IR venumuney yaaraiyum yerakki solliyirukkamaattaar! ivanga edhavadhu thillu millu (like how KB used MSV's bit pieces for puthu puthu arthangal without asking IR!) senjiruppaanga! IR is very straight forward and says things on the face! thats not something well-appreciated in the industry, i guess!
when i try singing this pallavi, i somehow end up in "nee thoongum neraththil" from that disaster of a movie - Manasellam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
Sri Rama Lera Oh Rama - Mirattal composition
I could not believe this song was composed for a written lyrics. So much depth in the composition and through this song Maestro proves again that he could bring the majestic and rich orchestration even with the limited scope. Grand opening with violins and flute. Imagining if it was live flute, how grandeur this could have been.
Sriram Parthasarathy sings just one line alone in pallavi and one line in charanam, otherwise he sings along with Shreya which is quite a good relief. But Shreya sings fully the second charanam alone. :D
While the first interlude brings the grandness with divinity with the crash of cymbals with veena, mridangam, Flute and violin, second interlude is just grand with some heavy violins. The first interlude with cymbals and veena definitely goes to 'sorgavaasal thirappu' dharisanam or it takes back to old films where the vaikunta doors opens and we witness the 'anantha sayanam' of Thirumaal.
Some landmark areas in the song.
1. The humming by Shreya before the start of 1st charanam, Oh my God, stunner!.
2. Maestro using Ghatam for pallavi, mridangam for 1st charanam (which starts during the 1st interlude) and Tabla for the second charanam.
3. Two different charanam as crvenky pointed out. First one with both singing together has the bhakthi while the second one has a hint of pathos.
4. Changes in raagam as every one pointed out, but it was seamless with no jerks.
5. Listening to extensive Veena after a long long time in every Maestro's composition.
6. Lyrics, even though I didn't understand, it seems like I got the whole theme, that is important. I can feel some beautiful lines, I loved these lines in second charanam. See every line in second charanam ending with 'ma'. Very structured, effective, sweet lyrics and Maestro brings out the beauty of lyrics with every effective tune. Shreya takes the sweetness of the tune further high with her breath-taking singing with excellent bhaavam. The humming during the line 'mounam koodaa mathuram', should give her national award.
taamboola raagaala premaamrutam
thamaginchi sevinchu tharunam
sringaara sri rama chandrodayam
prathirehi vaidehi rudhayam
mounam koodaa madhuram mm..mm..mm.
samayam anthaa saphalam
ithi raama prema lokam
nila saaki pova sneham
inthu lone moksham
rathi chindrulinka saksham
yeh naadu veedi pone bandham
Every line in second charanam is amrutham. Great lines 'sringaara sri rama chandrodayam' and RS favorite line 'mounam koodaa mathuram'. And Maestro tunes in such a way that we can be immersed in the beauty of Rama. Nothing compares to the beauty of Rama, only himself.
May be I told everything about the song as landmark areas. :smile: It's totally a Shreya song and she gave a knockout performance. I am becoming big fan of Jonnavithuala's lyrics and I am clarifying whatever I can with my Telugu friends here and I am amazed at his skills. :notworthy:
Maestro takes the biggest credit for doing justice in pulling out this ever sweetest tune and orchestration out of the superior and deserving lyrics.
Sotta sotta thEnai parugum anubhavam. Sweetest song of the whole soundtrack.
V_S,
'Sreerama Laera' is now my wife's favorite composition. Lovely writeup. The line towards the end, "Sreeramunu rasavedam, seeta sati anuvadham'
Yes Suresh ji. Those are another beautiful lines and composed elegantly.
Every line in this song is worth an analysis and every line has its own sweetness. Not one second in this song we can say, it's not that sweet.
In pallavi, I always sing these lines to quench the sweet thirst:-)
"sugunalanu kaliginchi hrudayalunu veliginchi, maa janmamu dhanyamamu cheiyyumura" and the humming by Shreya to finish this line. Sweeter than honey!
