Maestro Ilaiyaraja New Albums 2011 - Hello Jaihind / Sri Rama Rajyam

[raagas]

About Sri Rama Rajyam - I wont say I liked it but i admire their conviction to remake a classic film (Lava Kusa).

Positives: Restrained performances, Songs and great background score, simple language, nice sets designs.
Negatives: The costumes were not right for some characters. I mean the colours... the rings worn by Rama/Lakshmana looked like streetpicks. The citizens of Ayodhya looked so common. and like ArvindMano said, they all wipe tears at the same time. Also, the excessive graphics. Even the deer and peacock are graphics. And generally, a lot of footage is on graphics.

But then, I know we cant expect the makers to do another Lord of the rings kind of graphics. Within the means they had, they did. commendable.

Loved the background score. And i think I can now predict when exactly would IR prefer a Budapest orchestra. After Pazhassi Raja, Hey Ram, Guru, Lajja, SRR and Happi - it is now easy to predict which films would entice him to use the orchestra.