I recall Simbu mention during his interview in coffee with Anu that he
prefers the lyrics of the songs to be in a casual language and not in
proper films. His view was that when the characters speak normal Tamil
why should the songs alone have poetic verses.
So I guess Thamarai just delivered what she was asked to do. Film
music is not just about showing off your brilliance in every song but
also giving what the movie and the creative team demands. I too agree
that it's difficult to write lyrics for ARs compositions and Thamarai
has done a decent job in this movie.
On a related topic, I watched the movie with english subtitles and
Hosanna was translated as 'Praise be to Love'.
PS: My response to Simbu's logic would be that if films have to be
natural, you shouldn't be having songs et all :)
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Cheers,
Srini
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On 19-Mar-2010, at 2:41 PM, Gayathri Chandrakasan <[email protected]
> wrote:
Personally, I feel that Thamarai has done a commendable job in VTV.
It's never easy to write the lyrics for ARR's compositions and yet
she has managed came out with flying colours.
Her lyrics might not have been poetically inclined, but as Srinivasa
rightly pointed out, they fitted the film like a T. In fact, I
humbly believe that the lyrics have done more than captured the
essence of the film.
Frankly speaking, the film didn't work wonders for me. But the
characters did. I think Karthik and especially Jesse are the most
complex and at the same time uncomplicated characters ever
introduced in tamil film industry. They believe in what they want
and they're direct and frank with their feelings...yet, they choose
to live in dilemma. This spells out the exact position of many
youths of today. And with characters woven in such a manner, the
lyrics have to be written in the similar way- forthright and candid!
And that's exactly what Thamarai did and that's where she scored.
On the other hand, there can never be another Vairamuthu, as there
can never be another Kannadasan, Vaali, Thamarai, Pa. Vijay etc. I
strongly believe that each and every artist have their capabilities
and limitations and to compare them with another is not only
impractical but preposterous too.
Regards.
--- On Wed, 3/17/10, jayram <[email protected]> wrote:
From: jayram <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [arr] VTV Lyrics, Thamarai and Vairamuthu !!
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 7:15 PM
I did not know that Thamarai won the best Lyricist for the song
"Injarungo Injarungo" from Thenali. Interesting news for me. I have
to listen to the song one more time paying special attention to the
lyrics.
Coming back to VTV, maybe the lyrics fits well with the movie, but
poetically speaking the words and the imaginations were pretty
average.
I wish we have more lyricist in Tamil on the caliber of Gulzar or
Javeed Aktar.
What happened to ARR-Vairamuthu' s Sir combination ? I am terribly
missing it. They were a mind blowing pair and I really wish they
come back once again and make me sit back and take a notice of the
lyrics in ARR's songs.
Jai Ho,
Jayram
--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Srinivasa Krishnan
<srinivaasakrishnan v...@...> wrote:
>
> The lyrics are perfect fit for the movie.. Lyrics should reflect
the mood of
> the movie and it happened very well in VTV..
>
> This is the second time, Thamarai is working with ARR..
>
> She worked in Thenali for Injarungo and had won a Tamilnadu State
Award for
> Best Lyricist.
>
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 2:35 PM, jayram m.n <jayram...@. ..> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I admire and enjoy some of the good songs written by Thamarai.
She has
> > given some memorable pieces like "Suttum Velli Sudarey" from
Ghagni, "Kangal
> > irandal" from Subramanyapuram and so many others. The list is
pretty long.
> >
> > But my overall impression is that the lyrics in VTV was kind of
average
> > lyrics (or below average).
> >
> > (1) Hosanna and Ommna Penne - Both these songs can be remembered
without
> > any lyrics, because of the catchy tune, main tag-word selected
for the
> > songs.
> > (2) Vinnaithaandi varuvaya and Manipaaya - Better lyrics with
good flow of
> > words in both these songs. Definitely promising.
> > (3) Anbil Avan : Okay lyrics (most of the lyrics consists of
rehashed
> > marriage oaths which is a cool idea).
> > (4) Kannukul Kannai : Sounds more like a dialogue rather than a
poem.
> > (4) Since I don't understand Malayalam, I cannot say much about
Aromale
> > lyrics. But from the translation that appeared in this forum,
the lyrics
> > sounds quite impressive and imaginative.
> >
> > She has definitely struggled to write the songs for VTV. Perhaps
she needs
> > to work more with ARR Sir to understand his style of composition
and tunes
> > to give much better lyrics.
> >
> > Sorry for being little bit harsh with my review, but I expect more
> > memorable lyrics Thamarai (especially with ARR Sir).
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