The last line of 2nd charanam. 'yeh naadu veedi pone bandham' Thalaivar pinnittaar andha edathula. After this, Shreya extends with 'aah..ahh' humming to connect to pallavi. Stupendous!
When finishing with pallavi at the end, as you said, some mesmerizing lines...
sreeramuni anuragam seeta sathi vaiboham
sreeramudu rasavedam sri janaki anuvadham
I memorized the whole song :smile:
After this he surprisingly uses the same last line 'yeh naadu veedi pone bandhamu' to finish the pallavi, as used in 2nd charanam. But hear the difference when Shreya sings 'yeh naadu veedi pone bandham aah..aah' in 2nd charanam and here. 'yeh' would be little shorter and 'naadu veedi pone bandham' would be projected, extended and elongated more in 2nd charanam and that gives the scope to include aah..aah humming there. What sweetness!
While at the pallavi end, 'yeh' and 'naadu veedi pone bandhamu' all have same length, and observe the last word 'bandhamu' vs just 'bandham' in 2nd charanam. Here she extends 'bandhamuuuuuuu...'. Aaha! Thalaivaa! onnum sollamudiyala, just shaashtaanga namaskaaram. :notworthy:
V_S,
Lovely writeup again. vitta azhudhuveenga pola irukku :D
please get your original CD of this wonderful album......(if you just listen online, you will go to vanavaasam for 14 years)
Given below link is a good link, it talks sensibily about the songs and details like Ragas used in Sri Rama Rajyam - nice review here, i guess the reviewer got the tippu song wrong but guys, get a copy of this rocking album...Where are the arrogant idiots who said Raaja has lost his touch???
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=in
Vel,
If someone says that Raaja lost his touch, it is not because of arrogance or whatever. It is just a matter of their personal preference. We cannot refute the fact that Raaja's music underwent a change, compared to 70s, 80s, 90s. Some of us could walk along with Raaja and because of that, we are able to identify with his music and also accept the changes. And there are some fans, who couldnt accept. There is siganture raaja all along. Just that, in some albums - it is hidden while in some - it is not hidden. If anything, it could be ignorance but not arrogance.
And this album has raaja signatures all along.. with nothing hidden. I am sure that people who feel that raaja lost his touch, actually like (would have liked) this particular album.
i can understand your viewpoint Raagas......some are really ignorant....But there are others....the ones who use words like "he should better retire or he is getting old etc or they even dismiss a raja album carelessly by just one listen from some online site" etc, i think those are the once i called arrogant as well as ignorant ! Poor them !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by raagas
raajakarthik Karthik Raaja
by thirue
Now. From dad. :) yfrog.us/mtd48z
http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/featu...cember-release
"The Indian skipper has many firsts to his credit and the film is no different as Maestro Ilayaraja has opted for live recording while composing the songs. This is done rarely in the film industry these days."
arrogant idiots just for mentioning that IR has lost his touch :-)
Vel - Have you lost your mind ? Please respect others' views, else you cannot run even a family :-)
'Music is by Illayaraja. After a long time, he has done a Live Recording' for all the songs. These days, each instrument is recorded separately and then mixed through technology. But Dhoni’s songs were recorded live with the entire orchestra playing at the same time'.
http://www.supergoodmovies.com/27158...i-News-Details
Eager to feel the difference.
thanks,
Krishnan
krish244,
Somebody said that author's ability to write beautiful stuff depends on the reader's ability to have long attention spans, dwell , revel in that turns hat sentences take.
I believe if music is also like that - its probably the musicians ability to play the complex stuff ( what appears simple to us ) that may drive the composer to give challenging stuff . In Dhoni, i believe more than Raaja it is the musicians's skill that will enhance , which inturn will energise raaja to give more challenging stuff . And , he would like to hear that one composite live sound that he had in mind while composing, instead of taking the round the bush path of separate recordings , mixing , adjusting and hearing it .
yempa vem,....tfmpage is the last place i would look for advices on how to run a family. So why dont you pls keep those how-to-kits to yourself...(Also, why dilute an angry post with fake smilies....we have been here on the forum for so many years, so we all got plenty of immunity for flame posts!)
