Home   Forum   Wiki   Notes   Register   FAQ   Sitemap   About Us   Contact Us  

IR's new albums!

Topic started by RAJAN (@ proxy-122.iap.bryant.webtv.net) on Thu Jan 22 22:20:06 EST 1998.
All times in EDT/EST +9:30/10:30 for IST.

A new Ilayaraja album is a cause for celebration with many among us. Let everyone share in the revelry. Review, discuss or comment on new IR albums.

Check the IR reviews page

---

Responses:

• Old responses
  
• From: k (@ 192.138.150.249) on: Mon Feb 24 21:15:28 EST 2003
  
  minmimi parvaigal and pootukal are the same waltz 'beat. thanni konjam and asai adhigam have the same rhythm/beat loop.
  
  
• From: sabesan (@ 66.156.82.240) on: Tue Feb 25 07:41:56 EST 2003
  
  http://www.vikatan.com/av/2003/mar/02032003/av0501.shtml - for JG's review by AV
  
  
• From: vik (@ 61.1.195.102) on: Tue Feb 25 08:41:21 EST 2003
  
  not a bad mark 44/100
  
  
• From: Taylor (@ 203.106.139.46) on: Tue Feb 25 08:47:20 EST 2003
  
  at the rate IR is sinking, by the end of the year he will have completely faded away from TFM.
  
  best of luck in his kacheris.
  
  
• From: Vel (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Tue Feb 25 09:01:34 EST 2003
  
  Sabesan...JG padathil IR pinnani isai pattri AnandhaVigadan punch superb :-). Thanks a ton...I enjoyed reading those lines...
  
  I remember cartoonist Madhan's words in a recent TV program,"Pinnani isaiyil innaikku rajaavai adichikka yaarum illai..."
  
  JG proved it yet again, after the massive BGMs in Ramana. Idhu oru padi melay...
  
  
• From: Taylor (@ 203.106.139.46) on: Tue Feb 25 09:04:41 EST 2003
  
  Vel, don't brag.
  In the first place, JG itself is a blatant copy.
  If Kamal so much as gets inspired a little (like in nbe Sivam) everyone takes a pot shot at him. But here you have BM taking a whole novel/movie wholesale.
  Cheap....
  And very deserving music for it too.
  
  
• From: sabesan (@ 208.192.214.6) on: Tue Feb 25 09:15:52 EST 2003
  
  yes Vel..... the more reviews i read, the more i want to see the movie.... not sure if it will get released in a theater in Atlanta.... lets see....
  
  
• From: Vel (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Tue Feb 25 09:30:21 EST 2003
  
  Sabesan...just dont forget the scene which i mentioned in the film JG (jairam searching through the rooms while saritha is away)...Watch IR weave his magic, with a 12-15 minutes long vibrant BGM...awesome. You would love it. Too bad we dont get BGM tracks released..
  
  
• From: mythila (@ 137.237.13.20) on: Tue Feb 25 10:53:13 EST 2003
  
  Iam curious to know the Kalki's review too.
  The only 2 TF (TamilFilm) reviews I seriously consider are those of Kalki and Vigadan.
  The similarity between Chatriyan 'Pootukkal' and 'Minmini paarvaigal' ends with both being waltz rythm. That is all. The tunes are entirely different.
  
  
• From: k (@ 192.138.150.249) on: Tue Feb 25 12:26:44 EST 2003
  
  "The similarity between Chatriyan 'Pootukkal' and 'Minmini paarvaigal' ends with both being waltz rythm" ..I did mention this earlier ..
  Vel and Sabesan..you are doing a good job in ignoring the noise in this thread :)
  
  
• From: Jeera (@ 206.175.176.2) on: Tue Feb 25 14:25:15 EST 2003
  
  Guys
  
  Any Idea when Raman Abdulla Got released - which year?
  
  
• From: purv (@ 205.231.145.184) on: Tue Feb 25 20:23:58 EST 2003
  
  Jeera. RA was 1997.
  
  Now, any relevant news on IR's latest projects?
  
  
• From: S.P MAHENDRAN (@ 161.139.38.51) on: Tue Feb 25 23:09:17 EST 2003
  
  Manasellam songs are released.Very very nice songs lah.Go and get it.Raja rules once again with this movie.Got 10 songs.Every songs are fresh and out of this world.This will be the best songs of this year.Thank you very much our Maestro.Really a born Genius.
  
  
• From: LP (@ 61.6.38.132) on: Tue Feb 25 23:42:25 EST 2003
  
  You call these songs nice?
  I wouldn't even call them songs, just plain noise.
  IR is now noise mannan.
  
  
• From: raju (@ 202.88.159.146) on: Wed Feb 26 00:37:41 EST 2003
  
  hi mahendran,
  can you tell us who all have sung the songs in mansellam?
  thanks in advance
  
  
• From: Vel (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Wed Feb 26 03:13:25 EST 2003
  
  SPM, thanks for news. Local retailer in chennai says the cassette has not reached him...did u get the copy or did u visit some sites (raaga.com or something?)
  
  
• From: Kozhimootti Koprathalae (@ 129.188.33.222) on: Wed Feb 26 11:28:39 EST 2003
  
  From the Rediff review of "Julie Ganapathy" by Shobha Warrier
  
  http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/26julie.htm
  
  Another sore point is the jarring and loud background score. Indian films still cannot accept that sometimes silence can be far more effective than loud noises.
  
