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.
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.
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!!!
'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.
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.
