Featured in Vikatan (Dec 10, 2002)
The discussions in the BBC Poll thread have been featured in this week's issue of Anandha Vikatan.
News bits (Nov 22, 2002)
News bits (Nov 8, 2002)
DeepavaLi releases (Oct 31, 2002)
With ust a few more days for DeepavaLi, these films look to get released then.
Deepavali Dedications! - Please post your deepavali greetings here.
Mahesh no longer with us (Oct 29, 2002)
Music Director Mahesh, who worked in Nammavar and Kuruthippunal, passed away today. He was 45. He fought a long hard battle with cancer. A highly talented music director, he was slated to work on a new film with P.C.Sriram. He won the National award (Jury mention) for Nammavar in 1994. He also introduced Srinivas in TFM.
More information here. Please post your condolences here. Nammavar songs were listed in an earlier "Picks of the Month" feature here.
Srikanth's new album (Oct 21, 2002)
newtfmpage regular Srikanth's private album "Mahakavi" was released by M.S.Viswanathan in Chennai. More info here and here. Another regular, RajaG, has sung in this album. Check out the discussions of amateur composers here.
Kaadhal Virus Reviews (Oct 6, 2002)
"Van Nila, is easily one of the best in the
album...janardanans sax pieces stand out!!! awesome!" 
Some initial comments:
"overall really really nice album.......with new expts. by ARR ..... 3 melodies and 3 western kinda songs"
"ARR has tried something new here. Couple of songs looks very promising.
MUCH BETTER THAN BABA."
"Except for bailamore every song is good and the lyrics are clearly understandable."
News Bits (Oct 6, 2002)
Mahesh making a comeback? (Oct 5, 2002)
Mahesh, the talented Music Director of Nammavar and Kuruthippunal, is scoring the music for the new P.C.Sriram movie, Vaanam Vasappadum. More....
Kaadhal Virus Release (Oct 2, 2002)
Kaadhal Virus (*ing Richard, Sridevi - both new faces) is a new album by A.R.Rahman. The film is directed by Kadhir, who also gave Kaadhal Desam and Kaadhalar Dhinam. The film is significant because it is the first venture of Sony Music India in tamil. The songlist:
More...
Baba Album Release and Reviews (Aug 2, 2002)
Have you heard the songs? Post comments here.
Baba (*ing Rajni,Manisha Koirala. MD: AR Rahman. Dir: Suresh Krishna) music
album is out. The song list goes like:
The initial comments are:
"I'm sure that all songs will bring great joy to Rajini fans....I'm not a rajini fan..but i liked all the songs..."
"the songs i feel lack some sort of continuity ... like Dippu Dippu,Maaya Maaya and all..... one place of it is enjoyable while the one which follws immediately is hopeless....ARR had already said he was trying something dif.....tis dif. all rite....but i don think twill be accepted! on the whole i wouldnt say the album is excellent....but good"
"To be fair, its not a disappointment for a ARR-RK combination.. This is what we got for muthu as well as padayappa... A couple of good songs and then two decent numbers and a theme song."
" Three songs are very good:Rajiyama Imayama,Sakthi Kodu,Maya Maya. Other songs seems to be average."
"The Best I liked is Kichu kichu by Reena Bhardwaj.she has done an extremely good job."
National Awards 2002 (Jul 27, 2002)
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Latest Buzz on Baba Music (Jul 27, 2002)
When is Baba music coming out? Know any details on the songs? Go here for the answers and more.
Upcoming MD - Ramesh Vinayagam (Jul 2, 2002)
Ramesh vinayagam is the one who tuned the recent hit 'Thottu thottu sellum'
(Hey! Nee romba azhaga irukke). Of the 5 MD's who scored for this movie,
his song has turned to be the biggest hit. No wonder, he is being roped
in as a solo MD for several upcoming movies. Actually he has composed
for a couple of telugu films before and done many devotional albums.
News Bits (June 20, 2002)
A journey with KV Mahadevan (June 14, 2002)
Manisekaran, a famed journalist, writes "This is an effort, in a modest way, to trace the great contributions of KVM to the Tamil Film Music. As Tamil Film songs originate from the Tamil films, I am aslo taking the liberty of discussing the background of the films where KVM had comsposed- with the intention of adding spice. I believe this article would serve as a nostalgic tonic to the fans of old songs. ".
