Song : Merke Merke
Movie Name : Kanda Naal Mudhal
Singer : Shankar Mahadevan, Sadhana Sargam
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja
I didnt like this song initially since the starting was ripped off from MJ's "Give in to me", and I absolutely hate it when I see Yuvan copying anyone. I am one of those few people who want Yuvan to genuinely shine. Anyway, I saw this movie over the weekend and this song (although picturised in a regular orthodox way), did leave its mark. Its the agony you could sense in Shankar's voice coupled with the good movie that it was I guess. I dont want to give too many points to Yuvan on this, but all in all, a good song.
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Merke Merke from Raaga
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Achata Ichata
Song : Achata Ichata
Movie Name : Allari Bullodu
Singer : Keeravani, Chitra
Music Director : Keeravani
Keeravani is one of my favourite music directors and nothing makes me more happy than seeing him bounce back with good songs every now and then (Anukokunda Oka Roju is a good movie for that). I was seeing Allari Bullodu over the weekend and midst the mindless junk, Keeravani could find inspiration to come up with some nice songs. This trademark Keeravani-KRR song (also sung by Keeravani), reminded me of the brilliance of him in movies like Kshana Kshanam (Listen to the BGM during the scene where Venkatesh helps Sridevi get out of the pit while in the jungle, its based on the interludes in "Jaamu Rathiri"). Is it the same raagam ? I need to look into it further.
My favourite part of this song are the charanams with the intertwining violins, guitars and keyboard where Keeravani shows his class effortlessly.
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Trisha Achata Ichata from Raaga
Movie Name : Allari Bullodu
Singer : Keeravani, Chitra
Music Director : Keeravani
Keeravani is one of my favourite music directors and nothing makes me more happy than seeing him bounce back with good songs every now and then (Anukokunda Oka Roju is a good movie for that). I was seeing Allari Bullodu over the weekend and midst the mindless junk, Keeravani could find inspiration to come up with some nice songs. This trademark Keeravani-KRR song (also sung by Keeravani), reminded me of the brilliance of him in movies like Kshana Kshanam (Listen to the BGM during the scene where Venkatesh helps Sridevi get out of the pit while in the jungle, its based on the interludes in "Jaamu Rathiri"). Is it the same raagam ? I need to look into it further.
My favourite part of this song are the charanams with the intertwining violins, guitars and keyboard where Keeravani shows his class effortlessly.
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Trisha Achata Ichata from Raaga
Monday, December 05, 2005
Eno Kangal
Song : Eno Kangal
Movie Name : Kalvanyn Kadhali
Singer : Yuvan , Sadhana Sargam
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja
"Hey yo Yuvan, You there ? " Oh yeah, he is there! This is yet another foot tapping number from Yuvan. The song starts with Sadhana singing softly "Eno kangal un mugame ketkirade..?" and she gives her characteristic melodious touch to the song, and just liek that, the song shifts gears and Yuvan picks up the tempo with "Adi naakkule mookkule, paechille moochille unakkidu puriyaada ? ". Yuvan's voice sounds amusing cos' of his nasal accent, and I sincerely wish, he begins to realize this before he ends up being criticised. I think he has chosen the best song of this album for himself.
My other picks : Enakenna Aachi ? by Ranjith
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Eno Kangal from Raaga
Movie Name : Kalvanyn Kadhali
Singer : Yuvan , Sadhana Sargam
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja
"Hey yo Yuvan, You there ? " Oh yeah, he is there! This is yet another foot tapping number from Yuvan. The song starts with Sadhana singing softly "Eno kangal un mugame ketkirade..?" and she gives her characteristic melodious touch to the song, and just liek that, the song shifts gears and Yuvan picks up the tempo with "Adi naakkule mookkule, paechille moochille unakkidu puriyaada ? ". Yuvan's voice sounds amusing cos' of his nasal accent, and I sincerely wish, he begins to realize this before he ends up being criticised. I think he has chosen the best song of this album for himself.
My other picks : Enakenna Aachi ? by Ranjith
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Eno Kangal from Raaga
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Meettaatha Oru Veenai
Song : Meettaatha Oru Veenai
Movie Name : Poonthottam
Singer : Hariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Music Director : Illayaraja
How is it possible that you can listen to a song and tell almost surely thats its composed by Illayaraja ? I saw the movie Amadeus and was thinking about Illayaraja all through. Its said that Emperor Joseph II remarked "Too many notes in your music!" and when I saw this scene in the movie, I thought "Thats so apt for Illayaraja". This is not the most intricate of his compositions, but for people who are quick to write off Illayaraja, this song should serve as a warning (as would songs in lots of other later movies). What I like about this song, is how the intricacy is in the vocals, in addition to the orchestrization. The synthesizer adds the zing to this song that it deserves. Hariharan and Mahalakshmi Iyer are fabulous as always!
