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Topic started by RAJAN (@ proxy-122.iap.bryant.webtv.net) on Thu Jan 22 22:20:06 EST 1998.
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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

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• From: Ramesh Vaidhyanathan (@ 63.80.150.211) on: Fri Feb 18 16:41:09 EST 2000
  
  Fellow TFM fans:
  
  The song "Isaiyil thodangu..." in Hey Ram sounds very similar to some other IR's hit. I see similarities with pieces of "sorgamE enRAlum athu nammOrai pola varumaa" and "thenRal vanthu ennaith thodum". Can anyone else has pointers to what song has been recycled by IR?
  
  Also I thought the song "Nee paartha" (Asha & Hariharan) in Hey Ram was similar to "O butterfly" by IR.
  
  In general with the move to Synth/computer based music recently IR also seems to recycle bits and pieces of music, and rhythms/beats a lot...
  
  
• From: bluesy (@ abdc1b5e.ipt.aol.com) on: Fri Feb 18 16:52:07 EST 2000
  
  as an addendum to my previous message passion incidently was a sound track for one of the martin scorcese's movies in the ninties-now every thing falls in place i think.
  thanks
  bluesy
  
  
• From: bluesy (@ abdc1b5e.ipt.aol.com) on: Fri Feb 18 17:42:49 EST 2000
  
  this is from madras direct: copied from chennai online:
  Public opinion for the movie Hey Ram
  MR KAMAL,22 years,Profession : STUDENT
  "Should win a oscar for that.."
  rating : excellent
  
  
  NEELAKANTAN,28 years,Profession : SOFTWARE MANAGER
  "Excellent is the word. It"s heartening to see that a Tamilian, an Indian has made such a great movie. I just loved the background score by Ilaya Raja! Marvellous! A must see for all!!!"
  rating : excellent
  
  
  SRIRAM,19 years,Profession : STUDENT
  "Good acting by Kamal, and an excellent score by Ilayaraaja. Ilayaraaja has proved that he is raaja of Tamil film music. "
  rating : excellent
  
  
  RAMESH,25 years,Profession : JOURNALIST
  "hats off to kamal for his masterly effort. great BGM by Raja, the one and only KING!!!!"
  rating : excellent
  
  
  GANESH IYER,29 years,Profession : BUSINESS
  "Kamal has given us a masterpiece, no less. The screenplay is very cleverly layered and the acting ensemble is top class. Overall, a great film from the master actor. Hats off to you, kamal, and your team! I liked the so-called steamy scenes...so aesthetically done! *uck the Tamil magazines who criticize such stuff. My message to them is: Grow up guys!"
  rating : excellent
  
  
  VINOTH,20 years,Profession : STUDENT
  "A MASTERPIECE BY KAMAL,VERY GOOD ACTING BY KAMAL,SHAHRUKH KHAN AND THE REST OF THE TEAM. THANKS KAMALJI FOR GIVING US SUCH A MOVIE"
  rating : excellent
  
  
  RAJAN,25 years,Profession : CIVIL SERVICE
  "Excellent movie by kamal sir great acting stuffs.fantastic movie.must get a oscar for that"
  rating : excellent
  
  
  VENKAT,16 years,Profession : STUDENT
  "Wow! Raja is back!!"
  rating : good
  see ya folks at tfm
  bluesy
  
  
• From: chandy (@ ws025038.coba.siu.edu) on: Fri Feb 18 19:16:54 EST 2000
  
  Ramesh Vaidyanathan :
  
  Isaiyil thodanguma and Sorgame endrallum are based on same raga - so they will obviously sound similar !!
  
  bluesy,
  
  Lets stick to the theme of this thread. I'd appreciate if you could give movie-related info in Forum Hub in appropriate thread. Thanks
  
  
• From: bluesy (@ 98abaca0.ipt.aol.com) on: Fri Feb 18 19:21:57 EST 2000
  
  chandy
  i provided those info only to make sure that people back home are enjoying raaj's bgm for the movie,as much as we are contemplating here-i dont understand where my postings are digressive. well thanx for that pearl of wisdom though!!!!!!
  bluesy
  
  
• From: chandy (@ ws025038.coba.siu.edu) on: Fri Feb 18 20:25:31 EST 2000
  
  Continuing the earlier postings on the rediff review of HR by Mahesh Nair, I think the review was POOR, and cant be called as a review at all. How about sending mails to rediff giving our mind on this?
  
  bluesy, your cut-n-paste lengthy posting contained 2 lines about music. you would have conveyed your ideas better had you just given those 2 quotes. PEACE! ;)
  
  
  
• From: kiru (@ surf0004.sybase.com) on: Fri Feb 18 20:37:13 EST 2000
  
  chandy,
  what is the rAgam ?
  The 'isaiyil' song seems 'restrained'..well I dont know how to put it. Can you analyse both in more technical terms ?
  
  
• From: Isai Explorer (@ cadlab.utdallas.edu) on: Fri Feb 18 21:05:56 EST 2000
  
  Hi Kiru,
  The raagam seems to be a variant of another raaga named HamsaNAdham, with a slight difference.
  
  
  
• From: ¶Visiri (@ bonobo.tesserae.com) on: Fri Feb 18 21:09:56 EST 2000
  
  

  Kiru Its HAMSANADHAM! have a look at Srikanth's review at Review Thread for more info!

  
  
• From: mottai (@ ddslppp47.desm.uswest.net) on: Fri Feb 18 21:52:03 EST 2000
  
  It should have been Hey! Raja...;)..Vazhga raasavin isai payanam...
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ fw.baan.nl) on: Fri Feb 18 22:45:54 EST 2000
  
  Thanks for the info. on IR's Commercial sucesses Vel, :-) (After a loong Gap ? ;-)
  
  According to Music world, Hey Ram Tamil version is in No.1 and Hey Ram Hindhi version is No.4 in cassete sales in their branches. This is the first time an album is getting such an appreciation in both the languages - their manager says.
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: ss (@ 202.9.146.73) on: Fri Feb 18 23:03:11 EST 2000
  
  Gumthalakadi Gummava!rasanna summava!
  