More....
Ivan by Ilayaraja (June 3, 2002)
Ivan (*ing Parthiban,Meena,Sowndarya. Dir: Parthiban) a much-anticipated classical based album has been released. Post comments here.
AR Rahman's "The Legend of Bhagath Singh" (May 11, 2002)
A Music Review. On the Movie. Music Samples.
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News Bits (May 4, 2002)
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Remembering Devika's songs (May 2, 2002)
Actress devika passed away yesterday. Shall we recollect some of her memorable songs. Post comments here.
AR Rahman to score for Hollywood (May 1, 2002)
Following his musical 'Bombay Dreams' with Sir Webber, AR Rahman has apparently signed couple of movies with Columbia films. Post comments here.
Tamil New Year Releases (Apr 13, 2002)
"Hey, nee romba azhagaa irukke" Music Release (Apr 7, 2002)
This is a movie to be directed by Vasanth *ing Shaam, Sneha. The music has been scored by 5 MD's Ramesh Vinayagam, Srinivas (the famous singer), Murugan (brother of Anuradha sriram. Also sang 'nee illai endraal'), Jaishankar, Arvind. Here's a report on the music release function, by a TFM fan.
IIFA Awards 2002 (Apr 7, 2002)
AR Rahman wins International Indian Film Academy award for music (Lagaan). Lagaan repeats its Filmfare form, sweeping most of the awards. Post comments here.
Filmfare awards (Apr 6, 2002)
Best Actor,Actress: Vikaram,Laila
Best Movie: Aanandham
Best Dir: Cheran
Best MD: Harris Jeyaraj
AR Rahman's talks about his Lagaan experience (Apr 5, 2002)
Read it here. (thanks to Filmfare.) Post comments here.
Ilayaraja & Vairamuthu to join hands? (Mar 29, 2002)
Is it true or just a rumour ? Post comments here.
How did I land on TFM Page? (Mar 28, 2002)
"..I still remember chancing upon newtfmpage in Jan 2001 and sparking off a war in the 'IR's latest' thread unknowingly without realizing the ongoing IR-ARR fans blood feud ! "
So they say.. Give your take and post some of your experiences on this
site. Go here.
"I think most of us would agree that newtfmpage.com as the saying goes 'the next best thing since 'sliced bread'!"
"I have come to know a lot about TFM and south indian music through many threads here ...which otherwise i never would have come to know."
Chitra's new album (Mar 27, 2002)
Singer chitra is planning to come out with an album on 'Navagahas'
to be scored by chennai-based singer K. Krishnakumar. More..
Post comments here.
Dinakaran awards (Mar 25, 2002)
Best MD: Harris Jayaraj (Minnale,12B)
Best singer (M): Unni krishnan
Best singer (F): Bombay Jayashree (Minnale)
Best lyricist: Vairamuthu (Poovellaam un vaasam)
More..
Vidyasagar's hindi debut (Mar 18, 2002)
Durga (acted & directed by JD Chakravarthy) marks Vidyasagar's debut in hindi. A review.
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Vijay's much-hyped Thamizhan - Music Reviews (Mar 17, 2002)
Thamizhan (*ing vijay,priyanka chopra. MD: Imaan. dir:majeeth) features these songs:
"ULLATHAI is the best of the album due to vocals, but the song itself is not impressive. Overall I would give this album 5/10 and I think Imaan did better in Kadhale Swaasam,at least that was listenable."
Hot Party - Tippu and Mathangi
Tamizha.. Tamizha.. - Karthik
Mattu Maatu - Imman and Anuradha Sriram
Lalala.. - Shankar Mahakevan and G.K.Lavanya
Ullathai Killathae - Vijay and Priyanka Chopra
Some initial impressions by fellow surfers:
"I think the songs r cool!!!N as far as i know,i was expecting this kinda up-beat music from d.imaan cause his first movie,kadhale swasam too has this kind music....but i prefer this movie songs(tamizhan)"
" So much hype for a 'below average' album with worst pronounciation of tamil I have ever heard ..... Whoever named this movie as 'Thamizhan' has lots of imagination power OR sense of Humor"
"2 songs are good Maatu, Ullaithai"
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Bharathiraja to work with Raja family, again! (Mar 13, 2002)
Bharathiraja is teaming up with Yuvan shankar raja for his new movie "Kangalaal kaidhu sei" (*ing newcomers). This marks the return of his association with Raja's family after their controversial split. Post comments here.
