Naan kadavul songs are simply intoxicating, esp 'Om shivoham'
excellent, esp the Chanting of Mantras and udduku
Naan kadavul songs are simply intoxicating, esp 'Om shivoham'
excellent, esp the Chanting of Mantras and udduku
Despite my general dislike of current male singers in TFM, I'm impressed with the 'iLa vayasu' song of mathiya chennai.
Definitely very cool arrangements by IR!
On a different note, I generally dislike the use of 'mainA' in TFM for reasons unknown. All MD's / lyricists have got fascinated by this bird but somehow it sounds like chennai slang to me :-) (mainA mainA mAman pudichcha - IR/MR combo song, dillAnA dinnAnA - manjakkAttu mainA - ARR, manjakkAttu mainA ennakkonjikkonjippOnA - YSR)
I love that bird, though. It can speak like kiLi actually and can be so friendly with humans (my friend in AngamAli had one at his home which spoke beautiful malayALam sentences)
I'm not sure whether 'mainA' is a pucca Thamizh word. Is there any other name for this bird?
aemba ithu romba 'main'a
Illaiyaraja's music and PC Sreeram's cinematography lend themselves well to Balki's vision.
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainmen...-stime_1319750
app_eng,
ilavayasu is a good song with some nice arrangements. Looks like the movie is another amateurish attempt going by the review and should go the way of 'Valmiki' and 'Kannukulle'. At least the Hindu review says the music was good. My personal favorite from the movie is 'unnai patri sonnal'. The pallavi lyrics are not great and I was pissed off a bit but the lyrics in the charanams are quite good. As kiru had suggested earlier Raja probably had a say in the pallavi lyrics selection. The whole arrangement, the sound, everything about this song is superb. Especially good work by the keyboard player.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movi...149/index.html
padam super hit agumnu thonuthu :D
Paa song is climbing in the rating :)
http://www.planetbollywood.com/top10Songs.php
BTW
the site has listed top 100 all-time bollywood soundracks :)
1) Are Laxmikant-Pyarelal that much big?
2) Atleast 4 ARR albums there
3) SPB :thumbsup: (is he written Lyrics for Saagar?)
4) atleast two kamal films (Ek duje ke liye and Saagar) :D
5) Just curious to know :) is any song had/has IR song inspiration from these 100 albums?
List paathuttu solraen. L-p are indeed big and were the market leader in 80's. Their quality is another matter.
Spb - lyrics for saagar? Not possible. Could be javed akthae or rdburman camper indivar or some such
I even have not heard about some bollywood Music directors especially Khayyam
Exactly! Listening to both unnaipatRi sonnAl & un vAzhvE made me think why can't IR do songs like the typical western pop - where prelude is followed by the first stanza / saraNam and only after that the chorus / pallavi plays :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
Actually IR, being a WCM fanatic, can even do songs without any pallavi at all (there are any number of church choir songs with no chorus aka pallavi part, just stanzas). With IR's extraordinary capability to orchestrate, it would be interesting to see if a director comes to him with a requirement that there should be no pallavi :-)
As it lists all my favourites (ArAdhanA, bobby, YKB, QSQT, Ashiqui, shOlAy, qurbAni, dil sE etc), it should be a pretty decent list :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
L-P got to be big, with Bobby! Even in TN VILLAGES, it ruled (hum-tum used to be my "humm-all-time" song at one point of time! So was K-A's qurbAni (lailA O lailA). SDB-RDB popularity is also unquestionable!
I'm not so sure about the Anu Malik / Ram Laxman kind of guys about whom I don't care.
OTOH, QSQT by A-M is among the greatest music I've ever heard!
After a long time, IR is associated with two "decent -to-very good" movies (commercially and artistically): PR and PAA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
-Gokul.
Thanks Kiru. I just need to add a turn table and borrow some of your vinyl disks:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by kiru
/Digression
Sanjeevi,
As with all ratings, this one is subjective as well. Probably rated by guys who grew up in the 80s. The second half of the 80s till the mid 90s when Rahman appeared on the scene, was probably the lowest period for Hindi film music and there are many films in this period which appear in this list!!! Anyway, as someone who has been listening to old Hindi film songs a lot, this list is a big joke. When Salil Da appears only once, Kemchand Prakash and Anil Biswas don't appear at all, 'Woh Kaun Thi' languishing near 100, this would appear to be a list prepared by the musically illiterate. Especially when you consider that Aadesh Srivasta, Himesh Reshamaiyya and the like appear but no Anil Biswas!!
/End Dig
Absolutely Suresh, i agree.Excluding someone like Anil Biswas or infact having only 2 films of Madan Mohan shows their knowledge.I doubt if the author knows that there was one Anil Biswas or Sajjad Hussain or Jaidev.I dont know how such lame people are hired for tasks like that (compiling best soundtracks).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
rediff's review:
http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009...a-for-auro.htm
Reviewer forgot to notice the songs/BGM, I guess :)
thanks,
Krishnan
as usual rediff (poonai) tried to hide Raaja (kannai moduduchu)
Today's Times Of India Bangalore edition carries the film review of "Paa". It gives 3.5 stars , ie good - very good rating. Rgarding music, it says Illaiyaraja's lilting music score is something to watch out for.
