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

[krish244]

Thanks Shankar for the news. Good to see some update and hope it releases this time as promised (Mausam has come and gone I guess...).

Some details (as a recap) about the music/movie:

- Pankaj kapur has sung four songs (he is playing a jazz singer??)
- Kamalhaasan has sung one song "Zingdagi dish" (http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs?tid=54...mm=34613&hl=en)
- BGM using budapest orchestra
- 3/4th of the movie has no dialoges

Some snippets of IR doing re-recording for the movie: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broa...ppi-Magic.html

I am curious about the songs and BGM.

thanks,

Krishnan

[raagas]

Thanks Shankar for the news. Good to see some update and hope it releases this time as promised (Mausam has come and gone I guess...).

Some details (as a recap) about the music/movie:

- Pankaj kapur has sung four songs (he is playing a jazz singer??)
- Kamalhaasan has sung one song "Zingdagi dish" (http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs?tid=54...mm=34613&hl=en)
- BGM using budapest orchestra
- 3/4th of the movie has no dialoges

Some snippets of IR doing re-recording for the movie: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broa...ppi-Magic.html

I am curious about the songs and BGM.

thanks,

Krishnan

I am slightly sceptical about that Kamal Haasan song. With that song title "Zindagi Dish" (mix of Hindi & English), I hope it is good!

Btw, if the film is releasing on Oct 14th, the music should have been out by now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sureshs65]

raagas,

I am slightly skeptical, no, not about the song but of the film releasing on 14th Oct. Yes, 'Mausam' has come (and probably gone) Yet I am not sure with so many heavy weight releases lined up (Ra.One, Rockstar) whether the producers will risk releasing it now. Anyway lets hope it does release soon.

[raagas]

raagas,

I am slightly skeptical, no, not about the song but of the film releasing on 14th Oct. Yes, 'Mausam' has come (and probably gone) Yet I am not sure with so many heavy weight releases lined up (Ra.One, Rockstar) whether the producers will risk releasing it now. Anyway lets hope it does release soon.

Ra.One releasing on Oct 24th.
RockStar in November 2nd week.

By current market trends (where collections of only 1 weekend is enough and thats what are producers/distributors looking at), I think the treat of big films is lesser, looking at the time gap between the releases.

[Shankar.P]

'Sri Rama Rajyam' to release on November 10
On the auspicious day of Guru Pournima on the 10th of November, Sri Rama Rajyam will hit the marquee. The much-awaited film, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna in Lord Rama's role, is currently in its post-production stage. The mythological film has been made in a distinct format, and Bapu, it appears considering the audio of the film, has given it a new-age touch.

This goes to show how much inspiration that one of the greatest film music directors of all time has derived from Bapu's creative interpretation of some portions of the Ramayana.

The same can be gauged by the fact that, Maestro Illayaraja, who watched the movie, felt that it needs a different kind of music to elevate the unorthodox feel of the movie. Bapu's style has never conformed to routine format, even if it is a story of mythological greats.

[V_S]

VS. That was a brilliant find indeed. Maanodum" as well as "Avani thingaL" are based on Chala naattai/Jog scale.

Wow! Thanks thumburu. Happy to know that I am close this time. Thanks thumburu, KV and raagas for enlightening us with your great raga analysis

[jmahesh]

Amrithamai

Aavanithumbi
Pleasant to watch

[vel]

vAdhyArE! Inna ibdi sollteenga? Magic in ludes and all (in vadivel's terms) is 'grine' matter'nga. While it is true that the aging brain peeps in during the songs/ludes every now and then, it's also amazing to see how he can pull off some absolute blinders. Listing some from the top of my head - Paa (udi udi, gum sum gum - whattay innovation, whattay musicality), Naan Kadavul (Om ShivOham, Kannil pArvai – running riot in the devotional area). Some days back, on the way to office, Oru Chiri KandAl played randomly from the playlist. My mind had classified this song under the ‘nice melody, no great shakes’. But then came the Veenai interlude… lovely piece, completely unexpected.
(Shameless plug: I’d made a list of ‘Interlude/prelude/postlude of the year’ in this post written couple of years back.)

To summarize, while the gray matter might not be in its purple patch anymore, it surely does show streaks of bright purple quite often. Bonus, gladly accepted.

well said, very well said !

[balaji]

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/m...iew/13714.html

Says "The other low point of the movie is its music department and songs which act as speed breakers. Though strictly okay, they are not too melodious as the customary Ilayaraja numbers. The BG Scores are indeed pathetic, denying much of the merits of the director's work in visualising the plot. It is high time Sathyan switches on to a novel crew"

==> has any one seen the movie?
==> That bad, can't believe
==> songs were decent when heard earlier, what happened?

Bala

[jaiganes]

Amrithamai

Aavanithumbi
Pleasant to watch

questions anwered as to why there are 2 versions of amruthamaai.