tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44114995810771448242024-03-18T21:26:44.131-07:00Fanatic-o-maniamanasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-39473294773664048562008-07-02T23:45:00.000-07:002008-07-02T23:52:00.466-07:00‘…simply stood and watched’<div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffcc99;"></span></div><p align="left"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">An article that intrigued me .... !!!!!! What would you have done ?????????????? </span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#ffcc99;"> </span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong> </strong></span><a title="‘…simply stood and watched’" href="http://www.go-nxg.com/?p=1300"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffff00;"><strong>‘…simply stood and watched’</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><span style="color:#ffcc99;">It was 2.00 p.m. I got down from my bus on the relatively traffic-free St. Mary’s road in Abiramipuram. I had barely crossed the road, when I heard an auto stop on the opposite side. I turned back with a few others to see a woman get out abruptly while shouting “Did you hear what he said to me?” Her friend got out behind her. They were both in their mid 20s, clad in jeans and shirts and were decent looking. I turned back to resume my walk home.<br />Suddenly I could feel a change in the air around me. I turned again only to be a witness of one of the most disturbing sights I have ever seen. The woman, who had yelled to her friend, was fighting furiously with the auto driver, or rather defending herself against his beating. He was also using his slippers to beat her and was abusing her using obscene language. The only help came in the form of her friend who tried hard to hold the driver back, but to no avail. By this time cars had stopped and every passer-by was transfixed, watching the scene, as if petrified.<br />After a few minutes, the auto driver sped away, still shouting back obscenities. Then, as if on cue, everyone started moving, like they had just emerged out of a trance. Not one of them had a second glance for the trembling women. Two o’clock in the afternoon on a busy road, an auto driver attacks a woman, and everybody stands to watch, as if it was a live show put up for them. When I say everybody, I include myself. I could have intervened; at least could have asked people to help. But I didn’t. I was one among the crowd, who passively let such things go past me without standing up for fellow human beings. May be the others were as shocked as I or may be things happened so quickly that people did not have time to react.<br />Yet, there could have been someone in the crowd to help two women in dire need. There should have been someone. But there were none. I do not know what happened in the auto while the three were travelling. But something that someone said had triggered an awful scene. Having witnessed what the auto driver was capable of doing in public, it would be no wonder if it was his doing. But whatever the cause was, its effect was immense, not only to the people directly involved, but to me as well.<br />When something like this happens in your neighbourhood and in front of your eyes, you tend to question many things. I am now perplexed about how such incidents can happen in broad daylight on the streets of one of the ’safest’ cities in the country. I am revolted by the behaviour of the auto driver. I am infuriated at the people who just stood and watched. But mostly, I am furious with myself: for being one of those who simply stood and watched.<br />Sindhiya Ravi, III Year, English Literature, WCC</span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffcc99;">COURTESY-NXG-THE HINDU !</span></p>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-291004890233462452008-07-01T00:11:00.000-07:002008-07-02T23:45:15.300-07:00DAY II<span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffffcc;">Check this out</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/06/30/stories/2008063050980100.htm"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/06/30/stories/2008063050980100.htm</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> <---That's the article in THE HINDU, regarding the second round on selections for Airtel Super Singer !!!!! </span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffffcc;"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffffcc;">At 8:30 AM, on a fine Monday morning, <em>Santhome</em> was Abuzz with 200 odd contestants and their parents, for round 3 of Airtel Super Singer selection, aka elimination round.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffffcc;">All participants were asked to line up</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffffcc;"> according to roll numbers ! Now, <em>oru</em> school <em>maadiri</em> feeling !Me was the second contestant !!!! Ha .. <em>nadukkam</em> started way back though !!!!! From 2000, 202 were selected for the Monday auditions ! And apparently, 15 were going to be picked for the next round !!!!!! How non-scary !!!!!!<br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffffcc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217960687086273602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 183px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="189" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtKztV4H6nehU9DTn1FZa6jqy5Ut4FPq0kTdyFAD1Zxwd_WTwmy60SIg56vlVF5thePib8w_CdU9bsVBqVYssWv6yaNl_DbukckgqhtcFRiurwYBpqIjwfY-2zHysx22QKLuiPtTyO3o/s320/smiley_vista_1.jpg" width="183" border="0" /></span><br /><p><span style="color:#ffffcc;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I was</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> rehearsing non-stop during my time in the queue, till a relative came up !!! <em>Orey</em> bore ! Anyway.. the thing is .. there were the cameramen agian, instructing us to talk/not-talk,walk-in-line/stop et al ! Pretty irritating ! And, around 10:45 AM, we were there at the auditorium at the basement, lined up to get new tags !!! A new 007 :P...!!! For some time pass, <em>Chinmayi</em> was entertaining the crowd(<em>BWAHAHAHAHA</em>) with some teasers, questions and embarrassments !!!!! The most irritating moments were, when a few members(aka participants) of the crowd were perennially given importance over the others ... WHY !!!!!! And I'm not mentioning them over here .. Sorry !!!!! I'ts not jealousy that works here .. it's just lack of courtesy to invite and involve everyone else, amidst well-known-faces from TV channels ! Anyway, chuck that !!! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">The judges were introduced. Today it was going to be a pair of judges .. <em>Deepan</em> and <em>Sunitha </em>!!! From what people told me on Friday, <em>Sunitha</em> was pretty harsh on people during selection, as in, STRICT-types !!!!!! And surely, I'd have to meet her today. Since ours was the first batch of contestants, we were constantly given instructions, and scared...nothing less !!!!!!! Another round of seating arrangements inside ... and after like half an hour, <em>Mr 001</em> Went in !!!!!! H e sang close to four lines, and <em>BEEP</em>!!!! Red it was : Disappointing !!!!! Next was me, and I was shivering from head to toe (765 KHz) . I go in, and <em>Deepan</em> remembered me from the Cold-and-cough mania on Friday !!!!!!! Lol .. what a way to remember !!!!!! I go in *<em>cough cough</em>* ... they ask questions, *<em>cough cough</em>*, I answer *<em>cough cough</em>*. I tell the song I'm going to sing *<em>cough cough</em>*, start singing !!!!!! <em>Deepan</em>'s quiet !!! Both of them do this <span style="color:#ff6666;">(PART I)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">1)Discuss...</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">2) Discuss</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">3) Discuss ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">Oh Stop ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">Sunitha asked me to try a different genre, and I did 4 lines of it !</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">[<em>Repeat PART I]</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">Again they ask me to try a different genre !!!! Oh please .. something that tests my low ranges .. ! Now here's how you should learn how to torture someone who's already unable to sing ! Fine .. I did sing though lol !!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">[<em>Repeat Part I</em>]</span> :(</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">And .. some mini-lecture, and she says it's unfortunate, but they'll have to reject me .. I guess the Red thing did go off, coz I had closed my eyes, and not seen a thing ! .. and here I am, typing away whatever little I know of what went inside that auditorium !</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffffcc;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Some brainies got spot selected ... and are too modest to accept !!!! I'm only too happy for them !</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> May you Rock on !!!!!!!!!! Apparently , <em>Mr. Deepan</em> was sitting there coz there was an empty seat !!!!! <em>Sunitha</em> didn't really have to take an upperhand !! Anyway, <strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">winners ki jai ho</span></strong> !!!!!!!!! </span></span></p>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-33768512125798511982008-06-30T22:43:00.000-07:002008-07-01T00:04:52.626-07:00AIRTEL SUPER SINGER .. The wait ended Lol !!!!!!!<div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>DAY I<br /></div></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffffcc;">Ads, Video booths, Sms contests .. were enough to light the fire in many a youth .. to assemble at <em>Mayor Ramanathan Chettiyar Centre</em>, as early as 4:00 in the Morning !!!!! Wee hours !!!