Another new Malayalam movie by IR called "Alexander the Great" starring Mohanlal.
http://malayalam.galatta.com/enterta...eat_19439.html
I was hoping that it will be historical kind of movie, but its a comedy movie :(.
thanks,
Krishnan
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Another new Malayalam movie by IR called "Alexander the Great" starring Mohanlal.
http://malayalam.galatta.com/enterta...eat_19439.html
I was hoping that it will be historical kind of movie, but its a comedy movie :(.
thanks,
Krishnan
What happened to the other 2 movies 'Sangoli Rayanna' & 'Nannavanu' :(Quote:
Originally Posted by rooky
Ithu mathiri 'usupethi usupethiyae odamba ranagalam aakki vechurukaingae' :lol:
raagas, I agree IR springs here and there some pleasant surprises which are very few and far between, these days, esp in the case of "ULiyin Oasai", where he came up with brilliant songs like "ethanai bhaavam undu" and "abinayam kaattugindra", in rare ragas like Rasikapriya, Ragavardhini . Many carnatic connoisseurs would concur these , with not many krithis in these ragas to boast about. My recent gripe are, haunting Female solos, nice , soft romantic duets [aka "then poove poove vaa" , "unnai kaanum neram " ] that were Raja's forte, that made me hopelessly weak kneed to his music are dwindling. After getting drunk in those heady late 70's and 80's Raja , I find it tough to come to terms with the neo synth-only Raja [ May be I need to tune myself] Iam not able to enjoy his latest duets with nursery rhyme like pallavi in "unakkuLLe irukindren" which gives a dejavu feel of "kajuraho" , or pathetic singing in immature voice of Bhavatharini in a decent song like "kannanukku enna vendum". I felt "Mallepoovu" to be an ordinary album with only the title song to my liking.
RS, u would go to any length to defend Raja musically. May be u are technically right , but those songs are 5 years old, long enuff for paradigm shift .
Suresh, I want my listening experience to be cosy and not a belaboured one and like I admitted already, the good old Raja has spoilt me. Blame him only :)
raagas, regarding kamal's choice of MD's , I give my benefit of doubt over his choice of ARR, but I have no doubts about his choosing likes of Himesh for Dasa or Deva for "Pammal K" etc going by his own statement in an interview "Himesh Hindila neraiya hits kudukkiraar , so... hehehe"
I agree with you. I too like IR's live instruments + synth combo rather than totally synth, no matter how good it is. well, fully synth songs might be intelligently done and we might enjoy but they dont leave an ever-lasting impact as such.i enjoyed 'Kannanukko enna vendum' a lot, but then, as you said, i am not that fascinated by Bhavatharini's voice, for i feel it lacks something, a sense of completeness.Quote:
Originally Posted by thumburu
Personally, the IR which i would like to see now is exactly like the one in "Saara Yeh Aalam" (Shiva-2006). Awesome orchestration. brilliant sound texture. and when it comes to classical, Uliyin Osai was damn good. or for that matter even "Kannanukku enna vendum" (minus bhavatharini) or "Kaatril Varum Geethame" or "Mandhaa Poo" (Vinodha Yatra). These are the ones which showcase his talent.
Point taken, and agree too. but Dasa, Pammal K etc are meant to be commercial films and probably he is a total 'market' driven guy there. it happened before Hey! Ram too, when he took Deva for Avvai Shanmughi but for Hey! Ram, he went to L.Subramaniam and then to Ilaiyaraaja, because he wanted certain kind of class music there. After Hey! Ram, he used many composers for Pammal K, Panchathanthram, Abhay, etc but came to IR for Virumaandi, because he was directing it. and again for Mumbai Express too.Quote:
Originally Posted by thumburu
The ultimate question now is: Is MarmaYogi a semi-art/semi-commercial film like Hey! Ram (MY is also said to be a period film)? Or is it one more market-hype driven commercial film like Dasa?
If it is the former, then did he choose ARR bcoz ARR delivered some good period scores in Iruvar, Lagaan, Bose etc?
If the film is another Dasa type of film, then lets not waste time on it :)
My only hope is that it should be a hey! Ram brand of film, since Kamal himself is directing it. But we cant say now!
For heavens sake listen to MANIKANTAN GEETMALA samples and decide if this great man degenerated,lacks motivation etc etc.If somebody at ur home rebuked u for listening to Uliyin Osai then they must be from Uranus,communicating using sign language and think a bit before using such words on record.If the songs lapped up by the masses belted out by the vijay or simbu or even rajni and kamal these days are the benchmarks Iam so glad Ayya is not in the rat race.'Himesh the hit machine' reminds me of the period Bappi Lahiri was preferred over Rahul Dev Burman...thats degeneration...of the listeners..Quote:
Originally Posted by thumburu
Thumburu,
I understand your feeling and I can assure you that I don't belabor to enjoy the songs. The truth is I enjoy most of the songs instinctively. Maybe in some songs Raja may have reduced the complexity based on the current needs. Even then the way he takes along the charanam in 'Unakulle' is very good. As I said, whenever I listen to his music, I do see a brain which is ticking.
I will concede that his 'hits' are fewer and most people would always point to his 80s hits and not to his 21st century compositions. Compared to other music directors his recent 'hits' have been lesser. My contention is while this his true, his music is not any lesser. I still remember my brother, who is not a great fan of anyone, listening to 'Kaiyetha' (Vinodayatra) in my car and after he went back to Hyd, called me and asked me to mail that song, saying that he hasn't heard such a good song in the recent past. That from a person who hears every new album which comes out !!!
Maybe blame it on Raja, I find most of the current music, however popular the MD and the song, not challenging enough. I have no choice but to listen to Raja !!
S.Suresh
Suresh
I also had the same feeling. The liking for mandarapoo and kaiyetha was instant.
In uliyin osai, it was only kallai irudaen...but reg dhanam and others i was forced to hear it again and again after seeing the posts of mayyam members but still i could not get convinced..
I dont know why i purchased these cds
Inime nangathan had a great song "Oru Murai"..out of the world song....so he infer that IR was really involved in that...For a person who gave ilamai idho ido..idu ellam jujubee :D
IR has not lost his magic but it is the directors who are nt able to get the best out of him...
And as per newspaper reports, Kannada version of Ajantha is among 10 Kannada movies that are complete and waiting for Theatres.Quote:
Originally Posted by rajasaranam