Even as I am typing this post, I am listening to a wonderful Nalinakanti by Mandolin Srinivas. 🙂 This raagam is one of my favourites. Raagas like this one always fills your heart with happiness and transports you to a state of bliss. 🙂
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From the afternoon, I have been repeatedly listening to the remixed instrumental versions of Thee Thee and Jiya Jale, remixed by the bands of Ooh La La La! In the last episode of Ooh La La La, which I, as usual, watched only on the net much later, the band Track 1 had played Thee Thee and the band Oxygen had played Nenjinile/Jiya Jale. The violin in Thee Thee got me hooked to it immediately! 🙂 Though I was not able to find any fault at all when I listened to it first, after hearing H.Sridhar’s comments, I realized the things that they should have improved upon. But, anyway, the violin is so good that it’s hard to divert your attention to other things at all!
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Thanks to Bhagavathi Mohan, member of The A R Rahman Fan Club, for this old, rare video of Rahman in his studio. Watch it here.
I watched some parts of Aayitha Ezhuthu telecast on Kalaignar TV today. I was surprised to see that one scene was not shown on the channel. The scene right after the song, Jana Gana Mana, where a Sun TV reporter is shown interviewing Suriya after he files his nomination was the one! Was that because the reporter was shown to be from Sun TV?! :O
A few extra dialogues were shown at the end of the movie. This was not there in the movie when I watched it in theatre. When Suriya is seated in the Assembly, in the background you can hear his voice saying, ‘Idhu mudivillai. Idhu oru aarambam. Iniyoru iniyoru vidhi seivom. Vidhiyinai maatrum vidhi seivom.’
Songs that I have been repeatedly listening to in the past few weeks:
Akkadannu Naanga from Indian
This one tops the list of my current favourites. For the past couple of weeks or so, I have been listening to it at least 2-3 times a day. The interlude at 2.06 minutes is driving me crazy. It makes you go wow! Listen to it here:
[audio:http://www.mediamax.com/music_music_fan/Hosted/Akkadannu%20Interlude.mp3]I remember reading somewhere that the beat of this song is similar to some other song. But, who cares about all that. This song is sure to get you energized after a tiring day. I sometimes feel even Rahman hasn’t come out with a song that can beat the energy levels of this one!
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Ever since I just mentioned about the song, ‘Mujhe Pyaar Hai Tumse’ by Pankaj Sarawgi in one of my earlier post on my favourite Indipop songs, I have been getting atleast 6-7 hits every week through Search terms searching for this song and its video. So, let those searching for the song find it right here. 🙂
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Warning: The longest-ever post in this blog follows! Read it if you have the time and patience.
Initially when I thought about what to write to mark the 15 years of completion of A R Rahman in the world of films, I couldn’t think of any specific aspect to focus on. Besides, I was thinking what’s so special on completing 15 years? After all, Rahman has been associated with/composing music for a period more than that. But, did I listen to his music before 15 years, knowing that the music that I was listening to was composed by him (Am referring to the jingles etc. here)? Hasn’t these 15 years made a difference to my life in a way it can’t be imagined? Besides, I thought I had said everything I wanted to say about his music in my earlier post. But, can proper justice be done to the magic produced by Rahman’s music in just a single post?! So, here’s my journey of how I transformed from just another fan of A R Rahman into a Rahmaniac.
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Violin: R K Shriramkumar
Mridangam: Umayalapuram Sivaraman
Khanjira: Sree Sundarkumar
1. Varnam – Reetigowlai
2. Tulasidala – Mayamalavagowlai
3. Kamakshi – Bhairavi
4. Ee Vasudha – Sahana
5. Chesinadella – Todi
6. Gopa Nandana – Bhushavali
7. Raagam Taanam Pallavi – Kedaragowlai
Pallavi – Sarasa daLa Nayana Hare Krishna,
Swarams in Varali, Sama and Hamir Kalyani
8. Marubaari – Khamas
9. Varugalamo – Manji
10. Mangalam – Sourashtram
11. Mangalam Kosalendraya – Surutti
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Violin: Nagai Sriram
Mridangam: B.Harikumar
Ghatam: S.V.Ramani
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I listened properly to most of the songs from the movie, Vandisolai Chinnarasu for the first time only yesterday! Considering the fact that ARR scored music for this movie way back in 1994 and I have been a fan of his right from the beginning, I must say I am listening to it veryyyy late! 🙁
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