathi), I don't mind but here his choice was wrong and he wasted it. He should have used some aged voice.Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
you said it absolutely right. i think Shreya Goshal has a more complete voice than Bhavatharini, whose voice, is bit shallow. I dont say Bhavatharini has bad voice, but it is a bit weird for any actress firstly...as you said..it suits more for 15-19 age group roles played by anyone..and not a mature kind. Some shallow/hollowness.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJudge
But then, IR's favouritism towards her is understandable, given she is his daughter..yet, i wish he cuts through all that and looks at what is more appropriate to the song (forget the actress also). there are many songs which would have sounded much better with a more complete voice like Shreya or Sadhana or Sujatha or Chitra..
sad to say ayyas choice of Bhavatha has killed many a potentially great songs..starting from mastana mastana to the recent kannanukku enna vendum.During solla marantha kathai there was a little tussle between Thangar and Ayya over Etho onnu ninaichirunthen song over Bhavathas rendition.
Update on Nandalala:
"According to Mysskin, Illayaraja's songs are tremendously intense capturing the mood of the film in a big way and that the songs would be a big boost for the film as a whole"
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/41379.html
thanks,
Krishnan
"Shooting for the film is currently going on in Chennai and reports indicate that the climax scenes are being shot. However, all the song sequences are yet to be filmed. Songs are not going to be featured in the traditional format but as montage sequences."
OMG ! Myskkin, please.. please don't picturize the songs such that it cannot be played fully in any TV ! It will be like Cheeni Kum which will go unnoticed after the movie run is over ! :( :(
This director combination is very rare for IR nowadays and Mysskkin frightens us by these statements like songs will be with the sequence and cannot be played stand-alone !!!
I like this idea - Cheeni Kum was a much better movie and had a much better flow cos it didn't have full songs. This is a good step for IR - first songs as montages integrated into the movie, and hopefully eventually a full fledged musical (in the real sense - not just a movie with 25 songs). Really, do we still need IR churning out movie songs? Its been done to death... Lets think outside "oliyum oliyum"... Imagine a whole movie in the style of "randi randi randi"...Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
Me too:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by ananth222
I watched CK on DVD recently and leaving out the last 20 minutes or so, it's a fantastic movie. The classics mudhal mariyAdhai & sindhi bhairavi had similar portions (though they also had full size songs that were extremely good).
Since I watch movies mostly on DVD's for the past few years, I don't even care anymore for most songs cause I typically skip them :-) If some director / MD can make me NOT to skip a song, that's an achievement nowadays:-))
I like montage songs. I hope atleast couple of songs will be in montage format in Nandhalala. Why they won't play full songs on tv? iLangAththu was a montage song and it was aired more often.Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
Good review from Telugucinema.com
http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publis...uvvu_audio.php
I agree with u totally. IR has done enough on the regular movie song crap. he need something different to stimulate and challenge his brain and myskin seems to have done that. expectation now grows more, but athai adakku adakku endru solkirathu uLmanamQuote:
Originally Posted by ananth222
hmm.."oliyum oliyum", "vividh bharathi" ivai ellaam illainaa innikku Ilaiyaraajavum illai..avarukku nammai pola rasigargalum illai..Quote:
ananth222 wrote:
Lets think outside "oliyum oliyum"... Imagine a whole movie in the style of "randi randi randi"...
My wish is IR's efforts should not go waste just as song clippings..like what happened in CK. I want the songs in a format that can be played on TV/Radio even after 20 years..Cheeni Kum will fail to do it..
I beg to differ Raja_Fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
Cheeni kum songs were remix of earlier gems. it deserves to be forgotten while the original gems like jotheyali deserve to exist in the public memory in their fullest and finest form.
For those who cant get the CD of Dhanam like me and are yearning for better quality heres the link. :D
http://tamilvibration.nl/d/Dhanam.TV...0Kbps..CBR.rar
This thread is getting close to 100 pages, so time to start a new thread to continue further discussions. Anyone interested?
After you create the thread, post the link here and I'll then close this thread.
Saw Dhanam today.
The BGM is quite minimal but they were full of guitar usage. The part where the hero's grandfather talks about paavam just before he passes away has some broken guitar usage to bring out the feel. Most of the hero-heroine meeting scenes before the marriage have the guitar played in a fast latin-styled rhythm. :D Picturisation of songs were a total let-down. Even a situational song like kattilukku mattum thana wasnt justified.
http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=12038
That's the new link boss