  
• From: ravi k.s. ravichandran (@ pub-dial106.aclis.utah.edu) on: Fri Feb 18 23:10:16 EST 2000
  
  Hi Folks:
  
  I listened to "Ramar Andalum..." several times to note the musical magics that IR has used in this song. There is a bit that repeats in this succession, close to the end of some line in lyrics : there is bang first (may be trumpet or horn), and there is a few notes of piano or organ and then followed by a sutle battery of violins that quickly fade away. Just ignore the lyrics and watch for this set-up. It is an absolute delight..It seems to come only in few times..
  
  Note after Kamal sings,in the first interlude, "thiratsai Rasam..," there is a solo violin that starts and finishes up in an ecstatic repetition..
  
  The second stanza has a symphonic background..
  
  The final set has a tabala and chorus.. amazing..
  
  I saw and felt vintage IR at his best!
  
  
• From: K.Ramesh (@ isdn3.pppmad.vsnl.net.in) on: Sat Feb 19 10:06:41 EST 2000
  
  Hi friends,
  It seems Raja is composing music for a film called "Kannan Varum Neram" and he is also composing for Puratchi as well. It seems theBGM has reached well with the audience as well. Hats off to Raja.
  
  
• From: Hari (@ ts20-4.slip.uwo.ca) on: Sat Feb 19 11:48:55 EST 2000
  
  Ravi,
  
  re. Ramar Andalum:
  Check out the drums play the seven notes as Kamal sings sangeethame... ezhu swaram...
  A musical joke of sorts
  
  
  
• From: bavatharini (@ abd6c082.ipt.aol.com) on: Sat Feb 19 13:42:23 EST 2000
  
  hi folks check out this one and the only raaja's official web-site over the internet
  http://www.raajangahm.com
  thanx
  bavatharini
  
  
• From: mottai (@ pc115-03.cs.iastate.edu) on: Sat Feb 19 14:28:14 EST 2000
  
  Awesome website!!!! bavatharini!!!..are you BAVATHARINI?????
  
  
• From: aruLaracan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Sat Feb 19 17:39:36 EST 2000
  
  The official website http://www.raajangahm.com of Maestro Ilayaraaja is scheduled for launch on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. In the meanwhile, if you have any questions, suggestions or contributions, please email them to aruLaracan, RaajaNGAHM co-ordinator, at rajan@psiphi.umsl.edu.
  
  aruLaracan
  
  
• From: aruLaracan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Sat Feb 19 17:52:05 EST 2000
  
  bhavathArini and mottai,
  
  thanks for your observations and comment ;-)
  
  
• From: neruppu (@ 98cfd1fe.ipt.aol.com) on: Sat Feb 19 21:28:05 EST 2000
  
  arul
  neat letter from Raja. kindling great expectations. am sure the site will live up to it.
  best of luck! eagerly awaiting the launch.
  
  
• From: On behalf of IR Fans (@ pppa46-resalegrandrapids2-4r7240.saturn.bbn.com) on: Sun Feb 20 11:04:54 EST 2000
  
  Arularasan,
  
  Raja's Website should not be confined only to Tamil Fans. The name of the Website itself is pure Tamil word. IR has lots of fan in all over India, they cannot recognize what this site means.
  
  
• From: ir's audio diary (@ abe2f85b.ipt.aol.com) on: Sun Feb 20 22:20:00 EST 2000
  
  en iniya thamil makkalae-ddddhhhajjj makkal ennum thiri oviyathai thantha entha bharathiraaja, inru ungal veetuku pitchai kettu vanthulaen-indian bank,canara bank enru ella bankuum ennai thuruthuvathal ethoa en magan manojiyumm alaithuvanthaen-evvanaium ra pitchaiga ninaithu pitchai podungal.
  mani rathnam(sani rathnam!!!!) irutil padam edupathu eppadi enru ulugukae kattia en arumai sahotharar en vazhlkiyium erutaki erukerar.
  a.r.rahman- ulagengum kettkum essai yyai thirudi thirudi kasakirrukum intha paradesi-dddhhhaaajj makalukkak msv, kv mahadevan, erunthu chinnathaka thirudiirrukerar.
  kasu vettaiku vanthulaen engae kosu katdi thalavillai.
  from ir's audio diary
  
  
• From: Isai Explorer (@ cadlab.utdallas.edu) on: Mon Feb 21 02:36:06 EST 2000
  
  Hi Visiri,
  Its not Hamsa NAdham. Hamsa NAdham doesn't have a "Da".
  
  
• From: Rajangahm (@ 202.54.125.143) on: Mon Feb 21 09:44:12 EST 2000
  
  Guys,
  Does this Song, Isayil Thodanguthamma appear in the movie or not?
  Madan says it's not, in India. And I understand it's there in the US version. Why? What's the picturisation like?
  
  Rajangahm
  
  
• From: Shankar (@ netcache31.mot.com) on: Mon Feb 21 10:53:43 EST 2000
  
  The song comes in the movie (it comes as the last day of navarathri where they burn rAvaNa's effigy (??) )BTW, I saw it in b'lore...
  
  
• From: pavalar varadharajan (@ 205.246.81.126) on: Mon Feb 21 11:00:02 EST 2000
  
  guys i was just wondering whether you all caught a glimpse on this site:
  http://members.tripod.com/drbalaji96
  has a good compilation of articles on the maestro and his music-check in and check it out.
  pavalar varadharajan
  
  

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