Thanks for Anuraga kotaram.
Nice song......
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Thanks for Anuraga kotaram.
Nice song......
Usha,Quote:
Originally Posted by tvsankar
Krishna's voice looks strained for me here. I believe he did not have any nasal infection when singing that song :) Not all singers can be Jayachandran or KJJ,however the right choice of singers could make a lot of difference from the output perspective.
raj_musing,
I thought Raja's first Malayalam movie was a different one, not 'Dooram Arike'. Aaaagh. The name slips my mind and I can't google now. It is the movie which has 'poo vadigalil
. It was remake of 'Policekaran Magal'
Aaah. Finally googled and got the name. The movie I was referring to is Vyamoham.
Suresh,
I didn't know that Vyamoham was released before this movie.Good that I know this now...
fantastic song indeed...I have never heard "Poovadikalil" before..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO0LyLMfrS4
Undhanin Padal ennai engo kondu sella
Mano and Uma Ramanan
Raakayi kovil
Nice no........
After all Beats. idhu dhanae Raaja.......
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00540&lang=en
I think vyamoham never got released
Plum,
I remember reading an interview of that director or producer. Somehow I got a feeling that 'Vyamoham' was released.
Anyway, this is a lovely song based mostly on Kalyani. It has a lot of North Indian touch. When the prelude starts I am reminded of some lovely Kalyanis that Roshan gave. Raja, as usual, puts his own stamp on it. Especially the sweeping violins. Janaki does a terrific job.
Yes Now I got it....Exactly what I was searching for the past 1 hr!.. There was a movie called "Aaru MANIKOOR" released in Malayalam for which music was by Raja(This was a dubbed version).I don't think this movie saw light and hence Vyamoham became the first official hit as the movie got released later in 1978.
Aaaru manikoor song clippings are as below
http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/p...515&encode=utf
The link below where an interview with ilayaraja is highligted. Raja says that 6 manikoor had 3 songs which was never released....check the post by Crvenky.
http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=879611
I am pretty amused by "Kali konda chamundi" from Pachcha kuthira. MG Sreekumar singing a rock song is not the only oddly funny thing about this song.
The movie did not have much scope for music and went unnoticed.... "Oru Thotta Vaadi" was the only hummable one.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaiganes
raj, varavelkumO was a decent hit, wasnt it?
raj_musing,
'Aaru Manikor' as you say is supposed to have been a dubbing film. Forgot the Tamil film name but I think it was the movie which had 'Oru Naal Unnodu Oru Naal'.
Plum,
'varavelkumo' is an excellent number from 'Pachakuthira'. I think that the music did not make much of an impact. Same with 'Sooriya'. I liked most of the songs, especially 'vasantha nila' but the impact generally was minimal.
That would be uravaadum nenjam I guess.
Varavelkumo and Neelambal were the only songs that I liked in Pachakuthira.The overly synth sound in Kalikonda Chamundi didnt impress me much.Frankly,after listening to couple of times, i felt it to be very noisy. But varavelkumo is a terriffic song. its recording quality too was outstanding. Just going by the tune, we might place the song in Telugu films (he did give such ones before, in telugu films) instead of Malayalam films.
Sooriyan was a very good album.Especially the classical songs in the album.& i wish IR paid some attention to the recording quality of "Vasantha Nilave" - a gem of a song, royally spoilt by shoddy sound engineering.That was his last "Sri Ranjani" raagam based song.
If it weren't for Raaja saab, my ears wouldn't be blessed with the following tunes, Nee Partha, Chinna Kannan Azhaikiraan, Senthoora Poove and the title instrumental piece from The Music Messiah.
All these songs and the whole album of Sirai Chaalai have been on loop since morning. :musicsmile:
raagas,
I know about your complaint of the sound recording of 'Vasantha Nila'. I have the tape with me (not the CD). I thought the sound recording was fairly decent in it.
Plum ;suresh
Varavelkumo song did not click very well.The movie bombed and hence nobody really noticed these songs.
The same fate happened for the movie "SMS". There were two good songs in that movie,but however that 'college teaser' song was aired mostly in the channels.That song also created only an average impact and disappeared along with the movie..Rarely does this happen to raja in Malayalam. If you look at all his compositions in Malayalam his success rate is very high. A few other songs in the past 20 yrs which had created minimal impact:-
1)Songs of Manjeeradwani(A bharathan movie released in early 90's).
2)Anuragakottaram
3)Aparatha
4)Kallu Kondoru pennu
raj,
True about 'Pachakuthira' and 'SMS'. Our own Rajasaranam was one of the brave fellows who went into the theatre and saw this movie. Atleast he saw part of the movie, the part being outside the theatre with 'dum' :lol:
There are three songs of 'SMS' that I like a lot. 'kadapurathoru' is a big hit in my house :) 'subha niyogamale' and 'povadhevide' are very good songs as well. 'kadapurathoru' was pathetically picturized and so was that college song.
I love most of the songs in the movies you have mentioned. 'Aparatha' is a gem of an album. Other than the Malayalam version of 'valli valli' ('melle melle'), it has a very different Christian devotional 'karthave' and an outstanding Chitra number, 'pullankuzhal'. I play 'pullankuzhal' and 'melle melle' in a loop regularly.
Suresh, You don't believe, I got 3 cds because of its poor quality either recording or rquality of CD from HMV. 1st 2 cds were not played fully in my audio player..Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
that time I got fed up with HMV.
raj_musing, Suresh,plum
there was one movie in malayam called "Ponmudipuzhayorathu" which had few good numbers like
1. ammaiyenna vakku
2. pandethey (energitic and enjoyable IR in malayalam)
3.maan kutti
but only one song got a hit..which is "oru chiri kandal"
Suresh & dr
The taste of people vary and the songs which literally knock you out may not go well with the masses...
If you ask me the most popular songs of Ilayaraja in 90's and 2000's in Malayalam from a mass appeal/popularity/ranking perspective;here it goes:-
1990---2000(Top 5 songs)
1)Olathumbathiruunu FROM "Pappayude swantham appoos" (the biggest hit of 90's and ofcourse the anthem at one time)
2)Raapadi pakshi kootam from "Ente soorya puthri" (College goers/students use to go gaga over this song)
3) Aaatirambile from "Kalapani"(Third in my list when compared to the first two)
4)Devasangeetham from Guru
5)Kodamanjil from KKS
2001--2010(Top 5 songs)
1)Melleyonnu from "Manasinakkare" ( When "Lejjavathiye song" by Jassie gift was creating an uproar,this song caught up and later became a massive hit.)
2)Enthu Paranjalum from "Achuvinte amma"
3) Oru chiri Kandaal from 'Ponmudipuzhayarom"(A favourite song for all Ganamela artists.. Vijay yesudas gets a good identity in this song)
4) Adiyusha sandhya and Kunnathe from Pazhassiraja
5)Mandarapoo mooli from Vinodayathra.
Katru Poovai Paarthu Kooratho I Love U
- awesome feel throughout the song right from the start till end. Catcy pallavi and more in saranam. SPB as usual and Minmini good (where is she?). Loved the second interlude and the way starts saranam.
I think this song was not picturised
I forgot Attinkarayorathu from "Rasathanthram" and this would fit in between 4) and 5).....as 4.5 :)
Fantastic song by Manjari!Quote:
Originally Posted by raj_musing
Very enjoyable on screen too (Lal / Meera) :-)
புது வண்ணங்கள் கொஞ்சிடும் சோலை
பல எண்ணங்கள் துள்ளிடும் வேளை
எங்கும் மின்னுது செவ்வந்தி மாலை
இளந்தென்றலில் ஆடுது சேலை
செந்தாழம் பூவாசம் என் நெஞ்சத்தை அள்ள
பூங்குயில் பாடுது பாட்டு
வண்ண மாமயில் ஆடுது கேட்டு
புது வண்ணங்கள் கொஞ்சிடும் சோலை
பல எண்ணங்கள் துள்ளிடும் வேளை........முரட்டுக்காளை.....ரஜினி...ரதி.
ஆஹா......ஜானு....What a gift to இளையராஜா!
enduring joy of folk melody from Emperor of flute :musicsmile:
Vinatha.
I cannot but hel controlling my heart sinking low when I hear "Snehathin pooncholai theerathil" from Paappayude swantham appoos. IT beats all other songs in that movie due to the sheer emotional scathing it does to the listener's psyche.
