It was tuned by MSV in a doordarshan programme called 'chinna chinna aasaigal' .. Even "Chinna Chinna Asai" was kind of composed with a different tune in the program..
You can find some references here in this discussion.. (no audio samples though) http://tfmpage.com/forum/13972.06:23:36.html BTW, do you know whatever happend to the guy Satish Subramaniam..?? Sam. ----- Original Message ---- From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:07:43 PM Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Interesting trivia question 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. ----- Original Message ---- From: Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> To: "srinath_ln@ yahoo.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> 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???!!! >> > >> >> >> >> >> > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ >> Be a better friend, newshound, and >> know-it-all with Yahoo! 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