(considering the whole city is asleep). Scheduled to begin by 8:00 AM, the crowd was let in only at that time ... but it was way better, reaching there before 6:00 AM, or the crowd'd have been haunting. There were separate queue's for the video-booth-selected contestants and the CD-selected ones(me too!!!!!) and as usual, a general queue, as large as 1500... intimidating I tell you !</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;"><em>Chinmayi</em> arrived pretty late(and I guess it was the reason we had to wait near the barricades for ages ! whew !!)..and a queue till the curve of the Main road(as far as the eyes see)... A MEGA EVENT !!!!! ... and going by the looks of it, Scary !!!! So many people sing ??????????????????!!!! But this was the most lovely time .. what with pre-professional singers (Ajesh, Prasanna, Vj) in the gang !!!!! <em>Orey</em> <em>brighas</em> only ! :P</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">Well, <em>Mr. Sun</em> was the only troublesome person, until the cameramen came along ! How I loathe pretending we're all happy and non-tensed, in front of the camera ?! Every movement is shot/video-ed. And a celebrity was in sight too, <em>Actor Jeeva</em> .. absolutely unnecessary if you ask me...but who asks ! There were hardly people noticing him(<em>Karthi</em> should act I guess..then <em>Jeeva</em> will have a complex :P) Thank God he left !!!!!!! and sooner than we realised, we were walking up the stairs to register ourselves (<em>I was roll 1 :P...aka contestant 007 [Samma number]</em>) We were given this nice tag<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217937179650080610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwCFXPJlwQI1-EuRKPBe_zF0bXIy0ifWb16SdN1wWWrUUMj22mngnUNXqzydJQfXrRh94WcwNm1N72iMN3epxY6IHwo3KZ0MWMOOuembYfF5xEV2i9dEdlHYyHN6bSscgXFyGAEkZ9GQ/s320/tag.jpg" border="0" /> </span><span style="color:#ffffcc;">to pin onto ourselves, and went up, to the second floor, where all participants had to assemble! The capacity was around 1000, and another roaring crowd was waiting down to register themselves, while the hall was already full !!!! Terrific or Terrible, I can't decide !</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">A wait for eternity I thought, till it was hard to believe that we(the first few contestants) were actually called to occupy the first row. A week of Cold-and-cough-control looked meek, with so many participants around. Chewing of nails, Prayers to the Almighty, rehearses, corrections, discussions in whispers and all other signs of nervousness within a room created an even more tensed atmosphere. And ... <em>BANG</em>!!!! Some of us were actually walking in for the auditions ! (<em>neku konjam bhayam</em>) Ours was Batch 1 .. now I realise, going early is not everything ! People make decisions with you as the base !!!! Our judges were <em>Deepan Chakravarthy</em> and <em>Sunitha Sarathy</em> !!!!!! They seemed sweet, until .................</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">Apparently, we realised that there was going to be one judge per contestant. (That sounded less scary, though, who knows which one is the beast?!?!). Contestant 001 goes in, to <em>Deepan</em>'s arena(<em>Battlesome: :P</em>) <em>BEEP</em> !!!!! went the Green light !!!!!! How happy the contestant was !!!! ... This was an ice breaker I guess, for it seemed to ease down my apprehensions about the competition !!!!! And this chain of Red lights continued .. till roll 006 !!! Next's me !!!!!! <em>Deepan</em>'s sweet !! He eases you down a bit before you begin !!! A few questions here and there about music and my cold (lol!!), I finally began with '<em>Munbe</em>' ... and I realised, the judge was bending down <em>rasichifying</em> !!! Aha !!!! <em>BEEEEEP</em> !!!!!!!! Greeeeeeeen !!!!!!! Yo !!!!!!! It was a happy moment !!!!! A jumping ME came out, and this guy from <em>The Hindu</em> was interviewing me !!!! (yeah .. <em>vekkams</em> !) And the cameraman asked me to tell the world, over-the-mike, in-front-of-the-camera :P as to what happened inside !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">Breakfast at 5 in the morning, and a few pieces of bread here and there kept me going !!!!!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217932546632854514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlWD2aTRx-Ooh14bq1ckf90d5x6huSwdZlAidj1QsCSahRhGTiwevWf8b7ocPStYDYXQfw9wEJQMbDZqrhvnfh1XZR0xdX-AJEiLoUHWHFJo6N0E9LGbXjB38MflZk8V-TLF1QH7GEDE/s320/wonder+cake.jpg" border="0" /> NOT ANY MORE ! This nice <em>little </em>friend of mine bought me food ... how generous !!!!! :P<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217937880150524450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="167" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadoPWlC4M2wbmCHt1rC5Q97LwYXrNaEamGLfK1I8n-8mvXwzWbWFxFiwPYyFRGAMTzALVOwHIUNNEz5gfCeD9nqkzWWPQ_xPL0xK8ri6SlDV4ZGbm-6W0ESq_0vIUguDvwneYw1CJws8/s320/food.jpg" width="233" border="0" /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffffcc;">and after friends too got selected, we headed for the best place ever ,.... HOME !!!!!! One moment I'm lying on the bed, and the next moment, Snoring !!!!!!!!!!! Selected participants had to make it at 9:00 AM, at the same venue, on Monday !!!! :)</span> </div>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-71101224623951040422008-04-23T03:56:00.000-07:002008-05-13T02:32:05.083-07:00ARR- The Man ... The Concert ... The Crowd !!!!!!!!!<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">WHATTA</span> MAN !!!!!!!<br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">What a day !!!!! Reached by around 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ish</span> ! Yes.. that was pretty late .. but then.. bus journeys are so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">unpredictable</span> !!!! This place, St. George's School Grounds was a fan-yard ! Every nook and corner overflowed with enthusiastic fans with expectations writ large on their faces ! My respect for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Rahman</span> Sir, incremented (any more if it could) by a million times !!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It was even exciting as Sir's assistant rang me up to find out if I could help on-stage with the scrolling of lyrics !!!! OH YES, I could !!!!! And with the brand new t-shirt on (Thanks Aravind :) ), it was easier to enter the arena ... and there.. was the never before feeling ! The all-tired group from Sharjah were rehearsing on-stage !!! and THE MAN ..was seated right in the centre, rectifying any mistakes !!! It was still 4.15 !! Messages and calls from friends said the crowd was roaring at the gates and had moved onto the road !! The stage was all set, there were lightings everywhere, and one view from the stage told us, that here , was the most popular man, to see whom, the crowd could hold no longer ! People were pouring in like a meteors-on-their-way ! Nothing could give more pleasure !</span><br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I and a couple of friends did a little jig .. we had got a chance to snap-on with those celebs .. Sadhanaji, Shankarrrr, the Royal-Flautist Naveen et al ! Hariji was way too busy though !! I wish he had just spared a few minutes for fans .. the Radio Mirchi people took all the time for themselves ! And we are back, up on stage to check out the crowd :). And one glance sideways was enough to give me goosebumps .. LO ! Karthi .. seen walking right in front of me, is not spared ! Forever and ever ! Amen ! A call, a little explanation. and we meet him at his caravan ! (Yes, there are vvery few lucky people who he can identify with :P) Now all hyper and jumpy, the lyrics-scrolling didn't seem possible ! Though anyone would have exchanged diamonds to be there, the job involved little work, and no view of the concert ! So , we preferred seats with the crowd. But, it quite seemed impossible, as to walk to the crowd would be to risk a stampede ! A little contact here and there, and we were there, at the VIP section, seated in front of those dozing VIPs ! A seat, more diamonds would be swapped for :P. It was a little dark, friends could not be located, calls and messages wouldn't reach , what with a 50,000 crowd trying to do it all together !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finally, the purpose was beginning to be fulfilled ! Vijay Adhiraj (who has laughed at us for our WOW-ing :P) anchored the show, nothing much actually ! Because, nothing need be said about the songs of the Man awaited all long ! The show began with a rocking slow number Jaage hain from Guru , Rahman sir and Sadhanaji crooning to it ... what a beginning ! The crowd went ga-ga already !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">RAHMAN SIR - has never failed to churn out the best numbers .. they are tailored for relishing , at concerts or away ! He sang Dil se re .. the beginning percussions had the audience longing to listen to it ! The best of His was Khwaja, from Jodha Akbar (a song, apparently close to his heart, as he'd mentioned in an interview). They had set up a diwan, with Sir centre staged, and Md. Aslam and Javed Ali at either sides ! A prayer, nothing less ! The harmonium was played effortlessly, which only added feel to the already existing ! ROCKING !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The songs sung were</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Ellapugazhum from Azhagiya Tamizh Magan, the recent Tamil craze ..!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Varaaga nadhi karayoram from Sangamam. What a song ... what singing ! Kudos to Shankar !