Thanks Gayathri..! You are absolutely right about the "Thoda Thoda" magic! Every single ingrediant of this song falls in the right place and melody can't get bigger than this! Nice to hear that u are revisiting one of the romantic epics of ARR sir...Alaipayuthey!!! Look forward to read your views..! :)
--- On Tue, 6/29/10, Gayathri Chandrakasan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gayathri Chandrakasan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Revisiting "Indira" Album - Subtle, Yet Strong!!! To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 1:21 AM As always, a great review from you, ARRvind. Indra will always remain as one of my favorite albums mainly due to Thoda Thoda. It's truly a magical track- and that is an understatement, really. There are times when you have poor singers spoiling a really good song, there are times when you have amazing singers being wasted in a mediocre number, and there are also times when you have amazing songs being performed by amazing singers, nevertheless wasted through poor picturisation. But Thoda thoda is a number where everything falls into the right places- the amazing music, lyrics & singing were beautifully reflected through the poetic picturisation. ..and leaves you asking for more! Thanks again for sharing your views on Indra with us :) I'm currently revisiting Alai Payuthey- and was left speechless with the beautiful tracks, just as I was 10 years back...well more now than then, I believe. Will be writing my views on them soon. Regards, Gayathri --- On Mon, 6/28/10, ARRvind <arr_arv...@yahoo. com> wrote: From: ARRvind <arr_arv...@yahoo. com> Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Revisiting "Indira" Album - Subtle, Yet Strong!!! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 3:30 AM Rivjot bro.. I forgot to add the word "Tamil Cinema". In Tamil....no female has worked with him! --- On Sat, 6/26/10, Rivjot <riv...@yahoo. com> wrote: From: Rivjot <riv...@yahoo. com> Subject: [arr] Re: Revisiting "Indira" Album - Subtle, Yet Strong!!! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 4:05 PM > She, till date, remains the only woman director who could sign in ARR for her > flick forgot Deepa Mehta (Fire/Earth/ Water)? Fire was only about a year after Indira. Enjoyed reading the review though :) --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, ARRvind <arr_arv...@. ..> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Producer : G Venkatesh > Director : Suhasini Manirathnam > Cast : Arvind Swamy, Anu Hassan, Nasser > Music and BG Score : A R Rahman > Lyrics : Vairamuthu > > > Very seldom does a woman centric scripts fall under the hands of A R Rahman > to score the music. The debutant director ,Suhasini Manirathnam made this > possible by joining hands with ARR for the very first time. She, till date, > remains the only woman director who could sign in ARR for her flick. Based on > the character named "Indira", the movie depicts the fueds within the > neighbouring villagers and also a soft romance blossoming amidst all the > disputes. Anu Hassan plays the protagonist, while Ratnam's favourite Arvind > Swamy plays her love interest. Nevertheless to say,the movie bombed at the > box office and could not rake in any moolah! However, as always the only name > that worked Big time in context with this movie is Mr. A R RAHMAN!!! His > magical touches to any venture would uplift any mediocre stuff to unimaginary > heights! Indira is the best quote one can make as a proof to the statement. > > Ini Achham Illai | Anuradha Sriram, Sujatha, Swetha, GV Prakash, Esther > > Feeling low with some sorrow covered over..? Tune to this song and you get > all your zeal and passion back!!! This seems to be the message that song > carries over.! A very energetic thumping score starts with some melliflous > lines by Anuradha "Vidiyaadha Iravendru... " accompanied by the kids in > "Illai illai.." which kind of comes across as a confidence booster! And then > ,suddenly,a drum beats wakes up our senses and groove to the tune. > Swetha(daughter of Sujatha), G V Prakash (Nephew of ARR) are the two lucky > kids to have worked with the Legendary musician at such tender ages! Sujatha, > with her sugary rendition, makes a very good presence in the song. The > carnatic music excellence shown by Anuradha Sriram towards the end is > remarkable. She reaches the highest note effortlessly and registers in our > mind.! > > Munnerudhan | TL Maharajan, Swarnalatha, Chorus > > "Yelalangadi Yelaalo..".. .this is catch line for the song. This song is > quintessentially based on the nature of mother earth and ARR expresses his > love to nature in this folkish small piece bit song. TL Maharajan, a renowned > folk singer makes his trademark presence felt and Swarnalatha, owing to her > adaptablity to any genre, makes her cameo in an efficient way. This song > could be topping the list of the smallest song composed by ARR with the > duration lasting upto a mere 2 mins. Short and sweet piece..! > > Odakkara Maarimuthu | SPB, Seergazhi Chidambaram > > Time for some masti while on the move..! The picturisation of this song > shows Arvind Swamy returning back to his village after his studies and meet > his long time friends. This entire song backs on the enquiries about well > being of his childhood fetishes and crushes. Its so naturally composed that > rural people can instantly get connected to! Many urbanites may need little > time to involve into this. SPB is made to sing with full enthu and jest!. > Seerghazhi Chidambaram' s witty lines brings in some laughter. Particularly > the line "Poosanikka Vayir Vaangi Tirumbi Vandaale..." . The interludes are > made simple and earthy. Flutes and pianos backed with a great rhythmic beat > goes on very easy to the listener's ears..!! > > Nila Kaaigiradhu | Harini > > Singer Harini made a sensational entry to the world of film music through > this brilliant masterpiece composition. ARR, has always had his instincts in > selecting his singers perfectly right, this one being just an instance. A 16 > or 17 year old singer with her strong classical backings got a mighty break > in her life right at the debut stage, all thanks to the belief ARR had in > her. She begins with a great aalap in a voice sounding more younger than her > age. Her classical expertise is clearly made visible by the freedom which ARR > has given her. Mridangams are at their sounding best whenever ARR tries his > hands on them!The soothing swaram recitals by the chorus, the sudden aalap by > Harini makes the interlude heavenly!! One only wishes that we could have > heard of more charanams and have a prolonged peace mind!! > > Nila Kaaigiradhu | Hariharan > > What more we all want when we get what we desire..?!! ARR quenches our > thirsts and yearnings of wanting more of Nila Kaaigiradhu in Harini's > version. While Harini went more classical way, Hariharan's version go very > soft and melliflous which at times reminds us of the mighty pathos created in > the same combo of ARR- Hariharan in the earlier "Uyire.." from Bombay! This > version passes of as a great relief to all our stresses and overcome all our > sorrows for once! Absolute pious and retreat! > > Thoda Thoda | SPB, Chitra > > A Milestone, an anthem, a history creator, a gigantic lovey - dovey > duet......such testimonies can't make any justice to such trend setting > creations. Anything and everything about this song is an absolute wonder and > a treasure to preserve! There have been many duet songs which became timeless > classics lingering always in peoples minds.! "Thoda Thoda" necessarily > belongs to such category and stands tall for me..! I adore this songs as much > as i adore anything in my life!! Roping in the stalwarts SPB and Chitra ji as > duet singers is in itself a major success for the song and adding this if its > AR's magic at the tunes,its nothing short than a trip to paradise and back! > ARR's whistling made it completely for the first interlude. Have u ever heard > of a complete interlude being used as a whistle anytime before? Not many, > right..?!And nobody knew this whistling was by ARR until SPB famously qouted > this in one of his concerts..! Simply magical!!! The second > interlude has been left to Naveen to haunt with his jet speed Flute tunes > followed by magical voilins to show some pathos effect. The amazing vibes > that Chitra and SPB share between them is simply resplendent! ! > > For those who couldn't extract the sugary juices from "INDIRA" yet, please > revisit them through your hearts!! I am sure you would jump with joy..!!! > > > > >
