deepavali memories

deepavali has arrived
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deepavali is the festival most liked by me. i think most of u ppl. are like me. it is a grand festival with colour, sweets, new dresses, crackers, new movie releases and what not?

when i was a boy, i wud prepare the cracker list well in advance, say 1 month before. i will almost list all the items in the shop. adhula 10% daan kedaikum kaiyile. my favourite was 'kuruvi vedi'. not puny like the red 'electric vedi' [bijili] or not big like 'lakshmi vedi', the middle one with gud sound.

apuram atom bomb, bullet bomb ellam kooda undu. saniyila vediya vaikardhu, kottangachi kulla vedia vakkardhu indha madhiri neraya adventures.

bullet bomb-la 'thiri' romba chinnadha irukum. nerupu vachutu thala therikka oduvom.

kaarthala yaaru first 'vedi' vakardhunu oru pottiye nadakkum. 2.30 manikku ellam kooda ezhundhu mudhal vedia vachiruken. appuram yaaru veetu munnadi neraya vedi kuppa irukunu oru potti.

deepavali thrill-e adhu vara varikum daan. mudinjapuram romba sogam ayidum. innum oru varusham kazhichu daane thirumba varum. adhaan.

the night before deepavali eppavume enga veetula 'vengaya sambar and urula kezhangu kari' daan standard samaiyal.

enga paati kaarthala 3 maniku ellam ezhundhu idli panniduvaanga. yaar saapidaralo illaiyo. nice paati.


91 deepavali had more than 20 movies released. of them guna, dalapathy and bramha were released in udhayam complex. fdfs guna, sdss dalapathy, tdts bramha 3 padamum parthaen.

en friend-oda appavuku udhayam complex-lerndhu ticket kedaikum. indha 3 padathukum 10*3 30 ticket kedachudhu.

adhai black-la vithu daan andha varusha deepavali amoga kondattam

train-nu oru samacharam. nool katti vidanum. final year project kooda easy-a pannidalam. aana indha train-a successfulla vittavanga romba konjam paer daan. appuram vengaya vedi. school pogum podhu pidikadha pasangal kaal kitta adichu vedikardhu en all time favourite.

of course, am 34 and all these r my school day memories only. appurama movies graduate aagi, apuram adhuvum pogaama tv-ye gathinu irundhu ippo adhuvum vittu pasangal enjoy panradha paarthu naan enjoy pannindu iruken.

the last stuff in diwali is called 'buss' in our area. meandhu ponadhu, vedikkadhadhu, thannila nananjadhu idhu ellathaiyum pirichu adhula irukara vedi marundhai thaniya kotti, ellathaiyum mothama pottu, ore adiya patha vachiruvom. adhu eppadi react pannumnu yaaralayum solla mudiadhu. dhideernu jodhi madhiri prakasama oru velicham varum. athoda sari. deepavali close. ellorum avava velaiya paarka poga vaendiadhu daan.

naan 2,3rd padikarapo daily pocket money 10 paisa kedaikum. from my paati. adhula enna pee poruku vaangi thingardhunu romba yosichu thaen mittai, strong mittai ( andha kaalathu 'polo'), innum enna ezhavellam undo adhu ellathaiyum vaangi thimben.

deepavali time podhu that 10 paisa is strictly channelised towards pattasu. roll cap 10 paisa, pottu cap 5 paisa oru dubba. roll cap vedikka thupaki irukadhu. so 2 dubba pottu cap vaangi kaiyila kedacha oru kalla eduthundu oru orama okkandhuduven.

appuram enna 1 hour nalla pozhudhu pogum enaku. pakkathu veedugaluku daan thondaravu. vidama 1 hr dop dop-nu satham kaetunde irukum.

but no neighbour ever complained. avanga veetulayum indha madhiri 4 vaandu irukum. adhunga endha sandhula okkarndhu yaar thalaiya urutum-nu avangalukum theriyumolyo!!

engathula bakshanam 2 occasion-uku daan panuvaa. krishna jayanthi and deepavali. so oru edhir paarpu irukum. eppo varum-nu. but nowadays, whenever u feel like eating, u can go to grand sweets or aab and get whatever u want. no seasonal problems. available all round the year. adhaanala oru charm-e illama pochu.