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Barso re from Guru. As I and a lot others feel, Neeti's neverr let any song down ! Awesome singing, though she did fumble at the naa-re part towards the end, lack of breath.. but chuck it ! She sings as gorgeously as she is !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Vaaji from Shivaji had Hariji and Madhushree enjoying as they sang ! Mediocre I'd rate it !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Jashn-e-Bahaara from Jodha Akbar. Javed Ali.. again.. one of Sir's best finds ! Effortless singing ... uninterrupted flow of the feel .. and amazing performance !!! I'm in love with him ! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* GIRLFRIEND from Boys ..... YE ! KARTHI ! Enakkagave paadara maadiri oru feeling ! Lovely audience interaction .. unexpected sangadhis and a sudden burst into the high pitched 'Enakkoru girlfriend venumada' had me demented !!!!!!! I wish I just fainted , so he came and attended to it ! How i wish !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Endrendrum punnagai from Alaipayuthey ... I dont need to mention it .. It's a rage !!!!!!!!! What with Shankar singing along ! Fun !!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Tere Bina ... a version better than the one at Marg's ! Looked very sequenced, but .. atleast it was flawless ! Lovely swarams .. don't know why .. but somehow, the swarams stole the show ! Chinmayi was good, she went nasal towards the end though !!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Mayya Mayya from Guru ... Neeti Mohan ... dances, sings, poses, smiles all A+ ! What has she sung for Sir ??? Perfect singing !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Sandhana Thendralai from Kandukonden Kandukonden ! Ha ... Shankar written all over it !</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Newyork Nagaram from Jillunu Oru Kaadhal .. rarely have I heard Sir speak so much ! H e said stuff about the day being hot and sweaty and so lets go in for a 'jillunu' song ! WOW !!!! The song was a little messy .. he went out of shruthi .. but namma Sir na.. chalta hai ! :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Roobaroo from Rang De Basanti . Naresh looked out of form ! The song was edited such that 'jo gumshuda' never appeared ! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Athiradee from Shivaji ... overrated song ! It was a lot of fun ! There was Md. Aslam centre stage, and Sir had vanished from his place near the Keys ! Ben, Naresh and Karthi occupied the top row and the guitar's already begun playing ! It was assumed that Md. Aslam might sing it ! But LO ! Sir emerged from underneath the Keyboard stand with Black glasses !!!!!! Sooooo situationally funny :P. Incidentally, he had forgotten a couple of lines from the song, but namma Sir dhaane :P... and yeah .. Karthi had me drooling to his 'Sananana Mananana' :D</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Chaiiyya Chaiiya from Dil Se. Reihana began the song, she got to sing after loong on stage for Sir ! Unexpectedly , it was Javed Ali for the Male vocals, and what a splendid job !!! Every note was perfect and the high pitches were even wonderful !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Munbe Vaa from the Jillunu movie .. Chinmayi was shreya's substitute ... did a very nasal job ! She sang well though .. but the himesh-effect undid the feel ! Naresh was OK !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Maduraikku Pogadhedi from Azhagiya Tamizh Magan. Ben was his usual Hyper self ! Dancing away all time .. and the surprise guest was Dharshana .. who sang it originally as well ! She did a nice job .. though got a little scared towards the end ! Her landing notes are perfect !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Idhayam Idam Mariyadho from Jodha Akbar. This was a bilingual song.. there were Karthi, Javed Ali, and Madhushree on stage .. singing away ! Karthi began it so sofffftly, that, Sonu would have resigned his job ! And Madhushree was extremely captivating ! Javed ka tho javaab nahin !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Kannodu Kaanbathella from Jeans. This , is what they call, a Surprise ! A complete katcheri feel ! Nithyashree, along with Valayapatti and a Mridangist were seated down, the carnatic way ! A full fledged RTP effect. And a couple of SGMPNSs, began Kannodu. She looked extremely confident in the standing position with the hand mic ! Lovely !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* There was a little break where the percussionists had their time ! It was not inetersting :(</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Bombay Theme ... a lilting melody everyone would die for .. and Mr Naveen , had us all mesmerised with his feet long intruments !!!!! No wonder he's the Royal Flautist ! Cheers !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Blaaze wandered for sometime on the stage, with 'style' for the bgm .. as he introduced the instrumentalists !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Pray For Me Brother .. a surprise !!!!! Sir sang and played with ease and Blaaze had everyone enjoying his Rap part ! It was completely sequenced .. The whole track !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* The diwan. now held the unbeatable singer-pair .. Hariji and Sadhanaji ! A little aalaap and a a few Keys later, it was a confirmed Udaya Udaya ... what a song !!!!! And from there ... Hariji announced a teencee competition for the audience where we had to repeat his swarams !!!!!! Ah ! If we could do it, we'd have been on stage boss ! A million swarams later .. the tempo picked up and Behaag appeared out of thin air ! Ae Hairathen Aashiqui , jagaaaaaaaa math !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Azeem-o-shaan- Veerapaandi kottayile- Rukkumani. How does Sir know how to merge his own songs to get the best feel ever !!!!!!! Towards the end, there were little kids on stage, (whom I envied) drumming and smiling from up there ! (naangalum varuvom) !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* Humma Humma. Ha ! Shankar and Sir were on stage with a little teaser of 'Ammmaaaaaaaaaaa' .. as it metamorphasized into HUMMA HUMMA as Blaaze had us all tapping our feet !!!!! And security guards appeared out of nowhere ! This was the cue that the concert was about to end ! Anyway .. Humma saw the bursts of several paper clouds and oohs and aaha from fans !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">* VANDE MATARAM .. Salaam to Rahman sir for having given us this wonderful concert ! Towards the end of the song, all singers appeared on stage .. as is customary ! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I thank Times of India and Rahman Sir for this ultimate opportunity , to sit close to the stage and have the time of my life ! I profusely thank Mr Radhan for having made this possible ... and on BIG hug to all the crazy fan-friends who made it there ...viz a viz Sandhya, Aravind, Anupriya, Vijay, Satya, Narayan, Anees, Rakesh, Vithur, JJ, Radhan, Prasanna and my sis !!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">One special mention to Mr Faiz .. without whom .. I'd not have experienced these moments this early in life !</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Backstage- After the concert .. !</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Ha.. funny ..the t shirt made me proud !!!!!! We were allowed with no hindrance whatever ! Met Md. Aslam, and had Karthi meeting me to find out how we enjoyed the show !!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ! Pics shall be uploaded !!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ARR ROX</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"><br /></span></span></span>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-31705428113178566382008-04-01T02:04:00.000-07:002008-04-01T02:14:12.044-07:00I WANT TO... !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wG5CrXMVmjzKGX_JGwsBQVVrdKEkBve0XfShi1J_h9mh8iLlD8XXsrPwSFCmrFg0x2oZfHgPwJDvyHJNlmhts-qGPJ8HLv2uX5OtcGCWk3s1pYkNCXhAoBrEaoda2k7yOaP0WdB5ymQ/s1600-h/arr34.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184201197706028018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="130" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wG5CrXMVmjzKGX_JGwsBQVVrdKEkBve0XfShi1J_h9mh8iLlD8XXsrPwSFCmrFg0x2oZfHgPwJDvyHJNlmhts-qGPJ8HLv2uX5OtcGCWk3s1pYkNCXhAoBrEaoda2k7yOaP0WdB5ymQ/s320/arr34.jpg" width="182" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">Dear Sir,</span></em></strong></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"></span></em></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;">I <span style="color:#66ffff;">WANT</span> TO SING FOR YOU !!!!!</span></em></strong></div><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"></span></em></strong><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">I pray you can hear me (out) someday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></strong></em></div><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">Loaaaaaaaadssssssss of Love (and Prayers)</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">Manasa !</span></em></strong>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-27180468320383923882008-03-22T02:38:00.000-07:002008-05-13T02:29:38.919-07:00TOP TEN IR !!!!!!!!!<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Hey .. I'm freaking bored ... with exams coming up :P .. I think I'll post my fav 10 IR songs ... verrrry selective ... no mundane songs here .. not the typical IR types !!! some reallllly mellifluous only !