> She, till date, remains the only woman director who could sign in ARR for her > flick
forgot Deepa Mehta (Fire/Earth/Water)? Fire was only about a year after Indira. Enjoyed reading the review though :) --- In [email protected], ARRvind <arr_arv...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Producer : G Venkatesh > Director : Suhasini Manirathnam > Cast : Arvind Swamy, Anu Hassan, Nasser > Music and BG Score : A R Rahman > Lyrics : Vairamuthu > > > Very seldom does a woman centric scripts fall under the hands of A R Rahman > to score the music. The debutant director ,Suhasini Manirathnam made this > possible by joining hands with ARR for the very first time. She, till date, > remains the only woman director who could sign in ARR for her flick. Based on > the character named "Indira", the movie depicts the fueds within the > neighbouring villagers and also a soft romance blossoming amidst all the > disputes. Anu Hassan plays the protagonist, while Ratnam's favourite Arvind > Swamy plays her love interest. Nevertheless to say,the movie bombed at the > box office and could not rake in any moolah! However, as always the only name > that worked Big time in context with this movie is Mr. A R RAHMAN!!! His > magical touches to any venture would uplift any mediocre stuff to unimaginary > heights! Indira is the best quote one can make as a proof to the statement. > > Ini Achham Illai | Anuradha Sriram, Sujatha, Swetha, GV Prakash, Esther > > Feeling low with some sorrow covered over..? Tune to this song and you get > all your zeal and passion back!!! This seems to be the message that song > carries over.! A very energetic thumping score starts with some melliflous > lines by Anuradha "Vidiyaadha Iravendru..." accompanied by the kids in "Illai > illai.." which kind of comes across as a confidence booster! And then > ,suddenly,a drum beats wakes up our senses and groove to the tune. > Swetha(daughter of Sujatha), G V Prakash (Nephew of ARR) are the two lucky > kids to have worked with the Legendary musician at such tender ages! Sujatha, > with her sugary rendition, makes a very good presence in the song. The > carnatic music excellence shown by Anuradha Sriram towards the end is > remarkable. She reaches the highest note effortlessly and registers in our > mind.! > > Munnerudhan | TL Maharajan, Swarnalatha, Chorus > > "Yelalangadi Yelaalo.."...this is catch line for the song. This song is > quintessentially based on the nature of mother earth and ARR expresses his > love to nature in this folkish small piece bit song. TL Maharajan, a renowned > folk singer makes his trademark presence felt and Swarnalatha, owing to her > adaptablity to any genre, makes her cameo in an efficient way. This song > could be topping the list of the smallest song composed by ARR with the > duration lasting upto a mere 2 mins. Short and sweet piece..! > > Odakkara Maarimuthu | SPB, Seergazhi Chidambaram > > Time for some masti while on the move..! The picturisation of this song > shows Arvind Swamy returning back to his village after his studies and meet > his long time friends. This entire song backs on the enquiries about well > being of his childhood fetishes and crushes. Its so naturally composed that > rural people can instantly get connected to! Many urbanites may need little > time to involve into this. SPB is made to sing with full enthu and jest!. > Seerghazhi Chidambaram's witty lines brings in some laughter. Particularly > the line "Poosanikka Vayir Vaangi Tirumbi Vandaale...". The interludes are > made simple and earthy. Flutes and pianos backed with a great rhythmic beat > goes on very easy to the listener's ears..!! > > Nila Kaaigiradhu | Harini > > Singer Harini made a sensational entry to the world of film music through > this brilliant masterpiece composition. ARR, has always had his instincts in > selecting his singers perfectly right, this one being just an instance. A 16 > or 17 year old singer with her strong classical backings got a mighty break > in her life right at the debut stage, all thanks to the belief ARR had in > her. She begins with a great aalap in a voice sounding more younger than her > age. Her classical expertise is clearly made visible by the freedom which ARR > has given her. Mridangams are at their sounding best whenever ARR tries his > hands on them!The soothing swaram recitals by the chorus, the sudden aalap by > Harini makes the interlude heavenly!! One only wishes that we could have > heard of more charanams and have a prolonged peace mind!! > > Nila Kaaigiradhu | Hariharan > > What more we all want when we get what we desire..?!! ARR quenches our > thirsts and yearnings of wanting more of Nila Kaaigiradhu in Harini's > version. While Harini went more classical way, Hariharan's version go very > soft and melliflous which at times reminds us of the mighty pathos created in > the same combo of ARR- Hariharan in the earlier "Uyire.." from Bombay! This > version passes of as a great relief to all our stresses and overcome all our > sorrows for once! Absolute pious and retreat! > > Thoda Thoda | SPB, Chitra > > A Milestone, an anthem, a history creator, a gigantic lovey - dovey > duet......such testimonies can't make any justice to such trend setting > creations. Anything and everything about this song is an absolute wonder and > a treasure to preserve! There have been many duet songs which became timeless > classics lingering always in peoples minds.! "Thoda Thoda" necessarily > belongs to such category and stands tall for me..! I adore this songs as much > as i adore anything in my life!! Roping in the stalwarts SPB and Chitra ji as > duet singers is in itself a major success for the song and adding this if its > AR's magic at the tunes,its nothing short than a trip to paradise and back! > ARR's whistling made it completely for the first interlude. Have u ever heard > of a complete interlude being used as a whistle anytime before? Not many, > right..?!And nobody knew this whistling was by ARR until SPB famously qouted > this in one of his concerts..! Simply magical!!! The second > interlude has been left to Naveen to haunt with his jet speed Flute tunes > followed by magical voilins to show some pathos effect. The amazing vibes > that Chitra and SPB share between them is simply resplendent!! > > For those who couldn't extract the sugary juices from "INDIRA" yet, please > revisit them through your hearts!! I am sure you would jump with joy..!!! > > > > >
