Aravind,
Thanks for this hitherto unknown piece of trivia. But it's not clear why you
referred to Kannukku Mai Azhagu as a 'retune'. What previous song is this based
on?
Gopal.
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From: Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com" <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:37:14 PM
Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Interesting trivia question
Hi,
The first song retuned by arr was the old classic 'Kaalangalil aval
vasantham' for Nalli Silks ad. Raihanah confirmed this.
I think it featured actress shobana. Anyone remembers this ad?
Aravind
Srinath LN wrote:
> 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] com > 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???!!!
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
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