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1) <span style="color:#ffffff;">IDHAZHIL KADHAI EZHUDUM (UNNAL MUDIYUM THAMBI)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Bloody brilliant ! verrry Vasanthaish !!!!!! supposedly Lalitha ! I love every bit of this song ! Especially that aalaaap !!! More than Balu sir, Chitra akka is one heck of a heart-throb !!!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">2) <span style="color:#ffffff;">NEE ORU KADHAL (NAYAGAN)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">One of the best duet pairs known, Chitra akka and Mano. Lovely song.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">It's truly </span><br /></span><br /></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">'isai mazhai engum pozhigiradhu</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">engalin jeevan nanaigiradhu'</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">3) <span style="color:#ffffff;">KUZHALOODHUM KANNANUKU (MELLATHIRANDHADHU KADHAVU)</span></span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Chitra akka yet again !!!!!!!! Every 'ku koo ku koo' sounds like the cu-ckoo itself !! IR and MSV amalgamate in this movie .. and every piece is precious !... and namma chinna-kuyil Chitra ku indha paata paada cholli tharanuma ?????? :P</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">4) <span style="color:#ffffff;">EDHEDHO ENNAM(PUNNAGAI MANNAN)</span></span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Unless you are irrational, you'd love this song !!!! Lovely beginning, simple though ! Check out the feel !</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">'neeye anaikka vaaa</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">theeyai anaikka vaa'</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Double interpretation there , anaikka as in hug as well as to put off, and who else but namma Padmashree Chitra could have delivered this better ?!!</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">5) <span style="color:#ffffff;">MEENAMMA MEENAMMA (RAJATHI RAJA)</span></span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">SPB, KS Chitra ! Doesn't it say it all ? Senjurutti I think !!!! I love the charanams ..</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">especially ....</span> <span style="color:#3366ff;">'kodi minnal seerudhey'</span> .. <span style="color:#ffffcc;">and that chord changes immediately after this .. the end of every line has this glide .. and it adds to the already existing feel ! innum</span> '<span style="color:#3366ff;">vendaamoooo</span>' :P</span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#33ff33;">Looks like I'm not going to let go of Chitra akka lol :D</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">6) <span style="color:#ffffff;">THENDRAL VANDHU ENNAI THODUM (?)</span></span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Saranga Tarangini ... close to kalyani in more ways than one ! I can't say why I looove this song ...... but I am in Loveeeeee with it !!!!!!!</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">7)<span style="color:#ffffff;">KATRIL VARUM GEETHAME(ORU NAAL ORU KANAVU)</span></span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Now this is Kalyani :P.. lovelyyyyyy. The way Bhavadharini sings, surprises meeee ! Then there's Shreya, about whom nothing need be said ! She starts with this aalaap ... </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">'Isaiyin payane Iraivan dhaane'</span> ! :)</span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Sadhanji joins at the end, but makes no difference though. The only Apparent difference if anything is Hariji's entrance !!!! And those lovable swaras !!!!! :)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">8) <span style="color:#ffffff;">NINNUKORI(AGNI NAKSHATHRAM)</span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">lOl ... Chitra akka .. MohanaM.... was a rage due to the original 'ninnukori' varnam !!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">'pen alla veenai naan</span> ' </span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">.... is for Chitra akka right ? :P</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">9) <span style="color:#ffffff;">THOONGATHA VIZHIGAL (?)</span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Lovelyy song... realllly hard to sing !!!!! Yesudas sir is fantastic ! Amrithavarshini right ?????</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">10)<span style="color:#ffffff;">KALYANA THENILA(MOUNAM SAMMADHAM)</span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">Hey .. lol.. Darbari Kanada .. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">says it all ????? :P</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">:)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:#33ff33;">EXTRAAAAAAA :d</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">11)<span style="color:#ffffff;">AAGAYA VENNILAVE(ARANGETRAVELAI)</span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">The extra comes with minimum description .. Darbari Kanada lol .. hey actually the song stated above and this, have been my favourites, ever since I knew they exist ! So.. no Ragam biasing here ok ?</span> </span></span></div>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-59425140796218543092008-03-17T23:20:00.000-07:002008-07-02T23:42:31.121-07:00MY TAMIL TOP TEN[for (i< 82736464, i=0, i++)<span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#66ffff;">I thought really hard about this ! My own list of top ten favourite TAMIL songs ... but it's just soooooooo hard !!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">So It may be noted that here will be my top 25 :P ... I bet yours too might match .. check it out !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">PS (:P) - also note that another set of songs shall be included , so I don't miss out on any of yours :P</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">IN NO PARTICULAR ORDERRR !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">1) Malargaley !!!!!! (Love BiRds)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Need i say why ????? My personal opinion is ... Rahman Sir can't 'make' another like this !!!!!! Not anymore, now that digital music has set in ! Saraswathi, is melody personified in this ! Lovely prelude with a mellifluous crescendo which only Rahman Sir can do justice to ! Hariji and Chitra akka , a flawless combination on their own, beautify the song more ! There's this ultimate feel to it ... Hariji's </span><br /><br /></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#66ffff;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">'vaanoda neelam poley inaindhu kondadhu indha urave'</span> </strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#66ffff;">sooo tactile ! and so is Chitra akka's</span><br /><br /></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#66ffff;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">'unakkaga uyir vaazhven .. vaAa en vaazhve vaa' !</span> </strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#66ffff;">And there is this mandolin-flute interlude .. whoaaaaa ... a never-before thing ! Hats off to Sir !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">2)Sonnalum ketpadhillai (Kadhal Virus)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Just the 6 second flute prelude is enough to judge this song , as the violin joins hands immediately ! Beautiful female chorus, the husky feel, gives a pleasing touch ! Harini and Unnikrishnan's pair is one of the 2 best pairs I know. The other will come in a while :D. Anyway, back to the song. . I just can't describe more!Nalinakanthi is awesome, and this song is just too invincible !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">3)Kattre En Vasal !!!! (Rhythm)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Darbari kanada is JUST SO BEAUTIFUL ! one of my previous posts must have read lots about it!I think it's the triangle they've used in the rhythm section! Beautiful! The female chorus lyrics are soo funky .. '<span style="color:#ff0000;">seeley si seeley seeley'</span> lol ! My favourite line in this is by </span></strong></span><a href="mailto:Kavitaji@Charanam1.katre"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#66ffff;"><strong>Kavitaji @ Charanam1.kaAtre</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#66ffff;"> :P </span><br /><br /></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#66ffff;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">'anbe naan uranga vendum, azhagaana idam VENDUM...</span>' </strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#66ffff;">This is Vendum thing is just so crystal clear, the sangadhis, the feel, the voice ... and everything else ! Especially the interlude 2 where the flute merges with the female chorus (funny though) ... but aweeeeeeesome ! I'd probably rate this no.1, but then, there are so many more !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">4)Suttum Vizhi Chudardhaan (Kandukonden Kandukonden)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">This is what they call 'SHORT AND SWEET'. Rahman Sir at his best with the usage of bare minimum instruments! Hariji rocksssssss ! The million ragas fed into the song , and the way every raga drifts into the mood, something only Sir can do ! '<span style="color:#ff0000;">nakshathirangaladii</span>' sees a variety of instuments at the bg .. if any of you knows what all , please do post :)... '<span style="color:#ff0000;">alaigaladiii</span>' sees some casually awesome singing by hariji.. and that '<span style="color:#ff0000;">idhuvaa</span>' is just so adorable, he'd have konji konji sung it !!