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

[irir123]

IR venumuney yaaraiyum yerakki solliyirukkamaattaar! ivanga edhavadhu thillu millu (like how KB used MSV's bit pieces for puthu puthu arthangal without asking IR!) senjiruppaanga! IR is very straight forward and says things on the face! thats not something well-appreciated in the industry, i guess!

[jaiganes]

irir123,

Yes. I too found the similarity between 'mada vilakke' and 'nela ningi' song. I think it due to two things. The raga being similar and both of them are sad songs but employ a very vibrant beat in the background.

when i try singing this pallavi, i somehow end up in "nee thoongum neraththil" from that disaster of a movie - Manasellam.

[V_S]

Sri Rama Lera Oh Rama - Mirattal composition

I could not believe this song was composed for a written lyrics. So much depth in the composition and through this song Maestro proves again that he could bring the majestic and rich orchestration even with the limited scope. Grand opening with violins and flute. Imagining if it was live flute, how grandeur this could have been.

Sriram Parthasarathy sings just one line alone in pallavi and one line in charanam, otherwise he sings along with Shreya which is quite a good relief. But Shreya sings fully the second charanam alone.

While the first interlude brings the grandness with divinity with the crash of cymbals with veena, mridangam, Flute and violin, second interlude is just grand with some heavy violins. The first interlude with cymbals and veena definitely goes to 'sorgavaasal thirappu' dharisanam or it takes back to old films where the vaikunta doors opens and we witness the 'anantha sayanam' of Thirumaal.

Some landmark areas in the song.
1. The humming by Shreya before the start of 1st charanam, Oh my God, stunner!.
2. Maestro using Ghatam for pallavi, mridangam for 1st charanam (which starts during the 1st interlude) and Tabla for the second charanam.
3. Two different charanam as crvenky pointed out. First one with both singing together has the bhakthi while the second one has a hint of pathos.
4. Changes in raagam as every one pointed out, but it was seamless with no jerks.
5. Listening to extensive Veena after a long long time in every Maestro's composition.
6. Lyrics, even though I didn't understand, it seems like I got the whole theme, that is important. I can feel some beautiful lines, I loved these lines in second charanam. See every line in second charanam ending with 'ma'. Very structured, effective, sweet lyrics and Maestro brings out the beauty of lyrics with every effective tune. Shreya takes the sweetness of the tune further high with her breath-taking singing with excellent bhaavam. The humming during the line 'mounam koodaa mathuram', should give her national award.

taamboola raagaala premaamrutam
thamaginchi sevinchu tharunam
sringaara sri rama chandrodayam
prathirehi vaidehi rudhayam
mounam koodaa madhuram mm..mm..mm.
samayam anthaa saphalam
ithi raama prema lokam
nila saaki pova sneham
inthu lone moksham
rathi chindrulinka saksham
yeh naadu veedi pone bandham

Every line in second charanam is amrutham. Great lines 'sringaara sri rama chandrodayam' and RS favorite line 'mounam koodaa mathuram'. And Maestro tunes in such a way that we can be immersed in the beauty of Rama. Nothing compares to the beauty of Rama, only himself.

May be I told everything about the song as landmark areas. It's totally a Shreya song and she gave a knockout performance. I am becoming big fan of Jonnavithuala's lyrics and I am clarifying whatever I can with my Telugu friends here and I am amazed at his skills.

Maestro takes the biggest credit for doing justice in pulling out this ever sweetest tune and orchestration out of the superior and deserving lyrics.

Sotta sotta thEnai parugum anubhavam. Sweetest song of the whole soundtrack.

[Sureshs65]

V_S,

'Sreerama Laera' is now my wife's favorite composition. Lovely writeup. The line towards the end, "Sreeramunu rasavedam, seeta sati anuvadham'

[V_S]

Yes Suresh ji. Those are another beautiful lines and composed elegantly.
Every line in this song is worth an analysis and every line has its own sweetness. Not one second in this song we can say, it's not that sweet.

In pallavi, I always sing these lines to quench the sweet thirst
"sugunalanu kaliginchi hrudayalunu veliginchi, maa janmamu dhanyamamu cheiyyumura" and the humming by Shreya to finish this line. Sweeter than honey!

The last line of 2nd charanam. 'yeh naadu veedi pone bandham' Thalaivar pinnittaar andha edathula. After this, Shreya extends with 'aah..ahh' humming to connect to pallavi. Stupendous!

When finishing with pallavi at the end, as you said, some mesmerizing lines...
sreeramuni anuragam seeta sathi vaiboham
sreeramudu rasavedam sri janaki anuvadham

I memorized the whole song

After this he surprisingly uses the same last line 'yeh naadu veedi pone bandhamu' to finish the pallavi, as used in 2nd charanam. But hear the difference when Shreya sings 'yeh naadu veedi pone bandham aah..aah' in 2nd charanam and here. 'yeh' would be little shorter and 'naadu veedi pone bandham' would be projected, extended and elongated more in 2nd charanam and that gives the scope to include aah..aah humming there. What sweetness!

While at the pallavi end, 'yeh' and 'naadu veedi pone bandhamu' all have same length, and observe the last word 'bandhamu' vs just 'bandham' in 2nd charanam. Here she extends 'bandhamuuuuuuu...'. Aaha! Thalaivaa! onnum sollamudiyala, just shaashtaanga namaskaaram.

[Sureshs65]

V_S,

Lovely writeup again. vitta azhudhuveenga pola irukku

[vel]

please get your original CD of this wonderful album......(if you just listen online, you will go to vanavaasam for 14 years)

Given below link is a good link, it talks sensibily about the songs and details like Ragas used in Sri Rama Rajyam - nice review here, i guess the reviewer got the tippu song wrong but guys, get a copy of this rocking album...Where are the arrogant idiots who said Raaja has lost his touch???

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=in

[raagas]

Vel,

If someone says that Raaja lost his touch, it is not because of arrogance or whatever. It is just a matter of their personal preference. We cannot refute the fact that Raaja's music underwent a change, compared to 70s, 80s, 90s. Some of us could walk along with Raaja and because of that, we are able to identify with his music and also accept the changes. And there are some fans, who couldnt accept. There is siganture raaja all along. Just that, in some albums - it is hidden while in some - it is not hidden. If anything, it could be ignorance but not arrogance.

And this album has raaja signatures all along.. with nothing hidden. I am sure that people who feel that raaja lost his touch, actually like (would have liked) this particular album.

[vel]

Vel,

If someone says that Raaja lost his touch, it is not because of arrogance or whatever. It is just a matter of their personal preference. We cannot refute the fact that Raaja's music underwent a change, compared to 70s, 80s, 90s. Some of us could walk along with Raaja and because of that, we are able to identify with his music and also accept the changes. And there are some fans, who couldnt accept. There is siganture raaja all along. Just that, in some albums - it is hidden while in some - it is not hidden. If anything, it could be ignorance but not arrogance.

And this album has raaja signatures all along.. with nothing hidden. I am sure that people who feel that raaja lost his touch, actually like (would have liked) this particular album.

i can understand your viewpoint Raagas......some are really ignorant....But there are others....the ones who use words like "he should better retire or he is getting old etc or they even dismiss a raja album carelessly by just one listen from some online site" etc, i think those are the once i called arrogant as well as ignorant ! Poor them !!!

[kameshratnam]

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