Neethane En Ponvasantham | Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu | Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau

[Fliflo]

4 days and more than a million hits..

[SoftSword]

mh,
gvm will be using all the songs and would not like to waste any gems...


equanimus,
yethi yethi by itself was delibrate 90s Ir style song attempted by hj... apram enga 'in their own game' ?

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Saayndhu Saayndhu Composing session Ilaiyaraaja Gautham Yuvan

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

http://www.kollytalk.com/audio-launc...-ponvasantham/

After a first listen, Vaagai Sood Vaa composer M Ghibran says, “Lived my Childhood period for 42 minutes through 8 songs. Thanks to NEPV and Raja sir. Soaking music!”

Ardent Raja fan Karthik says, “Can’t even count how many instruments Raja has used in all the songs. And everything sounds so nice.”

[KV]

You have exactly highlighted my take on the philosophy Raaja incorporated in this album. In my review, for these very specific songs, I wrote:

1. Mudhal murai: The tune sounds more international to me.
2. Satru Munbu: An operatic melody, this is another surprise that Ilaiyaraaja throws at us.
3. Pengal endraal: Another non-typical Ilaiyaraaja song. I have never seen him put in this much of into-the-face (metallic) rock quotient in any of his songs and it indeed shows that Ilaiyaraaja is genre agnostic. This song is perhaps Ilaiyaraaja's tribute to Mahavishnu Orchestra and the likes.

I too felt that it is such a eclectic album where he gets to do everything (impress his fans with his 'known and celebrated genius elements' and experiment with new stuff that we did not expect him to - which is something I love about this album). Its easy to fall in love with kaatre konjam, saindhu, vaanam mella and yennodu. Very easy. Though those songs have their own complex arrangements - their hummability quotient is high. But it is these 3 songs that you highlighted above - which actually prove that Raaja defied himself.

aakarsh.
If one were to recall the 'speculation' phase after Raaja was declared MD for this film, there was this rant doing rounds that bits of jazz and WCM is all that he can do and that people had had enough of it already. Now, with the audio out, we know who has had the last laugh! Rock, pop, jazz, wcm, kuththu.. that too pudhu style, pudhu singers... raajaa.. besh besh!

[KV]

sahala, nandri, aana no access to the video at the moment. Is this from the Aug15th TV show or is it something new?

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

KV, no! this was actually aired during the Audio Launch, b4 Saaindhu x2 is played. Gifted are we! Wait till Telecast

[Bala (Karthik)]

Innum konjam vilakkunga, Bala, any specific characteristics? Me still thinks this song is kinda un-IRish.

Self correction: I have to rephrase my earlier sentence. It's not "especially the charan", rather it should be (only) "The charan".
Agree that it seems 'new', and radical. However it does not sound like any other contemporary number/composer.

The take off from "Vaangi pona en idhayathin nilamai enna da" the haunting way she sings "da" with a glide downwards and "Thaangi pidikka un tholgal illaye" ("thaangi" la oru glide, and the helpless/pleading effect). The whole melancholic longing (even spooky/haunting) feel in the tune is so Raaja, isn't it? Which is why Raaja has mentioned "devadhai ilam" to GVM after he composed this song

The operatic orchestration has his signs, doesn't it? As Nerd mentioned, mild Polla Vinaiyen feel towards the end

The pallavi and the singing at a couple of places is not typical IR, agreed

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

nallaa paaruga SKV, they have come up with an article. Or you want a review from them? oru mannum vendam, avanunga Jaganmohinikku potta reviewve 100 varusathukku pothum

See, the sites where masses visit, they shud put an article, which is enuf(audio making waves...) all that site can do is act as a link so that the visitors who are into other work, not accesing twitter/facebook etc can get interested and grab the audio. Thats ALL i expect from any online/offline/both Media.

See what idlebrain has did! This is not even Telugu movie launch. Just for Tanil version, and that too for an article intended to only post the images, see the short writeup they give

http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functi...araja2012.html

The latest concert of Ilayaraja was held at Jawaharlala Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on 2 September. This concert also featured music launch of Ilayaraja’s latest film Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu (Nani & Samantha) and Neethane En Ponvasantham (Jiiva & Samantha). Maestro Ilayaraja was given a standing ovation by the crowds when he was invited on stage. Ilayaraja prefers his Harmonium on stage and it was reported bought for Rs. 85/-. Hungarian National Philharmonic orchestra has performed for this Ilayaraja’s concert.

[Sureshs65]

SKV,

Everyone keeps saying Hungarian orchestra but I think it is a London orchestra. Only around 4 guys are the regular Hungarians for Raja. Atilla, the drummer and couple of others isnt it?