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">5)Kannamoochi enada (Kandukonden Kandukonden)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Yet again, the same movie ! This audio missed a National Award, like many others did. Nattakurinji fused with sahana, both soothing ragas on their own, give a combined feel, Constructive interference they call it :D. Chitra akka's </span><br /><br /></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff0000;"><strong>'vaAa en kanna,'</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#66ffff;"><strong>and the aalaap that follows is mindblowing ! the 2nd interlude sees the use of 'Oud' till the lyrics begin , and why dont they use more of the instrument ????</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#66ffff;"><strong></strong></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff66;">6)Uyire (Bombay)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">o7.18, a real long song !!!! Rahman Sir says it was the most difficult song to compose. Took him 7 days ! wow ! I DONT NEED TO STATE REASONS TO LIKE THIS SONG !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">7)Anjali (Duet)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">08.06. Another lengthy song, but we sure shall ask for more if permitted :D. Maandu has been used veryyyyy differently ! There's this something that affines you to the song, from the word Go ! The Sax prelude, Chitra akka's <span style="color:#ff0000;">'Laa la laa'</span> shower all the flavour of the song, while you realise that the charanams are better, and when you get deeper in, the flute is sheer magic!! Hats off TO Naveen !!!!! I wanna be able to do that humming one day !!!!!!!! I wish ...</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">8)Theendai (En Swaasakkatre)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Something about the beginning sucks ! The husky female voice, but it's only to realise that the song is as beautiful on the inside ! Balu sir and Chitra akka are mindblowing! Sriragam is nice, though i always used to think this was Anandha Bhairavi ! Btw, what does the male chorus at charanam 1 mouth ? lol .. so hilarioussssssss ! And what a scale... whoa ! The end is the loveliest part, where the female voice overlaps the male voice! Just so good !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">9)Thirakaatha Kaattukulle (En Swaasakaatre)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">I think I like an album and stick to it for the rest of my life lol ! An equally beautiful song... some ragam combined with nelambari ! which ? Neelambari adds the needed emotion in such a beautiful manner ! '<span style="color:#ff0000;">AaaaAAnom</span>' is so cherubic !!!!! The lyrics are funny, <span style="color:#ff0000;">'veedugal idam maarumo'</span> lol ! the Violins(??) , (and violas i guess) at interlude 2 sweep you off your feet!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">10)thoda thoda (Indra)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">There is something about flutes and me, as it is to Chitra akka and Rahman Sir !lol! The way she begins in the charanam 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">'nandavana karayil.. parithaAaR'</span>... something I look forward to, everytime I listen to the song !The 'ghungru' is used explicitly throughout the song. The second interlude has this wonderful piece ever, the flute plays in, Sir sings along, there's this pause, the violin plays sad notes and the flute Jumps in again.. for like a brief period of 2.5 seconds, and stands out !!!!!! to Whoever discovered the flute , I Bow !!!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">11)Thikkuruviyai (Kangalal Kidu Sei)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">No Rahman Sir fan can leave out on this album ! It's just as precious as the crappiness of the movie may be defined ! Mukesh makes his debut, with Sir and I think he did pretty well ! Not many big offers for him then though. Harini, as usual, kekkanuma ... orey brighas only !!!!! Interlude 1 is my favourite with the flute thing coming in... I've never heard anyone use the flute so extensively ! And the absolute end of charanam 2 where harini sings </span><br /><br /></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#66ffff;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">'mazhai nera katre katre manam thinna vaa vaa, kudaiyora ootre ootre gunam solli thaa thaa'</span> </strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#66ffff;">is soooooooo awesome ! I love Harini in this song ! And how can I forget the end of the song with the Brighas at some unknown pitch!!!! Wah Harini ji ! Wah !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">12) Nila kaaygiradhu (Indra - Hariji/Harini)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">The same tune can create different moods and this is an example ! Hamir Kalyani ! Harini's version is as child-like as it can get ! Adorable ! (though I have different opinions on kids :O) Clear sangadhis et al ! Actually, she's just a prodigy, nothing less !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Coming to Hariji's version, what do I say ! That shruthi at the beginning itself denotes sogam ! His 'hm's and 'aaaa's add to the feel ! avar innum paada ve aarambikkalai lol ! Effortlessly paadirpaaru ! "<span style="color:#ff0000;">yaarum SugiKYAvillaye</span>" lol .. that mallu touch :P</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">and that <span style="color:#ff0000;">'haaaaaaaa vaanum mannum</span>..' is so Cute :P. there's this one string that gets dragged at after '<span style="color:#ff0000;">mazhaiyum</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">kaanavillaiye</span>' .. the song needs lot of attention ! '<span style="color:#ff0000;">poOoOvanam</span>', that light Big sangadhi crammed into that small time .. amazing how he can do it ! The whole song became a rage with Srini sir auditioning every singer thru this song lol ! then Karthi sang it to him, and all that is a BIg story ,, some other time may be :P</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">13)Vellai pookal (Kannathil Muthamital)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">A R RAHMAN</span>, one name that says it all ! I cant not mention the flute part !!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">14) Minnale (May madham)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">I love Balu sir in this. The way the song begins.... so grand ! Interlude 1 is awesome.. the female chorus and Balu sir together do the humming with a super cool flute support! And how much feel he adds to the song ! I love this part when he says '<span style="color:#ff0000;">chinnamey'</span> .. and also '<span style="color:#ff0000;">kaathirukkiren</span>' where there is a mild female backing ! Soul stirring composition ! The rhythm section is simple yet gorgeous ! The glide at '<span style="color:#ff0000;">irulumillaiya</span>' is loaded with tears I guess .. such a beautiful song !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">15)Azhage sugama (Parthale Paravasam)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Sahana, a comforting raga, is used brilliantly ! Srini sir is just too good ! The song is pretty slow, yet , at the charanam, where Srini Sir sings <span style="color:#ff0000;">'azhage unnai pirindhen'</span>, the backing(Similar to what Sir offered Naresh in Munbe vaa) makes you wonder what's happening..and the song's back on track already ! Sadhanaji is equally appealing. Her best line in the song being </span><br /><br /></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#66ffff;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">'vaazhkai or vattam pol, mudintha idathil thodangadha'</span> </strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><span style="color:#66ffff;">and then there is this kutti violin bit..so pretty ! And there's the violin solo at the end,after the keyboard solo that is! Listen to the song at 4.19 and from there ! Closely from 5.00 to 5.07 .. so funny the pattern is. Hear it and you'll know what I mean!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">16)Kannuku mai azhagu (Puthiyamugam- Unnimenon</span>)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">One of Rahman sir's best ever !!!!! Non neelambari thaalaatu I'd say ! Every interlude is a Gem! The song, a Masterpiece all the same! I cant describe the song in words, you've to feel it to know it !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">17)Udaya Udaya (Udaya)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">This pair is the other of the 2 best ever. Hariji and Sadhanaji !!!! Both sounding as dulcet as possible! Everytime each of them utters the word '<span style="color:#ff0000;">kaadhal</span>' , there is so much you can empathise with them ! The movie never came from jail, and the audio went unnoticed. '<span style="color:#ff0000;">unnaaale</span>' by Sadhanaji is commendable for the crescendo effect, as is the '<span style="color:#ff0000;">thannaaley</span>' by Hariji ! What are the instruments used in interludes 1 and 2 ?? The male chorus joins brilliantly at int.1, after which the violin(?) continues! <span style="color:#ff0000;">'en netrin paadhayil ...pirandha'</span> ... WHAT A COMPoSITION !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">18)Uyirum neeye (Pavitra)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">I got no reasons ! it's just brilliant !!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">19)Sakhiye (Andhimandharai)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Though i heard it reallllllllllllllllly late, it's never Ever gone off my lips since then !! What a man Rahman Sir is!!!!!! The song begins in such a lovely way, (it's odd though... aN 8-8-8 -bar pattern, something he's used in Bol sajni as well)and Unnikrishnan begins the song in this awesome way ... this .. something , that kindles your emotions! As usual, the mridangam takes you by surprise in the pallavi!