Hi, I would like to take a shot at answering this question.
If u r saying the first song he retuned was even before 'pudhiya mugam' kannukku mai azhagu song...then i would reckon it should be from the movie GENTLEMAN-yen veetu thotathil. If i remember correctly this tune is actually used in singing a particular bhajan song sung at hindu poojas. It goes something like "ganne leela jyoti namo namo, gnaana roopa swaroopa namo namo" and so on(sorry .. i m sure i got the lyrics wrong). But rahman wonderfully i wud say polished the tune of that song, added his own huge dose of originality and viola....we had i wud say one of the most romantic classical duets, till date i can listen to that song and not feel bored or anything. Another notable thing i wud say is that, this song also started the trend within all rahman-shanker combos, where even though the album wud be fraught with fun-filled dhool tp songs-huge dance numbers, there wil always be this one soft romantic classical based song in it-which would be i wud say one of the biggest hits of the album as it wud impress the so-called masses and classes!!! e.g: GENTLEMAN - yen veetu thotathil(SPB is king!) KAADHALAN - ennavalae(major carnatic singer Unnikrishnan came into national limelight with this song) INDIAN - telephone manipol(the stanzas ooze with carnatic classical icing, plus harini had her major first masses hit) JEANS - kannodu kaanbadhellam(introduced major carnatic songer Nithyashree into mainstream tamil movies) MUDHALVAN - azhagaana ratchasiyae( even though this song was given a folky feel, it was out and out a wonderfully playful composition in the raagam 'rithigoula' and ghatam rocked thru the song) BOYS - alle alle(refrained frm making it sound too carnatic as well it wud have been out of place in the movie...but yet again the lone melodious track in the album) *ANNIYAN - iyengaaru veetu azhagi & kumaari( Shankar tried it again with harris jayaraj...going for 2 songs, first being a very very basic composition in raagam naattai and a much better job in the latter song thanks to a zestful rendering by shankar mahadevan... PS: I have always wondered how rahman cud have rocked in this movie so much..seriyaana theeni[proper fodder] for rahman's versatility..i mean the iyengar angle so the carnatic based songs, the wester loverboy angle where he cud go all rock and hip-hop,then we have the avenger vigilante, where he cud go all modern operatic[without ripping of PASSION OF THE CHRIST which is wat harris jayaraj eventually did]..but alas one wil never kno wat rahman cud have done...jus like we can never kno wat rahman had composed for droh kaal..one of those things... LAST BUT NOT LEAST SIVAJI - sahana and sahara( the first one has jus been named song of the year by sun TV so enuf said abt that, and in the latter he actually used a thirupaavai merging it with a titantic melancholy flute feel..kudos) AHEM...er...i jus saw the whole mail frm top... i guess i slightly veered of in a tangent(horrible understatement)...But i have answered the question to my best knowledge on the top and sorry for belaboring...but jus that it was a worthy interesting observation. Thanks.. Srinath --- Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok.let me tell u, it was an ad jingle, and the song > he retuned was a old tamil song. > I did not consider revival-vm coz i felt that the > tune was basically the same, not much change made 2 > the old tune. > > Aravind > > Gomzy wrote: > > Vande Mataram , Revival? > > On 1/14/08, Dinesh < dinesh.theboss@ hotmail.com > > wrote: > > Kannaku Mai Azhagu retuned????? :O... what was > the original song???!!! > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