New Website on MKT (Mar 8, 2002)
Check out this wonderful site on MK Thyagaraja Bhagavadhar. Post comments here.
Vijayabhaskar passes away (Mar 4, 2002)
Vijayabhaskar, composer of songs like 'anbu megame','samsaaram enbadhu veenai','manamagale un manavari kolam', etc, is dead. More..
Condolences.
Priyanka Chopra sings for Thamizhan (Feb 19, 2002)
As a first for ex-Miss Universe's/World's, Priyanka Chopra will
sing a song in 'Thamizhan'. Incidentally the hero vijay is
lending male voice in this duet. Sample it here.
Post comments here.
Rahman's brief interview on Bombay Dreams (Feb 18, 2002)
Listen here.
Samurai - Harris Jeyaraj's new release (Feb 17, 2002)
Samurai (*ing vikram,anita. Dir: Balaji) is Harris Jeyaraj's latest album. Here's the
song list:
Initial impressions:
"there are a few crappy songs, but aagaaya sooriyanai is certainly good.
hariharans song moongil kaadugalae is pleasing."
"the beats from agaya suriyane is similar to the beats from anbe anbe song of jeans and the beats from adi apatha is similar to thom karuvil irunthom from star....and is very low in par with KM,Nandhaa "
"fantastic album with good usage of singers and lyrics.aagaya sooriyanai was the song of the album and definetly going to take the movie some were else like VASEEGARA.HJ has prooved once again and tfm is on his way."
Detailed review.
AR Rahman wins Filmfare award (hindi) (Feb 17, 2002)
Lagaan swept the music section of the filmfare awards with AR rahman winning Best MD, Udit Narayan - Best Singer(Male),Alka Yagnik - Best Singer (Female) and Javed Akhtar - Best Lyricist. Post comments here.
Ilayaraja with kids - Q&A (Feb 14, 2002)
Ilayaraja answers kids' questions (from Chutti VIkatan). Read the English translation. Post comments here.
'Bombay Dreams' Launch (Feb 8, 2002)
Andrew Lloyd Webber has launched his much anticipated musical based
on a indian movie style story: a Bollywood film director's daughter who falls in love with a poor boy from the slums. AR Rahman was signed as the composer
to give the indian feel. At the launch function, Lloyd Webber has
commented, "In Rahman I met someone who I believe could carry the torch of musical theatre into a new dimension". More...
Post comments here.
AR Rahman to score music for a legendary Tv serial (Feb 2, 2002)
Late Kalki's legendary epic 'Ponniyan Selvan' is being made into a tv serial
by a singapore production. It will star Vijayakumar, MN Nambiyar, Gowthami
and AR Rahman will score the music. Vairamuthu pens the lyrics.
Post comments here.
Chinmayi (Jan 30, 2002)
Did you wonder who was the charming female voice in 'Nenjil
jil jil..' (Kannathil Muthamittaal)? It's Chinmayi, an 18
year old girl! Originally from south, she is a sufi ghazal singer
and apparently a noted talent among the elite. No wonder she
has been introduced by the sufi fan, AR Rahman.
Post comments here.
KJ Yesudas to get Padma Bhushan (Jan 26, 2002)
KJ Yesudas is to be awarded Padma Bhushan. More..
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SA Rajkumar - an interview (Jan 25, 2002)
SA Rajkumar talks about his association with Vikraman,Supergood Films, his success in Telugu Films and his dream project on making a musical based on Thirukkural. More..
Debut of a blind lyricist (Jan 24, 2002)
Jeyabal, a blind, is writing lyrics for a song in 'Sri' (*ing Surya. dir: Pushpavaasagan). This movie also marks the debut for T.S. Muralidharan as MD. He was the MD for Manoj&Meena's album '16 Vayadhinile' (also Meena and Vikram's 'Kaadhalism'). Post comments here.
"Kannathil Muthamittaal" - Reviews (Jan 13, 2002)
"Not a bad album at all! Tamil diction is good throughout. Album is a little dull, there is not really a hep number... I guess the movie is a pretty serious one."