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Meettaatha Oru Veenai from musicindiaonline
Movie Name : Poonthottam
Singer : Hariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Music Director : Illayaraja
How is it possible that you can listen to a song and tell almost surely thats its composed by Illayaraja ? I saw the movie Amadeus and was thinking about Illayaraja all through. Its said that Emperor Joseph II remarked "Too many notes in your music!" and when I saw this scene in the movie, I thought "Thats so apt for Illayaraja". This is not the most intricate of his compositions, but for people who are quick to write off Illayaraja, this song should serve as a warning (as would songs in lots of other later movies). What I like about this song, is how the intricacy is in the vocals, in addition to the orchestrization. The synthesizer adds the zing to this song that it deserves. Hariharan and Mahalakshmi Iyer are fabulous as always!
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Meettaatha Oru Veenai from musicindiaonline
Monday, November 14, 2005
Bhagyam Poddunna
Song : Bhagyam Poddunna
Movie Name : Vennela (2005)
Singer : Funky, Sudeep, Saindhavi
Music Director : Mahesh Shankar
I heard this song a few days ago and thought "Hmm..Interesting..". I heard this again today and got totally hooked in. Its a good funky song as is the rest of the album. Vennela has a very fresh feel to it, as a film and I am really looking forward to seeing this movie. I was initially afraid that it would be a very "confused" album, and I should say that, it was my initial and to some extent, is my current opinion of this album. But, hey freshness in songs always catches my attention. By the way, Mahesh Shankar is the same guy of Flavours fame and I think he has been extremely consistent so far. Who is this Saindhavi ? Usha's voice twin ?? (Thats a huge compliment by my standards) My other pick(s) from this album:
"Chestara Love"
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Bhagyam Poddunna from musicindiaonline
Movie Name : Vennela (2005)
Singer : Funky, Sudeep, Saindhavi
Music Director : Mahesh Shankar
I heard this song a few days ago and thought "Hmm..Interesting..". I heard this again today and got totally hooked in. Its a good funky song as is the rest of the album. Vennela has a very fresh feel to it, as a film and I am really looking forward to seeing this movie. I was initially afraid that it would be a very "confused" album, and I should say that, it was my initial and to some extent, is my current opinion of this album. But, hey freshness in songs always catches my attention. By the way, Mahesh Shankar is the same guy of Flavours fame and I think he has been extremely consistent so far. Who is this Saindhavi ? Usha's voice twin ?? (Thats a huge compliment by my standards) My other pick(s) from this album:
"Chestara Love"
Listen to this song at :
Bhagyam Poddunna from musicindiaonline
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Thaka thaka thaiyya
Song : Thaka Thaka Thaiyya
Movie Name : Evadi Gola Vadide (2005)
Singer : Karthik and Usha
Music Director : Kamalakar
The song has been sung by two of my favourite singers. Usha and Karthik have the ability to put the life back in any song and they are certainly here to stay, should they choose to do so. Kamalakar has been a consistent performer so far, although EVV's movies certainly dont help anyone that much. I do hope he gets noticed and belts out some more melodious tunes. I like the charanam in this song much more than the pallavi. Usha is the winner of this competition :)
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Thaka Thaka Thaiyya from musicindiaonline
Movie Name : Evadi Gola Vadide (2005)
Singer : Karthik and Usha
Music Director : Kamalakar
The song has been sung by two of my favourite singers. Usha and Karthik have the ability to put the life back in any song and they are certainly here to stay, should they choose to do so. Kamalakar has been a consistent performer so far, although EVV's movies certainly dont help anyone that much. I do hope he gets noticed and belts out some more melodious tunes. I like the charanam in this song much more than the pallavi. Usha is the winner of this competition :)
Listen to this song at:
Thaka Thaka Thaiyya from musicindiaonline
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Feel Good Inc.
Song : Feel Good Inc.
Artist : Gorillaz
Album : Demon Days
Windmill Windmill for the land...
Turn forever hand in hand
I heard this song while flipping through TV channels on some random advertisement and I thought it was kind of cheesy. Didnt sound anything new, but then I got interested and heard it a couple of times later on, thought it was just about ok. Recently, I saw the song on MTV Video Awards and was just outright blown away by the song. It was the simple bass guitar in the background, but I heard it the first time. And the whole of today I was pretty much listening to this song. If you have an ipod and a Bose Sound system, then you shouldnt be missing this song ... at high volume!
