Paartha Mudhal Naale

It's been a little while since i wrote about the songs that have made an impact on me. I still need to write the one froutm the movie Thotti Jeya too.

This song "Paartha Mudhal Naale" from the Kamalhassan starrer "Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu" which also had Jo in it, has been around for quite a while since the music released in March. I was on a vacation in Detroit for the spring break and I get to hear it there. As I have told in one of my earlier blogs, Harris Jeyaraj songs fail to create an impact on me in the very beginning. I brushed it aside as usual and later saw that this song was on the top of the charts in the MusicIndiaOnline lists and my friends were speaking about it as well. And this song was dubbed as the "Suttum Vizhi Chudare - part 2". Since i like this song, I listened to this. I got to hear the mouth organ pice in the beginning which immediately put me off to sleep, after which Bombay Jayshree's voice pulled me back into the song. But, again when I heard Unni Menon's voice, I felt this song is too ordinary and nothing too special about it. I continued to listen to it frequently and the middle piece that sounds like the piece from the gettimelam of a marriage, seemed to attract me a lot to the song and it sure does even now. I hear the song just for that, at times. But overall, I used to call the entire VV album as a pack of nursery rhymes.

Later, the movie released after almost 6 months. I actually thought it would release when I am on my India trip and I can watch it there with family. I now thank god that it didn't and I didn't see it with my mom, dad and sis, for obvious reasons. I saw the movie in the Pollack Tempe cinemas which didn't seem to have good sound equipment when I watched Rang De Basanti and Fanaa, but when I heard the initial music and the dialogues, I felt I was in for a musical treat of nursery rhymes. I heard the initial mouth organ piece which seemed the same as it sound on my "awwwwwwesssssome" Dell laptop speakers, but there was a total bass that I never heard on those speakers that I heard, in the movie. The song seemed so different with Kamal and Kamalini. But Kamal had a tensed look on his face throughout. Also, on comparing the song ot Suttum Vizhi Chudare, I would say to the beats, Surya danced in a majestic way(seriously). But Kamal danced in a way that he showed an attack of paralysis. So young ppl dance to Suttum Vizhi and old people to Paartha Mudhal. :)

The lifesaving jackets and the boats in the latter half of the song reminded me of Hey goodbye Nanba song of Aytha Ezhuthu. Even in that song there were young ppl and in this old ppl :)). Can't help laughing on that. But well actually those reminded me off the good old trip to Honnemardu near Shimoga, that I had gone on in November 2004, with my BE classmates. I don't want to discuss more on that since it is going to be a little embarassing to put in the details of the trip "graphically".

Anyways, a really good song, but could have had a better male singer, like Karthik, Hariharan or SPB Charan. But Unni Menon's voice wasn't that bad for Kamal either. Bombay Jayshree apparently rocks in the song but not as much as in STC, this one being a lot sober than that one.

I also like Uyirile too, especially after seeing it in the context it appears in the movie. I had brushed that song aside ot earlier. Also Jyothika is in it. I also love Manjal Veyil song video and cannot stop comparing it with New York Nagaram video.

Will be back with more nonsense.

And for the people would tried navigating ot my website link in my previous blog and landed up elsewhere, here is the link without any hyperlink.
www.public.asu.edu/~lravicha

"Untitled" - fell short of ideas

An uninteresting blog this time with an more uninteresting title. I fell so short of ideas that, and decided to call it "untitled". Currently I am bored to death with ym life though there are lot of stuff that I need to do.
I came up with my website in the ASU domain, if you wanna go there, click here. www.public.asu.edu/~lravicha

I basically set it up to post the document that I prepared for the new admits to ASU. Then I felt I could have some stuff about me on it. But I got so bored typing about myself that I had a short introduction about and posted the files as well.

My India trip, a really long one was really very nice and I should come up with a blog for that soon.

But this weekend was really a very nice weekend, a long one , thanks to the Labour Day that is coming up on the 5th of September. It was a movie mania with me seeing Kamal's latest offering "Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu", Munnabhai's and Circuit's continued ventures in "Lage Raho Munnabhai" , both on the big screen here at Tempe cinemas and Krissh and Omkara(yet to complete watching) on the mini-screen on my laptop. It was also a weekend of nice sleep(as usual), some shopping(not all the great), an outing to Tempe town lake and two visits to the IHOP.........and also some serious study and research for the term paper in one of my courses and the assignment in the other course.

Shall blog more..............





