Shankers Anniyan Songs

Rather sub-standard music for a Shankar movie. I just hope the movie's plot is worth it, for his sake. I'd not compare it with any of HJ's or ARR's previous works, but overall, the 2 so-called 'carnatic' tracks sound pedestrian. No flashes of innovative raaga usage or viddhais like 'ennavale' that provoked Subbudu's to cry foul.

Another jarring thing is the use of english - given that Shankar's songs have always been like this, but this time the words chosen in songs like Kannum kannum/ Kaathal yaanai are a bit 'over-the-top' for average listeners.

Finally, we've seen enough vigilante films and one-man-taking/ changing-the-society movies in recent times that Shankar needs to be the extra careful on what he's trying to say this time. I've some feeling that this will end up as another 'Samurai' for Vikram...in the sense, every review said Samurai was a well made movie, great songs/ acting et all, but it was too late. 'Cos a movie like Citizen had tried something on those lines/ ending already. In fact the theatre where I watched it, people were commenting that if it had come before Citizen it'd have been a big hit!

Kamraj,

"Infact, I do not have any special interest in HJ."

When i said his dappankuthu was not as good u pounced on me like a .....
Anyways visit http://forum.uyirvani.com/viewtopic.php?t=8
For complaints and rebuttals contact the site owner, not me.
Cheers.

Thanks for the post Jacky. Sorry, if you felt that pouncing.

The most convincing similarity is 'Pachai Niramae' and 'Gul Mohar Malare'.

Let me tell you one example, how ridiculous some claims are:
Arul:
Marudha Malai
(Same Style when starting & Same 'Glass shining sound"

Uyire/Dil se:
Thaiya Thaiya

Do they think that ARR invented that Glass shining sound or did they hear that 'Glass shining sound' for first time only in Thaiya Thaiya.
Ok..ok.. I am not trying to be too critical. Cheers to you too.

Jacky,

That was very amateurish to give a link from such site owned by ARR Fanatics. give a link from Some site like ItwoFS which is owned by Karthick who is fairly Unbiased :)

i am eager to know how the album is selling?

Listening to the songs!! it is good.. probably will take some more time to get it going, but it has a repeat listening quality.

Rajasaranam, ithu neengala.. ARR-ai pugazhureengale??.. what happened to IR?

Iyengaru veetu azhagae reminds me of some song of IR, i dont know which film.. it might be ARR's too.. can some body tell me.


ne ways, send me an email rupmans@yahoo.com, i will send u a link for photo albums!!.. Hope you remember me.

Guys,

are you trying to say , HJ does not copoy a bit from ARR?.....


Back Anniyan!

I have listened to Anniyan Infinite times since yesterday, honestly this is what i thought,

ARR shankar Combo has always been a HIT combo, eventhough they have always tasted succes, I personally dont think ARRs best albums were for Shankar.

In the same way, inever expected HJ to shell out his best stuff for Shankar. But What i was expecting was This could be shankars best songs wise!

and as a conclusion to my thoughts, HJ did nnot come up with his best album! And Obviuosly this isnt Shankars bestalbum either!

The songs have registered alott more than i expected they would on the first hearing! Average songs, they albumisnt a bummer! I am sure the audios will sell initially untill there is the word of mouth! Surely there is gonna be a major dip in sales after a week or 2. I think for the first time Shankars movie will be assessed purely on the movies strength! Previously people always say music played a major part in shankars success! I remeber for instance there were rumours that Jeans was saved by the songsso shankar was gonna work with IR!

Maybe this is what shankar wanted, he wanted music to be a lesser part of the films success!!!

All said, Anniyan has songs that diferent groups of people may like, for instance 2 melodies, 2 fast songs and a folk song, it has the ability to reach out to C centres, unlike BOYZ. Anniyan is structuured similair to Gentleman in variety.... other than that no comparisons at all!

The story is about Vikram killing anybody who throws rubbish on the streets!! One day he finds his own lover throwing a banana skin on the street pavement - and he chases her!! Whether Vikram succeeds or not is the story!!

Forgot to add - The reason y Vikram kills anyone who throws rubbish is - his own father slips and falls over a banana skin that was thrown on the road and gets killed!! So during his deathbed- Vikram's father gets a promise from Vikram saying that he shuld not spare anyone even if its his loved one - if they throw any rubbish on the streets!!

