Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[Sureshs65]

Yuvan Shankar Raja tweeted that he sung a pathos song for NEVP and I can conclude from the twitter comments that the overall expectation has come down by half

Anyway, Ravi Nataraja continues dissecting Raja's chorus. Some nice songs in the latest blog post:

http://geniusraja.blogspot.in/

And Raj gives a nice lilting song in his blog, a rare song.

http://ragamanjari.blogspot.in/

[Gregorysab]

Yuvan Shankar Raja tweeted that he sung a pathos song for NEVP and I can conclude from the twitter comments that the overall expectation has come down by half

So yuvan singing 1 or 2 songs in NEVP.. Hmm.. it certainly gives a drift, of what kind of album can we expect. Sorry, infact, it gives a drift about what not-to-expect. When the news of GVM teaming up with Raaja first came out, lot of people took the expectations to the level of Maniratnam-Raaja combo (which I found surprising..). But now, with yuvan singing and all, I think people will not expect a Geethanjali or Agni Nakshatram or even Pallavi Anu Pallavi.
Who knows what is in store! Lets wait till April.

[San_K]

Yuvan Shankar Raja tweeted that he sung a pathos song for NEVP and I can conclude from the twitter comments that the overall expectation has come down by half

I think little reverse, Yuvan fans will treat this as a new yuvan album and support it. So, for the same reason, it will get reverse effect from Raaja fans?

[SoftSword]

edhukkunraen.... thevayae illanraen...

[MumbaiRamki]

I think little reverse, Yuvan fans will treat this as a new yuvan album and support it. So, for the same reason, it will get reverse effect from Raaja fans?

I think it should be like Paa album's original songs - I dont expect anything so great that touches his 80s output , but anything comparable to ecent times would be ok

[SVN]

When it comes to Yuvan numbers, can't they handle it like the good ol' days? i.e. record two versions (Yuvan and say, a Karthik version), retain both versions in the album, and use the better one in the movie? It can serve as an ego-booster, can help with album sales, catering to discerning music lovers as well as fans of Yuvan's kolaveri singing and also do justice to the movie ?

Wonder when the son will learn to speak good Tamizh from his 'daddie'!! Cringe-worthy stuff!

[San_K]

Wonder when the son will learn to speak good Tamizh from his 'daddie'!! Cringe-worthy stuff!

idhu pointu. U1 mattuma moonume appdi thaanungo. Petrala bava than firstu, 10 vaarthaila onnno rendu than tamil thappi pizhaikkum. Yaarai kutham solla?. antha kaalathu pullaigalE apdithan englifees padichchaathan pesinaathan gowravam. Simmakuralon sivaji puththiran aarambathila tamila pesa mudiyaama irunthaaramE?, but prabhu improved very well. Athey maathiri raaja puththirargalum seivaangala?

[SVN]

San_K, Well, Sivaji's son Prabhu was still much better.
என்ன, கொஞ்சம் 'ன' Vs 'ண' தகராறு; 'ல' Vs 'ள' தகராறு!
The same problem still persists for seniors like Radhika and Nasser!

But the likes of Yuvan, Bhava and to a great extent ARR have fundamental Tamil pronunciation problems! They can learn a lesson or two from Shreya Ghoshal! And some people are better off making music behind the scenes than unleashing their vocal talent on the unsuspecting music lovers. Point to be noted is that the same type of people put in so much effort in learning urdu and Hindustaani sangeet before even they get a chance to sing a 20 second jingle in Mumbai!

At least, to much of our relief, MDs have stopped roping in Udit Narayan and Sadhana Sargam for Tamil songs. Thank God for small mercies!

[venkkiram]

At least, to much of our relief, MDs have stopped roping in Udit Narayan and Sadhana Sargam for Tamil songs. Thank God for small mercies!

She got a national award for Tamil song from Azhagi movie and she is far better than Lata Mangeshkar and Asha bhosle in Tamil diction.

[rajaramsgi]

looks like many of us are not in favour of yuvan's singing capabilities ராஜாவுக்காக இது வரைக்கும் பவதாரிணி, யுவன் குரலை சகிச்சுகிட்டு இருக்கேன்...

and I agree with SVN's comment "And some people are better off making music behind the scenes than unleashing their vocal talent on the unsuspecting music lovers. ".