Thanks for the link Gayathri! Vishal
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gayathri Chandrakasan <gayathri_c...@...> wrote: > > http://www.englishcafe.com/taxonomy/term/699 > > --- On Sun, 11/1/09, patevis3 <vishal1...@...> wrote: > > From: patevis3 <vishal1...@...> > Subject: [arr] Re: A R Rahman's Spiritual Cannon > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 8:08 AM > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > I didn't know Alaipayudhe Kanna is a religious song... can > someone point me to the translation? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Vishal > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Srinivasa Krishnan <srinivaasakrishnan > v...@...> wrote: > > > > > > Alaipayudhe Kanna.. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > V SRINIVASA KRISHNAN > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Din, D, Nesh <dinesh.theboss@ ...>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Theme from Baba too can be considered a Spiritual song... :) > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com <arrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups. com>, > > > > "in2mindstation" <in2mindstation@ > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Thaayum Neeye Thandhaiyum Neeya - BABA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com <arrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups. > > > > com>, > > > > "patevis3" <vishal1278@ > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://vishal12. wordpress. com/2009/ 10/29/a-r- rahmans-spiritua > > > > > l-canon/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A R Rahman has experimented, quite successfully, with myriad musical > > > > genres. But when it comes to spiritual songs, he likes to leave them > > > > untainted by not adding a lots of bells and whistles and rely heavily on > > > the > > > > core melody itself. > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think any other music director (in Bollywood, if not in India) > > > > has given us more "spiritual" songs than the maestro. I like to call them > > > > spiritual songs, as opposed to religious or devotional, because although > > > > majority of these songs have either Islamic or Hindu flavor, I find them > > > > universally appealing and elevating. Here's a list of my favorites from > > > this > > > > genre: > > > > > > > > > > > > * Khwaja Mere Khwaja â" Jodha Akbar > > > > > > > > > > > > This song was dedicated to the Hidalwali (Saint of India) Khwaja > > > > Ghareeb-un-Nawaz, and was rendered by A R Rahman himself. He one mentioned > > > > in an interview that this song is very close to his heart, and you can > > > feel > > > > his sincerity in the way he has sung this beautiful song. The soul > > > stirring > > > > instrumental (Oboe) version of this song gives me goosebumps every time I > > > > hear it. > > > > > > > > > > > > [Trivia: The lyrics of this song were not written by Javed Akhar - who > > > > wrote all other songs of this movie - but by someone named Kashif.] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Arziyan â" Delhi 6 > > > > > > > > > > > > Backed by harmonium, tabla and continual gentle claps, this > > > > > mesmerizing > > > > qawwali is like an ode to the Islamic culture of Old Delhi. Javed Ali, > > > along > > > > with Kailash Kher, does full justice to Prasoon Joshi's meaningful lyrics > > > > and A R Rahman's magical tune. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Piya Haji Ali â" Fiza > > > > > > > > > > > > This was the first Sufi-style qawwali that A R Rahman composed for a > > > > movie. For Khuda ke vali (God's friend) Haji Ali, to be specific. Shaukat > > > > Ali's beautiful lyrics give a glimpse of how Islam, the monotheist > > > religion, > > > > has blended with the local cultures in India: Yahaan hindu muslim sikh > > > isaai > > > > faiz paate hai. > > > > > > > > > > > > [Trivia: This song was performed by Ghulam Mustafa brothers, Srinivas > > > > and A R Rahman. Can you identify which lines are sung by Srinivas?] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Apart from the obvious Sufi semblance, muqaddar/taqdeer/ kismat is > > > > another connecting link between the aforementioned songs: Arziyan > > > (Marammat > > > > muqaddar ki kar do maula), Khwaja Mere Khwaja (Bekasoor ki taqdeer, tune > > > hai > > > > saNwaari) and Piya Haji Ali (Bigadi kismat aap ke dar par saNwarti hai). > > > > > > > > > > > > * Al Maddath Maula â" Mangal Pandey: The Rising > > > > > > > > > > > > Unlike the three songs mentioned above, this one has a high tempo, an > > > > adrenaline rush and a dark tone of impending calamity. Murtuza, Qadir and > > > > Kailash Kher sing this song with a fervor, with intermittent devout > > > > spine-tingling calls to maula by A R Rahman. > > > > > > > > > > > > [Trivia: Murtaza and Qadir are the same Ghulam Mustafa brothers from > > > > Piya Haji Ali. They also accompanied A R Rahman in Tere Bina from Guru, > > > and > > > > rendered 'Doston se joothi-moothi' in Chupke Se song from Saathiya.] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * O Paalanhaare â" Lagaan > > > > > > > > > > > > There are actually two versions of this song. One sung by Lata > > > > Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan, and the other with an additional female > > > singer. > > > > It's the latter version that was used in the movie (to distinguish the > > > lines > > > > picturized on Gauri and Bhuvan's mother). But I prefer the former one, > > > with > > > > Lata's aging yet divine voice accompanied by mellifluous flute and subtle > > > > sounds of temple bells. Here's the version that was used in the movie. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Noor-Un-Ala- Noor â" Meenaxi > > > > > > > > > > > > Written by the great painter and inept director, M F Hussain, this > > > > addictive qawwali raised a controversy because some Muslims got offended > > > (I > > > > think the song uses a phrase from Quran to praise the beauty of a mere > > > > mortal: Meenaxi). And guess who are the singers of this qawwali? Murtaza > > > and > > > > Qadir again! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Man Mohana â" Jodha Akbar > > > > > > > > > > > > As I wrote in my review of Jodha Akbar's music, add Mira's pangs of > > > > separation (from Krishna) to Radha's passion (for him) and you get the > > > > recipe for this devotional song. The way Bela Shende has rendered this > > > > bhajan - her unflattering voice and command over the highs and lows of the > > > > song leaves you wondering why she doesn't get more offers as a singer. > > > > (Isn't Kangna Re from Paheli is her only other song?) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Ek Tu Hi Bharosa â" Pukar > > > > > > > > > > > > Lata and A R Rahman joined hands only four times, and the result is > > > > always breathtaking. The tune of this song was originally composed for a > > > > concert in Malaysia and later used for this movie. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Zikr â" Bose: The Forgotten Hero > > > > > > > > > > > > This song is something else! I can't really describe the elevated > > > > > sense > > > > of euphoria that it evokes. One shouldn't merely listen to this song, one > > > > should experience it. Since I am not a religious person, I attribute the > > > > effect of the song to the music (as opposed to its meaning). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Ishwar Allah â" 1947 Earth > > > > > > > > > > > > The secular message of this melancholic number is in the form of a > > > > series of questions to the almighty. It's played in the background when > > > the > > > > end-credits roll, and I think that was a perfect way to end this movie > > > â" a > > > > story of savagery and violence narrated by a Parsi girl. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------ > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Vishal > > > > > > http://vishal12. wordpress. com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