Lots of sentiments :(

Hello,

After I heard this Kaathal Yaanai I thought Anniyan album will not be great. But after I heard the full album I know that this is the badest album that Harris Jeyaraj has ever composed and the badest that Shankar's films ever had.
I am saying this because I am a A.R.Rahman fan. Before Anniyan album released I was scared that it will break all records of A.R.Rahman, but now I am very happy for A.R.Rahman. Now Shankar loosed. He left A.R.Rahman now for the first time the music of his film will be a flop (not big hit). The thing that disturbed me was that Harris Jeyaraj copied (reused) many ideas and tunes from his old and from some other Music Directors albums.
So it's over. Anniyan Audio will be a flop.

This is only my opinion. You don't need to reply to this post. Sorry if am wrong.

Bye, bye

Folks

snr tfm member review of Anniyan check it out
http://srikanthd.blogspot.com

MIL,

Chennai vanthu Enna paaka varennu sollittu yaemaathitu poana ungala marakka mudiyuma :) BTW Join panna appa oru test post apram 4 maasam kalichu oru post enna aachu tooooooo busy :?
Rasaiaah is the only one who is running through my blood. I do Appreciate others at timesnu ungallukku theriyaatha enna?!! Especially after BOSE ARR's Rating has gone up in my books :)
I sent a mail to ur ID thozha.

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Originally Posted by baba88

I am saying this because I am a A.R.Rahman fan. Before Anniyan album released I was scared that it will break all records of A.R.Rahman, but now I am very happy for A.R.Rahman. Now Shankar loosed.

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How Prejudiced :( ARR need not taste success by others failures. If that is so then he is a winner among worst :D

Kamaraj,
I don't completely buy their claims. Since u repeatedly asked for inspired songs - i gave a link from a site i often visit for downloading movies.

Rajasaranam,
free advice ah?
No thanks :lol:

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Originally Posted by Jacky

Kamaraj,
I don't completely buy their claims. Since u repeatedly asked for inspired songs - i gave a link from a site i often visit for downloading movies.

Rajasaranam,
free advice ah?
No thanks :lol:

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Kamaraj,

he himself cant figure out which of the songs of HJ are lifts from ARR. Avara ipadi kodumai paduthiteengalae. Paavam avar PAdam D/L panna mattum than antha sitekku povaraam please avara kitta inimae kashtamaana kaelvigal ellam kaetkaatheenga. :(

Jacky,
Theriyaama sollitaen sorry :roll:

athu ellam inta pasanga pannina velai, naan ippo oru yahoo groups-le leader-a irukkaen, so very busy athai thavira, lot happened in the family..

naan post panniyae romba naalachu. anniyan kaeta piragu, tfmpage vandaen, enna sollarangannu parkarathukku, but surely my recent best is Yellae from Mumbai Express, it rocks, Anniyan is in my repeat listening list.

Rajasaranam,
Romba Thanks. Intha marthiri ella dfers kum help pannunga. Athuku ungala mari oru Genius ala than mudiyum.
:clap:

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Originally Posted by MusicIsLife

athu ellam inta pasanga pannina velai, naan ippo oru yahoo groups-le leader-a irukkaen, so very busy athai thavira, lot happened in the family..

naan post panniyae romba naalachu. anniyan kaeta piragu, tfmpage vandaen, enna sollarangannu parkarathukku, but surely my recent best is Yellae from Mumbai Express, it rocks, Anniyan is in my repeat listening list.

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Welcome back MIL :-)

Let me stick my neck out.

The consensus seems like "Andangkaka..." is best of the album.

Ironically, when I listened to it and my Bull-S(BS) detector went way up to 200% and it SCREAMED COPIED!!!! After some melodystorming I was able locate the orginal tune!!

