Am again experimenting myself by treading into foreign lands! This time I try this beautiful song Kumari from the superhit film Anyan sung by another astounding allrounder Shanker Mahadevan . His singing leaves us breathless. Beautifully picturised, this song always has us glued to our TV screens whenever it is shown. This song is vintage Harris Jayaraj and shows his class as a composer. [...]
Dear Friends, Blogswara 2 is almost ready! This would be launched by November 1st and would include many new artists! We hope that this version would better Blogswara 1! ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Blogswara is a unique and pioneering concept wherein amateur Indian music talent from worldwide collaboratively work on creating full scale original music productions completely remotely. The music produced is made available free for listneing. Most of the artists involved have not met each other and some not even talked to each other over the phone, All artist communications are made possible using personal e-mails. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ [...]
I was busy with some programs & recordings for some days, so could not post anything for almost a week. Have attempted a song of Kishore Kumar which I recorded as my preparation for a program at Cochin recently. This song was also sung by Mohammad Rafi in the same film. But incidentally the Kishore version become a big hit! There is a bit of Yodeling in this song which is Kishore Kumar's trademark in many songs. I have come to see that in my absence as in Murali's case my chat box which was for chat purposes has become [...]
It is a cruel reality that most of the times popularity is the only criterion by which we raise people to greatness! In this commotion some amazing personalities do not get their due however talented they might be. But these people find greatness in our hearts by the quality of work they do. Such a personality is my dearest friend Philip V Francis who is a true genius. Almost all the real musicians in Kerala know him. There are no words to describe him! He is an Ustad on the Tabla and is the disciple of Ustad Fayaz Khan, sings [...]
Many of the music lovers had requested for the song "Kudajadriyil". Since I could not find a Karaoke track for it, I have sung another devotional song which is as beautiful and is very popular in Kerala. Yesterday, when I sang it at "Urakam" Temple for my program, the audience started clapping even as I was singing the first virutham! This shows how deeply the masses adored and loved "Ravindran" master! I present this song on the occasion of "Vijayadasami". The song is again from a Mohanlal starrer, Kizhakkunarum Pakshi. [...]
The film Bharatham(1991) had many credits to it. It won the National awards for two stalwarts of Malayalam Cinema. One for Mohanlal (Best Actor) and Yesudas (Best Singer). Ravindran Master missed the award by a whisker but managed to get a special mention by the jury! The unfortunate tryst with Ravindran Master and awards thus continued! Nevertheless he gave the best and toughest songs to his favourite singer Yesudas who was the only one who could match up to the challeges he put forward in every song. His loss will always be felt. This January, I had the fortune of [...]
And finally I managed to get a nice Karaoke with which I could begin my innings in Telugu. I had been frantically trying to get one for so long since I have not sung Telugu film songs since I left Vizag in 1991. This one is Materaani Chinnadaani from Oo Paapaa Laali , a dubbed version of Keladi Kanmani in Tamil. This song was a rage in the end of the eighties as it started off a competetion of sorts among leading singers [...]
When I first heard the song, I wondered how anyone could sing this song as Lataji had sung! This was years back. Then recently I stumbled upon the Madan Mohan version which rekindled my interest in the song. My search for a karaoke track ended yesterday and I did not waste time in trying it. Madan Mohan and Lataji were made for each other in music. They created sheer magic and the result was divine everytime. All the songs were gems and it is no wonder that in any music competetion you find that most of the songs rendered are [...]
Ramesh Narayan started his film debut as a music director with the film Garshom . This film had the terrific song Parayaan Maranna which was rendered by Hariharan. Raveendran master once told me about how he came to know Ramesh Narayan. He had already heard his trademark "Tilang Raag" used by Ramesh for the above song and was really impressed. Then out of the blue Ramesh called him up one day and described his love for Raveendran's songs! And now it's left for a [...]
There would not be a single soul in the world that would not have experienced the real pangs of Love. When love strikes it strikes hard and leaves you blind and bruised very often! The song which I have presented here attracted me so much for its romantic aura and it carries the passion of love to its fullest. I desperately wanted to sing it from the very first time I heard it. The song and the scene of the motorcycle rides(in the film) would take many of us to those vintage old romantic times we might have had {now, [...]