waiting makes the dress or eateries more glamorous. if available throughout the year, it does not make any difference whether it is deepavali or pongal.

hail our [g]olden days.

naana paaduvadhu naaana from 'nool veli'

this song from nool veli has haunted me for a while, when i started to hear songs on my own other than vividhbharathi and madras a. appo radio daan ore source.

philips set onnu vachirundom. it will receive all sw and mw. appo fm kedayadhu. of course thondaravum kedayadhu. bbc ellam kooda edukum. i still remember following the commentary of the 5th test between pakistan and england in 1987 when javed miandad scored 260. it was a great innings.

coming to the song, this was sung when spb was on his peak, singing almost non stop and it continued till late 90's. msv's music. kannadasan lyrics, balachander direction.

the subject is also avant-garde. lady characters ivvalavu strong-a vaera endha director-um create pannadu kedayadhu. i also remember a kalki edition when all the k.b's lady characters talked among themselves. kavita, sindhu etc.

some good lines:

'neendhum velai vandhaaal angu neechal thaane varum
paadum asai vandal endha paatum sabhaiyil varum'

'thaayin thaalatile dinam thondrum sangeethame
neeyum thaayallavo adhil yaeno sandhegame"

arcot veerasamy dayavula eppo current pogumnu solla mudiadhu. link kodukardhukulla power cut ayiduthu.

enjoy the swaras in 1 and 2 stanza. and also the divine spb siripu.

nn ssssss dd nnnnnn pp dddddd mm pppppp

mpm pdp dnd nsn dnp.

NoolVeli

Naanaa Paaduvathu Naanaa - http://www.mediafire.com/?2i5o142rzjn

my childhood days.....

naanum enga annavum, one day were very hungry. he suggested let us make chapathi. he will give suggestion only. execution naan daan. appo daane appa, amma paati kitta ellam maatikama irukalam. 

i love adventures and will always try all possible kiruku thanam. oru kilo godhumai mavu eduthu 2 litre thanni oothi uppe podaama chapathi maavu pesanjen. 

then after tasting i added some half packet salt. vayila vekka sagikkala. adhukulla enga pasi muthi poi kovathula sandai vandhuduthu. 

me and my bro started throwing the kozha kozha chapathi mavu over each other. veedu muzhukka chapathi mavu, tv, fridge, photo all over. my paati got up from her siesta and found the terrible mess and was terribly angry. 

to add to her anger, both of us jumped into the water tank to clean ourselves. anniku madhiri enga paati kova pattu naan paarthadhe illa.

thoorathil naan kanda un mugam from nizhalgal

intro, 1 bgm and 2 bgm

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=387507

sri kanaka mahalakshmi recording dance troupe

some songs are very close to an individual's heart for so many reasons. the state of mind in which he heard the song for the first time, the circumstances, the probability of hearing it again and again within a short span of time, and the age at which one hears it, all these make an impact on the individual. 

and most of the impact is during the teens, that is when a person develops a refined taste and takes sides with strong likes and dislikes. most of the songs we discuss 
are the ones mostly we heard during our growing years and teens . 

that may not be everyone's choice of a good song. some songs are universal in their impact. all of us feel the same way. but some are not.

aishwarya rai is accepted by everyone as beautiful. but some may like sangavi more than ash and it depends entirely on that individual's choice and can not be questioned. 


i love a song 'vennalay' from a telugu movie 'sri kanaka mahalakshmi recording dance troupe' which is very close to my heart. i heard it when i was studying 10th. sung by spb and s janaki and music by ilayaraja. it is in a rare raga 'agnikopam' and all the elements like counterpoint, melody are extraordinary in this song. but never ever attempt to watch this movie, because it is by one vamsi, who extracts gr8 songs from ir and murders them in his movies with his astute picturisation. i have not seen the movie, but i can vouch for vamsi's creativity. 

i have suggested this song to so many people. but no one ever said any word gr8 abt this song. i will give the link. u decide 

my point is 'people have the right to appreciate anything they have enjoyed'. 