Rajasaraam pointed out that it is borrowed from IR and his vocabulary. Nope! It goes way back to 50's -- Alibaba & 40 Theives. The melody is lifted(remixed?!?!) from the cute and beautiful song "Chinnanchiru Chitte.." sung Jiki & Krishnan K C

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/s/movie_name.4166/

You can even trace the 'Andangkka..." hook to the interlude of the Chinnanchiru Chitte song :)

No wonder it sound good and catchy ;)

Anniyan songs very disappointed for Shankars fans, because his every film has some new innovative sounds like Jeans, Muthalvan, Boys, Kathalan, Indian,. but all songs in anniyan songs are similar to 'Copycat' Harris Jayaraj's earlier ones or rahmans interludes, loops etc.

So, Shankar better luck next time with Arrahman, otherwise you lose your great fans.

Its surprising how under the pressure of satisfying high profile stars and directors second-tier MDs crumble. Vidyasagar's Chandramukhi was eminently forgattable and certainly not his best album-far from it. Thanks to Rajni, the songs are a hit anyways. And now HJ crumbles under the pressure. The songs might anyways be a hit for sometime because of Vikram/Shankar/Picturization/Publicity. But musically, an opportunity gone waste for HJ. Its only after listening to these so-called biggies by these second-tier MDs you realize even more that IR/ARR belong in a separate league all by themselves, several notches above the rest of TFM. We need the next whiz kid to take TFM by storm pretty soon, or else we would be reduced to listening to our old collections again and again.

When 4 the People audio was released, I thought that the new 'new sound' had arrived. Jassie Gift really has a unique sound... Too bad Jassie Gift is reduced to singing songs for HJ...

Senthil - amazing find!! stunning - HJ wins the best XeroX Machine Award for the Year 2005!!

iyengaaru veetu azhage is a nice melody... I see shades of hindholam in it... can someone confirm the raaga??

Thiru

It has lots of shades of nattai,Thilang/kambeera nattai.
BTW read srikanths review here.
http://srikanthd.blogspot.com
This song could being done even more better but the songs gets lost in anupallavi and charanam
BTW for fellow tfmpagers this song also reminds of 2 songs
one is of old TR song can anyone guess and one is narumugaye of ARR song.
But watchout for Hariharans Brigas ;)

HJ FANS something to cheer up a bit!

Indiaglitz hass a review of Anniyan!

Guys get excited for a while!

Oh well, India glitz is a great site, that never degrades any one or any movie! Always in praise for anything it reviews.
Considering this point, the anniyan review is not exactly a flattering one, so i assume they mean to say its average! Funny thing is that review also points out a few "inspired parts!"

I guess the verdict is equivocal Anniyan album fails!

"Kumari " is surely the best song!

Its really good!

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Originally Posted by senthilv.com

Let me stick my neck out.

The consensus seems like "Andangkaka..." is best of the album.

Ironically, when I listened to it and my Bull-S(BS) detector went way up to 200% and it SCREAMED COPIED!!!! After some melodystorming I was able locate the orginal tune!!

Rajasaraam pointed out that it is borrowed from IR and his vocabulary. Nope! It goes way back to 50's -- Alibaba & 40 Theives. The melody is lifted(remixed?!?!) from the cute and beautiful song "Chinnanchiru Chitte.." sung Jiki & Krishnan K C

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/s/movie_name.4166/

You can even trace the 'Andangkka..." hook to the interlude of the Chinnanchiru Chitte song :)

No wonder it sound good and catchy ;)

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I could only Say VO...kkala OLi 5 patula thaerunathu oru paatu athuvum copy :(

heard 2 songs

kumari -nice song,sure hit.
1st interlude reminds me of mohalai song interlude,
n also the table beats.
Kumari (2:23 to 2:45) and mohalai (2:18 - 2:26)
rehash of mohalai??
good selection of singers.
2nd interlude sounds
familiar....any guess???.......well i
did found out.....is nothing than kannamuchi from
kandokunden2,check out the 2nd interlude.


kannum kannum-

ordinary song...don't know why harris usin the same instrument.
heard this song 3 time still sucks!!!
lyrics not clear...1st interlude reminds of a song in samurai.....18 vayusu????
2nd interlude 3:07 to 3:26 reminds of yuhi chala(swades) interlude.


REST LATER.......COMMENTS??

andan kakka
-much hyped song of jessie gift but he has only small part in this song.
-yet another below average song...maybe shankar should invite deva as guest composer to compose this song.


so far the songs doesn't seem like shankar movie songs.....
maybe the remaining songs will do justice...

andan kakka
-much hyped song of jessie gift but he has only small part in this song.
-yet another below average song...maybe shankar should invite deva as guest composer to compose this song.


so far the songs doesn't seem like shankar movie songs.....
maybe the remaining songs will do justice...

sorry for the double post.