<span style="color:#ff0000;">'naangu kangal kalandhpinaAALEY'</span> ..so sweet ! And the first interlude with the flute[:)] and veena and ,mridangam is too good to describe !!!!! Every charanam is a masterpiece !!!!!!!!!!!!! Note that voice control at <span style="color:#ff0000;">'saadhiyai kettaal, kaadhalum thoongum'</span> at charanam 1 ! The second charanam transmits you to a different world altogether ! On the whole, indescribable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Thanks to this git who introduced me to the song ... The 'thanks' was on request :P</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">20)Bombay Theme -</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Nothing to write !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">after like 20 songs, i come to the non-Rahmantic songs lol ......</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">21)Sudum nilavu(Thambi)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Reethi gowlai-what a beaaaautiful raga !!!!!!!! Every element in this song is so rasichify-able !!! This is another of those beautiful songs with the Unnikrishnan-Harini combo ! The female chorus, husky as it is , is As good !!!!!! There are some weird sounds at interlude one, as always in a Vidyasagar melody, still, lovely ! The rhythm is a normally normal pattern, yet so different ! Hey what's that instrument after every line in the charanam that goes 'trrr' ? :P also the lovely way it ends, with a muted beat pattern! Lovelyy song !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">22)Mazhaiye Mazhaiye (June r)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">I like the Hariji version better than Sujatha's ! but well, essentially it's the same tune !!!!!! Brilliant orchestration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the song is so difficult !!!!! It's a Sharrath musical.. the man who scares most people,as he expects absolute perfectionism. Wonder how many takes Sujatha might have taken for this one ? All in the high notes, and so damn difficult ! There's this part which sounds like the keyboard interlude 2 in katrin mozhi !!!!!!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">23)Moolaiyai thirugum (Kana kanden</span>)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Something about this song, Srini sir himself, is soooo adorable !!!!!! Kalyani only adds to the beauty !!! The song begins like some shlokam ,while the Charanams are pretty interesting actually ! Slow and simple ! Minimal orchestration, yet brilliant song !</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">24) Poovasam purappadum penne (Anbe Shivam)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Sriram parthasarathy at his best ! Sadhanaji is good, though, utna impression nahin jama ! soulful !!!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">25)Poi sollakoodadhu kadhali-(Run)</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">Hariji... all over i say !!!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">oh hell .. it's over !!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">there are just so many !!!!!!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">26)Rayile ( 5 STAR)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">27)Uyire en uyire (Totti Jya)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">28)Edhedho ennam (Punnagai Mannan)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">29)Kanda naal mudhalai(Kanda Naal Mudhal)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">30)Alaipayuthey (Alaipayuthey)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">enoughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ~! :P</span></strong></span>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-34696562379367750432008-03-17T22:40:00.000-07:002008-03-17T23:20:13.375-07:00HECKXperience !!!!!!!!!!!<strong><span style="color:#cccccc;">GOOD MORNING ! :P<br />This is me , after <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">looooong</span> !<br />All written words forgotten !!!!!!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">lol</span> !<br />Here's an interesting experience I had ... all alone apparently .. until I realised I had a friend with me on the trip too :P </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffccff;"><br />A naturally hot day ... Eleven in the morn/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">afti</span>/whichever... my phone goes '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">tring</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">tring</span>'.<br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">Me</span>: Hello ! (what else :D)<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">X</span>:<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Idhu</span> singer <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Manasa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">va</span> :O<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">Me</span> : Err.. yes !!! (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">lol</span>)<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">X</span>: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Naanga</span> AM studios <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">le</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">irundu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">pesarom</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">inniku</span> evening 6 'o clock <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ku</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">neenga</span> free a ?<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">Me</span>: (but of course) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">aamaam</span> !<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">X</span>: AM studios <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ku</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">vandudreengala</span> madam ? recording <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">irukku</span> !<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">Me</span>:( <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat</span>????????????????) sure a ! <span style="color:#ff6666;">(and i do this :<br />mobile stuck between the shoulder and my ear, frantically typing to a friend online using one hand .. the other hand dials dad's number from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">landline</span> .. every part of my body shivers ... happiness knew no bounds !)<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">X</span>: OK madam, AM studios <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">theriyum</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">illai</span> ?<br />(what a weird question !!! bloody hell eat me ! i obviously know)<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">Me</span> :Ya ya <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">theriyum</span> ( i could have given him a detailed description , how the ruddy hell does he ask me a question like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">thaat</span>?)<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">Me</span>: So <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">indha</span> number <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">ku</span> call <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">pannalamaa</span> ??<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">X</span>: Ya sure !<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">Me</span>: Call <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">panna</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">yaaru</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">eduppaanga</span> ?<br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">X</span>(<span style="color:#ccccff;">no more</span> !) : Call <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">panna</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Vijay</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Narain</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">eduppan</span> !<br /><span style="color:#cccccc;">Bloody hell !!!!!!!! There are times you would be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">sooo</span> angry you would yell out ....... there are other times you would be angry but will laugh at yourself ...... there are yet other times when you are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">sooo</span> angry you'd wanna scold the joker, while you laugh at yourself for not recognising a friend!<br />Mixed emotions they call it . Takes ages for me to come out of a situation like this i guess .. it's 4 months , and the thought still is vividly fresh !<br />Screw you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Vijay</span> !!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#66ffff;">but those lovely 5 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">minutes</span> ... Blissful !!!!!! A 'thanks' and 'get lost' to you :P</span></strong>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-37734997939763579762007-11-06T21:09:00.000-08:002007-11-08T08:04:36.726-08:00HAPPPY BIRTHDAY KARTHIIII !!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIubxOUoDxYbq_rTCK2ABYdFzfI13Y89yH0sDKuiKOBTHDGT9_6G7WdksEyldgtHtKd1AZMitFkjH0Zs7JrcyO4mNQUVxZ1113obixOTec-26hlff86fpWp0TYC4HrQdfrIviAovpp-g/s1600-h/karthik5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129962889314105410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIubxOUoDxYbq_rTCK2ABYdFzfI13Y89yH0sDKuiKOBTHDGT9_6G7WdksEyldgtHtKd1AZMitFkjH0Zs7JrcyO4mNQUVxZ1113obixOTec-26hlff86fpWp0TYC4HrQdfrIviAovpp-g/s320/karthik5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>wow !!!!!<span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong><em> HAPPY BIRTHDAY ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY .. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Karthiiiii !!!!</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The wait ends here !!!! Been waiting for this day like crazy !!! awake till 12 in the night .. n lo ! narayani calls !! :) I play <span style="color:#ffff99;">Anaarkali</span> and <span style="color:#ffff33;">Oru Ooril</span> blastin the earphones !!!!! The day dawns ! Books shut and music ON ... all accountancy formulae forgotten :D</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>He is travelling ..... damn thing his mobile is unreachable !! ..... come within the vicinity man !!! :D haha !</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I wannaaaa sayyy soooo much !!!! Now playing <span style="color:#33ffff;"><strong>'Enge enge en vennilavu'</strong></span> from Chathurangam !!!! the song went unnoticed .. but toooo much feel i say !!!!! orey feelings :D ... n there's this last line ... <span style="color:#ccccff;"><strong>'adayadha kaaarthigai ...</strong> thunaiaagum maargazhi'</span> .. the first part suits most people :D . but then that's for July 12th .. n not now :D</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm clad in new clothes !!!!!!! :O yessssss !!!!!! n then ... His songs all day !!!!! looks like no-one can beat me at this ! ... my orkut profile scared most people away i reckon !!!!! sooo many of His pics . the rare ones .. apparently ... he himself does not have them i heard !!!!!! GO MANASAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdl7WG6qocOCrSEXiTKi6TtAWfa__6J6xecQ8UsG7F8hdcU1dR-c6SPmue40z9ZFYF6FdTf2t2z-3l2Srnrr1BXpmjDi9xA4ct9LvTlSQzSDaNGQdQ2CvrjiNWbV9iTzLqaN8Yw11-f8/s1600-h/karthik23.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129965504949188690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" height="171" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdl7WG6qocOCrSEXiTKi6TtAWfa__6J6xecQ8UsG7F8hdcU1dR-c6SPmue40z9ZFYF6FdTf2t2z-3l2Srnrr1BXpmjDi9xA4ct9LvTlSQzSDaNGQdQ2CvrjiNWbV9iTzLqaN8Yw11-f8/s320/karthik23.jpg" width="224" border="0" /></a><br />Playin now : <span style="color:#99ffff;"><strong>Oru maalai</strong></span> .. satru tholaivile avaN mugam paarthen . ange tholaindhavAL naane :D .... !!!! ... "Ah" ! Oru Maalai ila veyil neram !!!<br /><br />thalai saayhthu paarthaa*e :D thadumaari ponene !!!!!!! .. Beat me at this !!!! :D<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffcccc;">LET'S ALL PRAY FOR THIS MAN TO GRAB A NATIONAL AWARD ... soooooooon !!!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">PS-National Award coming sooon ! :D</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em>LIVEEEEE LONNNNGGGGGGG !!!!!!!!</em></strong><br /><p>From one craazzzyyyyy fan !!!!! (azhagaai avasthaigal thandhaai .. (that's July Malargale) :)</p><p>Manasaaa !!!</p><strong></strong><br /><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>n now .. it's 3.30 ... n i jus wishedd himmmmm !!! yay !!!!! <span style="color:#33ccff;">narambellam isai meeta gudhithen naane !!! :)</span></p></strong>yes yes !!!!!!! yay !!!!! on top of the world !!!!!! someone received my gift !! :)manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-64001198617352728612007-11-01T09:29:00.000-07:002007-11-01T23:50:50.045-07:00YES !!!!!!!!!! met KARTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !<div><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"></span><br /><br /><br /><div>WOW !!! This started jus like any other day !!!!!! You know ... those boring sort of study holidays one would expect !!!! But then ... calls after calls .. n i'm out of the house in a jiffy ! Apparently one caller asked me how <span style="color:#ccffff;">my karthi</span> was<span style="color:#cccccc;"><strong> :P</strong></span> .. ha ... i wouldnt mention my answer here though ! <span style="color:#cccccc;"><strong>:D</strong></span><br /><br />Anyway .... it was all fine .. the first recording went on well ... n then i'm rushing for my second !! The studio wasnt faaaaaar away from the first !!!! And I see a couple of female harmony singers paired up at the entrance ! And <span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>LO </strong></span>! there stands my Hero (<strong><span style="color:#ccccff;">H-E-R-O</span></strong>- hero hero!!!!) ! <span style="color:#99ffff;"><strong>Mr Karthiii !!!!!</strong></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFK6mBVgbsC_a7o0W-VDACo5U17fHlsxoL177_xLAZnDawaSUnn2aNvLjuQfb-6LYzoK6lP47u5OCW0FH7O_OD063vkwCEnkYcSsZMLr1U9EsCUXaw3KjyPcucf5nvSmeTXRr6o4vWOCc/s1600-h/karthik4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127927577326974994" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFK6mBVgbsC_a7o0W-VDACo5U17fHlsxoL177_xLAZnDawaSUnn2aNvLjuQfb-6LYzoK6lP47u5OCW0FH7O_OD063vkwCEnkYcSsZMLr1U9EsCUXaw3KjyPcucf5nvSmeTXRr6o4vWOCc/s320/karthik4.jpg" border="0" /></a>wow !!! And I miss out on seeing those other singers ... (and get questioned later .. that's the not-nice part .. It'll never appear for u to read :D) .... wellll ... this guy is speakin to the music director .. and then .. I wait for him to turn ... heart beating at 735683254 beats per second (I AM alive .. don't hope for tooo much :P) .. and welll ... he doesss !!!!!! yay !!!! "<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffccff;"><strong><em>hi manasa</em></strong></span>" .... wowwwww !!!!!!! man ..... n then lots of how r u's n fine's and .. c u's .. DO i want wanything better ??????? ..... The best part was .... someone said a 'bye' after switchin on the ignition .... n pulling down the window (blusheeessss harrrrd) !!!!!!! haaaaaaah !!!!!!! orey nenapssssssssssss !!!!! <strong><span style="color:#cccccc;">:D</span></strong><br /><br /><br />Yayyyyy !! adhukku apparam .. what I sang ... what I did ..... my peers will tell u !!!! I literally metamorphasise into this R-E-M-O-ish type .... orey drooolings only <strong><span style="color:#cccccc;">:D</span></strong> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSOBOMK1pMX0tz6KoBMw4BV_7wA5ZGd1Z1SWnhsaTd8JT38MmPJpl650kx0NWlI-A71gPm6wHxFrnNzZI9U0zSMY11y7wjRDsq8pxA-xXg9vRQX6uNjeF_3z8p1SZjbbsSGpkdShQ9Oo/s1600-h/karthi@iff.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128131545323862066" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 86px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" height="125" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSOBOMK1pMX0tz6KoBMw4BV_7wA5ZGd1Z1SWnhsaTd8JT38MmPJpl650kx0NWlI-A71gPm6wHxFrnNzZI9U0zSMY11y7wjRDsq8pxA-xXg9vRQX6uNjeF_3z8p1SZjbbsSGpkdShQ9Oo/s320/karthi@iff.jpg" width="114" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Later .... ya all the same !!! but things were a little different ... they made us wait for 4 hours before we started singing our half-an-hour portion ! ... but the wait became bearable only due to my hallllucinations and illusions n what-nots !!!!!!! :)<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffff66;">KARTHI ROX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvLc5kw2wcB0actP2s1uzxrP5hCvpQhfPWm04D1uoMgwOM-9z4DWplTxCnFGUDMlmhOdp0k-aGBwkEOhenpbxCb5Arp5r6d6Ib8AOstjGsFog7ULuxnEiydipKeMbsMJOVddev37CZgQ/s1600-h/karthik53.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127927736240764962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvLc5kw2wcB0actP2s1uzxrP5hCvpQhfPWm04D1uoMgwOM-9z4DWplTxCnFGUDMlmhOdp0k-aGBwkEOhenpbxCb5Arp5r6d6Ib8AOstjGsFog7ULuxnEiydipKeMbsMJOVddev37CZgQ/s320/karthik53.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ffcccc;"><strong>:)</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="color:#ffcccc;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#ffcccc;"></span></strong> </div></div>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-47041086773859333892007-10-28T00:37:00.000-07:002008-05-13T02:15:37.274-07:00NO TITLE !!!!!!!! :)<span style="font-family:times new roman;">Hey .... it's an awesome day ... supercool weather ... non-stop rains .. I love the depressions in the Bay Of Bengal !!!!!! .... The day starts with aaha fm and it's carnaticas .... slowly gliding into soooothing filmi songs ... n wut's better than ARR takin over the scenario !!!! The music ...... The man !!!! n other FM channels play 'pudhu paadal' which r hardly hummable ! n that includes ATM audio too (oh k .. i shtop </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HrpqJKbDrrfdOp1XlXVbTshqZOWZuI5EPdnwEg_S9UE3rFc7tIIY648hjhCtkeujB7WI18sUYXUljfM3lcIt7GeDM7yI9CfvXdJA4HjP66Psk51ImRuDGDaAlMLr8K4uvwcmG1nZxd0/s1600-h/harris.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126297010172917618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HrpqJKbDrrfdOp1XlXVbTshqZOWZuI5EPdnwEg_S9UE3rFc7tIIY648hjhCtkeujB7WI18sUYXUljfM3lcIt7GeDM7yI9CfvXdJA4HjP66Psk51ImRuDGDaAlMLr8K4uvwcmG1nZxd0/s320/harris.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">here!!!) .. I still(?) like <span style="color:#ffff00;">Mudhal Mazhai</span> !!!!!(never has a HJ song lasted this long on my comp !!) been loopin it ever since I know the song 'Manasa' from 'Munna' ... a telugu flick ... exists ! Mudhal mazhai has this HJ touc</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">h ... </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">(as usual) .... n all parts of it resemble more or less his songs (he refrains from copying others' tooo often :P) .. Mahathi is one singer I instantly fell in love with in this song ! I prefer her vocals to Hariji's (wut's <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuDqGbBa9pujBBFmk9e-9hgFZoqg-WyZRthDst2kfnc9_3ga5XzGFr584FKuAy2W4szgsbrNWLKcM82TK-fufnxqU2YeoFAm4hi1QwB4xuijcBc-vZYn272e2uVR9ZkXegSvOkHv7YCs/s1600-h/mahathi.