http://www.dishant.com/jukebox.php?songid=37496

shiva sthuthi

prabhum praana natham, vibhum vishwanatham, jagannatha natham, sadananda bhajam
bhavath bhavya bhootheshwaram bhoothanatham, shivam shankaram shambu meeshana meede.

wow. how many mornings i have got up listening to this song(sorry to say it is a song, its a hymn)from vividhbharathi! now my son, listens to this song before going to school. generation after generation will remember spb for his beautiful, soul stirring bhakthi renderings.

http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Devotional/home/ShivaSthuthi-SPB-PB%20Sreenivos-DrBalamuralikrishna.php

MUSICAL NARRATION

telling the story with music

you cud have heard raja talking abt s.d.burman. raja narrated how dada (sd) wud ask for details before composing a tune. the tune so composed will have all the details the director told for the situation.

u cud have even heard director mysskin talking abt raja asking for the details before composing a tune for nandlala. that is how great composers work. they can tell the entire story in a song with just music. i will give u an example. reader's discrimination advised.

reader's discrimination advised. this may not be suitable for minors.

ppl. might have seen the movie swathi muthyam - 'sippikul muthu' in thamizh. the story of the movie goes like this.

there is a simpleton in a village. he comes across a widow with a child. he cud not bear her pathetic situation. out of childlike love and sympathy he ties a marriage knot to her. surprised at this first, the woman slowly understands his love for her and makes a man out of him. the man narrates this story in flashback to his sons and daughters-in-law after her demise.

in this movie, there is a song 'manasu mayangum'. this song comes when the woman accepts the simpleton, who is just like a grown up child, as her husband and they mingle.

the song first starts with a humming in high pitch, denoting the high of emotions. followed by a beautiful stream of swaras played in the veena in the raaga abheri, very apt for love, indicating the flow or harmones. then the song starts.

'manasu mayangum mouna geetham paadu' sung by the woman. here comes raja's genius. usually in love man makes the first move. the woman accepts it. this is universal. eventhough the woman has feelings towards the man she does not explicitly advance. it is the job of the man to make the first step. the rest will be taken care by the woman.

in this story, the man does not know anything. so the woman makes the first move, indicated by the first line sung by the woman. he follows suit. here also he sings the same line as the woman. that is, she teaches him, he learns.

vairamuthu also aptly understanding the situation, has written some beautiful lyrics. the teacher instructs the learner, 'idhazhil thodangu enakkul adangu, sugangal iru madangu'.

the first interlude, has violins, tavil , flute and veena. tavil used for auspicious beginning. the violins narrate the happenings ' so it happened u know'. then the flute and veena have some dialogues. denoting the words of lovers.

the charanam begins. 'maarbil undu panjanai, madigal rendum thalaiyanai' is sung in the madhya sthayee by both female and male voices. 'neeril neruppin vedhanai, anaithu konden thalaivanai' still each line is repeated by the male voice after female voice.slowly the song travels to higher notes, phrase by phrase, indicating lovemaking.

'idhayam mariyadho ellai meeriyadho' is still higher on the scale. 'pudhiya paadam, viraha dhagam' is sustained in the higher notes. 'bodhai yaeriadho' reaches the highest note in the range and is sung in a beautiful crescendo only by the female voice, indicating the climax, leaving silence for a while. wow!!!

now, the best part comes. the male voice resumes the song with 'manasu mayangum', and the female voice follows indicating the simpleton has become a man, he has learnt about life, understanding its nuances and how nature works and is ready to support his wife leading from the front.

vairamuthu shines in yet another line 'kaadhal inge pala vagai, unaku mattum pudhu vagai' explaining the supracited.

wow! what a composition, i have never heard such a song so rich with subtext. after the initial veena in aberi, it is mostly in sudha dhanyasi. raja raja daan.

this is how a song shud be composed. summa nakku mokka, mooku dokka-nu paatu panravanga shud notice.

abheri and agnikopam are very similar ragas. the slight difference is given below.

abheri s g m p n s / s n d p m g r s
agnikopam s g m p n s / s n p m g r s . dha missing. both from karaharapriya.

