RE: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album
The fact of the mater is KB killed PP album in its birth itself. The Audio release just 3 and half days before the film released. The film was a dud. It was a feast for ARR haters those days to trash him even more vigourously as the film failed due to its horrible content. Added to that not all the songs were public pleasing and hence the new sensation HJ and u1 were put in comparison with ARR...as you all know IR was always there for comparison as far as the media was concerned. From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ARRvind [arr_arv...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:16 AM To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album Thanks Gayathri ! Yeah...PP's expectations were sky high! but it made the saying true..that "Too much is too bad..."!!! :) . Anyways..our ARR never disappoints us..! --- On Fri, 12/11/09, Gayathri Chandrakasan wrote: From: Gayathri Chandrakasan Subject: Re: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 1:39 AM Great review ARRvind! Like many, I too had high expectations on Parthale Paravasam. KB sir has always strike me as a director with a good sense of music and like you rightly pointed out, he's one of the few directors who is meticulous about song pciturisations. Plus, with the winning association of KB-ARR (who can forget the minblowing "Duet"?), expectations for PP were sky high! Unfortunately, for some reasons, the movie just failed to strike a chord with the public. To tell the truth, I wasn't quite fond of PP's music when it was released. I always regarded the album as one of ARR's weaker compositions. Nevertheless, a few months ago, I had the oppurtunity to listen to the album...and I just felt like slapping myself for rejecting it years back! What do I say, the whole album was just refreshing and amazing! And thanks to you now, I'm once again reminded of the joy I've encountered through the album! --- On Thu, 12/10/09, ARRvind wrote: From: ARRvind Subject: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 5:16 AM K. Balachander( KB), a lengendary and veteran south indian film maker, who introduced ARR to the world of Tamil music through "Roja", roped in him again with ultra high expectations for his highly ambitious 100th movie "Parthaale Paravasam". Every department in the crew seemed to be perfect. R.Madhavan, Simran, Sneha, choreographer- turned-actor Raghavendra Lawrence, lyricist/actor Vaali, comedian Vivek,,...all stars glittered the casting department. Unfortunately for KB, the movie turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. But nevertheless, thankfully though, the movie is remembered even today ONLY because of its music by the whizkid. Ada Moondrezhuthhu > Harini, Karthik A supposedly peppy song neither impressed nor disappointed me personally. It has got its share of likability and disappointments. While the audio part is very neat and clearly done, the visuals are sorely disappointing! .Both the actors(Maddy and Simran) look very pale and dull in this song. However, its only the trio "ARR - Harini - Karthik", put in hard efforts to thump up the beats and they succeed too. The lyrics by Vaali are another plus point. His lyrics revolves around the word "Love" and say it in different ways to convey the word. He creates the female as a Guru and her beloved as her Shishya (Disciple). A kind of time pass song for the average listeners. Kaadhale Jayam > Balram, Chitra Yet another melody churned out by the king. Again, i feel the visuals could have been better. A fresh sounding Balram makes a decent start and even excels alongside the veteran Chitra.The melody quotient of this song is very high with small tinges of classical harqats by the melody queen Chitra. She is one of those blessed singers, who, by the very presence, would give a new dimension to any song. Listen to her "Naan...Vendiya Varangalai Varavil Paarkiraen.. .Unn Varavil Paarkiraen.. ." lines and you can't stop loving her. ARR makes use of many traditional instruments and create a perfect rhythm. Parthale Paravasame --> Raihanna, Ganga, Febi Mani, Kanchana, Poornima ARR's long-time troop singers including his own sibling croon this chorus situational track where the lead actor Madhavan is being chased by a host of girls and falling for his charm ! Vaali's lyrics are convincingly witty and naughty and the singers keep the spirit going on till the end. Rahman's genius can be profoundly observed in the interludes with some unexpected violin strings . Wonder who mouth
Re: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album
