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[app_engine]

Another youth case is Suseendran. He did a huge VKK hit with a newcomer MD. Then did a reasonably successful NMA with Yuvan.

He could've continued with such youth talents. However, signed up IR for ASK

BRangan idhellAm gavanikkaRadhE illai pOla!

(Just for the same "records" purpose, Hariharan-MT had come for the first time to IR for PR, after phenomenally successful with Bombay Ravi for many of their movies prior. Sathyan Anthikkad came to IR only in the late-90's. He was also a big musical success with other MDs prior...to this day, Shyam's 'vaishAka sandhyE' for his nAdOdikkARRu is a big fav with me. His is another case of "reverse")

[app_engine]

I remember reading an IR interview in vikatan around the time of KM / devadhai (late 90's).

He said in that interview, that, like a star batsmen, he had always been scoring runs. People in the stadium got their attention diverted from the batsman to a kavarchchi nadigai who entered into the audience area (new age composers).

[rajaramsgi]

Hubbers, please don't praise sky-high such mediocre blog posts! Simply because this BRangan had been in the limelight doesn't entitle him to write vAikku vandhadhu about rAsA!

There had / have been much better discussions / analysis of IR music in tfmpage!

app_engine, edited version of his interview with GVM in http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3536499.ece has the correct dose, that is what we need to account bharadwaj for. he can say anything in his personal blog, which we don't have to care much. Same as you, I did not enjoy much of his 'introduction' to the interview and also 'after the interview'.

I liked the way how GVM put how his interaction with Raja sir was and how the songs evolved and completed. If he don't say this, we won't know. I am sure at least 2000 to 3000 Raja sir's songs has some brilliant experiences and stories behind each one of them. Hope, we will hear those stories from the concerned directors themselves one day but we may not because no one cares anymore to share history

Also, I wonder if GVM has bi-polar disorder?? Though he has all the rights to choose his crew to work with, choosing Prasad Studio and Panchathan Inn on successive movies is bit too much. I am not saying Raja sir and ARR are enemies, but their style of functioning is completely opposite and how GVM makes himself fit into both worlds?

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

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[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

One also shud consider that its IR who refused Maniratnam's offer when he came for Iruvar.
Again it is IR who said no to Rajini when he approached IR for baatshah
A small bit is, K.B approached IR for his movie Kalki (thru some mediator only!) and IR rejected that too

[Devaraagam]

App, rajaramsgi - I am with you on the B.rangan introduction like comparing MR going to MSV but I liked GVM's explanation as he was explaining with complete passion and the surprises which he got during his interaction with IR

[am0228]

Coming back to the forum after a decade.. BR interview was terrible and child like...going after composing nuances of IR, which has been oft repeated a zillion times in various platforms. There is nothing new in the composing process, in fact it remains the same from Annakili days,it is just the creative energy and willingness to experiment which is fascinating at this age.

This guy will clearly go down as India's greatest composer( I am including all genres... far surpassing the trinity and anyone above the Vindhyas)

-Anand

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Kumudam Nool Veliyeetu Vizha - Official Vijay TV Video!!

See the beginning! When they mention about Raja's other language films, see what films they show! Vijay TV

[Plum]

AM - Anand Mahadevan?

[Plum]

For long I have lamented that IR didnt have a Kannadasan like MSV did. It turns out I had been looking at it too literally - expecting a lyricist like Kannadasan to be IR's Kannadasan. Actually, in this generation, IR is Kannadasan - the Lord and Master of his field, whose works made it clear that there wasnt going to be a challenger in terms of quality in centuries even during the time of the creations - and Kamal is his MSV. Wonderful, wonderful speech by Kamal again on his lover.