actually i thought the initial veena was in abheri. after playing the sequence, i came to know that it is agnikopam.

http://www.dishant.com/jukebox.php?songid=25715

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=iOoy6pWoujI

raja has also composed a song 'vennilay' from the telugu movie 'sri kanaka mahalakshmi recording dance troupe' in the raga agnikopam.

http://www.dishant.com/jukebox.php?songid=37492,37496

chakravagam aka ahir bhairavi

ahir bhairavi

this is the hindustani equivalent of chakravagam. the bhava is the same. maybe minor deviations are there. hindustani, western-naale u can not expect purity of the scale. so, the mood is more important and the following two songs are typical of that.

i wud like to quote 2 beautiful songs in this raga.

'ullathil nalla ullam' from karnan and 'kaa karoon sajani' from the hindi movie swami.

the first one needs no introduction, the 'venkala kural' of sirgazhi govindarajan, extraordinary tune of msv, grandeur of b r panthulu , unparallelled histrionics by n.t.ramarao and sivaji and the incomparable situation duly incorporated in the lyrics by the great kannadasan.

karna lies on the death bed with arjuna's arrows on his chest. but the punya karma that he has done saves him from further annihilation from arjuna. krishna knew this, as he is of everything, connives , as usual, to beg as 'yachakam' of his punya karma, so that arjuna can finish his task.

krishna, attired as a poor brahmana, comes before karna and asks him of the above favor, which karna gives with great satisfaction and arjuna kills karna. this song comes just before krishna's yachakam.

this is where the creator takes charge. msv might not have thought abt this raga when composing. but when the situation with so much intensity hits a good creator, the effect exactly it had on him, is clearly evident from the tune in this raga. the gloom, the war front, the deathbed, the smell of blood, the loss of near and dear ones, the picture of kurukshetra, the finality of death, the helplessness of arjuna, the greatness of karna, the all knowing lord incarnate , everything , every single thing of the above can be found in this song.

right from the shehnai prelude, to the sarangi in the interlude wow!! all great elements of a great song.
mahabharatha and ramayana can give u so many so many great gems of thoughts for our day to day life.

music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=324029

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Narayanan

ahir bhairavi contd...

the bruga when sirgazhi sings 'karna.......' everytime is the epitome of mastery in voice control. the thorough understanding of the situation and that he is singing for the lord incarnate is beautifully expressed by him in the rendition.

coming to the lyrics,

ullathil nalla ullam urangadhu enpadhu vallavan vaguthadhada, karna ,varuvadhai edhir kollada

thaiku nee magan illai, thambiku nee annan illai, oor pazhi yaetrayada, naanum un pazhi kondaenada. what a great plight of karna!! he knows abt all his relatives, but he can not claim anyone to be his own. not arjuna, arjuna knows only after karna's death. even before knowing that karna was his elder brother, arjuna was confused abt fighting his own kith and kin.

i used to listen to pulavar keeran's discourses even as a small boy. he used to assert that 'gita' was advised to arjuna, but karna only followed it. yes, each and every aspect of gita was lived by karna.

mannavar pani yaerkum kannan un pani seiya un adi panivaanada, karna mannithu arulvaayada

senjotru kadan theerka saeradha idam saerndhu vanjathil vizhundhayada, karna vanjagan kannanada.

all the ithihasic characters with 'karna' in their name has fought for 'sejotru kadan'. vikarnan, kumba karnan, karnan, some i remember. they know they are fighting for the wrong side, but to show their loyalty and to honour the non repayable debt of senjotru kadan (giving livelihood).

even for hopeless situations, kannadasan writes beautiful lyrics. given this type of a situation, we need not say abt his gr8 work in this song. poondhu vilayadi irukan manushan.

coming to the situation,

krishna asks for the punya karma of karna. he obliges happily, and how! pulavar keeran beautifully describes this place. there is a grammatical usage called 'vinai thogai' in thamizh grammar. 'vinai sol' means verb. 'thogai' means that which is hidden. when the tense(past, present, future)of the verb is hidden in the word, then it is called 'vinai thogai'. like 'ooru kai'.

