Very true Mahima, Actually, the song Varaga Nadhikarai from sangamam has the same pattern as a divine folk sufi Punjabi song "Dama Dum Mast Kalandar"...and dat folk song is composed in raaga yemen... This sufi song is very close to arr's heart..as he even said bout it in his interview wid simi garewal few years ago!!!and he even hummed few lines of this song!! Arr has produced such a great gem wid Varaga Nadhikarai...its composition has a divine love for God the same sufi madness!!! its my all time favourite!!And shankar mahadevan has done full justice to the mood of it!!!
~love music love life Neetika ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mahima Sengupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:26:41 PM GMT +05:30 Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi Subject: Re: [arr] Sangamam I got to listen to the songs of Sangamam after seeing the thread here. I think its a great musical movie. A movie which has lovely folk songs with very racy beats. Its a lovely blend of classical music and folk music. Songs like 'Margazhi Thingal which starts off with the famous Thirupavai has been sung beautifully to the raga of Sindhu Bhairavi. The transcendtal strumming of the tanpoora transfers one to an ethereal world. the song that impressed me most was 'Sowkiamma' sung by nityashri and this song shows one the nuances of the raga ' Maand'. Though I am not competent enough to comment on this, I think Maand is a hindustani raag and finds its place in carnatic music too as does the raga 'Desh'. ARR has shown his prowess in the field of carnatic classical music and am sure this one song is enough to make his critics eat a humble pie. The other song Varahanadhi Karai I think is using the raga Yemen Kalyani as its base though its a mix of folk music. But then again ARR has done it again bringing in fine blend of folk music and classical music. All in all its a great album I think. Cheers Mahiya --- On Sat, 6/14/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [arr] Sangamam To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 12:35 PM I feel I am blessed & lucky that I have been given the opputunity and sense by god to enjoy rahman's music in whatever form he gives it to us. Ellam pughazhum iraivanke.. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: LOLs.. sudenly som ppl r concernd 4 ragumans tamil nos. good show. vic --- On Sat, 6/14/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancumarr@ yahoo.com> wrote: From: $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancumarr@ yahoo.com> Subject: [arr] Sangamam To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:38 AM Sangamam - This album by Rahman is one of my most fav.tamil albums....Infact I would place it right at top as my all time favourite. Not many people seem to be talking about this album. This is an absolutely a delightful album by our Boss. Rahman makes an excellent effort to produce South Indian Classical music and what a effect. Each and every song is amazing. Those who are well aware of raagas, would be able to describe the genius of Rahman in this album. MSV is amazing in aalalakanda , Shankar Mahadevan is mind blowing in Varaaga Nadhi Karai Oram….Mazhi Thuli,Maargazhi Thingal,Mudhal Murai…These songs will even melt a stone… I am surprised that some of our Rahmaniacs(those who listen to only selected tamil works) don’t know about this album. Listen to this. This is a stunning effort from Rahman. It was released at time when Rahman was at peak of his career and people were criticizing Rahman that he cant do classical music. Then came Sangamam , as usual, Rahman let his work do all the talking. This album is an absolute masterpiece. A album I would cherish for the rest of life. Just cant get over this album..Its amazing. I can just thank Rahman for filling our lives with happiness and joys with his music. Thank You Sir !!!
