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heard a old song of raaja sung by vani jairam which starts like ''ethetho kanavu kandeno manam pol''. the tune is just similar to ''kanna vaa kavithai solven vaa thalaiva'' sung by s.janaki in the film maragatha veenai.can any one say which film is the song sung by vani jairam?
For Oru Naal Oru Kanavu - On initial listening, i needed only 1 song to remind me how peerless IR is - Listen to Kaatril Varum Geethame . Watch for the instrumental progression. Awesome.
Sonu nigam gets 3 out of 6 songs. Why and how?
His presence in MX was understandable - it's a bilingual.
Hope Udit Narayan in not next in the line!
My picks after one hearing:
Katril Varum [Bhavatarini, Sadhana Sargam, Shreya Ghosal, IR, Hariharan] - very soothing.
Konjum thira [Shreya Ghosal, Sonu nigam] - melodious, in parts.
Just listening to Oru Naal Oru Kanavu songs
Illaimmukku or vegam: very fast paced number sung by Sonu Nigam. (sounds very YSRish)
Enna Paatu: starts off slowly but a fast paced number sung by Sonu Nigam. (with some karpaana swaram and veenai interludes towards the end of 2nd charanam).
Sonu for a change sounds better than Udit who kills the lyrics!
Kaatril Varum: Absolutely stunning classical number rendered by Bhavatarini. Towards the 2nd charanam, IR sings with Hariharan.
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how 2 download songs from this site guys?? no link anywhere to download after the fast reply??? :?:
Rajasaranam, thanks for the link!
Kaatril Varum: I am very glad that this happened to be first on my list. Very pleasant start to the song. Well started by Bhavatharini and with minimal instruments (tabla, flowing flute bits with minimal synth stuff). Guess this is something of a isai kudumbam song. Interludes are short and soothing (probably all of synth). Shreya joins Bhava in the first charanam and she sounds too good. Second interlude is again a short one but a very soothing flute. Shreya starts the second charanam and is joined by Hariharan & Sadhana Sargam. IR joins after the end of 2nd charanam and sings pallavi with Hariharan. An excellent song.
Khajiraho: After hearing the beginning of this song it brought back me to the current IR's trend of music, still I felt interludes were longer (in comparisons with his recent short interludes), better and suited the type of situation. Guitar accompanies the beginning of this song with some humming by Shreya aswell. Second interludes sees more of Guitar (is that Guitar passage in 1st interlude aswell or synth?). Check it out. Charanam & interludes make this song a better song. Shreya and Hariharan has sung this song.
Enna Paattu: Beginning tune is pretty catchy but I did not find the drums along with rythm pattern that catchy or foot tapping. First interlude is ok with full synth stuff. Second interlude sounds better and more catchy (probably has some real trumpets...i might be wrong). A situational song...should sound better in the movie. Sonu nigam has done a decent job.
Ilamaikku: The prelude is pretty decent but is spoilt by synth stuff. Just imagine if it was done with real drums, piano, trumpets, etc, it would have elated the song to a much higher level. I could not stop myself from thinking how the song "Oru Maina..." (Uzhaippali) begins (although it too has little synth stuff) or take any other old IR song. Neverthless, the rythm that follows with drum beats is pretty good with guitar interspersed with Sonu singing the fast paced pallavi. The fast paced rythm pattern is maintained through out the song which is good. First interlude could have been better if some real drums, piano, trumpets were used. Charanam tune sounds better and is fast paced again. 2nd interlude sounds better. Sonu has really sung the song well. Although a very fast song, his tamil pronounciation has come out very well (albeit very very few places). Charanam, rythm pattern & Sonu's singing make this song decent.
Konjam Thira: Tune is decent but somehow "Thavikkiren Thavikkiren" (from TIME) came to my mind, I dont know why. Interludes could have been better. Better interludes would have inspired me to write more about this song. Shreya & Sonu has done a decent job.
My pick is Kaatril, Konjam Thira & Ilamaikku. As 12bums say, Kaatril is enough to make us be proud of IR. Just amazing song!
Teja, there is nothing wrong in using Sonu (or any NI singers) as long as they dont murder the language. If you see Sonu has really done a pretty decent job in pronounciation department (even in the fast paced Ilamaikku). Sonu must have impressed IR with his performance in Mumbai Xpress and probably thats the reason he gets more songs and I feel he may become more regular for IR. Lets see. Sonu is a very good singer and has his own style. I dont know how many songs he has sung in Tamil after "Vaarayo thozhi".
IR has already used Udit in some dubbed hindi movies and also in the remake of KASI in kannada (for one song). As long as Udit continues to kill tamil, I feel he may not get a chance to sing under IR for a tamil movie.
thanks,
Krishnan
Krish,
I am not against NI singers either.
True, Sonu's pronounciation is much better than his other NI counterparts.
It's his voice - IMO, it just doesn't suite tamil songs. He's fine at a low pitch but sounds very strained at high pitch and over-zealous most of the time.
Eg: Listen to fag end of Konjum Thira's charanam.
Shreya is effortless, but Sonu... hmm!!
You might not agree with me.. but again, opinions differ.
Back to the topic - I just love "Konjum Thira". Look at the way IR uses silence - the brief pause between first interlude and charanam and the way charanam picks up... wow Mesmerizing!.
Thiruvasagam getting released on 30th June
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/h...0506061802.htm
Yet to listen, but can some one who listened to "ONOK" already, is it comparable to " V 16 , KM or Kannukkul Nilavu songs of IR-Fazil combo, their last combo, kannukkul Nilavu was one of the best IMHO if ONOK is as good as that, I can celebrate even without listening to ONOK for few days
Prabhudas
I wouldnt go to the extent of comparing Varusham 16 with ONOK, but I'd certainly rate it on par, if not better than KM or KN, the other Fazil-IR combos. There's a certain modernism that has seeped into IR's compositions these days - I might be referring to the predominant use of synthesizers, something that sounds fabulous in Karthikraja's music, but not necessarily in IRs, simply cos thats not his style. V16 had that clear, unadultrated, unsynth sound thats hard to match these days. Something IR repeated with 'Endu paranjalum' in Achuvinte Amma recently. The same movie had a synthesized sound in 'Shwasathin thaalam' but it did sound good nevertheless.
Strange that other synth regulars like ARR and HJ have stopped using it so obviously, but IR seems to be still holding on to that sound.
But dont worry. The tunes in ONOK are perfectly in place and that would hold it in very good stead. If only Fazil's script is decent, we should have another good hit from this combo, after all the movie's success does play a key part in popularizing the songs.
Karthik
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