Dull. Gloomy. Bored. The blues need not be Monday morning blues alone. It can be there all through the day. Adding to it is the weather that is equally gloomy. It’s slightly drizzling here.
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Madhirakshi
Even though I had wanted to listen to Sikkil Gurucharan & Anil Srinivasan’s album Madhirakshi for quite sometime, it was only after attending a lec-dem by Anil Srinivasan during the December Season in which Sikkil Gurucharan sang Pirava Varam in the end, that I wanted to listen to it asap. The ambience at Vinnyasa Art Gallery, where the lec-dem happened, latAngi, which happens to be one of my favourite raagams and Gurucharan’s voice (Hasn’t he got a beautiful voice!) with Anil Srinivasan’s piano– it was magical. (I wanted to write this here on the day of the lec-dem itself. But never got around to writing it. Anyway, better late than never!)
Coming back to Madhirakshi, I did listen to it finally sometime in January end. Apart from piravA varam, Omana tingaL is the other song that I liked very much. Aarabhi is, after all, another most favourite raagam of mine. I like these two so much that, till now, I have listened to the remaining songs in the album just once, since the moment I think about Madhirakshi, these two songs are the only ones that I feel like listening to. 🙂 I was listening to these two songs on a repeat mode yesterday evening. And even now, that is what I am doing. Lost in the beauty of the contrasting soft and melodious Latangi and Aarabhi pieces!
By the way, only after listening to Omana thingaL, I realized that the Malayalam lines that come in Kuluvalile, the song in Muthu, are the opening lines of this song.
Agar Main Kahoon
I like this song as much as Kitni Baatein. If it was Hariharan’s voice in that song, it is Udit’s in this that makes one go ga-ga over it. This is probably the one song in the recent times in which Udit’s voice still has the same magic it once had a few years back. Udit and Alka – a vintage combo.
The conversation between the lead pair in this song is as good as the one in Kitni Baatein. The hero proposing in the simplest and direct of ways, mock anger from the lady, the man proposing using all those clichéd Bollywood lines, only to face the lady’s ‘anger’ again. This is such a beautiful song where the picturization is as perfect as the music and lyrics!
Song
Kind of liked this quote that I got as a forward today:
Words make you think a thought.
Music makes you feel a feeling.
A song makes you feel a thought.
Kitni Baatein
kitni baatein yaad aati hain
tasveerein si ban jaati hain
main kaise inhe booloon?
dil ko kya samjhaoon?
Hariharan’s voice was what drew me to this song initially. The soothing music and the simple yet beautiful lyrics later made it one of my all-time favourites.
ARR wins!!!!! :)
A moment when happiness knows no bounds! A moment to celebrate & a moment to cherish forever! 🙂 Congrats, ARR! Proud of you!
Weekend…
I missed the last concert of Sanjay since it was in Nanganallur – the area still seems inaccessible to me. That was a couple of weeks back. Now, I come to know that there is a Sanjay’s concert tomorrow. And I am going to miss that too. 🙁 The reason is I am going for Ghananjani – concert by Mandolin Srinivas, Zakir Hussain, Stephen Devassey and Dominque Di Piazza for Shakti Foundation. Incidentally, there is a concert of T.M.Krishna too tomorrow! There are suddenly lots to choose from! Talking about the weekend, I am going to watch Delhi 6 on Sunday. 🙂 Liked the stills from the movie. Liked the trailer. And, needless to say, love the songs! 🙂 Can’t wait to watch the movie! Then there’s Oscar on Monday. Fingers crossed! What are your plans for the weekend?
Bliss
Something seems to be wrong with internet now and my blog is one of the very few sites opening! No GTalk. No Google Reader. No blogs. No A.R.Rahman Fan Club. No rasikas.org. No twitter. Weird! Is something wrong with Dataone everywhere or is it only at my home? After I got over the initial irritation of not being able to access any of the sites, I am now happily listening to my favourite Carnatic songs. 🙂 Bhageshri, Nayaki, Sindhu Bhairavi, Ranjani, Charukesi – Bliss 🙂
Update: Net is now working properly. Just within a few seconds of publishing this post! Yay! 🙂
Ravikiran’s Concert
N. Ravikiran – Chitraveena
V. Sanjeev – Violin
Mannargudi Easwaran – Mridangam
Anirudh Athreya – Khanjira
Anahita – Vocal Support
On 7th Feb at Raga Sudha (Organized by Isai)
Concert Duration: less than 1.5 hrs
List of Songs:
1. Varnam – Sri
2. Swaminata Paripalaya – Nattai – Swarams at Swaminata
3. Appa Rama – Pantuvarali – Alapana; Neraval & Swarams at kapi varidi
4. Sri Subrahmanyaya Namaste – Kambhoji – tani avartanam
5. Tillana – Sunadavinodini – Composed by Ravikiran
6. Mangalam – Sowrashtram; Madhyamavati Outline
Before the concert, violinist Embar Kannan was awarded the title ‘isai tenRal’ by Isai. Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekaran was the chief guest. After all the speeches, Ravikiran’s concert started very late. And this was the reason why Ravikiran decided to skip playing alapana, neraval, etc. for Sri Subrahmanyaya Namaste and had the tani Avartanam alone for it.
Overall, the concert was very good. Didn’t find anything extraordinary but.
ARR wins BAFTA Award! :)
And I am celebrating it by listening to some of my all-time favourite songs of ARR 😉
minnale, ishq bina, en mEl vizhunda, pudhu veLLai mazhai, thenkizhakku cheemaiyile, Atthangara marame, mellisaiye, ennavaLe, yeh jo des hai tera, kaNNamoochi, New York nagaram and lots more!