Song list:
First impressions from fellow surfers:
"vellai pookkal and the title track are the only ones hummable... TFM should surely welcome Jayachandran's re-entry, his diction and flow are really beautiful! wonder how he has been overlooked all these years... "
"I just heard KM songs and i couldn't believe that some people are critising it. They are awesome!!!!! I am no a.r rahman lover i just love music and these songs are great!!! The lyrics have so much meaning. "
Detailed Review
Pongal Releases (Jan 13, 2002)
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Excerpts from Ilayaraja's 2 new books (Jan 12, 2002)
Ilayaraja recently released two cwof his books: 'Thulikkadal' and 'Paal nilaa paathai'. Read more about it here (Source: Ambalam.Com). Post comments here.
Kannathil Muthamittaal - Preview (Jan 11, 2002)
Preview 2 songs from AR Rahman's upcoming release: Sundari (Hariharan,Sujatha), Nenjil jil jil jil (Balram? - a cool track!). Post comments here.
Nasser's Popcorn (Jan 10, 2002)
Popcorn (*ing Mohanlal, Simran. Dir: Nasser) is an upcoming movie apparently based on the life story of Ilayaraja. Yuvan Shankar Raja was initially announced as the MD, but now there's a rumor that AR Rahman might do the film instead. Check here for the latest buzz.
Rajiv Menon to make singing debut (Jan 8, 2002)
Director Rajiv Menon ('Minsara Kanavu','Kandukonden Kandukonden') is making his singing debut in 'Naina' (*ing Jeyaram,Bhanupriya. Dir: Manobala) under Sabesh-Murali. The song, written by Paa. Vijay, goes like 'kichu kichu moottariye'. Quiz 1: Name the singer mother of Rajiv Menon. Click here for answer. Quiz 2: She makes a brief apperance in 'Kandukonden kandukonden', which role? Click here for answer.
Kalaignar karunanidhi writing lyrics for AR Rahman (Jan 5, 2002)
It's years since Kalaignar Mu.Ka wrote for film songs. Looks like Parthiban has convinced him to write one for his movie 'Aelelo' under Rahman's music. The song is apparently on the Pongal festival. Post comments here.
Vidyasagar to do a non-filmy album (Jan 4, 2002)
Vidyasagar recently did a fusion piece for a kerala youth festival. He now plans to create few more such pieces and release an album, which he promises will be novel. Post comments here.
PKS - Music Reviews (Jan 3, 2002)
Some initial comments from fellow surfers:
"Songs are much better than Alavandaan"
"Never had any big expectation on this movie songs, given that MD is our Deva! Having said that, he has done a decent job. "
"One or two catchy numbers but beside that, nothin special."
"they are not that good. I have heard better songs from deva. My pick also is Kay Kay's number the hariharan and mahalakshmi number is quite okay too. "
"the Kandaswamy song...makes me laugh. Sakalakalavalavane.....though it reminds me of old msvs song from marocharitra ..(bale bale bangaru)...nice melody by Deva and good usage of emu's Planet Earth sounds."
Post comments here.
Alli Arjuna - Music Reviews (Jan 2, 2002)
Some initial comments from fellow surfers:
"I have heard all the songs in AA, I feel the hindi versions were better, but "sollayo solaikizhi", by SPB+Swarnalatha, the other song by S.Janki are very nice, but why is ARR recycling all his tunes, is he out of stock???. "
Udhaya's review (Scroll down in this link and read more reviews.)
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D. Imaan's Kaathale Swaasam - Reviews (Jan 1, 2002)
Song list:
1) Kadhale Swasam - Hariharan & Sujatha
2) Sokuthe Kadhal Sokuthe - Sonu Nigam & Chitra
3) Manam Valikithe - Hariharan
4) Groovy Guys - Timmy & Nithyasree
5) Summa Iru - Sonu Nigam & Mathangi
6) Machi - Iman & Chorus
Comments from fellow surfers:
"everything that you can expect from a young MD heavily influenced by others..good beats, accented tamil, vague lyrics sprinkled with english lines"
"It`s worthful buying.The music has a blend of classic and modern beat as well as latin touch."
"It's Good Remix. What a junk album."
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