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

[jaiganes]

Now listening to poovak kelu..
Ghatam is the primary percussion instrument in the prelude as well as the interludes - kinda nod at Suseendran's first MD Selvaganesh.
The melody is absolutely perfect - Karthik is needless to mention - soft and apt to sing such a song.
Second interlude is all synth with very neat counterpoints with a prominent bass and drum set arrangements giving a brief centre stage to Raja's typical flute.
Irish cellos begin the second charanam - Shreya comes to fore there.. The song as mentioned by Mumbai Ramki reminds the melody (odan thannil)from Pazhassi raja in a way the pallavi sounds..

[jaiganes]

Last song - Thaaru maaru - this is how to do a thiruvizhaa song. Beautiful idea of odd characters gossipping funny anecdotes about characters colourful and funny and the chit chat is nicely encapsulated musically from raaja. The melam and naayanam combo and rest of thamizh folk instruments come to the fore and as Sunil says, one's face automatically lapses into a smile and the pulsating traditional rhythms let the foot go tapping by themselves...
Awesome album.. must have songs.

[dochu]

I couldn't stand kuthikira song when heard as a sample in amazon.

Heard it better from above site with better audio.

Now, it tops than the rest of the songs. Unbelievable transition of IR in his voice, and music.

[irir123]

'poova kelu' is a close sibling of 'odanthannil' from Pazhassi Raaja !

[AravindMano]

பின்னியிருக்காப்ல.

[V_S]

Raja continues where he left off from Pazhassi. Amazing rhythm arrangements in every song. Kick Ass soundtrack from Maestro.
He is on his own in Kuthikkira song. Freaking out with different voice modulation. Hearing Maestro sing like this after a long long time. The voice breaks sounds beautiful. That too towards the end, when he says Kuthikkira and that laugh (I am going wild), I could hear that he is smiling throughout while singing. When he says "En Manasu…Manachu.. Manachu.. Yengathu, illa illa illaen manasu Yengale, ana paya usuru yenguthulle". I could not control
Everyone hearing this song will surely become younger and lighter.

First time I am seeing a beautiful melody trapped between two powerful folk compositions, j/k. Maestro uses ghatam just in the prelude and rhythm arrangement completes changes when Karthik takes over. Again comes the Ghatam in the interlude for a short period. Shreya Ghoshal voice sounds little different and matured perfect to the tune. Yes, Odanthannil backdrop cannot be missed in pallavi. The interludes takes me for a memorable train journey. Ghatam catches up again for the last pallavi. Mesmerizing Raja vintage melody!

Raja's choice of singers in 'Adiye Ivale' works high time. Starting from the initial conversation and then when she (Tanjai Selvi?) sings "Adiye Ivale oorukule thirvizhaavaavaam". Observe her voice when she pronounces "vizha (vila)" in thirivizhavaavam, very beautiful (her voice breaks there which I liked very much). Even she does not say 'zha' correctly, but it was so beautiful to hear when she sings in an innocent way. I like all their voices. He brings the nativity to the fore beautifully. If any regular singers would have sung this song, it would have lost its significance and feel, and that's where Raja stands tall. He knows whom to pick for which song. All the singers sing very freely and their voices sounds very native and innocent. Very resonant song!. And that grand, bright Dhavil and nadaswaram in the interludes makes me dance. And imagine how he stops suddenly that grand lude for singing again, marvellous! Biggest of all, that grand finish, only Thalaivar can do that. A Folk song should be only like this. Best folk and thiruvizha song and it reminds me of "Pothuvaaga en manasu Thangam" (MV ) days.

All songs have an uplifting and humorous mood as per the storyline, great!

There is no clear winner for me in this soundtrack, the song I am currently listening is always the winner.

[MumbaiRamki]

Ok . Kuthirika , i understand is situational and hence the voice modulation - but as a song , IR's voice had lessened the sweetness of this song with amazing orchestration . The strains and the false modulation did not work for me in isolated mode . May be after seeing the movie or after repeated listening i may like it more. The second interlude , i can imagine appu kutty walking over mountains . Raaja , great song , but why not just not a normal voice and keep it like the commercial MDs !!!!

Poovakelu - yes , this cousin of odanthanil in pallavi & anu pallavi , typical malayalish flavor.But ghatam in romantic song , thats terrific . Interludes are superb stuff .
The charanam is an nostaglic 80s , with strings accompanying. Superb stuff !

Adi ivale - after the initial rusting singing ,the explosion as a throw back to karakattaran starts .Nice one . Again , raaja could have made this an attractive stuff , but he is being true to the nativity here , being realistic than appealing .

Adi ivalae , im expecting suga's padithurai in which there is a similar song i suppose, but in a bit more urban setting . IR's 2011 started a low a bit with Ayyan , then ramped up with ASK and hopefully padithurai and other albums will follow the route.

[MumbaiRamki]

After i wrote the review, i just kept looping kuthirika

[V_S]

Thanks Sunil for sharing! Forgot to thank you earlier.

[AravindMano]

The first three words in Shreya Ghoshal's voice - I blinked once. Sounded just like Swarnalatha. Or am imagining, after a heavy dose of her songs for the past three days.

Thanks Sunil, for the links.