If I thought that I would be free from the crowds of Kerala, I was wrong! At Mookabika Temple in fact almost 98% of the crowd was from Kerala and I was surprised to see that my face was familiar to most of them! So I was not short of support when I sang at the Saraswati Mandapam at the sacred shrine on 6th. We also went to the Dharmapeethom, half a kilometer away from the main shrine at Kollur. The Dharmapeethom was started by Swami. Tathatha and has a huge dome which holds a powerful "stone sthambha" which is [...]
Falling in love at the first sight can be for a beautiful maiden, an exquisite place, the new Video iPod, the MAC OS, MAC System or a song! I fell in love with this song the very first time I heard it during my College days. Salilda’s wizardry has always baffled me! Hence when I got this awesome sounding karaoke track courtesy my friend Pradeep from Houston, I did not think twice! Also singing and mixing this gave me more joy than singing those horrible modern day songs in “sandwiched†made up “Music Showsâ€! This is the first time that [...]
Madhu Balakrishnan is the rising star of the South Indian Film Music. After the success of "Kana Kanden Edi" in Tamil, the Malayalam film fraternity, who till then had been giving him a raw deal relented. Now he sings in all the south Indian languages. His speciality is a deep voice with sound classical base. He is a very good friend of mine and belongs to the rare breed of "gentleman" singers. He is one of the very few singers who in spite of not having born with a "silver spoon" has established himself finally [...]
Murali Ramanathan, was my student at College of Applied Sciences Puthupally, where I joined in 1994. We, the teaching staff, used to take advantage of his melodious voice during the intervals then. I had a pleasant surprise when he sent me an e-mail after 12 long years! I am very happy to say that even though he has chosen the software profession, his singing talents have not diminished and on
Mukesh Chand Mathur breathed his last in 1976 on this day 30 years back in Detroit. But his voice will never die. It will remain evergreen in the minds of millions of music lovers across the globe, whether it be the soulful Dil jalta Hai , the classic Chandan Sa Badan or Kabhie Kabhie, the most successful romantic song in hindi film history which is still on the lips of the young and the old alike even today! One of [...]
It all started with Chronic Bachelor some years back. It was new life for Malayalam Cinema music and Deepak in particular, as he was on the verge of giving it all up by selling his Keyboard as “nothing exciting was happening in his career.†But, as fate would have it, every time he tried to sell off his keyboard, it came back to him, as the guys who bought it couldn’t cough up the money that they had promised him! He was trying to sell off his precious [...]
Vidyasagar needs no introduction for any of the South Indians. He has already been there since a very long time and has been giving us enchanting music in all the south Indian languages since a decade. Initially he was considered good only for soft melodies. But he broke the belief when he started rolling out fast peppy numbers and had all the people in the south dancing to his tunes with numbers like "Appidi Poodu", in Tamil and recently "Omanappuza" in Malayalam and "Devuda Devuda" from the "Rajnikanth" megahit "Chandramukhi" in Tamil. Since that there has been [...]
Friends, let's welcome one more singer, this time from the land of "Tagore" and "Rabindra Sangeeth". Hear "Mousumi Karmakar", my friend from Kolkatta. She has to be heard to be believed! Her "Amar Raat Pohalo", Tagore's song made me cry for the sheer beauty of soulful singing, music, mood and lyrical value. It's very rare that a song strikes your inner soul nowadays. This was one such instance. Do not know what is about this song that did it. She is a professional singer from Kolkatta and is very passionate about her music. Her bubbly daughter has made her [...]
Meera Manohar needs no introduction to the audio blogger's world. She is an amazing singer with a trademark lazy elegance to her singing, unique voice and style. When she gave me this song and asked me to sing the male portion, I was very happy to concede immediately. Since the male portion was only small, I finished singing and mixing the track yesterday itself. I do admit that I have not sung as raw and harsh as I.R, since I could not match his voice. But I have tried my best. But the whole show belongs to "Meera" who [...]
August 4th was Kishore Kumar's birthday. It's been almost 20 years since the eccentric genius left us. But the songs which he sung are still cherished by millions of his admirers world wide. If he acted like a joker in films and did all kinds of wild actics on stage during his live programs, on the other hand, he had a melancholy and deep philosophical side too, which was very evident in the songs he wrote and composed. Kishore the composer and writer was sometimes an enigma. The intensity of his compositions sometimes leaves us bewildered and confused on judging [...]
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