IR ushered in 2009 with head turning "Naan kadavuL" and now with "Paa", he winds up with a great aplomb !!!
PAA - The review
Film is very emotion centric, but do not believe that this is a tearjerker. In fact the only tears shed are at the last five minutes of the film. Otherwise it is a tale woven with humour and relationships.
The film has excellent dialogues which keep the flow in tact and a simple screenplay. Characterization is probably the best as instead of creating a mother character that is waiting for the end of her son's life, he has brought out a independent feminist who has come into terms with life. Same goes with Abishek as his characterization sort of matches Auro's style of thinking who is a politician in this film. Balki has tried to fuse alot of wittiness in this movie just like Cheeni Kum to enhance the film.
Downside is the slightly villainous character who has not much scope in this film and the corruption angle which abishek is trying to omit, both of which are not really needed for the story(i guess director was trying to justify abishek's style of thinking and his vision as a politician but it takes the gloss off the story a little bit).
Amitabh really pulls it off although you can't see alot of expressions due to his make up until the end where you start noticing them. His walking style looks like pithamagan vikram but that is offset from the viewer due to his dialogue delivery. Abishek, Vidya and the rest perform adequately.
PC Sreeram's cinematography is excellent as ever and so is thalaivar's music. For such a film, a minimal background score is the best and thalaivar has performed that admirably. But you will really cry when it comes to the climax as thalaivar slowly builds up the impending tragedy with his score. Despite the predictability of what is going to happen, the music makes you feel the impending sadness and when it happens you just let your tears out(The genius of thalaivar is that he does not his score wail out when the finale happens, letting you feel the impact of the scene). Most of the songs are played fully although there are breaks where the characters will have a small dialogue and then the music continues. It is very effective as then you understand why the interlude and the charanam of the song goes in that manner.
Film is certainly a must watch. It is quite similar to Cheeni Kum with all the wittiness and characterization but you will never feel lost in any scene you see. Certainly a amazing film.
:clap:
http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/78048.htm
But laudable parts of the film are P.C. Sreeram’s cinematography and Ilaiyaraaja’s music.
Deleted wrong info :)
BigB is flying down to chennai to show the movie to IR. Nice gesture indeed.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/12/04/13542/
thanks,
Krishnan
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Paa/550000/
"A great score by Ilaiyaraja, some lilting lyrics by Swanand Kirkire, and the kind of cinematography by PC Sreeram (lots of overhead shots) which makes you believe a six foot plus sixty plus could conceivably be an affecting pre-teen, are all enjoyable"
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/h...iew/11771.html
On the technical vistas, the film scores brownie points. Musical score by Ilayaraja is astounding and adds more enhancements to the eye-catching visuals of P.C. Sriram.
Krishnan
Wow! I always felt that Amitabh might have respect/liking for ilaiyaraaja.Somehow. May be his personal taste made me feel so.Quote:
Originally Posted by krish244
The song "Unn Vaazhve" from Madhiya Chennai.. the 2nd interlude is the work of a genius. Outstanding. I love the way the jazztrap kit is being used there. And it so much sounds like Ranjit Barot playing. Does anyone know if he played for IR? or in this song? Because the style of playing resembles Ranjit Barot's style.
After Auro's death, as his parents weep, a background song goes: Meri Maa Teri Hai Mere Baad.
These are sizeable bumps-ND TV Movies Paa Review
Ilaiya Raja’s musical score soothingly works on a subconscious level. -Economictimes.Indiatimes.com Paa review
Ilaiyaraaja's music is soothing.-entertainment.oneindia
ஒரு அதி மேதாவி வடக்கில் பா இசையமைப்பாளரை 'சோக்கர்'னு எல்லாரும் சொல்லுவதாகவும், இல்லை என்று நிரூபித்தால் தான் எழுதுவதையே நிறுத்திவிடப்போவதாகவும் தன் வலைத்தளத்தில் வீம்பளந்திருந்திருந்ததாக இங்கே சுட்டிக்காட்டி இருந்தார்கள்.
இந்த எல்லா விமர்சனங்களையும் படித்தவுடன் அவர் உடனே வெட்கி, நாணி, ஒன்று எழுதுவதை நிறுத்தவோ அல்லது குறைந்த பட்சம் மன்னிப்பு கேட்கவோ செய்வாரா என்று பார்க்கலாம். (A fine opportunity for him to prove that he is still human and not something else)
Paa has a melodious soundtrack, but it is actually the background score that stands out big time. Don't miss the innovative opening titles, which set the pace for the film's straight-out-of-life narrative. Paa might fall short of greatness but has a positive, feel good graph that stays with you for long.
Verdict: Far from being boring or heavy on the senses, this is a simple film for the entire family. Take your Maa and Paa along and you wont regret it.