Once SPB said,"Raaja is the only composer where there is nothing like ''waste song"...As a composer, even my own albums have waste songs....but any Raaja song has something unique somewhere...."
You see? I am perfectly ok with a "hey i dont like that album" attitude...but "hey this guy should retire" is sheer idiotic ignorance at its best! As much as we advocate respecting others''s views, we should also show some respect for a larger-than-life genius like Raaja and keep our limits to just "views" and not some glaringly "biased" stuff. My comment was aimed at people acting as if they are sleeping (biased/arrogant), not the ones who are actually sleeping (naive / ignorant)...
In one Star Vijay TV show Yugi Sethu (not sure) said that one person from some European country came and met Ilayaraja after listening to one of his composition. May I know what is that song?
19thMay,
I think it was 'Putham Pudhu Kaalai'. irir123 can confirm.
One fact : Raaja refuses to do film directors who say that if he doesnt score for the film, they will not make the film . three such films - pudhiya pathai , sigaram and bhakayaraj's first film !
I think that was once upon a time (i.e. when he was too busy). I'm not sure whether he is keeping that same policy now...for that matter, in the new millennium, he has even agreed to do a 100% recycle album for Balki (CK)...IMO, it wouldn't have happened in the 80's...Quote:
Originally Posted by MumbaiRamki
Even Bala Mahendra has said so - on record - that if Raja stops making music, he would stop making films.
and also Meera from PC..Quote:
Originally Posted by MumbaiRamki
Thank you very much. I think I asked it in the wrong thread, sorry for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
Twitter Talk - Snehaveedu songs out tomorrow. Chithra, Hariharan, Shreya Ghoshal reportedly have sung in this one.
after that recent song by Hariharan & Chitra (aaro..), I am not surprised!Quote:
Originally Posted by AravindMano
Thanks AM. Time now to contact my Kerala friends :)
I believe suresh is getting ready to another marathon run :)
'Snehaveedu'. Four songs and one repeat, making it 5 songs. Hariharan, Chitra, Shreya solos (with Hariharan solo repeated by Rahul Nambiar) and one Rahul Nambiyar / Shweta Mohan duet. Not sure if the music is out in Kerala yet but I called this number listed in this ad (Thanks to rajasaranam) and listened to the samples. Lovely songs all of them. Very melodious. When Raja's pallavis are melodious, I will guarantee that the charanams will be super melodious. Now to somehow get the songs soon :)
Raaja Rocks once again with 4 great melodies for Sathyans new film Snehaveedu. :thumbsup: check this image for your caller tune service. Dial and listen to the samples of these amazing melodies!
RS, 9 songs illaya .. 4 repeat a !!
Five songs,
Aavanithumbi - Shreya Ghoshal
Amruthamayi - Hariharan
Chandrambimbathin - Rahul Nambiar, Shwetha
Chengathir Kaiyum - Chithra
Amruthamayi - Hariharan
The CD had songs from other albums apparently, and that's why the (wrong) count 9. The singer name being Jassie Gift in one of those songs is a dead giveaway, right? ;)
Got the songs from torrent. (Link). Sorry about posting this link.
My opinion - no great shakes. Chandrabimbaththin is good- the only song which appealed to me. Liked two other things about the album - guitars in Hariharan's song and Chithra's number - though very familiar - was expecting this number as I guess this was recorded after the tragic incident.
I was not expecting much - of late, I don't seem to like much from this camp :)
Okay - Chandrabimbaththin is an instant winner. Will wait for others to catch up and discuss.
+1, This song has everything. The first interlude is so calm an serene and on the contrary the second interlude consists of powerful drums. However, I love the synth carnatic gamakas in the pallavis, this did it for me :) IR has outdone himself here on the experimental arrangements.Quote:
Originally Posted by AravindMano
On initial hearings my order of liking is
Chandrabimbathin
Chengathir Kaiyum - Somehow I feel this is going to be a dark horse. Chithra ji :clap:
Amruthamayi Abhayamai - The electric guitar portions in the both interludes sounds very similar to Raajas own second interlude from Kuthikkira kuthikkira
Aavani Thumbi - Thoush Shreya mam has done a commendable job here the song has nothing new to offer.
