Rab Ne Mere

Song : Rab Ne Mere
Movie Name : Aryan
Singer : Shreya Ghoshal & Kunal Ganjawala
Music Director : Anand Raj Anand

This is a really nice song. It has an arabic feel to it, but is definitely not stereotyped that way. Shreya Ghoshal makes a big difference to this song, and it can be seen how she breezes through easily. There isn't much I can say about this song. Its nice :)

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Rab ne mere from Raaga

Ninaithu Ninaithu

Song : Ninaithu Ninaithu
Movie Name : 7 G Rainbow Colony
Singer : Shreya Ghoshal
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja

Shreya Ghoshal is a lucky person. She has walked away with a song, which will probably be remembered for a long long time. A song, that every singer would love to sing. I thought the director and his crew were nuts to make this movie (and I still do). I dont know how Yuvan got his inspiration, but I would call him the saving grace for this movie. In my opinion, this movie marked the transition of Yuvan from upcoming to hotshot music director. Coming back to this song, I belive this song is the answer to the questions asked in the male version (sung by Kay Kay). Its a tough job to come up with a sensitive song such as this, as you have to be borderline cheesy (in lyrics and in music). Yuvan comes with an absolute winner and shows why he rules!

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Ninaithu Ninaithu from Raaga

Hoo Halla Hoo

Song : Hoo Halla Hoo
Album Name : Nazuk Nazuk
Singer : Anaida

If you havent heard this song in a while, its sure to being a smile to your face, as it did to mine. If you havent heard this song ever then you might wonder who Anaida is. Anaida was one of the first female popstars in India, who made it big. She had big hits in "Oova Oova", "Hu Halla Hu" and later resurfaced, singing tracks in Bombay Boys and "Split Wide Open". This particular song is the typical sweet song, that you would have expected out of Anaida, and is what she is remembered for I guess.

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Hoo Halla Hoo from Anaida's Website

Innisai

Song : Innisai
Movie Name : God Father
Singer : Naresh, Mahathi
Music Director : A R Rehman

There is this rare quality to Rehman’s songs. You listen to them a couple of times, and as the song grows on you, you will just wonder as to how this song sounds exactly the way it should! Lots of music directors have tried to ape Rehman’s style of makign songs (incl an extremely poor attempt by Harris Jayaraj in Anniyan), but Rehman shows why he is the master of the game. The rich orchestrization in this song, is something that Rehman excels at. Naresh seems to be a rising star, Rehman is very fond of him too. Surprising how a KS Ravikumar movie can have a song like this. I hope the song is placed well in this movie. As always, listen to a good quality version of the songs, before judging them (else you cant tell the difference between a Shankar’s movie and a Maniratnam’s movie!)

My other pick from this movie is “Theeyil” sung brilliantly by Rehman.

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Innisai from musicindiaonline

Om Namah Shivaya

Song : Om Namah Shivaya
Movie Name : Sagara Sangamam
Singer : S Janaki
Music Director : Illayaraja

Prakruti Parvati neetho nadachina edu adugulae..swara saptakamayi

This is a song about Lord Shiva. I am not completely familiar with all the attributes of Shiva being described here, and would love to go through each of them. The language used in this song is more Sanskrit than telugu. What I like about this song, is that it is so unlike Illayaraja, and more like Vishwanath, and is yet brilliant. A quality that most music directors dont seem to have these days. In the drive to make music the way the director or producer wants them to, most music directors seem to go haywire, and lose their originality. Coming back to this song, the lyricist (Sri Veturi) has chosen an interesting way to proceed in this song. The first stanza mentions pancha bhootamulu, aaru ruthuvulu, swara saptakam, ashta dikkulu, nava rasas, and in the second stanza goes to Trikalamulu, Chatur Vedamulu before narrowing to Advaitham. Last but not the least, notice the beautiful use of Hindolam below

Sa Ga Ma Da Ni Sa ... ( –> Aarohana (Hindolam))
Da Ga Ma Da Ni Sa Da Ma Da Da Da Sa Sa Sa Ni Ga Ma Da ...
Sa Ni Da Ma Ga Sa ( –> Avarohana (Hindolam))

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Om Namah Shivaya from Raaga