IR News and Other Titbits Ver.2009

[Sureshs65]

I agree with kiru. Music today seems to be more an integration thing than composing stuff. Looking for consistency in the whole song seems to be a thing of past (if you don't take Raja into consideration). Many parts of the song do not match the spirit of the song. Hope I am not opening another thread of discussion here. We have already frustrated app_eng enough

[Plum]

app_engine, informal-a IR works a desiyamayamakkittanga

[A.ANAND]

Ilayaraja in Goa

June 09, 2009



Goa, which is directed by Venkat Prabhu, is moving on at a rapid pace and shaping up well. The film is jointly produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth¡¯s Ocher Studios and Warner Bros. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music for this film.

Premji Amaren plays a significant role in Goa, which has Jai and Sneha in the lead roles. As per sources close to the Goa unit, Premji will feature in a song sequence in the film. According to the grapevine, Premji had requested on having his uncle, Maestro Ilayaraja render his voice for the song and conveyed the same to his cousin Yuvan. Thanks to Yuvan¡¯s effort, everything turned out fine with Ilayaraja giving his consent.

[venkkiram]

-- சாருலதா இணையத்தள சமீபத்திய கட்டுரையிலிருந்து...

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சமீபத்தில் இளையராஜாவின் திருவாசம் பாடல்களில் ஒன்றை ரொம்பவும் நெக்குருகிக் கேட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தேன். அவந்திகா “உங்களுக்குத்தான் இளையராஜாவைப் பிடிக்காதே?” என்று ஆச்சரியமாகக் கேட்டாள்.

“ஆமாம், பிடிக்காது.”

“அப்புறம் இது என்ன?”

“ம், என்ன?”

“இதை இப்படி உருகி உருகிக் கேட்கிறீர்கள்?”

“ஆமாம், கேட்பேன்.”

“அடச்சே, லூஸு... உன் கிட்ட கேட்க வந்தேன் பார்” என்று தலையில் அடித்துக் கொண்டே போய் விட்டாள்.

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[raja_fan]

Venkiram,

Andha loosukku ippo thaan "naan oru loosu" enra gnaanam vandhirukku pola

[rajasaranam]

Venkiram,

Andha loosukku ippo thaan "naan oru loosu" enra gnaanam vandhirukku pola

When I read last week in his blog about his recent obssession with 'Soudharya lahari' of 'Adi Shankara' I thouhgt... " romba thooram illadi nee Raaja kitta vanthu searrathukku " itho vanthu konde irukiraar

[vigneshram]

ராஜாவின் இசையும் சில கோணல் எழுத்துக்களும்

http://vigneshram.blogspot.com/2009/...g-post_13.html

[Sureshs65]

Watched SPB's 'Ennodu Paatu Padungal' on Jaya TV when the program was more than half over. The judge was a mridangam artist. I think his name is Srinivas. When I switched on, he seems to have just spoken in detail about Raja and said what a genius he was. He then wondered as to how someone could think of using mridagam aggressively when communicating first love. He said, "I can understand someone using tabla or some other soft instrument but this man used the mridangam" and went on to vocalize the 'solkattu' of the mridangam beats which start "Ayiram Tamarai Mottukale". He ended by saying, "What can I say? Only he can do it. He is great." SPB sang the first line of the song and was nodding his head to what the mridangist was saying. He also sang a nice rhythm based 'Guru Vandanam' (his own composition) at the end of the program.

[Sureshs65]

After posting I realized my last line could be confusing. It was not SPB who sang the Guru Vandanam. It was the mridangist who sang it.

[Sureshs65]

Luckily one 'punyavan' has loaded this part, which I had referred to, in youtube. Here is the link:



The mridangam vidwan, Srinivas, talks about Illayraja after 4 mins into the clip.

You can hear Srinivas singing a very nice Guru Vandanam here:

Starts after 3 mins into the clip.