PP is one album which I wanted to like but never could. Much like Parusuram. But Azhage Sugama is one song which makes me keep this CD right on top on my collections. Can never have enough of this song. Just wonderful. On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:39 AM, Gayathri Chandrakasan < gayathri_c...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Great review ARRvind! Like many, I too had high expectations on Parthale > Paravasam. > > KB sir has always strike me as a director with a good sense of music and > like you rightly pointed out, he's one of the few directors who is > meticulous about song pciturisations. Plus, with the winning association of > KB-ARR (who can forget the minblowing "Duet"?), expectations for PP were sky > high! Unfortunately, for some reasons, the movie just failed to strike a > chord with the public. > > To tell the truth, I wasn't quite fond of PP's music when it was released. > I always regarded the album as one of ARR's weaker compositions. > Nevertheless, a few months ago, I had the oppurtunity to listen to the > album...and I just felt like slapping myself for rejecting it years back! > What do I say, the whole album was just refreshing and amazing! And thanks > to you now, I'm once again reminded of the joy I've encountered through the > album! > > --- On *Thu, 12/10/09, ARRvind * wrote: > > > From: ARRvind > Subject: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 5:16 AM > > > > > K. Balachander( KB), a lengendary and veteran south indian film maker, > who introduced ARR to the world of Tamil music through "Roja", roped in him > again with ultra high expectations for his highly ambitious 100th movie > "Parthaale > Paravasam". Every department in the crew seemed to be perfect. R.Madhavan, > Simran, Sneha, choreographer- turned-actor Raghavendra Lawrence, > lyricist/actor Vaali, comedian Vivek,,...all stars glittered the casting > department. Unfortunately for KB, the movie turned out to be a damp squib at > the box office. But nevertheless, thankfully though, the movie is remembered > even today ONLY because of its music by the whizkid. > > > Ada Moondrezhuthhu > Harini, Karthik > > A supposedly peppy song neither impressed nor disappointed > me personally. It has got its share of likability and disappointments. While > the audio part is very neat and clearly done, the visuals are sorely > disappointing! .Both the actors(Maddy and Simran) look very pale and dull in > this song. However, its only the trio "ARR - Harini - Karthik", put in hard > efforts to thump up the beats and they succeed too. The lyrics by Vaali are > another plus point. His lyrics revolves around the word "Love" and say it in > different ways to convey the word. He creates the female as a Guru and her > beloved as her Shishya (Disciple). A kind of time pass song for the > average listeners. > > Kaadhale Jayam > Balram, Chitra > >Yet another melody churned out by the king. Again, i feel the > visuals could have been better. A fresh sounding Balram makes a decent start > and even excels alongside the veteran Chitra.The melody quotient of this > song is very high with small tinges of classical harqats by the melody > queen Chitra. She is one of those blessed singers, who, by the very > presence, would give a new dimension to any song. Listen to her > "Naan...Vendiya > Varangalai Varavil Paarkiraen.. .Unn Varavil Paarkiraen.. ." lines and you > can't stop loving her. ARR makes use of many traditional instruments and > create a perfect rhythm. > > > Parthale Paravasame --> Raihanna, Ganga, Febi Mani, Kanchana, Poornima > > ARR's long-time troop singers including his own sibling croon this > chorus situational track where the lead actor Madhavan is being chased by a > host of girls and falling for his charm ! Vaali's lyrics are convincingly > witty and naughty and the singers keep the spirit going on till the end. > Rahman's genius can be profoundly observed in the interludes with some > unexpected violin strings . Wonder who mouthed the word "Thappichhukko. > .." towards the end of each charanam(Stanza); his name is left uncredited. > > Manmadha Maasam --> Nithyasree Mahadevan, Shankar Mahadevan > >What could have been ARR's one of the best classical - light music > blend, turned out to be an average song on the screen. Another example of > the song getting wasted ! Wonder, what went wrong with KB , who used to be > as sensitive as mercury, in picturising his songs! Nevertheless, since we > stress here more o
Re: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album
