Kamal-Ilayaraaja-Singeetham Rao-MUMBAI EXPRESS

well said suresh.
MEX may not be creative enough to the likes of some, may not be trendier enough to the likes of some one else, but it is undeniably original and enjoyable piece of music. All I wanna say and rest is that when u hear a kuyil sing a song, a sparrow chirp, u will not say there is nothing new in this and it is un enjoyable. Rather you will still enjoy the same old kuyil song. At the same token u are not going to exclaim when u hear a bull dozer engine's sound saying "It is very innovative and enjoyable". It is new, but a noise.
Mumbai express for sure has raaja stamp and it is thoroughly enjoyable and thats it. I donno why someone is trying to bring long list of albums from raaja that did not satisfy him/her. I donno what that individual is trying to get at. Is Mumbai Express a good album? Will u pay money and listen to it . say yes or no. If u like it say what u liked in that. If u didn't like it, then say what u didn't like. Comments like, it is the same old raaja stuff, no innovation from 80s are misleading and are vague. Song is good bad or ok. thats it. album is recommendable or not thats it. not vague intellectualisms poured on hapless simpletons like me. And this is my personal opinion.

Hi,
There have been some insightful posts here especially by suresh.
I do see that there is a lot of anti-kamal sentiments in posts on various threads, especially trying to boost CM and sachin and bring down MX. Has anyone checked out the trailers of MX, is it good? Some folks just want to spit venom on MX saying bgm for tralier is not good etc...., even the press wants to put out stuff abt mx, doubting its value.

One more thing on the eve of release:
Kamal has a uphill battle here especially this time in terms of perception. If MX brings in good money it will change a lot of things for him. Kamal has made lot of statements about his film, i do hope it strikes a chord with the audience.

"Poo Poothadhu" bristles with youth, energy and class to make it one for the archives. "

Diana song from Kadhal Kavithai was much better and this comes no way near it.
An average album by IR-Kamal standards. High time Kamal seperates business from friendship otherwise he's going to lose his revived market after Virumandi and Vasool Raja.

Jaiganesh, if you like ME say so and leave. You dont have to worry about my opinions or anyone else's on ME, if you feel secure about your taste. I have already written clearly what I have liked and not liked about ME. I liked the interludes but the tunes werent creative and didnt jell well with the rest of the song. For IR fans, I would heartily recommend the album. For others, I would suggest listening to it first and deciding for themselves whether they need to buy it or not since its not your usual TFM album like Sachin or Gilli.
My reply to NagaS was on a different issue, not related to ME.

"A close parallel would be the trendsetting MR-ARR “Aaydha Ezhuthu”, but then given their individual and collective brand equity and salience, it was easy for them to pull off just about any innovation."

Suresh, this was the point I was trying to address. I would say the opposite is true. For MR-ARR it was a bigger risk, they stand to lose more and they did lose more. AE was a dud at the BO although the music did better. Its difficult to take risks when you stand to lose a lot.

In the case of ME, ALL the risks are on Kamal's shoulders. IR has already gotten his paycheck and he doesnt worry about his market value anymore. If anything he stands to gain from all the hype that Kamal generates everytime a Rajkamal movie is released. Now, Guna was a bigger risk for both, I agree.

"A close parallel would be the trendsetting MR-ARR “Aaydha Ezhuthu”,..."

This is blasphemy in an IR thread! Indeed, some posts in this thread, while effusive in their praise of the Maestro's music, expectedly did not let slip the opportunity that was available to them, to vehemently decry the so-called "techno-pop" music inititated by you-know-who. How dare Suresh refer to such music as trend-setting! :)

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Originally Posted by suresh

These are not mere songs; rather, these are cinematic moments of great emotion crafted painstakingly by two gifted creators who traverse the spectrum between the mediocre to magical ever so often to the dismay and delight of the cinegoer.

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Suresh Well said and thank you for the great insight.

And someone asked if the trailer is good and BGM in the trailor is good/bad. Trailor is not a movie. According to one of the movie distributor in TN, both CM and MX are extremely good and "they dont have to run the movie for the sake of it. movie itself will run for 100 days atleast" so lets stop our imagination and wait till the movie comes.

One more thing to all

PEACE

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Originally Posted by Jacky

High time Kamal seperates business from friendship otherwise he's going to lose his revived market after Virumandi and Vasool Raja.

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Would you dump your friends if someone else is giving you some money?

Rememer Kamal is a kind of guy who doesnt respect anyone and who doesnt ccare about anyone. Kamal did dump IR for a while until he was badly in need of help. When LV left Hey Ram in the middle and Kamal begged IR to score just BGM only, but IR doesnt want to just do BGM (as a policy) and wants to do the full movie including songs, but Kamal doesnt have money/callsheet to take the movie again, so IR used the same lip movements to score BGM and SONGS for Hey Ram.

Does anyone think of anyother MD in the universe who can do this job.

The way I see the "Nee paartha parvaikkoru nandri" is not just a song that Kamal wrote for the situation, but a song dedicated to IR to thank him. The relationship between Kamal and IR is beyond friendship and I hope Kamal doesnt forget this for his life.

Speaking of dumping people, the whole dumping process starts with KB. He used V Kumar when MSV was big, He tried so many ppl when IR was big and now that ARR is big, he is trying to use VS for his next movie.

kbee,
I'm afraid your post is out of context, I will still respond. Kamal along with Rajni are probably the only aging stars who can sell themselves.
I don't mind if Kamal imperils himself by filming and writing his doctrines (I may not have a choice), but there's no space for others to impede after all entertainment business is a complete package these days.
Vijay has already touched this point, IR has very little to lose and everything to gain but Kamal? IR could have given his heart and soul to this project when these apprehensions are eliminated automatically – songs would be picturised well, the film targets a wider audience by being bilingual, and it would be marketed very well. So, why another uninspired or in-a-hurry attempt?
God Knows!

It has been giving me headache since I started listening. Only 2 times I listened adn I would prefer to listen CM, Sachin or the greatest Bose. :roll: