Maestro Ilaiyaraja New Albums 2011 - Hello Jaihind / Sri Rama Rajyam

[Sureshs65]

Sanjeevi,

Very true, what you say.

Here is a part of what I wrote in another forum: "Raja has been doing a lot of work on the synth and to me things are superbly
falling place nowadays. While the Malayalam works are soul stirring, he has been freaking out with the synth this year to great effect. Whether it be 'Valmiki', 'Madhiya Chennai', 'Prem Kahani' or some songs of "Bagyadha Balegara", he has been getting his sounds more in tune with the current generation. 'Paa' is a
perfect example of this. You can see his freak out nature in this movie as well as in 'Jaganmohini'. "Om Shanthi" takes this to a different level. What a score he has given. Complete synth and absolutely captivating. In other words, Raja has made his peace with synth. It is upto the fans to now make peace with this Raja "

[Sureshs65]

How I wish Raja had given atleast one charanam for one of the sad version of 'Chinna Polike'. It would have been great. The sad version had the possibility of being another 'Chirugali Chirugali' (Mallepoovu).

[app_engine]

Actually, all four "recent" efforts of IR for HFM had a level of sophistication in sounds that he is still to do in TFM (shivA, cheeni kum, chal chalEin, pA). It's not a question of synth or asynth, there's some deliberate "BMism" there (IMO, he was #1 in pushing IR to sophisticated music right from moodu pani days and there's still no competition to "poongAtRu pudhidhAnadhu" in sophistication, IMO. The prior example was 'uRavenum pudhiya vAnil').

That Balki has a similar (rather same) taste helps it better too. Balki has also reused two BM songs in his latest pA and had been more successful than BM in HF

I'm yet to try his kannadA / telugu stuff. In any case, can easily say that his recent MFM output has been much superior to TFM Both his bhAgya dEvatha & PR have been hits as well!

[app_engine]

Someone was asking about what to look forward in 2010 from IR (after the decent output in 2009 - possibly his most prolific in this millennium).

One sure-shot sweet score will be the Sathyan Anthikkad movie (which should come out around Vishu time in April). His recent track record with this director makes one expect at least two melodious numbers

[app_engine]

I don't think there are any decent projects lined up for him in TFM (at least nothing that are currently being talked about in high profile, like NK).

Going by the hub opinions, it appears he doesn't have decent colloborations in TF Instead of watering 'vizhal's like vAlmeeki, nandhalAlA, azhagar malai, mathya chennai etc, it would be better if he gets opportunities to work with at least one or two established "on-screen" talents

[mohanraja]

Watched 'Paa' last night. After watching the film all of my friends discussed abt the film , in a coldest winter night out side the complex, in Noida. Everyone praised Raja for his excellent music.
A man was whistling the theme music…
At last North Indians come to know the power of Raja.

While the end titles were going on , my friend and I stood before the screen. I felt very happy that raja has given rich music to a hindi film after Sadma.
Eagerly waiting for ‘Happi’.

Pro Raja!
www.chandanaar.blogspot.com

[irir123]

om shanti om - too much synth by IR - i suspect KR and YSR's hand in at least 3 songs - the chinna polike is very much IR - the om shanti om track is embarassing with outdated keyboard synth sounds (bappi lahiri wud have done this in the 80s in his sleep)and an uninspiring tune - as an album, "om shanti om" is a step backward, following PR, suryakanthi and paa

i hope IR stays away from "lai la lai la lai" "cham chichakku cham" "dangu dingu dang dadang dang" kind of chorus (or does KR has a hand in this ?) in all his future albums - the irritating chorus spoilt the otherwise lilting tune of 'cham chamare' - is IR so bereft of musical imagination to come up with either a decent sounding choral part, or is he just careless with certain compositions ?

[Saagar]

Picked up this link on IR's new films for 2010...

http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-fi...ilayaraja.html

[Saagar]

A couple of these are dubbed ones and some are straight films.

The outlined SRK (Hindi) storyline indicates it's a possibly remake of "Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala" a.la. "Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy"

[Saagar]

Another one to look forward to (not sure commercially, but creatively) would be Shaji N Karun's Gaatha.