I want to add the photography work of this song for brought the good greenary background.Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Maaman machan....Murattukkalai.
lose yourself to pathos
ample usage of violin, humming..
:musicsmile: eerie second interlude from the monarch of mood music.
மாமன் மச்சான் ஹே . நீ தானோ
ஆச வச்சா ஏன் ஆகாதோ
வரலாமா தொடலாமா
தொடும்போது சுகம் தானா
மாமன் மச்சான்.......முரட்டுக்காளை........சுமலதா.... . :musicsmile:
முரட்டுக்காளை is the album for me this warm Thursday lunch break!
80s Ilayaraaja :clap:
vinatha.
DR,Quote:
Originally Posted by Devaraagam
inga yen solreenga Rare Gems ellam.. ADhuku than SOTD irukae..'anga sollungo.. Ellaraiyum gavanika vaikum pl..........
Pandethey and Ammaiyenna vakku - Really Rare GEMS..........
By coincidence was listening to the same album. I had been to Kerala last weekend and got the tape of this album. Every song a gem I would say. Agree with you on 'Snehathin'. I also love 'Enpoove'. There is an excellent Janaki slow version of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaiganes
Was listening to Snehathin this morning, at about 11:30am. The coincidence thickens! :D
Guru saranam saranam - Guru - Malaiyalam
wat a composition...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATIzU...eature=related
raj's posts led to the following thoughts:
The respect that Raja has in the Malayalam film music world is sometimes surprising. As raj_musing has mentioned, Raja has probably not been associated with many 'hits' or 'classics' in Malayalam. I would say that the two movies, which had music by Raja and which seem to be part of Malayalam 'classics' canon are, 'Moonam Pakkam' and 'Olangal'. While 'Guru' and 'Kalapani' were big budget mvies, I don't think they achieved great commercial success nor are they considered as classics. The classic movies of Bharathan, Padmarajan, Hariharan / MTV, did not have music by Raja. The one association where there has been decent commercial success has been the one between Sathyan and Raja. Even here many feel Sathyan made better films earlier, when he teamed up with Sreenivasan being the scriptwriter. The other movies in the late 90s or 2000s did have an impact on the box office nor will they become classics. 'Friends' probably was a decent hit. Other than the films listed by raj, movies like 'Pachakuthira' and 'SMS' cannot even be termed bad!!! I love the songs of 'Ponmudipuzhayorathu' but as DR says only 'oru chiri kandal' was a hit. The movie sank without a trace. 'Pazhassiraja' is probably the only non Sathyan hit that Raja has in recent times in Malayalam.
This is in contrast to Telugu where he was associated with some of the biggest hits of Chiranjeevi, Raghavendar Rao and Kodandarami Reddy. He was also associated with films which have now become classics like 'Sagara Sangaman', Swati Muthyam', 'Siva' and Geetanjali'. Not to mention the films of Vamsi.
He never seems to have been too interested in Kannada and did very less films, some of which were decent hits.
Sureshji,Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
Well said..Just a small info that Padmarajan had done 2 films with Raja- Season and Moonam Pakkam which were duper hits(both in terms of songs and BGM).If you watch the BGM portion in Moonam Pakkam where the guys come from beach to inform Tilakan that Jayaram is missing.....Oh that eerie sound Raja gives there to express the situation is just a beauty!Need to watch that movie to enjoy the score.
latest one ?
Venmegam vinnil ...from "nan sigappu manithan". I was watching this movie a couple of days back in SUNtv...tears just flowed uncontrollably when the words "kanne naan annan alla unnai eendra annai naane " were sung...
simple setting...hero in suit and coat....heroine in saree...hero's sister in saree...melting tune by IR ..exceptionally emotive singing by SPB...what more can one ask for ? simple yet profoundly moving.....
Welcome, nitu_krishnan!
Nice post!
உங்கள் சேவை இந்த இழைக்குத்தேவை :-)
thank you...Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
raj,
I had included 'Moonam Pakkam' in the list of Malayalam classic which Raja worked on. Did not know about 'Season'. I think you once posted the title song and what a song it was, capturing beautifully the essence of Goa.