  ------------
  
  Maybe those of you who saw the movie AND think otherwise need to "Share your comments on this article" at the bottom of the page. ;)
  
  
• From: Genius (@ 65.205.71.101) on: Wed Feb 26 12:06:56 EST 2003
  
  i saw it. I agree with Rediff. BGM could have been a little underplayed. someplaces BGM sounded like "sigappu rojakkal"... poor effort.
  
  todays trend: the most creepy music is just "SILENCE".
  
  
• From: Polappu (@ 216.253.102.3) on: Wed Feb 26 12:31:21 EST 2003
  
  Hi guys,
  I haven't read this entire thread yet, just saw that review in rediff and came here. So, if this has been said already, please ignore this..
  This movie seems to be a remake of the 1990 movie 'misery' (I sincerely hope I am wrong), kathy Bates won an academy award for her performance in that one.
  
  http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100157
  http://us.imdb.com/Plot?0100157
  
  
  I think it is down right disgusting when a talented artist like Balu Mahendra chooses to just remake previous hits from other languages (remember 'marupadium'?).
  
  Has anyone seen both these movies? How different is Julie G from the original?
  
  POlappu
  
  
  
• From: Roy (@ 204.176.206.253) on: Wed Feb 26 12:55:39 EST 2003
  
  Pollappu you are right on the money. As a matter of fact I had sent a reply to the editor stating the same and asked that the reviewer directs the credits of the cinematography skills of Balu rather than the script/story which a x-copy of misery.
  Roy.
  
  
• From: kk (@ 192.11.223.116) on: Wed Feb 26 14:36:51 EST 2003
  
  POlappu,
  Is it screenplay is also copied?. If the plot is from the novel. its ok. I guess BM credited a non-indian writer for this.
  
  
• From: Genius (@ 65.205.71.101) on: Wed Feb 26 14:58:53 EST 2003
  
  I guess even in the initial preview of the movie it was documented that this is inspired from Stephen King's novel. I guess BM gave the due credits.
  
  
• From: Fliflo (@ 146.186.113.179) on: Wed Feb 26 15:07:12 EST 2003
  
  rediff review of JG
  
  http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/26julie.htm
  
  
• From: Fliflo (@ 146.186.113.179) on: Wed Feb 26 15:12:50 EST 2003
  
  Such a contrasting opinion over BGM between
  tamilcinema & rediff. mmm..
  
  http://www.tamilcinema.com/cinenews2.asp?fname=Juliganapathy.htm
  
  
• From: vem (@ 146.152.216.1) on: Wed Feb 26 15:46:26 EST 2003
  
  i guess the problem with rediff reviewer is that the haunting BGM score could have scared her/him..
  like many people complained about the creepy BGM of the movie "THE SHINING".... I personally believe that THE SHINING was one of the best I have ever heard....
  
  So it is like binary logic - a person may like it a lot - or totally dislike it because he cant stand its effects.......
  
  
• From: Bala. (@ 4.37.102.100) on: Wed Feb 26 18:16:37 EST 2003
  
  No .. there is something wrong with shoba warrier. The review is written with an intention to contradict with all the other reviews.Every reviewer mentioned the BGM in JG is excellent except Shoba.So nothing to take serious about that.
  
  
• From: what a frigid -itch (@ 65.176.169.168) on: Wed Feb 26 18:44:08 EST 2003
  
  this shobha constipated and se_ually frustrated warrier is seeking attention, that is all. give it to her in a way that she eats herself...
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.201.74) on: Wed Feb 26 23:51:51 EST 2003
  
  This week's Kalki Review for JG gives full marks to the movie as well as BGM !
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: Dhanush (@ 192.169.41.52) on: Thu Feb 27 05:51:25 EST 2003
  
  I happened to watch JG on the same day of it's release in Singapore. It is a very good movie , going by current Tamil Film standards. Later when I read JG reviews, I realised that how stupid reviewers are. Agreed ... The story is that of "Misery", but that's about it. The story is a one liner. A psycho fan harassing a famous story writer, whom she is a fan of. Nothing more than that. There is no plot whatsoever. What makes GJ special is it's Characters & their portrayal. You feel happy when the characters are happy, you are terrified when they are terrified and you feel sad when they are. That's a victory for BM, Hands Down.
  
  I was particularly upset with what shoba warrier had to say : "Another sore point is the jarring and loud background score. Indian films still cannot accept that sometimes silence can be far more effective than loud noises". Come on ... ma'm .... What are you up to. JG is not a documentary, where you do not need to have BGM. It's a fiction and I would say the movie would have been an absolute crap had it not been IR's BGM. It is IR through his unbelievable skill, who translated the right emotions of the characters and situations through his BGM to the audience. No disputing on that front. And M'am .... you don't have teach the Master when to be Silent and When not to. If you were to call this BGM "jarring and loud", you must be nuts and out of sorts.
  
  
• From: Venkatesh (@ 212.72.11.190) on: Thu Feb 27 06:05:26 EST 2003
  
  http://www.kumudam.com/junction/mainpage.html
  
  Bombay Jayashree has sung in Ponmegalai and Pithamahan.
  
  
• From: Vaseegara (@ 203.106.162.183) on: Thu Feb 27 07:29:24 EST 2003
  
  WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ILAYARAJA FANS
  
  
  From: what a frigid -itch (@ 65.176.169.168) on: Wed Feb 26 18:44:08 EST 2003
  
  
  this shobha constipated and se_ually frustrated warrier is seeking attention, that is all. give it to her in a way that she eats herself...
  
  
• From: Vaseegara (@ 203.106.162.183) on: Thu Feb 27 07:30:35 EST 2003
  
  After having seen Ramana, I can guess what kind of noise IR would have given as BGM for JG.
  
  Poor fools!
  
  

---

List all pages of this thread

Post comments