IR's Song of the day

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Originally Posted by thumburu

Hi ananth, Iam wondering at the sheer coincidence. Just now I posted in IR's album thread about IR's MMG in the song "enga ooru laila" from Karagaatakkari and here you are talking about the same MMG raga!!!

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I think its no coincidence - it just goes to show IR's mastery over this beautiful raaga!
I don't think any composer (except possibly Tyagaraja himself) has produced more beauties in this raaga. This culminates in IR's arrangement of "thulasidala" in HTNI - an incredible composition in MMG by Tyagaraja arranged for violin quartet by IR - it is impossible without an intimate knowledge of the raaga.
some of his other masterpieces in this raaga are the great "poongathavae" in nizhalgal, "kaadhal kavidhaigal padithidum neram", "senthaazham poovil vanthaadum thendral" etc.

Date: March 18
Song: Oliyile therivadhu devadaiya
Singers: Karthik , Pavatharini
Movie: Azhagi
Director: Thangar bachan
Year of release: 2001

My Comments: Azhagi is a beautiful poem written by Thangar bachan with the major support by IR. Background score is amazing. Regarding this particular song, it starts in a very good situation where the audience doesn't expect a song. Excellent melody beat.

I guess we might have lots of dicsussions on this due to its recent-ness.

The movie Azhagi can be considered as one among the best movies ever made in Tamil cinema and also a trend-setter for off-beat movies doing well commercially. Thanks to this, we now have Bala, Ameer, Selva Raghavan and Ameer giving us good quality off-beat movies .. interestingly all these directors having great support from music directors (Maestro and Yuvan).

This song gave singer Karthik the break in his career and he is thankful to Maestro even today for this song. The beauty of this song is the gelling of the singers voices (inckluding Bhavatharini's) with the subtly background instrumental music interludes.

IR seems to have hugged Thangar after seeing the movie in the preview show and this should one among Maestro's personal favorites.

This song incidentally was written by Ilayaraja as he did for all songs in this movie.
Shall we say this as a Ilayaraja Movie !!!

Cheers

sure we can say it as IR movie . :-)

The theme music , other songs like un kuthama , pattu solli also the mini song for the temple festival are excellent.

Date: March 20
Song: kombula poova suthi
Singers: Kamalji and chorous
Movie: Virumaandi
Director: Kamlaji
Banner: Rajkamal
Year of release: 2004

My Comments: For a change today a different song. Kamalji said in his interview I saw raja dancing and enjoying in the studio after 25 years. Very good situation. very well supported by kamalji and the lyrics. main speciality is ofcourse nativity. :clap: :thumbsup:

Nice pick swathy,
This was one of the best album in recent years from IR. though 'kombula Poova suthi' was overshadowed by the success of 'Unnai Vida'. This song is a complete entertainer with its folk flavour and some mix of western music. The trumpets and snare drums? which have come into India with the british and got rooted into our culture has been used well in this song. the chorus and blaring trumpets really takes us to the festive plane and soars up our spirits. No wonder Raja was dancing in the studio while recording this song. :)
another song which went unnoticed was 'Karumaathur kaatukulle' since it got cut in the movie. :cry: This song has nine different rhythm patterns unfolding one after the other as the storyteller proceeds telling the story with all those emotions.And all those nine patterns are a gem from Raja upholding our tamil folk culture.
And nevertheless the hard rock 'Andha kaandamani'/'Karpagraham vittu' with those fused voices and IR's voice topping them all. A very good feast from the One and Only Raja :)

I have an interesting tale to share here with regards to this song..

One of my colleagues in work place is a strange guy. He stopped watching tamil movies in 1995 as he became an avid english movie watcher. For that matter, he doesn't even know the so-called "Vijay" and "Ajith" in the industry.

He happened to listen to this song one-day when he accidentally tuned to a local fm channel in his car audio. He got so fascinated by this song that he was singing this all the time for at least two-weeks..

"Awesome song daa" was his comment all the time we discuss this song..

He pressurised me to give him all possible sources for this song.. I gave him my cd and also a link in Coolgoose.com for him to listen in office.. Such is Raja's reach.

Adding to Rajasaranam's and Swathy's comments on this song.. Kamal said that he saw 16 vayathiniley Raja while composing this song :)

Sadly, only half of this song will be picturised considering the importance given to the dual-narrative screenplay the movie had.

Virumandi incidentally had a great BGM as a title score.. which was not released at all.. I still remembe that, despite I have heard that only once in Satyam theatre way back in Jan 2004.

one more gem from this movie is maada vilakkai yaaru ippo. I used to hear this song only in my office as my mother won't allow to play at home :cry:

Date: March 21
Song: En Pattu En Pattu nenjil nikkum poongathu
Singers: Ilaiyaraja
Movie: Poomani
Director:
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My Comments: I fall for IR voice. This solo song by IR is toooo good. beautiful melody.

Dear swathy,
I have no comments on this song, Except Quoting a line from the song
'Adi Maanae Un Nenja Thovaikira Raagam ithu....' :)