Thanks Gayathri ! Yeah...PP's expectations were sky high! but it made the saying true..that "Too much is too bad..."!!! :) . Anyways..our ARR never disappoints us..! --- On Fri, 12/11/09, Gayathri Chandrakasan wrote: From: Gayathri Chandrakasan Subject: Re: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 1:39 AM Great review ARRvind! Like many, I too had high expectations on Parthale Paravasam. KB sir has always strike me as a director with a good sense of music and like you rightly pointed out, he's one of the few directors who is meticulous about song pciturisations. Plus, with the winning association of KB-ARR (who can forget the minblowing "Duet"?), expectations for PP were sky high! Unfortunately, for some reasons, the movie just failed to strike a chord with the public. To tell the truth, I wasn't quite fond of PP's music when it was released. I always regarded the album as one of ARR's weaker compositions. Nevertheless, a few months ago, I had the oppurtunity to listen to the album...and I just felt like slapping myself for rejecting it years back! What do I say, the whole album was just refreshing and amazing! And thanks to you now, I'm once again reminded of the joy I've encountered through the album! --- On Thu, 12/10/09, ARRvind wrote: From: ARRvind Subject: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 5:16 AM K. Balachander( KB), a lengendary and veteran south indian film maker, who introduced ARR to the world of Tamil music through "Roja", roped in him again with ultra high expectations for his highly ambitious 100th movie "Parthaale Paravasam". Every department in the crew seemed to be perfect. R.Madhavan, Simran, Sneha, choreographer- turned-actor Raghavendra Lawrence, lyricist/actor Vaali, comedian Vivek,,...all stars glittered the casting department. Unfortunately for KB, the movie turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. But nevertheless, thankfully though, the movie is remembered even today ONLY because of its music by the whizkid. Ada Moondrezhuthhu > Harini, Karthik A supposedly peppy song neither impressed nor disappointed me personally. It has got its share of likability and disappointments. While the audio part is very neat and clearly done, the visuals are sorely disappointing! .Both the actors(Maddy and Simran) look very pale and dull in this song. However, its only the trio "ARR - Harini - Karthik", put in hard efforts to thump up the beats and they succeed too. The lyrics by Vaali are another plus point. His lyrics revolves around the word "Love" and say it in different ways to convey the word. He creates the female as a Guru and her beloved as her Shishya (Disciple). A kind of time pass song for the average listeners. Kaadhale Jayam > Balram, Chitra Yet another melody churned out by the king. Again, i feel the visuals could have been better. A fresh sounding Balram makes a decent start and even excels alongside the veteran Chitra.The melody quotient of this song is very high with small tinges of classical harqats by the melody queen Chitra. She is one of those blessed singers, who, by the very presence, would give a new dimension to any song. Listen to her "Naan...Vendiya Varangalai Varavil Paarkiraen.. .Unn Varavil Paarkiraen.. ." lines and you can't stop loving her. ARR makes use of many traditional instruments and create a perfect rhythm. Parthale Paravasame --> Raihanna, Ganga, Febi Mani, Kanchana, Poornima ARR's long-time troop singers including his own sibling croon this chorus situational track where the lead actor Madhavan is being chased by a host of girls and falling for his charm ! Vaali's lyrics are convincingly witty and naughty and the singers keep the spirit going on till the end. Rahman's genius can be profoundly observed in the interludes with some unexpected violin strings . Wonder who mouthed the word "Thappichhukko. .." towards the end of each charanam(Stanza); his name is left uncredited. Manmadha Maasam --> Nithyasree Mahadevan, Shankar Mahadevan What could have been ARR's one of the best classical - light music blend, turned out to be an average song on the screen. Another example of the song getting wasted ! Wonder, what went wrong with KB , who used to be as sensitive as mercury, in picturising his songs! Nevertheless, since we stress here more on the audio part, this gregariously beautiful number captures an avid music lover in its major parts. Both the Mahadevans', with their proven classical expertise, make a resoun
Re: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album
> > From: ARRvind > Subject: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 5:16 AM > > Adhisaya Tirumanam ---> Sujatha, Kalyani Menon, Sriram Parthasarathy, Sreeram > Another interesting aspect about this song was the different time signatures - all of which were not the usual 4/4. This AFAIK is the only song where Rahman has used odd time signatures. -Kaushik
Re: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album
Great review ARRvind! Like many, I too had high expectations on Parthale Paravasam. KB sir has always strike me as a director with a good sense of music and like you rightly pointed out, he's one of the few directors who is meticulous about song pciturisations. Plus, with the winning association of KB-ARR (who can forget the minblowing "Duet"?), expectations for PP were sky high! Unfortunately, for some reasons, the movie just failed to strike a chord with the public. To tell the truth, I wasn't quite fond of PP's music when it was released. I always regarded the album as one of ARR's weaker compositions. Nevertheless, a few months ago, I had the oppurtunity to listen to the album...and I just felt like slapping myself for rejecting it years back! What do I say, the whole album was just refreshing and amazing! And thanks to you now, I'm once again reminded of the joy I've encountered through the album! --- On Thu, 12/10/09, ARRvind wrote: From: ARRvind Subject: [arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 5:16 AM K. Balachander( KB), a lengendary and veteran south indian film maker, who introduced ARR to the world of Tamil music through "Roja", roped in him again with ultra high expectations for his highly ambitious 100th movie "Parthaale Paravasam". Every department in the crew seemed to be perfect. R.Madhavan, Simran, Sneha, choreographer- turned-actor Raghavendra Lawrence, lyricist/actor Vaali, comedian Vivek,,...all stars glittered the casting department. Unfortunately for KB, the movie turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. But nevertheless, thankfully though, the movie is remembered even today ONLY because of its music by the whizkid. Ada Moondrezhuthhu > Harini, Karthik A supposedly peppy song neither impressed nor disappointed me personally. It has got its share of likability and disappointments. While the audio part is very neat and clearly done, the visuals are sorely disappointing! .Both the actors(Maddy and Simran) look very pale and dull in this song. However, its only the trio "ARR - Harini - Karthik", put in hard efforts to thump up the beats and they succeed too. The lyrics by Vaali are another plus point. His lyrics revolves around the word "Love" and say it in different ways to convey the word. He creates the female as a Guru and her beloved as her Shishya (Disciple). A kind of time pass song for the average listeners. Kaadhale Jayam > Balram, Chitra Yet another melody churned out by the king. Again, i feel the visuals could have been better. A fresh sounding Balram makes a decent start and even excels alongside the veteran Chitra.The melody quotient of this song is very high with small tinges of classical harqats by the melody queen Chitra. She is one of those blessed singers, who, by the very presence, would give a new dimension to any song. Listen to her "Naan...Vendiya Varangalai Varavil Paarkiraen.. .Unn Varavil Paarkiraen.. ." lines and you can't stop loving her. ARR makes use of many traditional instruments and create a perfect rhythm. Parthale Paravasame --> Raihanna, Ganga, Febi Mani, Kanchana, Poornima ARR's long-time troop singers including his own sibling croon this chorus situational track where the lead actor Madhavan is being chased by a host of girls and falling for his charm ! Vaali's lyrics are convincingly witty and naughty and the singers keep the spirit going on till the end. Rahman's genius can be profoundly observed in the interludes with some unexpected violin strings . Wonder who mouthed the word "Thappichhukko. .." towards the end of each charanam(Stanza); his name is left uncredited. Manmadha Maasam --> Nithyasree Mahadevan, Shankar Mahadevan What could have been ARR's one of the best classical - light music blend, turned out to be an average song on the screen. Another example of the song getting wasted ! Wonder, what went wrong with KB , who used to be as sensitive as mercury, in picturising his songs! Nevertheless, since we stress here more on the audio part, this gregariously beautiful number captures an avid music lover in its major parts. Both the Mahadevans', with their proven classical expertise, make a resounding mark with their superb modulations and harqats. The composition of the song give ample scope for vocal performances and both the singers do complete justice. Love Check ---> Palghat Sreeram, Shivamani Stepping aside for a while, ARR brought his buddy, ace percussionist Shivamani on the forefront for this lovely western classical fusion number. Shivamani, grabbing the golden opportunity, never lets a single moment go un-noticed in
[arr] Revisiting "Parthaale Paravasam" Album
K. Balachander(KB), a lengendary and veteran south indian film maker, who introduced ARR to the world of Tamil music through "Roja", roped in him again with ultra high expectations for his highly ambitious 100th movie "Parthaale Paravasam". Every department in the crew seemed to be perfect. R.Madhavan, Simran, Sneha, choreographer-turned-actor Raghavendra Lawrence, lyricist/actor Vaali, comedian Vivek,,...all stars glittered the casting department. Unfortunately for KB, the movie turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. But nevertheless, thankfully though, the movie is remembered even today ONLY because of its music by the whizkid. Ada Moondrezhuthhu > Harini, Karthik A supposedly peppy song neither impressed nor disappointed me personally. It has got its share of likability and disappointments. While the audio part is very neat and clearly done, the visuals are sorely disappointing!.Both the actors(Maddy and Simran) look very pale and dull in this song. However, its only the trio "ARR - Harini - Karthik", put in hard efforts to thump up the beats and they succeed too. The lyrics by Vaali are another plus point. His lyrics revolves around the word "Love" and say it in different ways to convey the word. He creates the female as a Guru and her beloved as her Shishya (Disciple). A kind of time pass song for the average listeners. Kaadhale Jayam > Balram, Chitra Yet another melody churned out by the king. Again, i feel the visuals could have been better. A fresh sounding Balram makes a decent start and even excels alongside the veteran Chitra.The melody quotient of this song is very high with small tinges of classical harqats by the melody queen Chitra. She is one of those blessed singers, who, by the very presence, would give a new dimension to any song. Listen to her "Naan...Vendiya Varangalai Varavil Paarkiraen...Unn Varavil Paarkiraen..." lines and you can't stop loving her. ARR makes use of many traditional instruments and create a perfect rhythm. Parthale Paravasame --> Raihanna, Ganga, Febi Mani, Kanchana, Poornima ARR's long-time troop singers including his own sibling croon this chorus situational track where the lead actor Madhavan is being chased by a host of girls and falling for his charm ! Vaali's lyrics are convincingly witty and naughty and the singers keep the spirit going on till the end. Rahman's genius can be profoundly observed in the interludes with some unexpected violin strings . Wonder who mouthed the word "Thappichhukko..." towards the end of each charanam(Stanza); his name is left uncredited. Manmadha Maasam --> Nithyasree Mahadevan, Shankar Mahadevan What could have been ARR's one of the best classical - light music blend, turned out to be an average song on the screen. Another example of the song getting wasted ! Wonder, what went wrong with KB , who used to be as sensitive as mercury, in picturising his songs! Nevertheless, since we stress here more on the audio part, this gregariously beautiful number captures an avid music lover in its major parts. Both the Mahadevans', with their proven classical expertise, make a resounding mark with their superb modulations and harqats. The composition of the song give ample scope for vocal performances and both the singers do complete justice. Love Check ---> Palghat Sreeram, Shivamani Stepping aside for a while, ARR brought his buddy, ace percussionist Shivamani on the forefront for this lovely western classical fusion number. Shivamani, grabbing the golden opportunity, never lets a single moment go un-noticed in his sheer brilliant work. Mouthing the tongue twisting "Kunnakkol" is another eminent classical guru Palghat Sreeram. The combination of both the gifted artistes is nothing short of a royal treat. Each of them compete in their known trades to a very great heights and equally win towards the end. The drumming thespian scores Gold towards the end of the number with his jet speed hands on the drums. A masterpiece programming and composition by ARR.! Adhisaya Tirumanam ---> Sujatha, Kalyani Menon, Sriram Parthasarathy, Sreeram A wedding group song which talks about the aftermaths of the marriages for both the bride and groom. Interestingly, the singers sing in chorus throughout the song. While the two female singers add more sweetness and flavour, the male counterparts provide the warmth. But the charanams(stanzas) didn't appeal to me as much the pallavis did. And needless to say that this song suffered its death in the film, since it was used only as the background accessory. I really fail to understand why ARR has made Kalyani Menon share all her songs with other female singers . All her songs with ARR like "Vaadi Saathukodi", "Indirayo Ival Sundariyo", "Alaipayuthey Kanna" and " Kuluvaalile Muthu Vannallo.." have many other singers synchronizing with her. Naadhir Thinna ---> Rashid Ali,