Oct 12 (3 days ago)

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Narayanan

'ooru kai' is vinai thogai bcoz it is common to all the three tenses, ooriya kai, oorum kai , oora pogum kai'.

similarly 'veesu thenral'. veesiya thenral, veesuginra thenral, veesa pogum thenral.

in our culture, to give something to others is called 'dhaarai vaarthal'. that is we use water(dharai) to purify what we give in offering. karna uses his blood as water, to give all his punya karma to krishna.

here, in villi bharatham, the word 'sei punniyam' is used. seitha punniyam, which he has already done, seiginra punniyam, the one he is doing right now by giving the lord his punya karma, seiya pogum punniyam, the one that will accrue on account of his current alms.

i never had any doubt abt. vinai thogai in my lifetime again.

he gives all the three punya palam to krishna. what a great character? and some ignorant people say, this is a drama written by vyasa. can anyone depict such intricate characteristics of a person and so many so with just imagination. i leave it to you.

coming to the histrionics,

some people know why they have come to this world. even though they are actors! NTR came to this world to let us know, how lord krishna wud have looked like. that gait, that all knowing smile, that occasional frown, that dialogue delivery, that sarcasm, that unfathomable face, that divine aura, they way he carried himself as the lord, wow!!! he knew why came to this world. can you imagine anyone better than N.T.RAMA RAO to portray krishna?

i have seen lot of other krishnas. in the serials, other movies. but ntr is ntr. particularly in karnan and maya bazaar.

and our karnan, the great sivaji ganesan. he also probably knew why he came to this world. to show us how some characters like veera pandia katta bomman, voc, karnan et al wud have looked like. the acting capabilities of sivaji need not be explained, as it is a world known fact. but just recollect this scene when he narrates to kunti about his friend, duryodana.

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just see sivaji's face when he narrates an incident involving himself (karna) and duryodana's wife. such subtle emotions and innumerable of them can be expressed by sivaji alone in this world, i bet. such a thorough grasp of the character he is portraying.

coming to the grandeur,
crores of rupees are spent these days to bring the desired effect. failing which, graphics aka animatronics are used. just watch this movie.

b.r.panthulu matched apn in each department in karnan. he produced and directed this movie which was released in 1963.

coming to the next song, most of the younger generation wud not have either heard or seen this movie. so, instead of writing abt this song , i will let u hear it and decide it yourself. hear it in a mildly lit room, jus before goint to sleep. and let me know the effect it had on you.

movie name 'swami'. girish karnad, shabana azmi in the lead. released in 1977.
the 'music' is by rajesh roshan. of course the original 'aaye na baalam' by ustad bade ghulam ali khan is a legend. sung by kjy

http://www.dishant.com/jukebox.php?songid=41349

THOGAI ILA MAYIL FROM PAYANANGAL MUDIVADILLAI

THOGAI ILAMAYIL INTRO, 1 BGM AND 2BGM . GO TO THIS LINK AND CLICK other songs  posted by gr8naru. 

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=386625

my posts in spb community

song of the moment

http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=42754309&tid=5250950784742169855&start=1

my posts in ilayaraja community

composing varieties of maestro

http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=34613&tid=5247909758918040831

carnatic basics for ir fans

http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=34613&tid=5249902954455866623

Kannan vandhu paduginran

Kannan vandhu paduginran-intro

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=386308

Kannan vandhu paduginran-2bgm

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=386309

Kannan vandhu paduginran-1bgm

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=386310

RAJA RAJA CHOLAN

RAJA RAJA CHOLAN -BGM1

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=386305

RAJA RAJA CHOLAN-BGM2

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=386306

RAJA RAJA CHOLAN-INTRO

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=386307

Ilayaraja ring tones

hi all, i will give some beautiful preludes, interludes, bgms of the maestro primarily meant for ring tone usage.


aan paavam theme
http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=384778

pon malai - 1 bgm

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=384779

Poongathave - intro

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=384780

 Pon Malai - 2 bgm

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=385151

Poongathave - 1 bgm

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=385152

Poongathave - 2 bgm

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=385153