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I have read many a times him spewing venom on Raaja. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by sgmsin
Gnani has accepted Raaja's greatness. Only during Thiruvaasagam release he wrote about Raaja negatively relating to some other incidents that happened at those times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
Tamizh,
Your observation is right. My only grouse is that there are directors from other Indian languages who have been accepted all over the world as good directors. Ray, Adoor, Benegal, Ghatak, Mrinal Sen etc. Not a single director from Tamil will get into that category, unfortunately.
I think I will stop here before someone points out this has nothing to do with Illayaraja or film music :)
S.Suresh
Gnani is well known for his anti-religion ( means anti-Hinduism in Tamil Nadu ). So he would have got irritated when IR did some thing to popularize Thiruvasagam :)Quote:
Sanjeevi wrote:
What about Gnani
Gnani has accepted Raaja's greatness. Only during Thiruvaasagam release he wrote about Raaja negatively relating to some other incidents that happened at those times.
hi Suresh, you are right. In "kannil paarvai" song of "Naan KadavuL" , Raja has done a scale shift from Rasikapriya to MMG in the interlude . Raja has done it so seamlessly that makes him a master weaver . The "Graha bedham" from Rasikapriya to MMG was more apparent in "ethanai bhavam undu" of "ULiyin Oasai"
Iam particularly irked by directors like Balki, Bala who are supposedly big fans of IR , but rehash his old hits with the excuse of nostalgia. Classics are best left untouched. It is impossible to better either the orchestration or legendary singers like KJY/SPB/PS/SJ/VJ . If I were to direct a movie , I would like to extract nice , fresh tunes from IR . Do the directors feel it is impossible to do that? Hope Myshkin iatleast successfully drills IR for fresh tunes for "Nandhalala"
Thumburu,
While I do enjoy the revised version of 'Mata Un Kovilil' (Amma Un Pillai Naan), I too would have loved a new tune. When Raja can come up with 'Kannil Paarvai', I am sure he would have come up with an equally fascinating tune for the other situation as well. It is our loss :( I guess people like Balki, Bala, Balu Mahendra etc are so close to Raja that he cannot sometimes refuse when they want him to use an old tune.
The graha bedham has really been done very seemlessly. You have used the right words, a 'master weaver'. He hides his craft so well in this song.
Looks like there will be two more added songs in Naan Kadavul, one a ghazal styled song. Lets wait and see.
S.Suresh
New tune would'hv been great, but however i'm sure the present generation would get an opputunity to listen to these forgotton gems.
Further I don't think 'Madha Un Koil' is a familiar song as i haven't seen it aired in any TV, Radio or even in the Net radios or youtube. In fact, some of my office colleagues who are in thier 20's could not even guess that 'Amma Un Pillay' is a old tune of Raja until i mentioned this to them. Similarly 'Pichai Paathiram' too is seen as a new tune by many...
Infact it could'hv been absolutely a bliss, if a rehash of 'Deva Sangeetham' and 'Aruna Kirana Deepam' of Guru Malayalam was used in this Album instead of the above two, of course with the same original sound track :)
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Watch "Rasigan" programme today on Kalaignar TV. Part 2 of Ilaiyaraja special ! Just for IR fans ! Dont miss it !
The programme is running right now on Kalaignar TV !
it was quite interestingQuote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan