ராஜ ராகம் 1 - தென்றல் வந்து தீண்டும் போது

Someday sometime, listen to this song.. whatever be the mood.. just make sure that you are alone, have earphones and please just listen to this song.

And you will know what I like about life.

This gives me the feeling like when I am waiting for the first summer rain so I can prop my feet on my balcony sill, look up at the sky ripped into a brilliant many pieces and white pearl drops fall off from its torn inky fabric.. the rain pours!

I can almost smell my happiness... touch the beauty.. dissolve in tears of joy..


I am not sure about the ragam of this song - I really wish I could identify ragams just by listening to the songs - but this one really has a similar flow of Inji iduppazhagi from Thevar magan.


Those of you who know to identify the ragams can help me out here. I have the song, lyrics and Nassar's speech on how the song was composed below. Surprisingly, its Valee who has come up with a very mild and mellifluous lyrics  :)

படம்: அவதாரம்

இசை: இளையராஜா

வரிகள்: வாலி

இயக்குனர்: நாசர்

தென்றல் வந்து தீண்டும் போது
என்ன வண்ணமோ மனசிலை
திங்கள் வந்து காயும் போது
என்ன வண்ணமோ நினைப்பிலை

வந்து வந்து போகுதம்மா
எண்ணமெல்லாம் வண்ணமம்மா
எண்ணங்களுக்கேற்றபடி
வண்ணமெல்லாம் மாறுமம்மா
உண்மையம்மா உள்ளதை நானும் சொன்னேன்
பொன்னம்மா சின்னக் கண்ணம்மா

(தென்றல் வந்து தீண்டும் போது..)

விவரம் இல்லாமலே
பூக்களும் வாசம் வீசுது
உறவும் இல்லாமலே
இருமனம் ஏதோ பேசுது
எவரும் சொல்லாமலே
குயிலெல்லாம் தேனா பாடுது
எதுவும் இல்லாமலே
மனசெல்லாம் இனிப்பாய் இனிக்குது

ஓடை நீரோடை
இந்த உலகம் அது போலை
ஓடும் அது ஓடும்
இந்தக் காலம் அது போலை

நிலையா நில்லாது
நினைவில் வரும் நிறங்களே

(தென்றல் வந்து தீண்டும் போது..) 

ஈரம் விழுந்தாலே
நிலத்திலே எல்லாம் துளிர்க்குது
நேசம் பிறந்தாலே
உடம்பெல்லாம் ஏதோ சிலிர்க்குது
ஆலம் விழுதாக
ஆசைகள் ஊஞ்சல் ஆடுது
அலையும் மனம் போலே
அழகெல்லாம் கோலம் போடுது

குயிலே குயிலினமே
அந்த இசையால் கூவுதம்மா
கிளியே கிளியினமே
அதைக் கதையாப் பேசுதம்மா
கதையாய் விடுகதையாய்
ஆவதில்லையே அன்புதான்

(தென்றல் வந்து தீண்டும் போது..)


And to those of you who haven't seen Nassar's speech about how this song was composed.. here you have it..

Ilayaraja is back!! 'Dhoni' Music review!

Ilayaraja  is back with his old ways! He has recorded the songs and BGM live for Prakash raj's directorial venture - Dhoni. The trailer looked melodramatic but the BGM was quite impressive from the Zen of music, Ilayaraja. It would be untrue if I said I was eagerly expecting a brilliant Ilayraja album. I know the golden era is over. But even now I never fail to listen to his albums at least once just not to miss few gems which only he can give [like Maa ganga, Om Shivo om - Naan Kadavul, Kuthikkira Kuthirai - Azhagarsaamiyin kuthirai]. I stumbled upon this post today in facebook and learnt that Dhoni songs were released. And like what all staunch Ilayaraja fans do, I listen to the songs... and rest was just magical...

                                           

Before going to the review, I should tell from where I got the above video. I got the above video from KuralTV website :)

Chinna kanniley is what Raja would have conjured up for director Faazil – the strangely Christian sounding tune, kids’ chorus, all add up to a simple, highly appealing song; Shreya Ghoshal is in fabulous form here, but Naresh Iyer sounds odd and vastly unlike himself, for some inexplicable reason. If thats what he calls voice modulation, he should listen to the very next song in the album - Vaangum panathukkum - sung by none other than SPB.


Na.Muthukumar’s  fanciful lyrics around middle-class living, in Vaangum panathukkum, is accentuated by SPB's singing and Raja’s wonderful orchestration that is surprisingly free from his standard, modern accompaniments! SPB has played round in this song with full freedom like how a new wife would cook.. even though it tastes ridiculous, we are just fine with that. IR should've felt the same when SPB sang to his tune after a while!


Thaavi thaavi and Vilayaattaa are instantly reminiscent of Raja’s golden age – incredibly beautiful music for heartfelt tunes and surprisingly synth-free, again. 


Raja sings like only he can in Thaavi thaavi, fully expressing the song’s meaning in his age-withered voice – the violin orchestra and the overall sound is absolutely mesmerising! Hariharan’s Vilayatta is equally beautiful – a slow, haunting tune, again propped by highly imaginative violin usage! It’s other version by Shreya Ghoshal is even better! 


After what felt like eons, here’s an Ilayaraja soundtrack that brings back his glory days, sans synth and with superb orchestration that the man is known for! It’s amazing to listen to an Ilayaraja soundtrack so clean and earnest in its overall appeal, after such a long time, probably after Pithamagan!


Listen to all the songs here - http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0003314