New age IR's Raga Choices

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I had earlier pointed to the Sivaranjani from 'Rasathantram'. Here is another one he did very recently. This underrated melody from 'Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai' is based on Sivaranjani and differs from 'manjal poosum' and 'ponnavani paadam' in its own charming way. Raja keeps the orchestration at a minimum and lets the melody carry the song along. Unlike 'ponnavani paadam' where the rhythm structure keeps up the tempo, here the rhythm is 'light' and it is the main melody which keeps the interest alive. Again it surprises me how Raja can take a 'small' raga like Sivaranjani and come up with so many variations!! This is a very heart warming song. Karthik and especially Shreya, do a nice job.