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126297083187361682" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuDqGbBa9pujBBFmk9e-9hgFZoqg-WyZRthDst2kfnc9_3ga5XzGFr584FKuAy2W4szgsbrNWLKcM82TK-fufnxqU2YeoFAm4hi1QwB4xuijcBc-vZYn272e2uVR9ZkXegSvOkHv7YCs/s320/mahathi.jpg" border="0" /></span></a>wrong with me ??) ... I've never bothered to pay as much heed to her other songs !!!!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSk4IrsP8B9cFlOspoUlcLmjKkMF8yuWYas0425SnlitXfOQ5bv7AsPG8tw4-wRHZTUwovmAkQtobI_u11lPmKfYL-xo3UbC45xaZ-X3xhwZxgZ72EbvXzq7f3ZmB_InoCtM8kdjeg1M4/s1600-h/hariji.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126297254986053570" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 77px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 56px" height="128" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSk4IrsP8B9cFlOspoUlcLmjKkMF8yuWYas0425SnlitXfOQ5bv7AsPG8tw4-wRHZTUwovmAkQtobI_u11lPmKfYL-xo3UbC45xaZ-X3xhwZxgZ72EbvXzq7f3ZmB_InoCtM8kdjeg1M4/s320/hariji.jpg" width="170" border="0" /></span></a>but .... her aalaap at <span style="color:#66ffff;">2.10-2.14</span> mesmerises me ! .. The beats r tooooo similar though (HJ) ... n the 'spanish'-kind backings .... only he (or Chinmayi !!!) can decipher ! </span><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PcwIt3jifvLMdldvBTRDUS5Qtr9Qa9MTZAQi31Dpt9Hr_AyGmFYNLc-CpZQJeH2TyUzwDGfqxaqFSonTnroJXA9fiqzcufTAiMq_S_UVX4568QBSxoXyZm__PmAhrbISVmpqmX9Z61E/s1600-h/arr45.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8tLqtGThpEuvKhyphenhyphenpNZuUXksZCjjSfn1Eg7_cuAm6EKrwQnKnxkb3SLPs_PcXtZqTX1RDC51FcnGJisu1KbTol2H7YwUpw9tvOZ_7l1y_L6k79TxYoF6-gwGWeaUETGzgZudDmVhuV38/s1600-h/unnikrishnan1.gif"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126297121842067362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8tLqtGThpEuvKhyphenhyphenpNZuUXksZCjjSfn1Eg7_cuAm6EKrwQnKnxkb3SLPs_PcXtZqTX1RDC51FcnGJisu1KbTol2H7YwUpw9tvOZ_7l1y_L6k79TxYoF6-gwGWeaUETGzgZudDmVhuV38/s320/unnikrishnan1.gif" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-TeYdIVMH8pBcuLJXtAwDaz5LFzR_wutA4ty9z6h8yFO5kb5BF2OzGHo29O5GWRx4VOkHekLSZz6klzTeJauEuOehiMfxBK-CZN02sMWsDU7A_WH9ScCV3z0yJnzeIbLsZmgh78dies/s1600-h/kavita+krishnamurthy.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126297044532656002" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-TeYdIVMH8pBcuLJXtAwDaz5LFzR_wutA4ty9z6h8yFO5kb5BF2OzGHo29O5GWRx4VOkHekLSZz6klzTeJauEuOehiMfxBK-CZN02sMWsDU7A_WH9ScCV3z0yJnzeIbLsZmgh78dies/s320/kavita+krishnamurthy.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126298071029839842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4BIqM5ewjIDckeST1PRlDwN-n0KpJ60gdvAMY98Nc96mZ-F4Xiv32eRToT6B27_rDlcjV-4CWNh4g2mtDKVMbN6ouqqSPFBwtu0E_GdPhqwQbAo6o2XK15wuFAAgxJxK-lOWPadNxc0/s320/arr45.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Another song I've been goin crazy about recently(?) is <span style="color:#ffccff;">Kaatre en Vaasal</span> from <span style="color:#ccccff;">Rhythm</span> ..... oh my !!! wut a beauuuutiifull raga ! soul-stirring renditions ! evlo sonnalum kam hai ;) ... n another .... is <span style="color:#ffccff;">Sudum Nilavu</span> ...(<span style="color:#ccccff;">Thambi</span>) which only Vidyasagar can do justice to ... supported by Harini n Unnikrishnan(the best pair ... excluding hariji-sadhana of course !!!!!) ...The female chorus backing is tooo dulcet to miss ! Reethi gowlai is something that made me think Durbari kanada might not be the best ragam in town ;)</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqscnRy_xX_Y82p0fhvikwp5KbpL4opY_opRTQGU1duoHTHO3_dgzhJtxx_hHjBwVet2hyphenhyphenWEcELeZSPtgh0iZjwrp71xvWynbRiGPghZLmf-evD2vdwHjNUFe7fW_n4t_DkKNNOAXv39w/s1600-h/Vidhyasagar.gif"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126297164791740338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" height="108" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqscnRy_xX_Y82p0fhvikwp5KbpL4opY_opRTQGU1duoHTHO3_dgzhJtxx_hHjBwVet2hyphenhyphenWEcELeZSPtgh0iZjwrp71xvWynbRiGPghZLmf-evD2vdwHjNUFe7fW_n4t_DkKNNOAXv39w/s320/Vidhyasagar.gif" width="185" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOcHzIIks725ND0UZ73sndvmAqwzD6NkLWWSRgWFdVKecLI81diyw7IaGpFQURpug5gCMYAdOBUuA2btvBjRTPhjai1CroWJZfCrc9Va4HNxa0m0PNb_L-m_cc71RN0ExekjeY-sFqdA/s1600-h/harini1.gif"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126296954338342754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="72" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOcHzIIks725ND0UZ73sndvmAqwzD6NkLWWSRgWFdVKecLI81diyw7IaGpFQURpug5gCMYAdOBUuA2btvBjRTPhjai1CroWJZfCrc9Va4HNxa0m0PNb_L-m_cc71RN0ExekjeY-sFqdA/s320/harini1.gif" width="65" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsqmAV3F24-mVHnSbPFUItPh3_XYK1LkgG0kj7H2GztQDgD574m6hVx7FKz1VOSqTX0zL13Pj5jALApilBQmMCNQ-OBscU3nF9gnn9ihiKm89Ft9ltZbqT_qCXk58WqNDocIQw7Rt5JE/s1600-h/unnikrishnan2.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126298809764214770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 64px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px" height="110" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsqmAV3F24-mVHnSbPFUItPh3_XYK1LkgG0kj7H2GztQDgD574m6hVx7FKz1VOSqTX0zL13Pj5jALApilBQmMCNQ-OBscU3nF9gnn9ihiKm89Ft9ltZbqT_qCXk58WqNDocIQw7Rt5JE/s320/unnikrishnan2.jpg" width="64" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c yaaaa ! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#66ff99;">ARR ROX</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-83645688867713752482007-10-27T07:21:00.000-07:002007-11-01T23:42:31.891-07:00<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAr6ulGjGjv2g070-0yxfACtO2tyw70u3KVJWdxpN_tIJOjng8Az7iSjGCZ8po_f_UCiAfTTdg8_Ugx7UAzON1dhqnF9YdocPxnLKnVy44ue65tzW3fs8TGNqGMfQTwZRY3skmRyGpVXs/s1600-h/ARR+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126030649186121522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAr6ulGjGjv2g070-0yxfACtO2tyw70u3KVJWdxpN_tIJOjng8Az7iSjGCZ8po_f_UCiAfTTdg8_Ugx7UAzON1dhqnF9YdocPxnLKnVy44ue65tzW3fs8TGNqGMfQTwZRY3skmRyGpVXs/s320/ARR+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>and this is .... er ...... sentimental ... all i do starts with ARR .... soo here i go braggin ! :P<br /><br />1<strong>)<span style="color:#ffff33;">ARR ROX</span></strong><br /><br />2)<strong><span style="color:#33ff33;">ARR ROX</span></strong><br /><br />3<span style="color:#000000;">)</span><strong><span style="color:#ffff33;">ARR ROX</span></strong><br /><br />4) :P<br /><br />5)Music @ it's BeSt lasts with ARR ...<br /><br /><strong>ATM (AUDIO):</strong><br />I realllly don't wanna go into this audio ! it's the best Vijay can dream ! but ..... it's def not Rahman sir type !<br />Was thoroughly depressed listening to the audio ! i'm not this koothu-paatu type ... but 'nee marylyn monroe' is by far the most rasikkapattadhu ! Wut's a remix doin in Rahman sir's album ???? Heights of craziness !<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnk2Abls7fXQtoVnYpt5Ot85J9jlokTp5vXdjcPDi4cngZBdfrhyphenhyphenQ2xvFJ7Ajn8RO0sBIaZOZJEzob81eSRln4zCMOGW2qQxS4rin9oRLTXv1foMw7ccU6chi-IHlAixjZzMTY9ta2xk/s1600-h/karthik52.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126030881114355522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnk2Abls7fXQtoVnYpt5Ot85J9jlokTp5vXdjcPDi4cngZBdfrhyphenhyphenQ2xvFJ7Ajn8RO0sBIaZOZJEzob81eSRln4zCMOGW2qQxS4rin9oRLTXv1foMw7ccU6chi-IHlAixjZzMTY9ta2xk/s320/karthik52.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />btw ......... <span style="color:#ccccff;"><strong>WHERE IS KARTHI</strong></span> man ????? (orey surprise) doesnt Rahman sir think he's doin injustice to karthi by not givin him a song for long ? (rhymes eh?!?!) .. er .... also ... injustice to me ? .. but on the whole ... the album is a hit with vijay fans ... which is <em>hardly a comfort</em> ! Rahman sir-ke fans sure r not with him(completely) in this stride of his ... (is it a stride?)<br /><br />let's chuck it .. there r a million other blogs which have the review done ... i don't even feeel like doin it ! chuck ! (yes ... 'Chuck' it is !!!!) :P<br /><br />let's wait for Chakkarakatti .... heard the audio's come out well . but let's hear it b4 i say anything ! .. n of course Jodha - Akbar is pending !!!!!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126031512474548050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="160" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPz0cVxHHUC8iVFtgmhvqeUBbfpCWgPqDni8jmtYX1DCrhujSQeOpYliOYGxkzlfbqF0nultUMxQkQdLoAVQtoY1DLwIR0FtGVvh9Is3fUk58JsPtdUZCjpJAxVqRRb4cko8GJGwRt5jU/s320/ARR+MY+PHOTOSHOP.jpg" width="196" border="0" /><br />even after this .. there is this die-hard in me that says<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff99ff;">AR RAHMAN KI JAI :)</span></strong></div></div>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-29540017920733460372007-10-27T07:09:00.000-07:002008-05-13T02:13:18.488-07:00HAPPY BDAY IRFAN !<a href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41269000/jpg/_41269782_pathan_ap300.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41269000/jpg/_41269782_pathan_ap300.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>i'm this kiriket freak .... n i think IRFAN is one of the best reverse-swing Indian bowlers i know !<br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong><em>HAPPPY BIRTHDAY IRFAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</em></strong></span> </div>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411499581077144824.post-25793570919007041192007-10-27T06:57:00.000-07:002007-10-27T06:58:42.248-07:00yeah !!!!!!!! This fyi .. is my blog no. 2 .... hope this lasts longer !!!!<br /><br />cheers !<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>ARR ROX</strong></span>manasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286240848217982609noreply@blogger.com8