Ok I take it back, my pick of the album is Chengathir Kaiyum :musicsmile:
Raja, Malayalam, Female solo. In Tamil cinema slang, 'tappaa ponadhaa charitrame illai'. The Chitra solo is stupendous, what a melody and Chitra is extraordinarily sweet. A melody for ages. The Shreya song is lovely as well. Now on to listen to the other two songs.
Ofcourse my expectations are opposite that of Aravind Mano. After 'Thandavakone' and 'Ramarajyam' my expectations have gone up and the first two songs satisfy these expectations.
Just listening now...Chengathir Kaiyum is hands down my favourite...so good to hear Chitra's voice....
I wonder if I'll be verbally stoned in Hub...but never found Shreya's songs wow..."Aavani Thumbi" has beautiful bgm but voice is not anything unexpected...
Chandrabimbathin...like bgm most...especially the beats...
Amruthamayi Abhayamai...guitar is a treat...sweet, delicate interludes...have to give HH's honey soaked voice due credit...thank goodness HH is reeled in when he sings for an album and not left to his own over-aggravating-exaggerating that he does in live performances...
Querida - not stoning and all. I am issuing a shoot-at-sight order with immediate effect. Unga nalla neram katchi thondargal yaarum unga oorula illainu nenaikkaren
Querida,
Don't worry. I am also with you to take the bullets :) Yes, while I do like Shreya's voice I am also yet to find it wow. Somehow she sings to be pleasing to the ears and many a times doesn't touch the heart. Maybe because it is that she doesn't really understand the language in which she sings or maybe it is the fact that not many look to emotional connect in songs. (I am sure Plum will come back with 'kannil paarvai'. Other than that there isn't much :) ) That is why she sound so good in Ponnar Shankar for all songs are very generic songs. I had a similar discussion with Vel a few days back in a different forum and he holds the same view point. So Plum, there is already a 'katchi' ready here :)
Amrithamaayi - Sneha Veedu (Malayalam)
Raaja unleashes a stunner of a Kalyani in Sathyan's latest Malayalam venture Sneha Veedu.
The song begins with a gentle guitar strumming , paving the way for Hariharan to take over who begins with a small Aalap and then follows by singing Amrithamayi Abhayamai..
The 1st interlude is very mellifluos with the guitar playing a soothing tune with the Piano providing ample support at the background.
The Annu Pallavi portions go one stop further adding to the melodic content , simply love the lines when Hariharan sings Chimmi Chimmi where the notes go Sa Ga , Ri Ma , Ga Pa ,Ma Da , Ma Ni Da Sa Ni Ri Sa ..
The portion after that is a beatiful synth based interlude after which Hariharan continues singing the Charanam..
Raja's Kalyani always has that magical stamp associated with it and this one definitely lives up to the billing ..
Yet another honey soaked melody in Kalyani , not to be missed ..
Here is my review of 'Sneha Veedu'.
Sathyan is on record stating that he always demands melodies from Raja. And Raja delivers perfectly for Sathyan. The Raja-Sathyan has a certain sound associated with it. The whole idea of this combination is to keep things at a low key and melody being the predomination factor in all the songs. There is nothing bombastic when it comes to this combination. Sathyan makes low key family melodramas and Raja ensures his music is in keeping with the requirement of the movie. Emotional content in the movie and the music is always high but Sathyan rarely shouts loud. Raja too ensures that nothing is over done. So if you are a lover of melodies and like your music to have some amount of emotion in it, then you have no choice but to fall in love with the Sathyan - Raja pair.
Let me now proceed to review the songs.
