Hooked big-time to this BGM from Swades. Just 40 seconds duration. Yet look at the magic that Rahman has created with his music! This is my mobile ring tone now. 🙂 I just love the scene featuring this BGM. I wish it had not been deleted from the movie.

The day has begun on a great note, thanks to ARR’s music. 🙂 I hope the rest of the day remains as great as the beginning. Good Morning, folks! 🙂

At Dakshinamurthy Auditorium (Nadopasana) on 16th March

Accompanists:
Prapancham Ravindran – Mridangam
B.S.Purushottaman – Khanjira

Concert Duration: 2 hrs

Songs List:
1. Sri Mahaganapate – Abhogi – Brief alapana, swarams
2. Garudagamana – Nagaswarali – Alapana, swarams
3. Marugelara – Jayantashri – Raaga outline
4. Raa Rama – Asaveri
5. RTP – Bilahari – Pallavi: Raghukula in Kanda Triputa taalam – Composed by TRS
tani Avaratanam
6. Nagumomu – Abheri – Raaga outline, swarams
7. What Prasanna called as the ‘Carnaticized’ version of his composition based on Kambhoji and Kapi from ‘Smile Pinki’ – the documentary which won the Oscar award this year for ‘Best Documentary Short Subject’. Prasanna composed the music for this documentary.
8. Mangalam – Sowrashtram followed by an outline of Madhyamavati

After more than a year, there was a concert of Prasanna here on Saturday. But, since that was in Villivakkam, an inaccessible area for me, I was not able to go for it. So, I didn’t want to miss today’s concert at any cost. I don’t have anything specific to write about except that, as expected, I absolutely enjoyed every moment of this concert. 🙂 How I wish more concerts of Prasanna happens here!

With this comment, the total no. of comments in my blog has now reached 5000! 🙂 5000 comments for 466 posts. Of course, it includes my replies to comments as well as ping backs to posts. But, anyway, this calls for a celebration 😉 Thank you, my dear readers! 🙂

I seem to be in love with the movie all over once again after watching it for the nth time today on Star One. Today was one of those days when I enjoyed each and every moment of the movie more than usual. I was absorbed in the movie. Completely! The village, villagers, excellent acting by Shahrukh and others, costumes, dialogues, amazing background music for each and every scene, songs, lyrics, Kaveri Amma, the love story of Gita and Mohan, the cute little village kids, I can just go on and on about every single thing in this movie! As much as I want to write a long post on it, I want to watch some of my favourite scenes from the movie again too. And since I don’t seem to have had enough of Swades for the day, this post will have to wait.

Am now listening to the tracks of Slumdog Millionaire and with each listening, I seem to like each of the songs more and more. As much as I enjoyed reading/watching so many shows/articles/blog posts/interviews, etc. on A.R.Rahman post Oscars, I also got tired of hearing every other person saying that Slumdog Millionaire is not his best. I just wish everyone just enjoys the songs instead of repeatedly saying that it’s not his best. 😐 Though I haven’t listened to Jai Ho as much as Latika’s Theme or Mausam and Escape, that song has still really become one of my favourites.

As I am now seeing some photos taken two and a half years or so back, the nostalgic mood seems to be making a come-back once again. 🙂 At the same time, a scene from ‘The Namesake’ also comes to my mind. The scene where Ashoke takes his son Gogol to beach and realizes only after reaching as far away from the shore as possible, that they don’t have their camera with them and tells Gogol something like (I don’t remember the exact words now 🙁 ) ‘You have to remember this then. You have to remember that we came to a place from where there was nowhere to go.’ That was a scene that I really liked! I liked watching it in the movie more than reading it in the book. Not all unforgettable moments in life can be captured on a camera…

It’s amazing how something as simple as making a cup of perfectly yummy vanilla milkshake for two consecutive days can make one feel so happy, even though all it involves is mixing the milkshake powder and sugar with milk. 😛 But for someone who cannot even make one’s own cup of coffee without the sugar/decoction not being in the correct proportion, making a cup of milkshake is not a simple task. Definitely not 😛

• Heard that Yaavarum Nalam is really good. I want to watch it. It isn’t often that Madhavan’s movies turn out to be good! The picturization, cinematography and the music too seemed to be nice for two songs a few seconds of which I saw. Have to see how the full song is.

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Fresh. Cheerful. No signs of boredom. Silently humming song after song. 🙂 Enjoying the pleasant weather (There’s still a slight drizzle). Going for a stroll with the cold rain drops caressing me. Now lost in Barso Re. If only I had got a window seat today morning, this perfect day would have had an even better beginning. A weather like this is meant to be enjoyed with the window kept open.

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.