Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[layman10]

http://www.rajtamil.com/2012/02/mana...-jaya-tv-show/

Guiar Prasanna in "Manathodu Mano" in Jaya TV and talks a lot about namma aaLu

A tweet about Prasanna: Looks like he is including Raja's pieces in his concerts

http://twitter.com/#!/fullyaltered/s...69803372593152

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Yesterday Raja quix happened in twitter here - https://twitter.com/#!/kweezzz

Suresh65 was one of winner! P_R was a runner up! Listen to the song bits on soundcloud to see how good you are, in finding Raja songs!

[Sureshs65]

Thanks Sakala.

Aravind Mano was the first prize winner by a huuuuuge margin. I think Nerd would have won as well but he had to go away. I was placed third but that was because most of the questions were answered by my wife!!! Lots of 80s stuff which I didn't know and she knew.

BTW, one interlude by mistake was a Deva one!!!!

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Me too found few little songs but not a single case where i knew all 3 But when i listened to all the songs in the soundcloud, i found some rare songs which i knew!

And that Deva one, its me who tweeted first about that but it didnt appear in kweezz's timeline. Poor deva

It would be nice if this kind of quiz happens every 10 days. but agree lot of time and effort needed by the host! At same time, just wondering what a lot of games can be playes with Raja's huge body or work! For example a BGM finding quiz...

[Saagar]

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!

A digression, but Can't help commenting here, (Heard Radhika too was UK Brought up till her teens, so undertandable), although this may not be about Anglo influence alone - Let alone many other native celebs, many commoners also dont get this right while speaking esp 'ல' Vs 'ள' , "zha" , say VaaLkai for VaaZHkai. PaLam for Pazham.

Thamizhukku zha Azhagu.

[San_K]

Deva vukku rendu mugam irukku onnu Dava at IR peak time, innonnu Deva at ARR peak time. He is perfect copier, athanala konjam jaakirathaiya irukkanum

[V_S]

Spellbound by this trailer music of Happi. This is what we call Western Classical music! Only Maestro! Udambu, naadi narambellaam ennavO pannuthu!


This winter'nu solraanga. Winter almost gone. Seekirama release pannunga sir!

[V_S]

The visuals in B&W is always special. Stole my heart straightaway, right from the starting frame when Pankaj was sitting alone, the lone bicycle, heavy rains with Pankaj's face in close with the charlie's caption , till the last titles, nicely done trailer. Maestro's music right from opening flute, cello, violins, piano with that short humorous horn and ending with painful oboe, truly this is going to be a masterpiece (atleast musically, as these kind of off-beat films may not be successful), if this film is going to see the light. Every second of this trailer music squeezes my heart and which reflects in my eyes.

[V_S]

Maestro's Malleable Motifs

http://www.backgroundscore.com/2012/...le-motifs.html

Wow! Can't believe Maestro composed 20 versions of same theme in Kaadhal Kavithai, yet every theme has got its own purpose and lived upto it. Thanks a lot Suresh for this great find and also for excellent analysis and reasoning for Maestro's background score.

Another beauty in Kadhal Kavithai was, that was the peak time Raja has been written-off quite mercilessly.

[venkkiram]

Me too found few little songs but not a single case where i knew all 3 But when i listened to all the songs in the soundcloud, i found some rare songs which i knew!

And that Deva one, its me who tweeted first about that but it didnt appear in kweezz's timeline. Poor deva

It would be nice if this kind of quiz happens every 10 days. but agree lot of time and effort needed by the host! At same time, just wondering what a lot of games can be playes with Raja's huge body or work! For example a BGM finding quiz...

எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடித்த விளையாட்டு. கல்லூரியில் கடைசி ஆண்டிற்கான கலாச்சார விழாவில் இந்த "இடையிசை கொடுத்து பாடல் கண்டுபிடிக்கும் யுத்தியை" புகுத்தினேன். டேப் ரெக்கார்டர் கேசட்டில் பதிவி செய்து ஒரு வழியாக சமாளித்தோம், இப்போது இணையத்தின் உதவியால் வேலை சுலபம். நேற்றிலிருந்து என் முகநூல் பக்கத்தில் இந்தப் போட்டியை ஆரம்பித்து வைத்திருக்கிறேன். நன்றி சகல இதை தெரியப்படுத்தியதற்கு.