1. 'Chengathir Kaiyum' (Chitra) : Easily the best of the album or is it? That confusion is the greatest success of this album. The initial rhythmic pattern of the tune reminds you of the 'Sound of Music' song 'These are a few of my favorite things'. It is almost as if Raja took that rhythmic structure and built the pallavi. The violins following the tune in the charanam enhance the feeling of 'Favorite things'. As usual the charanam keeps pouring more melody into your ears. The interludes are nice and in keeping with the softness of the song. Loved the second interlude especially. The way Raja alternates between Chitra and the chorus in the charanam gives extra energy to the song. The tune, orchestration, interludes, everything is very much the modern Raja whom we have heard in movies like 'Gayam -2'. And Chitra chechi. Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that she is the best singer in India now? If you have, please listen to this song and get your doubt cleared. If you still have a doubt after hearing the song, please get your ears cleared :)
'Aavanithumbi' (Shreya Ghoshal) : What a pallavi. And Shreya's voice adds sweetness to the song. A lovely first interlude with violins, synth and guitar. The charanam as usual starts in a way you wouldn't expect and as usual raises the melodic quotient and you are completely satiated. Raja joins the charanam with pallavi in a nice way by getting the chorus to join in. A wonderful and melodious second interlude. The song drips honey. Worth just for the pallavi alone. If it was a couple of films back, Manjari would have probably got a chance to sing this song.
'Chandrabimbathin' (Rahul Nambiyar, Shweta) : The initial 'ya ya' dampened my spirits but those tabla taps raised the spirit. And when Rahul did a minuscule alapana before starting the song I was truly excited. The rhythm for the pallavi is so differently structured. So is it for the charanam. This song has the 'Malayalam song' stamped on it. The song which will most easily attract the 'I want something new everytime' crowd. The second charanam is drums driven, probably due to something happening on the screen so you may feel a bit of a disconnect. Rahul sings well and Shweta is sweet. I am very impressed with her singing. In this song Raja sort of shows us that if you want a new look and feel, I can give it to you. The melody is very catchy as well. So I will sort of disagree with Queria and say that I love the melody as well as the arrangements in this song. As I can see, this is the song which will easily catch up with the youth crowd. Like me :D
'Amruthamayi' (Hariharan version & Rahul Nambiyar version) : The gentle guitar strums open the song then joined by a gentler piano. Just hear the way Raja makes the guitar and piano play as Hariharan starts the pallavi. When Raja tunes in Kalyani he can do no wrong. (Actually in any ragam :) ) One more top class Kalyani based number. The piano plays some lovely phrases in the first interlude. I like the way the tune moves in the charanam and the guitar which comes in once in a while. Assume the 'Ponnar Shankar' song 'kannai padithen' played at a slower speed. You will get this song. The second interlude has the synthesizer playing with some effects which is not as great as the piano (or keyboard). Overall a top class song. To be put in low volume late in the night so as to aid you to get sleep. Only that the melody is so good that you will end up listening to this song in a loop till it is dawn. So beware. Hariharan, whose voice is not oft heard in Malayalam songs, brings in the required freshness. Rahul Namibyar in his version also does full justice to the song. And being a Malayalee, is able to emote as required.
Overall, one of the bests of Sathyan Raja combination. If you looked at the pattern in the last few of their movies, you will notice like one slow duet, one melody supported vigorously by the rhythm and one rhythm based song ('kezhakku mala kammalitta). In this album Sathyan eschews this rhythm based song and asks Raja only for melodies. And as listeners we are indeed blessed.
I will finally put it this way: If you liked songs like 'punnara poo' and sivamalli poove' you will love the Chitra and Shreya songs. If you love songs with emotional content like 'endhu paranjalum' you will love the Harharan / Rahul solo and if you love a duet like 'mandaara poo' you will love the Rahul-Shweta duet. If you are like me, you will love everything :D
I haven't heard these songs yet. But the instant you said it sounded like 'These are a few of my...', it struck me that there are two songs - one each in Telugu and Tamil that gives me that impression as well. 'Teeyani danimma' from Nireekshana and the prelude from 'Maniye mani kuyile' from Nadodi Thendral.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65