SHANKAR ORU PERIA 'AUTAKARAN'HARRIS 'ANDA PULUGAN'
POI RENDUPERUM MATTI MATTI AISCREAM POTUKKASOLUNGA!!!!!

The song seem to be highly inspired from...vidyasagar's symphony version of Endaro Mahanubahulu...This number also starts with one of the pancha ratna krithis "Jagaddhodarana in raaga naata...the starting was great i had great expectations for this song ( just wait till u see the screen, shankers should be credited for such adoration for tyagaaiya)...but in vain....a complete turn over comes in where hariharan and harini(?)...takes off on the track...The raaga is maintained through out the song. The lyrics had iyengar accent and words such as "camatthu" & ...the jathiswarams were good. The song seems to have traces of narumugaye from iruvar i am reffering to the veena sequence..The drawbacks are high usage of electronics...loops..the usage of accoustic should have lifted the song (ARR or Vidyasagar should done better)....other songs in this album are not worth mentioning. :( ..

Building Blocks - Typical Harris's style, orchestration/arrangement mirrors ARRs works, as always.

Lyrics - a 'Thooral' of vairamuthu's imaginative stamp here and there. Otherwise, it's the same algorithmic lyrics interspersed with vocabs frm his word bank like 'ootri vitai', 'kudithuvidu', 'vaervai' blah blah.

A quick comment on some of the tracks frm first hearing - not sure if i wud give it a shot again...

Kanum Kannum - Nothing new. Songs like these set trends way back in 94.

Iyengaru.... A rehash of Gambeeranatai raag. So the similarity with Narumugaiye, MahaGanapathim, and for directional convenience, starts off with Jagada.

Andankaka .... good singing - but again cheap lyrics with occassional imaginative writing. It's conspicuous that the standards of writing have degraded these days when we hear phrases like like 'Muthathathala vervai illam sutham seyyendi"...GROSS!

Kathaal Yaanai....average number, as some of u had mentioned already. ARR was a trendsetter for these kinda songs a decade ago! Again this doesnt mean bashing non ARRs.

Stranger in Black...again nothing new - cud be situational music.

Kumari..starts of like Laysa Laysa...similarity with Enuyir thozhiyai may be due to use of Sudha Saveri scales.

Message: Taste is subjective - so enjoy listening, if u like it.
My call: Not worth my Hard disk space. :)

Cheers.

i like two songs of anniyan after listenning few times. but on the whole, i have impression i have already listened its somewhere. I was very disapointed because i except songs from HJ like VASEEGARA, LEYSA KEYSA, onra renda
in every case, it is worth album of shankar
i like HJ too but SHANKAR + ARR BETTER THAN SHANKAR+HJ

i hope we will like more the songs after seeing the film

Here is my review on the album

http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Anni...m-73528-1.html

Smile
Suresh

I think Iyengaaru veetu azhage is not based on 'Gambheera naattai' alone...Its a mix of different raagas... I had great expectations after the initial pancharatna kriti... 'kumari' is a very good attempt but Harris differs from other MD's by bringing his loop/style in every song... the bit 'naan thotru poven endru enniye' reminds us of his old songs... The mohanaveena bit in Iyengaaru veetu azhage defintely reminds us of 'narumugaiye' but its still a change from the usual HJ's 'omaha seeya' stuff....

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The song seem to be highly inspired from...vidyasagar's symphony version of Endaro Mahanubahulu... ..

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Yes, but few 1000 miles away from VS work. When I listened to VS Endaro Mahanubahulu I was stunned. I rate VS work very close to manisharma's work in Morning Raga. Compared to these, Anniyan song is a garbage.

Some one said it correctly. its not work my hard disk space or even to be discussed.

Suresh,

I generally like (love) all your reviews, but not this one (the part where you said it will catch up once we watch the movie) . In shankar's movies there is no situational songs and thats why he has to stick with ARR. There is no way this is going click.

HJ better luck next time

Shankar - go back to ARR or try YSR.