Before my India Trip

It's been 9 months since I landed on the US soil on the August 5th of 2005. I convinced myself that I am going to be in this country atleast for the 2 years of my graduate studies(but seems like it is going to be more for me now). But anyways never did I have a thought that I was going to back to India rather my good old "Namma Bengaluru" for atleast 2 years. I convinced myself that this hot arid place is going to be my home for sometime. But things changed, seeing my friends make a visit to India. I felt why not make a trip. Cost being the only factor, I decided to make a trip back home if I got any kid of funding for my studies this semester. Luckily, god heard my prayers and answered them. So I thought I shall make a trip during this summer escaping this heat.

Making the decision was easy, since my professors agreed too. And I was branded "shameless" for taking a 2-month vacation. But I need to spend time with my family. It's been a long time(9 months he he...). After this begins the endless list of things to shop and get for family and friends. But my parents and my sister made it easy for me by giving me a list of this to buy. Starting of with chocolates, clothes, mementos for friends, and other stuff......

This shopping spree doesn't seem to end at all....... But I am all dreaming about the things I am going to be doing in India. I would definitely be visiting a lot of temples with my mom( and I like that too).

More than that it is going to be the weather that I am going to enjoy. I also have a few treats pending that my friends need to give me Oof.....I always dream about the food that I eat. I can have good chaat( not the adulterated stuff that I get here in place which I don't wish to name, since I will be back there when I come back)...... Good dosas....... wonderful ghee dosas in Dose camps all over Bangalore....... Then, good old paneer dishes, Paranthas at Gokul, Roti Ghar... ppl why did I get started on this. I am beginning to feel hungry now.........

Anyways and amma's good old dishes which I made and spoilt their reputation here in the US....... My bisibelebath is so adulterated, but ppl still say that my BBB is good....... don't know what they would say when they eat authentic one in MTR........ But my culinary skills have definitely improved as I cook a lot better than before. and ppl don't complain about my food....... Enough of food...........

I can endlessly fight with my sister in Bangalore and see all my friends and it would be such a joyous moment. And I have always enjoyed the traffic jams in Bangalore...... Also enjoyed the buses in Bangalore(good old BTS now BMTC which transported me during my schooling). Also the good old radio city that would put me to sleep every single night.. not like here where I need to force myself to.....with the same playlist with Aao naa........ uyire en uyire........ Katril or vaarthai......... Merke Merke and stuff............ Also my good old house which would need a nice cleaning once I am there(my sis said so)...... Also have good fresh mangos(not the preserved ones).... Let me see what more I can put on this sooner or later..........

Bye for sometime..........

Suttum Vizhi Chudare.........

Perhaps most of the time, I start developing liking to a particular song(especially of Harris Jeyaraj) only after the movie music has been released and movie's been released too and gone back to the cans. It happened to this particular song too. Usually, when I used to be in India, I used to get to hear all new songs very soon, since my sister(Nikila) used to get the music of all movies in MP3 form really fast. But, I came here to US in August, after which the music if Ghajini was released, I brushed it aside. (the same way I did Khaka Khaka initially, but love the songs now). My roommate, Praveen, told me of this song and I was not too captivated by it, since I felt it was too ordinary. Such a stupid decision..........

But, months passed and I listened to it quite often when my friend played it. But, never liked it even then...... But, somehow by the end of the year, when I watched the movie, I felt, this song was really special and out of ordinary and still don't know why? I am just dumbstruck when Bombay Jeyashree sings 'Mazhay Azhaga, Veiyil Azhaga, konjum bothu mazhai azhagu, kobapattal Veiyil Azhagu, kanna nee kobapattal veiyil azhagu....".

But, I was not too happy seeing the video choreography, but loved the picturization and the locales. One of the wonderful songs in Tamil and will remain my personal favorites............

I have always felt on listening to Bombay Jayashrees' songs, why do music directors fail to exploit her? Another favorite number of mine, that make me crazy the same way is "Uyire En Uyire" in Totti Jeya........
Shall write about that soon.........

My first Spring Break!!!!!!!!!

Coming soon........... is about my first spring break in the US.............. Enjoyed everybit of it.......... Had good sleep, good food, good travel and lots of good stuff.............. In detail.......very soon............

That time of the semester again!

Just three days before a long break, but hte work ahead seems to spoil all the excitement. It always happens that way to me. I was so excited about my Atlanta trip bu the exams and project spoilt it all. Same way, this time, i want to be excited about the Detroit and Kalamazoo trip, but the exam and the lonnng assignment seems to spoil all the fun........
Anyways that's life. Hope to keep blogging more......