Artist : Gorillaz
Album : Demon Days
Windmill Windmill for the land...
Turn forever hand in hand
I heard this song while flipping through TV channels on some random advertisement and I thought it was kind of cheesy. Didnt sound anything new, but then I got interested and heard it a couple of times later on, thought it was just about ok. Recently, I saw the song on MTV Video Awards and was just outright blown away by the song. It was the simple bass guitar in the background, but I heard it the first time. And the whole of today I was pretty much listening to this song. If you have an ipod and a Bose Sound system, then you shouldnt be missing this song ... at high volume!
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Thanka Thingal
Song : Thanka Thingal
Movie Name : Indraprastham (2002)
Singer : Sreekumar M G and K S Chitra
Music Director : Vidya Sagar
Vidyasagar is one of my favourite music directors among the current generation. I think his "flaw" is that he is a bit too much melody oriented, while people would like more "zing" in songs. The fan of melody that I am, Vidyasagar is no big surprise. I saw this song on cable a long time ago, on the top 10 songs of Malayalam, and was (then) surprised at how there were such good songs in Malayalam. This song is really beautiful, extremely well sung by Chitra (I dont have too many nice things to say about Sreekumar though). Vidayasagar is at his usual melodious best. The first interlude has a hindustani sounding alaap, which reminds me of "Poo Vaasam" from Anbe Sivam (another awesome meoldy from Vidyasagar, which is sure to figure on my list, should I keep at updating my blog often) :)
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Thanka Thingal from musicindiaonline
Movie Name : Indraprastham (2002)
Singer : Sreekumar M G and K S Chitra
Music Director : Vidya Sagar
Vidyasagar is one of my favourite music directors among the current generation. I think his "flaw" is that he is a bit too much melody oriented, while people would like more "zing" in songs. The fan of melody that I am, Vidyasagar is no big surprise. I saw this song on cable a long time ago, on the top 10 songs of Malayalam, and was (then) surprised at how there were such good songs in Malayalam. This song is really beautiful, extremely well sung by Chitra (I dont have too many nice things to say about Sreekumar though). Vidayasagar is at his usual melodious best. The first interlude has a hindustani sounding alaap, which reminds me of "Poo Vaasam" from Anbe Sivam (another awesome meoldy from Vidyasagar, which is sure to figure on my list, should I keep at updating my blog often) :)
Listen to this song at:
Thanka Thingal from musicindiaonline
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Halo Halo..
Mera gaana hai bahana
Halo Halo ta.. tarana
Masti ka tu hai khazana
Maine tujhe yaar mana!
This song has been on my mind for a few days now. Santosh Sivan's Halo was a movie released early 2000. It was, as I recollect from my memories, a movie about a little girl and her puppy which she gets as a "God-sent" gift. There was this one song which was aired on TV for a long time, and I saw it completely each time it aired. For the little girl - Benauf and the puppy and the cut little bald fella! If anyone has this song (video or audio), please let me know!
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Maayo emo maayo ...
Song : Maayo Emi Maayo
Movie Name : Nee Kosam(1999)
Singer : Kausalya, Mani Nagraj
Music Director : R P Patnaik
Emitidi gunde gonthulo padindee ?... Sa Pa Ma Ga Ri ....
It is probably true that pressure brings out the best in some people. R P Patnaik, Kausalya at the beginning of their careers, a new director, a new lead pair with good potential, all in all Nee Kosam had the right mix of people needed for a creative output. You can see that burst of enthusiasm in this song. RP's soul is very much in this song, Kausalaya has lent her best as against a lame "Konchem Kaaramga" of Chakram or "Malle Teegaro" of Andhrawala. The breezy feel to this song has to reach out to each and everyone listening to it. A good way to start my music blog too.
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Nee Kosam from musicindiaonline.com
Movie Name : Nee Kosam(1999)
Singer : Kausalya, Mani Nagraj
Music Director : R P Patnaik
Emitidi gunde gonthulo padindee ?... Sa Pa Ma Ga Ri ....
It is probably true that pressure brings out the best in some people. R P Patnaik, Kausalya at the beginning of their careers, a new director, a new lead pair with good potential, all in all Nee Kosam had the right mix of people needed for a creative output. You can see that burst of enthusiasm in this song. RP's soul is very much in this song, Kausalaya has lent her best as against a lame "Konchem Kaaramga" of Chakram or "Malle Teegaro" of Andhrawala. The breezy feel to this song has to reach out to each and everyone listening to it. A good way to start my music blog too.
Listen to this song at
Nee Kosam from musicindiaonline.com
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