Rating: 3.5/5
http://buzz18.in.com/reviews/movies/...s-paa/173012/0
Apart from performances, ‘Paa’ is propped by Ilayaraja’s soulful tunes and PC Sreeram’s simple yet slick cinematography.
http://www.apunkachoice.com/titles/p...eviews-editor/
app,Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
pl ignore this idiot. Music knowledge illadha oru
pirapa avar pirandhudadhu avar thappu ilai.
adhanal ipadi than sollidnae irupar.
kandipa - value pannadheenga...........
inum inum neraiya pesa porar ivar...
oru blog la parthen.. Ivarai patri pazhicha - ivaruku
super a kobam varudhu.
idhu dhan enaku puriayalai..... :D
idhuuvm nalladhu dhan .. - IR ai pidikadhavanga kuda
ukkandhu yosichu., ivarai thitta poranga..
apadi - indirect a - ivar - IR fans ai ready panrar..
adhanala - nanraga ularatum indha medhavi.....
Usha chEchi,
Yes, that character has to be ignored - as long as he makes any statement about music himself. Also as long as his pronouncements are not brought into the hub.
This case was different, it was challenging that everyone in north supposedly agrees with him. (இல்லாட்டி மீசையை எடுத்துக்குறேன், மொட்டையடிச்சுக்குறேன் மாதிரி வீறாப்பாப்பேசினதாக்கேள்வி).
And it was brought into the hub, also widely publicised in the blog world because it was supposedly a response to kumudam arasu badhil for a question involving IR & that man.
So, just setting matters in perspective for the onlookers :-)
கேக்குறதுக்கு நாதி இல்லைன்னு இது மாதிரி இன்னும் ரொம்ப வீம்பு பண்ணக்கூடாதில்ல?
At the minimum, people (i.e. hubbers) should understand what kind of வெத்து வேட்டு this fellow is :-)
app,
neenga sonna correct aga than irukum..
Ivar - IR ai pazhikara varai - ivarai
naama pazhichudalam.
Tats all.
Foreign madhiri irundhal - . Image ai spoil panrar nu -
Chaaru melae
IR case podalam.
பைத்தியத்தை சுத்தி பத்து பேர் இருப்பது உலக இயல்பு.Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
இதுக்கு போயி அலட்டிக்கலாமா?
http://www.india-forums.com/bollywoo...e.asp?id=11885
Ilaiyaraja's music is soothing and at times teases and tickles you.
Also...
The picturization of songs are beautiful and actually adds sense to the story. For example, Ittefaq se beautifully portrays the journey of Vidhya from being 'so-in-love' with Amol to the twin pack pregnancy kit.
Usha Ma'am,
Ivana ellam summa vidapdaadhu ma. Keppaar illama thirinjittrukkaan. Somebody's got to do something so that he retires from writing and takes up other stuff which would suit him like gardening or eating peanuts in Paris pubs. "Ignore him", "braking dogs" funda ellam velaikkagaadhu-nga. What did Ilaiyaraaja do to him?
Thalabadhi la Sri Vidhya solra maadhiri "Edhavadhu seyyanum Arjun, edhavadhu seyyanum"!
Bala,
hahaha.nijam dhan.
kedudhalana endha seyalukum nichayam mudivu iruku Bala.
adhu eppadi yarala nu dhan en yosanai.......
indha manushan - Raaja vai matum ilai. neraiya perai
ipadi than pazhichindu kulir kayarar....
adhu asingam nu kadavul dhan avanuku unarthanam.....
The greatest creator in Indian film history Raaja, my idol Kamal, rendu perayum vaippu kedaikkalennaalum thedi vaangi kizhippaan :twisted:
Many people criticize Raaja, Kamal or anyone for that matter, and sometimes rightfully so but in his case its not criticism at all, its something else.
Many people criticize Raaja, Kamal or anyone for that matter, and sometimes rightfully so but in his case its not criticism at all, its something else.
yes. mootai poochi madhiri... :lol:
அவருக்கு அவர் கருத்து சுதந்திரம்.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
அதை எப்படி பயன்படுத்துவது என்று தெரியவில்லை.
காழ்ப்பு மட்டுமே கருத்து என்று குழம்பிப்போய் இருக்கிறார்.
இந்தக்கடையில் நாம் விற்பதற்கு எதுவும் இல்லை.
விட்டுத்தள்ளத்தான் வேண்டும். இல்லையென்றால் இளையராஜா மற்றும் கமல் இரசிகர்களின் பாசிச பிராமணிய வெறியாட்டம் என்று ஒரு பதிவு போட்டு ஸைட் பேஜ் ஹிட்ஸைப்பெருக்கிக்கொள்வார் அவர். இது போன்ற ஜந்துக்களின் பிளாக்குகளை விசித்திர விலங்குகளின் நேஷனல் ஜியோக்ராபிக் நிகழ்ச்சி பார்ப்பது போல பார்க்க வேண்டியது தான்.
இந்த காலம் உண்மையான கலைஞர்களுக்கானது இல்லை என்பது சில வலை இசை ஞானிகளின் ‘அற்புதமான’ குறு விமரிசனக்குப்பைகளைப்பார்த்தாலே புரிந்துவிடும்.